Football Inquest Explained

Genre:Sports
Country:Australia
Language:English

Football Inquest is the name of two Australian television series, which both aired in Melbourne. The first aired 1957 on GTV-9, while the second aired 1960-1974(?) on HSV-7. There was also a South Australian version.

1957

The 1957 version was an early Australian television series which ran from 20 April 1957 to 21 September 1957 on Melbourne television station GTV-9. It was a half-hour weekly series broadcast on Saturdays at 7:30PM.

Hosted by Ian Johnson, Phil Gibbs and Jack Mueller,[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] the series featured also featured V.F.L. players. Sam Loxton was later a regular.[7] [8] [9] [10] The program was simulcast over GTV-9 and 3KZ. Little else is known about the television program, but the radio version certainly predated the simulcast.

1960-1974

Hosted by Michael Williamson,[11] the second version was a panel discussion series which debuted 9 April 1960. It ran for several seasons, the last aired in 1974(?) . During its first season, the series was broadcast on Saturdays at 7:00PM, competing in the time-slot against Pick a Box on GTV-9 and the evening news on ABV-2[12]

South Australia

A South Australian version ran on Channel 9 in Adelaide in the 1960s and 1970s. Panellists included Max Hall, Ken Cunningham,[13] Lindsay Head, Stan Wickham and Bo Morton.[14]

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: 1957-05-02 . Saturday Television . 7 . . Radio/TV Supplement . 2013-11-09.
  2. News: 1957-05-16 . Saturday Television . 7 . . Radio/TV Supplement . 2013-11-09.
  3. News: 1957-05-30 . Saturday Television . 7 . . Radio/TV Supplement . 2013-11-09.
  4. News: 1957-05-09 . Saturday Television . 7 . . Radio/TV Supplement . 2013-11-09.
  5. News: 1956-06-06 . Saturday Television . 7 . . Radio/TV Supplement . 2013-11-09.
  6. News: 1957-06-20 . Saturday Television . 7 . . Radio/TV Supplement . 2022-07-11.
  7. News: 1957-08-08 . Saturday Television . 7 . . Radio/TV Supplement . 2013-11-09.
  8. News: 1957-08-22 . Saturday Television . 7 . . Radio/TV Supplement . 2011-09-11.
  9. News: 1957-09-05 . Saturday Television . 7 . . Radio/TV Supplement . 2013-11-09.
  10. News: 1957-09-19 . Saturday Television . 7 . . Radio/TV Supplement . 2013-11-09.
  11. News: 1960-04-14 . Saturday Television . 7 . . Radio/TV Supplement . 2013-11-09.
  12. News: 1960-05-26 . Saturday Television . 7 . . Radio/TV Supplement . 2013-11-09.
  13. Web site: Ken G. Cunningham AM . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20181023080114/http://sanfl.com.au/halloffame/ken-g-cunningham-am/ . 2018-10-23 . 2018-10-23 . South Australian National Football League.
  14. Book: Gyss, Trevor . South Australian football in the sixties . 2011 . 978-1-4467-9944-4 . Raleigh, NC . 351 . 879587705.

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