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unusual facts about Channel 9



1980 Australian Touring Car Championship

Former tiwce CAMS Gold Star champion and 1974 Hardie-Ferodo 1000 winner Kevin Bartlett recovered from his 1979 Formula 5000 crash and finished second in the championship in his Channel 9 sponsored Chevrolet Camaro Z28 (financed by Nine's owner Kerry Packer).

Brett Mullins

While scoring the try, Channel 9 commentator Ray "Rabbits" Warren mistakenly called him "Russell Mullins", before quickly correcting himself.

Catherine Mack-Hancock

Mack-Hancock is best known for her roles on Australian and international television shows such as Channel 9's Pig's Breakfast, Jasper and Travail

Glynn Nicholas

Nicholas first appeared on Australian television as a presenter on Channel 9's children's show Here's Humphrey performing songs, dances, stories and games with a large pant-less mute bear.

My Name Is Prince

Around the time of its release in Australia, Channel 9 made a Christmas parody entitled "My Name Is Santa" on A Current Affair.

Sail the Wildest Stretch

On 15 May 2010, "Sail the Wildest Stretch" was used as the credit song to the special Australian program featured on Channel 9 titled Homecoming, of Jessica Watson's successful attempt at becoming the youngest person to sail around the world.


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Barbara Simpson

Barbara Simpson was a prominent television news anchor in San Francisco (KTVU, Channel 2, in Oakland, KQED, Channel 9; and KOFY-TV Channel 20) and Los Angeles from the late 1970s through the 1990s.

Brett Buerck

Buerck was mired in controversy after being caught on tape in March 2002 in conversation with Doug Mink, when he said "because of the changes that we've made in redistricting to help Jim Raussen, we essentially took 13,000 African Americans out of the Raussen district and put 14,000 Republicans in." The tape was aired by news station WCPO-TV (Channel 9).

CBRT

CBRT-DT, a television station (channel 9) licensed to serve Calgary, Alberta, Canada

CKRN-DT

It broadcasts a digital signal on VHF channel 9 (or virtual channel 4.1 via PSIP) from a transmitter near Chemin Powell (north of Route 101) in Rouyn-Noranda.

CKSH

CKSH-DT, a television station (channel 9) licensed to serve Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

Federico Peña

Cindy Velasquez is a former broadcast executive for Channel 7, KMGH-TV, and Channel 9, KUSA-TV, in Denver, Colorado and has a daughter, Pilar.

Footy Classified

During its first season, Wayne Carey was the fourth panellist but after personal life indiscretions was axed by Channel 9.

Hardeeville, South Carolina

Meetings from these boards as well as community events and news are broadcast by the city's Public-access television and Government-access television (GATV) cable TV station, HTVN Channel 9.

Heidi Collins

On September 28, 2010, it was announced that Collins would be joining the Minneapolis-Saint Paul station KMSP-TV Channel 9 News at 5 and 9 PM as an anchor, replacing the retiring Robyne Robinson.

KAAH-TV

In its early days, it carried business news programming from Financial News Network, ethnic programming from the International Television Network, and carried ABC, CBS, and NBC programs that KITV (channel 4), KGMB (then on channel 9, now on channel 5) and KHON-TV (channel 2) chose to decline; programming from ABC's daytime lineup that was pre-empted by KITV was the most visible on KSHO's schedule.

KBBL

KWNL-CD, a television station (channel 9) licensed to serve Winslow, Arkansas, which used the call sign KBBL-CA from September 2003 to July 2006

KCRG

KCRG-TV, a television station (Channel 9 digital/virtual) licensed to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States

KEPR-TV

On March 30, 2009, KEPR launched a digital subchannel affiliated with The CW, filling the void left by KCWK (channel 9) going dark at the end of May 2008 due to the Pappas Telecasting bankruptcy.

KMBC

KMBC-TV, a television station (virtual channel 9) licensed to Kansas City, Missouri, United States

KMSP

KMSP-TV, a television station (Channel 9) licensed to Minneapolis/St.

KNIN

KNIN-TV, a television station (channel 9 analog/10 digital) licensed to Caldwell, Idaho, United States

KTSM

KTSM-TV, a television station (channel 9 analog/16 digital) licensed to El Paso, Texas, United States

KUAC

KUAC-TV, a television station (channel 9 analog/24 digital) licensed to Fairbanks, Alaska, United States

KWES

KWES-TV, a television station (channel 9) licensed to Odessa, Texas, United States

KWHE

KWHE, whose secular programming is usually family-friendly, was one of three stations in Honolulu that carried reruns of the crime drama Hawaii Five-O, which was filmed in Honolulu (the other two being KFVE and KGMB, originally on channel 9, now on channel 5, whose real-life news crew was often featured in many episodes).

Mount Lofty Fire Tower

On 1 January 1988 the Mount Lofty Fire Tower was beamed live around Australia on Channel 9 television as part of the Australia Live broadcast to celebrate the Australian Bicentenary.

Peter Knecht

Knecht has appeared as a television analyst and consultant on criminal justice for major news outlets, including national CBS, NBC, ABC and FOX broadcasts, and locally for KCAL-TV-Channel 9 and KCOP-TV-Channel 13.

Play Your Hunch

An Australian version aired on QTQ Channel 9 in Brisbane from 1968 to 1973 hosted by Don Secombe.

Ramones: Raw

It also features the Ramones appearing in a partially ad-libbed skit from Channel 9's The Howard Stern Show and clips from The Uncle Floyd Show.

Rede Manchete

It first aired on June 5, 1983 in Rio de Janeiro and simultaneously in other 5 Brazilian cities, like São Paulo on Rede Exclesior's old channel 9 frequency.

Rick McCosker

He is depicted by Aidan March in the Channel 9 series Howzat! Kerry Packer's War.

Roberto Achával

His interpretation of the tango "They call you Malevo" by Aníbal Troilo and Homero Expósito was the title theme of the television series Malevo, written by Abel Santa Cruz and starring Rodolfo Bebán and Gabriela Gilli, broadcast on Channel 9 with great success between 1972 and 1974.

Russell Morris

Recorded at Channel 9's TCS Studios and engineered by John L Sayers.

Ted Mallie

By the time Channel 9 moved its studios to Secaucus, New Jersey in 1986, three years after they transferred their city of license there, he and Phil Tonken were the last of the WOR radio announcers from the old-time radio era to still be employed at the station.

His last major announcing duties for channel 9 included handling voice-overs for the children's show Steampipe Alley, and announcing for The Richard Bey Show.

The Dapper Dans

Children's Miracle Network Telethon, airdate May 31, 1986 (KHJ-TV, Channel 9 (KCAL-TV), Los Angeles).

The Paul Hogan Show

The show also aired on the New York Tri-State area television WWOR channel 9, in the early 1980s.

Vinay Maloo

HFCL 9 Gold was another venture in this segment which started in 2000 in partnership with Channel 9 of Australia, which belonged to the late Kerry Packer.

WGN

WGN-TV, a television station (channel 9.1 virtual/19 digital) licensed to Chicago, Illinois, United States

William M. Windsor

In high school and college, William M. Windsor worked as a radio disc jockey for KLBK Radio, KLVT Radio, WHIR Radio, WBKY Radio, KCAS Radio, and others and as a television announcer and talk show host at WFTV Channel 9 in Orlando.

WNCT

WNCT-TV, a television station (channel 9) licensed to Greenville, North Carolina, United States

WSOC

WSOC-TV, a television station (channel 9 analog/34 digital) licensed to Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

WSYR

WSYR-TV, a television station (channel 9 analog/17 digital) licensed to Syracuse, New York, United States