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unusual facts about Commercial Television



Seven HD

However, Seven HD became the first Free-to-air commercial television channel introduced to metropolitan areas since 1988, when it launched prior on 15 October 2007, with 25th Hour being the first program broadcast at 10:30pm.


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Colac, Victoria

In addition to commercial television services, Colac receives Government ABC Television (ABC1, ABC2, ABC3, ABC News 24) and SBS (SBS One and SBS Two) television services.

DWBY-TV

DWBY-TV is a local commercial television station owned and operated by ABS-CBN Corporation, Its studio and transmitter facilities are located along Cagayan Valley Road, Brgy San Vicente, San Miguel, Bulacan.

Fiji Television

It was founded on 15 June 1994 as the first permanent commercial television broadcasting network in the country, although television had previously been introduced temporarily in October 1991 to broadcast the Rugby World Cup as well as Cricket World Cup.

FNN

Fuji News Network is a commercial television news network in Japan.

Human Destination

"Silver Wind" was used in the fourth episode of Trauma (TV series), airing October 19th, 2009 on the American commercial television network, NBC.

"Light" was used in the fourth episode of Trauma (TV series), airing October 19th, 2009 on the American commercial television network, NBC.

"Hey Man I'm Kissing The Angels Shoes" was used in the second episode of Trauma (TV series), airing October 5th, 2009 on the American commercial television network, NBC.

KEEF-TV

After KCET originally went on the air in 1964 its owners, Community Television of Southern California, had sought Los Angeles' second non-commercial television allocation on UHF channel 58.

Kids' WB Australia

All presenting is done from the studios of Melbourne's GTV-9, a commercial television station in Melbourne, Australia owned by the Nine Network (also broadcast on location from the Gold Coast's Warner Bros. Movie World by Lauren Phillips and Andrew Faulkner.

Lau Kong

Little is known of Lau's private life, but he has been acting since 1976, when he first joined the now defunct network Commercial Television, he later joined RTV (now ATV, Lau would be an actor there from 1979-1982.

Lloyd Rigler

One of his notable philanthropic efforts was the establishment, in 1994, of the Classic Arts Showcase, a free, non-commercial television channel promoting the fine arts.

Malcolm Saville

Several of his 90 books were serialised for broadcast on BBC radio, and his 1953 book The Ambermere Treasure, part of the Jillies series, was serialised by Associated-Rediffusion, the first commercial television company to broadcast in the United Kingdom, in late 1955 and early 1956; it was therefore one of the first ITV children's drama series.

Raleigh Gilbert

His TV work declined further when the number of meetings covered by commercial television declined considerably from January 1986 onwards, but he was still heard quite often on ITV and later Channel 4 through the late 1980s and early 1990s, often commentating on the earlier stages of major races at Newmarket where two commentators were deemed necessary.

The Johnston Brothers

By 1956, Johnston had established Johnny Johnston Jingles Ltd., which was responsible for hundreds of advertising jingles in the early years of British commercial television, including "A million housewives every day pick up a can of beans and say - Beanz Meanz Heinz!", "You can be sure of Shell", and the first ever colour TV commercial in Britain, for Birds Eye peas in 1969.

Thomas Brownrigg

Captain Thomas Marcus Brownrigg CBE DSO RN (Retired) (8 July 1902—9 October 1967) was a British Royal Navy officer before and during World War II who later became the first General Manager of Bracknell New Town Development Corporation before founding Europe's first commercial television station, Associated-Rediffusion.

Trust Electricity

"Bumpersticker" was used in the fourth episode of Trauma (TV series), airing October 19, 2009 on the American commercial television network, NBC.

Vtm

vtm or Vlaamse Televisie Maatschappij (English: Flemish Television Company) is the main commercial television station in Flanders, the Dutch-speaking north of Belgium and forms part of a network of channels owned by Vlaamse Media Maatschappij (VMMa).

West Digital Television

As GWN7 consists of three different stations licensed in Albany/Bunbury, Kalgoorlie and Geraldton, and a fourth licensed to the rest of the state as part of the Remote Commercial Television License scheme, West Digital Television's network is made up of four separate stations.

WGBX-TV

WGBX-TV first signed on the air on September 25, 1967; its transmitter has been located in Needham (on a broadcast tower that is now operated by CBS Corporation, and is used by some of the Boston markets' commercial television stations, including CBS-owned WBZ-TV), WGBX's current digital transmitter shares the master antenna at the very top of the tower with the commercial stations.

Woodberry, Baltimore

Woodberry also houses the facilities for four of Baltimore's commercial television stations, and because of its altitude, it also is the site of two large broadcasting masts.

WTVQ-DT

It was founded by Lexington area businessman Roy White and Reeves Broadcasting along with WBLG radio (AM 1300, now WLXG), and was the third commercial television station to begin broadcasting in the Lexington market.