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Bruce Gyngell (b. July 8, 1929, d. September 7, 2000), born in Melbourne, Australia was a leading Australian television executive. He was the head of many television networks in Australia, including the Nine Network, the Seven Network during the 1970s and also as deputy chairman of the ATV Network in the United Kingdom. He was also the first Chief Executive of the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) in Australia during the 1980s. Gyngell also created the Australian Broadcasting Tribunal, the forerunner of the Australian Broadcasting Authority, and was its first Chairman in 1977. In the United Kingdom, he held senior positions at TV-am and Yorkshire Television (which by then had become "Yorkshire Tyne Tees Television" after taking over Tyne Tees Television). July 8 is the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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The City of Melbournes coat of arms The central business district of Melbourne, viewed from the north Alternate meanings: Melbourne (disambiguation) Melbourne is the capital and largest city of the state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia, with a population of 52,117 in the Central...
The Nine Network is an Australian television network, available in major markets across Australia. ...
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The Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) is one of two government funded Australian public broadcasting radio and television networks, the other being the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). ...
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The Australian Broadcasting Authority (commonly called the ABA in Australia) is an agency of the Australian federal government, responsible for regulating the television, radio, and Internet industries. ...
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TV-am was a breakfast television station that broadcast in the United Kingdom from 1983 to 1992. ...
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Tyne Tees Television is the ITV television contractor for North East England. ...
Gyngell's media career began in the record industry, in the mid-1950s, when he was hired by Australian label Festival Records. He was soon poached by Sir Frank Packer, who hired him to assist in the establishment of TCN-9, Australia's first commercial television station, in 1956. Gyngell is often credited as being the first person to ever appear on Australian television on September 16, 1956 when he spoke the words, 'Good evening, and welcome to television'. However, many people had already appeared in television test broadcasts in Australia prior to Gyngell, including Alan Rowe, comedy duo "Ada & Elsie", "Happy" Hammond, and Graham Kennedy. Festival Records was an Australian music recording and publishing company which was founded in Sydney in 1952 and operated until 2005. ...
Sir Frank Packer (December 3, 1906–May 1, 1974), was an Australian media proprietor who controlled Australian Consolidated Press and the Nine television network. ...
TCN-9 is the Sydney flagship television station of the Nine Network in Australia. ...
Australian television Black and white television began in Australia in between 1955 and 1957, with colour television being introduced generally to the country in 1975 to 1976, in time for the Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. ...
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(Gyngell would repeat his "opening night" words upon the opening of the Special Broadcasting Service in 1980, and again in 1995, when cable television with (Optus Television)). He was the founder of the Nine Network's most popular music-variety program, the long-running Bandstand, which Gyngell had adapted from the American program of the same name. Coaxial cable is often used to transmit cable television into the house. ...
Optus Television is the cable television division of Australian telecommunications company Optus. ...
Gyngell died at the age of 71, on September 7, 2000 in Chelsea, London from a cancer-related illness. Upon Gyngell's death, Australian Prime Minister John Howard paid tribute to Gyngell saying, 'It's a big loss to the Australian television industry. In a way, he probably contributed more to the industry than just about any other Australian.' [1]. September 7 is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years). ...
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A prime minister is the most senior minister of a cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. ...
John Winston Howard (born 26 July 1939), Australian politician, is the Prime Minister of Australia. ...
He is the father of designer Briony Gyngell, restaurateur Skye Gyngell and former Nine Network executive David Gyngell, who is married to Leila McKinnon Leila McKinnon is the fill in co-host of the Nine Network Australias Today Show, which is a daily breakfast news/chat show. ...
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Name That Tune was a television game show that put two contestants against each other to test their knowledge of songs. ...
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External link The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is an online database of information about movies, actors, television shows, production crew personnel, and video games. ...
References - Bruce Gyngell: the life of a media legend
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