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'''TCN-9''' is the [[Sydney]] [[flagship]] [[television station]] of the [[Nine Network]] in [[Australia]]. The license, issued to a company named [[Television Consolidated Ltd]] headed by [[Frank Packer]], was one of the first four licenses (two in Sydney, two in Melbourne) to be issued for commercial television stations in Australia. When it began broadcasting on [[16 September]] [[1956]], it became the first station in Australia to begin regular transmission. |
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The first program, ''This Is Television'', was introduced by [[Bruce Gyngell]]. Other early programming included the [[1958]] variety music program ''[[Bandstand (television program)|Bandstand]]'' which was launched by [[Brian Henderson]]. It lasted for 14 years on the station and launched the careers of many Australians. |
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In 1957, the station formed an affiliation with [[Melbourne]] station [[HSV-7]], allowing them to share programming. In [[1963]], station affiliations changed; TCN-9 formed part of the [[National Television Network]] with [[GTV-9]] in Melbourne, [[QTQ-9]] in [[Brisbane]] and [[NWS-9]] in [[Adelaide]]. These stations formed the basis of what is now the Nine Network, although only the Sydney and Melbourne stations have been owned by Packer's company. |
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On Frank Packer's death in [[1974]], station ownership was passed to his son [[Kerry Packer]]. |
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In December [[1987]], Kerry Packer sold the Sydney and Melbourne stations to [[Alan Bond]]'s [[Bond Media]] for $1055 million, including $200 million in shares of Bond Media. Bond already owned the [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]] and [[Brisbane]] Nine affiliate stations (among others). In [[1990]], Bond Media's inability to pay out preference shares to Packer forced Nine into receivership. In [[July]] [[1990]], Packer bought back the expanded Nine network (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth stations) for only $200 million, one-fifth of what he paid for it. |
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On [[1 October]] [[1997]], TCN-9 performed the first on-air trial of [[digital television|digital broadcasting]] in the southern hemisphere. |
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[[Category:Australian television stations]] |
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* The Proprietor, owner of a carnival game that proclaims 'Shoot the President, Win a Prize'; also acts as Attendant for President McKinley ('''Ballad of Czolgosz'''), Hangman ('''Ballad of Guiteau'''), and Announcer ('''How I Saved Roosevelt''' and '''Something Just Broke''') |
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* The Balladeer, folk singer who tells the story as it happens, until the assassins gang up on him in '''Another National Anthem''' |
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* [[Leon Czolgosz]], assassinated President [[William McKinley]] |
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* [[John Hinckley, Jr.]], attempted to assassinate President [[Ronald Reagan]] |
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* [[Charles J. Guiteau]], assassinated President [[James Garfield]] |
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* [[Giuseppe Zangara]], attempted to assassinate President [[Franklin Roosevelt]] |
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* [[Samuel Byck]], attempted to assassinate President [[Richard Nixon]] |
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* [[Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme|Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme]] |
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* [[Sara Jane Moore]], attempted, after Fromme, to assassinate President [[Gerald Ford]] |
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* [[John Wilkes Booth]], assassinated President [[Abraham Lincoln]] |
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* [[Lee Harvey Oswald]], assassinated President[[ John F. Kennedy]], as according to the [[Warren Commission]] |
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* [[David Herold]], conspirator in the plot to kill Lincoln |
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* [[Emma Goldman]], female anarchist leader, who inspired Czolgosz to shoot McKinley |
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* [[James Blaine|James G. Blaine]], Secretary of State during the Garfield administration |
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* President James Garfield |
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* chorus (bystanders, fairgoers) |
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- blah blah blah1
- hablaba
- meow
- doggy
- bushido
- pie
- pie is good
- honestly
- test
Roles
- The Proprietor, owner of a carnival game that proclaims 'Shoot the President, Win a Prize'; also acts as Attendant for President McKinley (Ballad of Czolgosz), Hangman (Ballad of Guiteau), and Announcer (How I Saved Roosevelt and Something Just Broke)
- The Balladeer, folk singer who tells the story as it happens, until the assassins gang up on him in Another National Anthem
- Leon Czolgosz, assassinated President William McKinley
- John Hinckley, Jr., attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan
- Charles J. Guiteau, assassinated President James Garfield
- Giuseppe Zangara, attempted to assassinate President Franklin Roosevelt
- Samuel Byck, attempted to assassinate President Richard Nixon
- Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme
- Sara Jane Moore, attempted, after Fromme, to assassinate President Gerald Ford
- John Wilkes Booth, assassinated President Abraham Lincoln
- Lee Harvey Oswald, assassinated PresidentJohn F. Kennedy, as according to the Warren Commission
- David Herold, conspirator in the plot to kill Lincoln
- Emma Goldman, female anarchist leader, who inspired Czolgosz to shoot McKinley
- James G. Blaine, Secretary of State during the Garfield administration
- President James Garfield
- chorus (bystanders, fairgoers)