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TV Weather Adelaide
No. 64 November 1961, Item 450Two commercial stations, NWS-9, owned by "The News" and ADS-7. owned by "The Advertiser" and one national station, ABS-2, provide television weather programmes in South Australia. In each case prior to commencement, acknowledgement that the Bureau of Meteorology has supplied the information is flashed on the screen.
Presentation on Channel 9 consists simply of a reading of the State and Metropolitan forecasts. together with the latest temperature and pressure information.
The same procedure is adopted by Channel 7 except that the reader is faded out and the 3 P.m. chart exhibited during the reading of the forecasts and information.
Officers of the Rural Department of the A.B.C. are responsible for the presentation on Channel 2. They attend the Weather Bureau for briefing at 5.45 p.m. daily except Sundays, when they are presented with a copy of the O.W.R. and a copy of the 3 p.m. chart.
The briefing is confined to any necessary explanation of the information contained in the O.W.R., and the announcers usually adhere closely to the content of the O.W.R. Any significant departures are brought to their notice.
The presentation consists of a discussion of the main features of the latest synoptic charts and reference is made to extremes of temperatures rainfall etc.
The Central Settled Areas forecast, which embraces the Northern Agricultural River, and Central districts, is then read, and finally the Metropolitan forecast in printed form is presented and read by the announcer.
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