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Re: 1976 Countdown Hosts

29th August, 1976 - host unknown

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(Source: The Age)

Re: 1976 Countdown Hosts

5th September, 1976 - hosted by Ted Mulry

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(Source: The Age)

Re: 1976 Countdown Hosts

12th September, 1976 - hosted by Marcia Hines

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(Source: The Age)

Re: 1976 Countdown Hosts

19th September, 1976 - Edited version of Sherbet Live at the Adelaide Festival Hall

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(Source: The Age)

Re: 1976 Countdown Hosts

26th September, 1976 - hosted by John Paul Young

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(Source: The Age)

Re: 1976 Countdown Hosts

3rd October, 1976 - hosted by Mark Holden

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(Source: The Age)




10th October, 1976 - hosted by Les Gock

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(Source: The Age)




17th October, 1976 - hosted by Mick Pealing

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(Source: The Age)




24th October, 1976 - hosted by Gary Twinn

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(Source: The Age)




31st October, 1976 - hosted by Shirley Strachan

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(Source: The Age)

Re: 1976 Countdown Hosts

7th November, 1976 - host Red Symons
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(Source: The Age)


14th November, 1976 - host Frankie Holden
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(Source: The Age)


21st November, 1976 - host Marcia Hines
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(Source: The Age)


28th November, 1976 - host Ted Mulry
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(Source: The Age)

Re: 1976 Countdown Hosts

5th December, 1976 - hosted by John Paul Young (Source: Rage, ABC)

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(Source: The Age)



12th December, 1976 - hosted by Daryl Braithwaite (Source: Rage, ABC)

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(Source: The Age)

Re: 1976 Countdown Hosts

Well, that's it ... January through to December of TV listings for Countdown in 1976. I'll keep looking, and I hope you guys can help fill some gaps. The Age was obviously my main source of information for two reasons. It provides excellent detail much of the time, which other papers don't seem to do as well. Secondly, it is easily found online, as opposed to physically attending state libraries. That may be my next port of call. Anyway, I look forward to any further contributions you guys might have to help out. Cheers.

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Re: 1976 Countdown Hosts

RetroTragic, I’ve only just read these posts after being off this forum for a while. I just wanted to say “fantastic work”, and I’m so thrilled someone loves the detail as much as I do. Also, I can now say, my early Countdown knowledge is so much better!

Cheers mate!

Re: 1976 Countdown Hosts

Thank you, vinylLOVER. It has been such a pleasure, and absolute fun, to search for this information and post them here for us all to help fill in the gaps. I thought it was important to supply the evidence from the newspapers at the time, so we are virtually certain of who hosted what. I've hit a stumbling block though, as I have exhausted all current online google searches for newspapers. My next step might have to be a visit to a large city library that contains newspapers on microfiche, and sit through endless copies of newspaper TV guides - absolute bliss for me ... ha ha.

Of course, if anyone else has access to such a library, and wants to help fill in gaps, that would be just so fantastic. Together, we will get there - every episode to air on ABC from 1974 to 1987.

Re: 1976 Countdown Hosts

Here's one for the Top 80 shows they played over summer holidays 1977/1978. I didn't realise they played them on Tuesday nights.

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Re: 1976 Countdown Hosts

Another one, this one the final of the Top 80 specials ...

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Re: 1976 Countdown Hosts

80 songs in 55 minutes?

Re: 1976 Countdown Hosts

The Top 80's from early 1976 started on January 6th (Tuesday night) and ran for 5 weeks. So I guess they played 20 songs per show.

Re: 1976 Countdown Hosts

RetroTragic
The Top 80's from early 1976 started on January 6th (Tuesday night) and ran for 5 weeks. So I guess they played 20 songs per show.
Ahh, now that makes more sense. Cheers.

(and to be picky, 80 songs over 5 weeks would be 16 songs per show, which would just about cram into 55 minutes given the average length of singles back then)

Re: 1976 Countdown Hosts

Oh yeah, maths is not my strongest. :blush: With each song going for three or four minutes (about standard), that makes sense.