23 Feb 2015

New Zealand Retro: The Advent of Colour Television

From Afternoons, 1:20 pm on 23 February 2015

The arrival of colour TV in New Zealand with Dr Geoff Lealand from Waikato University; Bill McCarthy, who hosted the TV coverage of the Christchurch Commonwealth Games, and Hokitika retailer Tony Graham.

One of the first colour broadcasts - the 1974 Commonwealth Games

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