AUSSIE 

MUSIC TV

Early days of Australian music television pre-dated

video clips and often hosts and guests were

featured  miming audio recordings of hit songs

while some other early music series were variety-

style series with emphasis on music. 

As acceptance of Australian music grew, local and

visiting acts performed more often on a sound

stage and with the advent of music videos, shows

gave way to slickly prepackaged film clips with a

host compère mixing live local acts.

The most recent trend has been towards near and

complete compère-free shows which show music

videos exclusively.

Below are just a few Australian Music TV programs

which were popular over the years.

Bandstand

Six O'Clock Rock

Uptight

GTK

Hit Scene

Happening 70/71/72

Countdown

Rock Arena

Recovery

Rage

Wrok Down

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