Australia's Amateur Hour was a talent quest, broadcast on Australian AM radio from 1940 to 1958,[1] and a television spinoff, which ran for less than a year, 1957–1958.
The radio program began on Sydney's 2UW, compered by Harry Dearth,[2] followed by Dick Fair, who developed it into Australia's most popular Sunday program, each week selecting ten contestants from around 100 hopefuls.[3] From 24 August 1930 the show was broadcast on 2GB, produced and compered by Terry Dear.[4] It was a popular, long-running, program on which many performers appeared.
The television version was also compered by Terry Dear, running from August 1957[5] to February 1958 on Sydney's TCN-9 and Melbourne's HSV-7. The success of the radio version didn't translate to its television cousin, which closed after only seven months, the radio version following shortly after.
^"Terry Dear for Amateur Hour". The Sun (Sydney). No. 12647. New South Wales, Australia. 10 August 1950. p. 9. Retrieved 12 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
^Musgrove, Nan (7 August 1957). "Television Parade". Australian Women's Weekly. p. 10. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
australia, amateur, hour, talent, quest, broadcast, australian, radio, from, 1940, 1958, television, spinoff, which, less, than, year, 1957, 1958, genretalent, contest, variety, entertainmentpresented, byharry, dearthdick, fairterry, dear, dear, hosted, both, . Australia s Amateur Hour was a talent quest broadcast on Australian AM radio from 1940 to 1958 1 and a television spinoff which ran for less than a year 1957 1958 Australia s Amateur HourGenreTalent contest variety entertainmentPresented byHarry DearthDick FairTerry Dear Dear hosted both the radio and television version Country of originAustraliaOriginal languageEnglishProductionProduction locationsHomebush West SydneyOriginal releaseNetworkAWA radio version Seven Network and Nine Network television version ReleaseRadio 1940 1940 1958 1958 Television August 1957 1957 08 1958 1958 The radio program began on Sydney s 2UW compered by Harry Dearth 2 followed by Dick Fair who developed it into Australia s most popular Sunday program each week selecting ten contestants from around 100 hopefuls 3 From 24 August 1930 the show was broadcast on 2GB produced and compered by Terry Dear 4 It was a popular long running program on which many performers appeared The television version was also compered by Terry Dear running from August 1957 5 to February 1958 on Sydney s TCN 9 and Melbourne s HSV 7 The success of the radio version didn t translate to its television cousin which closed after only seven months the radio version following shortly after Contents 1 Episode status 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksEpisode status editSome episodes of the radio version are held by the National Film amp Sound Archive 6 Although the television version was kinescoped so it could be shown in both Sydney and Melbourne no copies are known to exist See also edit nbsp Television portal nbsp Australia portal nbsp Music portalList of Australian music television showsReferences edit Dearth Fair Dear in Closing Amateur Hour Presentation Radio and Television Supplement The Age 7 November 1958 Retrieved 12 July 2013 Combe Diana R 1993 Dearth Henry Alan Harry 1908 1964 Australian Dictionary of Biography Vol 13 National Centre of Biography Australian National University ISSN 1833 7538 Retrieved 18 June 2021 Nancye Bridges 1983 Wonderful Wireless Methuen ISBN 045400513X Terry Dear for Amateur Hour The Sun Sydney No 12647 New South Wales Australia 10 August 1950 p 9 Retrieved 12 October 2023 via National Library of Australia Musgrove Nan 7 August 1957 Television Parade Australian Women s Weekly p 10 Retrieved 12 July 2013 AUSTRALIA S AMATEUR HOUR National Film amp Sound Archive Archived from the original on 26 June 2022 Retrieved 26 June 2022 External links editAustralia s Amateur Hour at IMDb nbsp nbsp nbsp This article about a radio show or program in Australia is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Australia 27s Amateur Hour amp oldid 1179939911, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
