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The grief has been all consuming for me and my three children. Aspect Hunter School's new high school provides hope to NBN newsreader Natasha Beyersdorf's son Cam and her family. Access unlimited content, the digital versions of our print editions - Today's Paper, as well as the Newcastle Herald app. In 1963, NBN won the Logie Award for Enterprising Programming (which was only for country stations), and another Outstanding Contribution by a Regional Station award in 1978. "Thank god ESPN took a punt on the story. Now that they're teenagers I'm fighting to get them into bed of course its a bit of a different situation. It was the start of a steep learning curve; let's put it that way! I dont think you should be a journalist. I do remember before I started, I had a week away with my mum at Coffs Harbour. The opener and title cards were first updated, followed by its weather graphics in February 2017 (when it began providing weather for then-Nine's affiliate CTC until 2021). The affiliation switch was reversed in July 2021. A country girl from Armidale in northern NSW, Natasha Beyersdorf got her start in an appropriate place, the country music capital of Tamworth. The environment changes so much that it is difficult for some students to hold it all together,"she says. In October 2020, after almost 60 years broadcasting from the Mosbri Crescent studios, the Nine Network will be moving NBN to new state of the art facilities located at 28 Honeysuckle Drive, Newcastle. Intouch magazine showcases whats hot, whats on and whos who with a dynamic blend of inspirational articles, lifestyle features, fashion, events, food and travel its the go-to source for people living in (or visiting) Newcastle,Lake Macquarie, Port Stephens and The Hunter Valley. [17], In 2004, Washington H. Soul Pattinson began moves to transfer control of the station to its publicly listed subsidiary, Soul Pattinson Telecommunications, which became SP Telemedia as a result.[18][19]. They were good times.. Natasha is starting to believe again that things are possible: "I had started to doubt that whereas now I think with the right support and understanding that Cam can really achieve his dreams.". [6], NBN Television commenced transmission on 4 March 1962. [20] On 9 May 2007, PBL Media's $250million bid became final, winning the sale. In any case, Leonardo DiCaprio and Scarlett Johansson would make much more suitable actors to play the roles of Paul and Tash in the aforementioned feature film, which may or may not happen. It was an era of magic that later became known as the golden years of television. News, sport and weather presenters start early at NBN recording introductions to each of the local stories which will be included in the opt-outs. The station completed its move to Honeysuckle the following day. Another night of NBN News. The NDIS was always going to be expensive, and I certainly accept that public funding needs to be managed carefully and prudently. . This proposal was however rejected, and aggregation occurred on 31 December 1991, with NBN acquiring Nine Network affiliation. Thirteen students are now attending the high school's two classroomsand it will grow to accommodate 50 children. "It's been a tough couple of years and this has just been incredible for all of us. In 1997 Natasha moved to join Brett at Primes Newcastle studio, initially working as Chief of Staff before later being promoted to News Editor. In December 2014, Mike Rabbitt retired from reading sport on NBN News after nearly 30 years with the station. Natasha Beyersdorf is a NBN News at Nine Entertainment Company based in North Sydney, New South Wales. Whichever description you prefer, its certainly not your usual holiday home. Required fields are marked *. "Nogood can come for your mental health to sit about and think what is he going to do when I am not here and things like that,"a tearful Brett says. Thats success. In accordance with the Australian Broadcasting Control Board regulations, at least 50% of the company had to be locally owned. Add an answer. However since the move to Honeysuckle, local programming has ceased altogether with NBN News the only local production on the station. It is also reminiscent of the 2002 ident package. I don't miss it.". [6], The call-letters, NBN, were derived from the company's name, Newcastle Broadcasting and Television Corporation, with the second N representing New South Wales, as required by law. Im honoured to be the patron for Firstchance, a Hunter-based organisation that supports young people with disabilities and their families. Some remain at the school,others transition back into a mainstream school once they have developed self-regulation and other skills. Weve had a particularly tough time since Campbell transitioned to high school last year, and have so far been unable to find an educational setting that meets his needs. I think he actually rang me after Prime folded, and he was lovely. A job came up at Prime, which literally the two buildings were side-by-side, 2TM and Prime, so I just had to drive in a different driveway, she laughed. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. [9], In early 1980, NBN purchased Southern Television Corporation Limited, owners of NWS-9 in Adelaide, for $19million. ESPN has nominated Michael for a gong at the Sport Australia Media Awards. And I went, Okay. In an internal email to NBN staff obtained by TV Blackbox, Managing Director for Nine in Queensland and Northern New South Wales, Kylie . House & Garden . This page is not available in other languages. As part of our university studies we had to do work experience in our holidays, so I did work experience at Radio 2TM in Tamworth, which was pretty close to Armidale, about an hour away, she said. It was later revealed that the Lambs had opposed NBN's purchase of the Star newspaper (created and owned by Wansey) and the attempt to buy 2HD. But we also need to remember that its an investment in our future. I know my podcast, youtube channel, social media posts and emails have abruptly stopped almost a month ago and I . Wiki User. [5] However, following the PBL acquisition, NBN at the time continued to operate as an independent regional affiliate of the main network under the name NBN Television. Gavin Morris will replace Lobb as weeknight news presenter and one of the network's main male personalities in addition to presenting the weather.[34]. Whichever description you prefer, it's certainly not your usual holiday home. Update on Tragedy that has Devastated Our Family. That means more time at home, and greater need for the kind of supports provided under the NDIS, especially as he navigates the complexity of adolescence and a world that can seem so foreign to him. That was a nice departure from what Id been doing for my whole career really. But for the time being NBN News remains under its unique name and the small "NBN" on the Nine watermark is still used in areas where NBN's signal overlaps with TCN Sydney and QTQ Brisbane to differentiate between the stations. An impressive career milestone in anybodys books, Natasha said she remains just as passionate about telling peoples stories as she did during her first amateur forays into interviewing as a teenager. She too had more questions than answers. [10], Despite pressure from the Nine Network to adopt the nine dots, NBN Television retained its logo for a few years after aggregation. I don't want another family to go through For those of you that aren't aware, my husband died suddenly of a blood clot ten days after a minor Achilles surgery. "This school is about autism. NBNNEWS.COM.AU | Delivering the highest quality local news, sport and weather, NBN News has played an important role in the lives of people across northern New South Wales for decades. This was followed by The Phil Silvers Show at 7pm, and the 1937 movie Green Light starring Errol Flynn at 7:30; the George Sanders Mystery Theater series followed at 9pm, with opening episode, The Man in the Elevator, followed by the first episode from the Halls of Ivy, then the first Mystery Theatre program, The Missing Head at 10pm. [37] However, in 1994, NBN added nine dots into a new logo designed similarly to the Nine Network's, and also began using Nine's on-air promotion, with the NBN logo replacing Nine's. Coincidentally, it also marked 30 years since the station took Nine's signal across all of Northern NSW. [3] NBN is the only regional station in mainland Australia to produce a one-hour news bulletin seven days a week. "From a reasonably young age, I just loved writing. For the first time, the title cards used on Nine News were adapted as part of the refresh. Height. [10] By the late 1970s, NBN was producing 20 hours a week of local and networked programming from its studios, which in turn led the station to purchase a Bell Jet Ranger helicopter for news coverage purposes. Brett moved straight into a role at ABC radio but Natasha, who was offered a job at the time by network rival NBN, decided to take a break from journalism and accepted a public relations role at Hunter Health. From 2017 to 2021, the station also provided local weather segments for Nine's regional NSW, Victoria and Queensland bulletins. Viduka described how Elton John dedicated a song to him at a concert in Manchester. When the principal called she said 'I just want to let you know he's going well', she was really conscious of us and I know the other families, too.". Nelson, to raise further funds for the high school, which teaches the mainstream curriculum for Years 7 to 10 and will eventually offer the life skills Higher School Certificate. Your email address will not be published. It became a passion. Following the appointment of Kylie Blucher as the station's managing director, NBN News opener and graphics were relaunched, aligning with Nine's metropolitan and Darwin stations, yet retaining the well-known theme music composed by Laurence Schuberth. It movedto a spare classroom at Shortland Public before local businessman Hilton Grugeon, whose son has Aspergers syndrome, rallied community and business support to ensure a new school was built in 2012 at Thornton. Throughout its history, NBN News produced Good Morning News, Good Evening News, News Night, NBN Evening News, and NBN Late Edition News and currently running NBN News. In The News: NBN co-anchors Paul Lobb and Natasha Beyersdorf have reached a milestone. Coincidentally, it marked 10 years since Paul Lobb replaced Ray Dinneen as main male news presenter and one of the network's local identities back in 2010.[33]. They are currently sponsors of the Newcastle Northstars in the Australian Ice Hockey League. Ive had the opportunity to do a whole range of jobs within a newsroom, she said. [13] Michael Wansey resigned from the board at the end of the year as a result. It was hard going, and you had to be across everything, but it was an excellent learning ground. [24] Coincidentally, it also marked 20 years since the station took Nine's signal across all of Northern NSW. Contact Natasha, search articles and Tweets, monitor coverage, and track replies from one place. It was also announced that upon completion of the move, the name NBN News will be retained for the 6pm bulletin, thus for now resting any speculation that the bulletin will be rebadged as Nine News as well as speculation that studio presentation of the news would be relocated to the network's new North Sydney Studios. [31] This will allow NBN to update its ageing technology and grow the business. That was just too much of a shift from very strong competitors, and I thought, You know what? Newcastle journalist Michael Cain won plaudits in the sporting world for his exclusive interview in Zagreb with former Socceroo Mark Viduka. 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In August 2021, as part of Jenny Webber's appointment to NBN's day-to-day operations, major changes were imposed on NBN News: the station's Head of News Blake Doyle and Chief of Staff Andy Lobb were made redundant, taking with them a combined 40 years experience in local television production, with former Nine Perth reporter Darius Winterfield and former Nine Adelaide reporter Olivia Grace Curran to replace them as head of news and chief of staff, respectively. Craig Rosevear is now solo host due to the departure of Georgia Maher in early 2020. [3], NBN was the first to launch an hour-long news bulletin in April 1972 from its long-time Mosbri Crescent building, and from launch night until the 1980s, Murray Finlay was the face of NBN's news bulletins, and was one of Australia's longest serving newsreaders. NBNNEWS.COM.AU | Delivering the highest quality local news, sport and weather, NBN News has played an important role in the lives of people across northern New South Wales for decades. "I am still not quite willing to believe it, I don't want to assign myself too many things in a day because I can't believe it's working so well, even though I knew enough about Aspect to be confident,"says Natasha, whountil recently home-schooled herson because he wasn't coping in a mainstream high-school setting. NBN Television broadcast fifty-six hours in its first week of transmission, setting the Australian television record for the most time spent on air in a week for a new television station. I remember being shocked at how hard it was. [7] Since November 2021, master control for NBN News is operated by QTQ's Mt. The new logo designed by Bruce Dunlop Associates saw the removal of the nine dots, with a blue square added to behind the letters NBN. Read our Privacy Policy. This article is about the Australian television station. Part of us thinks he'll be with us for as long as we are around. I dont want to be angry anymore. NBN newsreaders Natasha Beyersdorf and Paul Lobb will clock up ten years as a duo next month. Popular Newcastle personality Paul 'Lobby' Lobb had read NBN's 6pm news bulletin for more than a decade alongside fellow presenter Natasha Beyersdorf before his sudden removal. Council approval for the transmitter was issued on 17 July that year. NBN News is the station's flagship local evening news bulletin, airing every night at 6pm. And doing the news, Id get home, and they had an early bedtime so I wouldn't see them, or Id get home, and it was time to tuck them into bed, and that was it. I loved English, it was my favourite subject, and Id write these really farfetched kinds of stories writing was always my thing, she said. Want this question answered? The lifestyle program was broadcast three days per week as part of NBN's day-time line-up. I remember the careers advisor at school, I went to him in about Year 10 when youre choosing your elective subjects for the last two years, and I said, I want to be a journalist. Write CSS OR LESS and hit save. In April 2012, NBN Television's identity changed, applying the logo in different colours such as red, green, purple and more. That's a great effort by the pair. Read our Privacy Policy. This is the story I want to tell of the NDIS promoting confidence and independence, like when our support worker texted me to say that hed encouraged Cam to order and pay for his own lunch that day. "We look at what they need to learn at their best, so they may need regular sensory breaks and they may need more timeto process information and they may also need support to understand what is in it for them,"Ms Cheney says. 51 Main Street, Scone . Her bright smile hides a heavy heart. In 1970, NBN began upgrading its studios in preparation for the commencement of colour television originally scheduled for 1972, later changed to March 1975, at a cost of $360,000. The three was used due to the station's frequency allocation, being transmitted on VHF channel 3 from a transmitter atop Mount Sugarloaf near Newcastle. There are expectations that the student in a supported unit will go to this different classroom for music or cooking, which is great, because you want them to have that experience. Use tab to navigate through the menu items. "It's extraordinary, it's momentous,"he says. [7] As a part of earlier preparations for colour production, between 1972 and 1973, orders were placed with Rank Cintel and the EMI Group in the United Kingdom and Ampex in the United States for new colour equipment, in time for colour transmission tests on 7 October 1974. During the same year, NBN began a teletext service and also purchased the free local newspaper, the Newcastle Star. ", Adds Tilly: "Mum is less stressed and it's taken a lot of stress off the family. [14], In the late 1980s, NBN's Perth-based owner, Parry Corporation, spun off NBN Limited into a new company, NBN Enterprises, and took a 40 per cent stake in the new company, with Security Pacific Capital Corporation buying 60 per cent, sold their stake soon after, holding onto Papua New Guinea television station NTN, which NBN had helped to set up. The couple have spoken publicly about their journey in their bid to raise funds to support the new high school and to support others in their situation. A country girl from Armidale in northern NSW, Natasha Beyersdorf got her start in an appropriate place, the country music capital of Tamworth. A Port Stephens couple built their AirBnB from scratch and they've recently been listed among the top five . By. [36] The former Hunter Pirates NBL basketball team (and their predecessor, the Newcastle Falcons) as well as the Newcastle United Jets soccer team (and their predecessor, the Newcastle Breakers), have also both received sponsorship from NBN Television. "Even though they were small, supported classes they are still in school settings with big [pupil] numbers. With a love of English and a penchant for crafting stories as a young child, it was little surprise that as she grew older, Natasha began to imagine turning her passion into a profession. Thanks for subscribing Anglican Bishop James Housden gave the first evening meditation at 10:30pm, marking the end of the first night of transmission for NBN-3 in Newcastle. Okay. M. Sales. Although a "lite" version of the graphics was introduced in February 2014, it did not become identical with Nine News until April 2016. At Prime, I was given the opportunity to do updates but worked my way up the line and became a producer and then a newsreader, and was still on the road. Approximately 2000 people bought shares. On 26 March 2012, NBN began transmission of Nine's metropolitan informercial channel Extra on channel 84. My friends family got one of the first VHS cameras that came out, I don't know the year, but I think it was early high school. Im worn down by a system that promised to help people with disabilities to live full, meaningful lives, but is failing so many of them. Natasha's first job in TV was at Prime in Tamworth where she cut her teeth as a regional journalist covering everything from fatal accidents to local fetes. I don't want to whinge. I felt fully invested in that role, working long hours, and I felt very responsible too for everybody, as you do when youre the boss of a certain department, she said. The station has sponsored the Newcastle Knights NRL rugby league team for most of the 1990s and the 2000s, with the NBN logo visible on the team's uniform the station also sponsored the Gold Coast Chargers from 1996 to 1998. Cam is happy to do anything with me at any time; hes just that kind of boy. It was really fun. 12 community leaders have been chosen to partner with a professional dancer to perfect a routine to be performed at Wests Leagues Club on May 1, 2015. Daily Weather Shot. (now 9Go!) During April 2007, SP Telemedia announced that it would consider selling NBN Television, and had received at least two bids, one each from WIN Corporation and PBL Media. While Cam received great support in primary school in a smaller class, his parents saw the support gap widening closer to high school. Its fair to say the NDIS has been a life-changer for many people like Campbell. The move was originally meant to be completed in June 2021, but following the hacking situation that occurred at Nine's North Sydney studios in March, and statewide COVID-19 lockdowns across New South Wales, the planned move was pushed back to November. In March 2022, NBN celebrated 60 years of broadcasting across Northern NSW and the Gold Coast. (For example, a favourite feature called 'bounce-the-ball' was deemed inappropriate because not all children could bounce a ball). At the time, NBN's audio carrier frequency could be listened to with a standard FM radio. My son Campbell is 14. There was a fatal bus crash at Tangaratta Creek, and I got a call from Sydney and all of a sudden I was filing reports to Sydney, you know, this young journo, just a couple of months out of uni, just thrown in the deep end. [citation needed] It came at a cost. . [8] Also during the same year more extensions were added to the studios (which included a new car park), which were officially opened on 17 November 1978.

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