''Personal Column'' is an Australian television program. It aired on Melbourne station
HSV-7
HSV is a television station in Melbourne, Australia. It is part of the Seven Network, one of the three main commercial television networks in Australia, its first and oldest station. It launched in time for the 1956 Summer Olympic Games in Melb ...
, broadcast weekly at 4:00PM on Wednesdays from 27 August 1958 to 6 May 1959. Episodes aired in a 15-minute time-slot. It was replaced on the schedule by ''
Brenda's Time
''Brenda's Time'' is an Australian television series which aired in 1959 on Melbourne station HSV-7. It featured Brenda Marshall, a HSV personality of the period. It aired in a 15-minute time-slot, and appears to have been an interview
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'' with HSV personality Brenda Marshall, a program about which very little information is available. The archival status of either program is not known. It should not be confused with ''
Personal Album'', a
GTV-9
GTV is a commercial television station in Melbourne, Australia, owned by the Nine Network. The station is currently based at studios at 717 Bourke Street, Docklands.
History
GTV-9 was amongst the first television stations to begin regular ...
series which also aired from 1958 to 1959.
Format
It appears to have originally been hosted by Brenda Marshall, but most episodes featured
Jean Battersby
Jean Battersby, (28 March 1928 – 24 February 2009) was an Australian arts executive and adviser, and the founding chief executive officer of the Australian Council for the Arts in 1968.
Early life
Born Jean Robinson in Drouin, Victoria, sh ...
as the host. The program had a format similar to newspaper personal column sections, with Battersby discussing viewers personal problems.
At the time, most Australian programs aired in a single city only, which was also the case with ''Personal Column''.
See also
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Movie Guide
''Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide'' was a book-format collection of movie capsule reviews that began in 1969, was updated biannually after 1978, and then annually after 1986. The final edition was published in September 2014. It was originally calle ...
''
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What's On''
References
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Seven Network original programming
1958 Australian television series debuts
1959 Australian television series endings
English-language television shows
Black-and-white Australian television shows
Australian non-fiction television series