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Networks extend bulletins for bushfires

Latest info on news bulletin coverage of bushfires is here.

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2013-10-23_1240As today is a critical day on the bushfires front, I’m adding amended schedule information here for NSW viewers, as it is supplied:

Sydney only:

SEVEN:
Wednesday:
6pm Seven News 1hr
(Today Tonight is out)

10:30pm Seven News – Bushfire Emergency Update (10 mins)

Thursday:
10:30pm Seven News – Bushfire Emergency Update (10 mins)

ABC NEWS 24:
ABC News 24 will continue rolling coverage of the bushfire unfolding in NSW.

NINE:
6pm News
7pm A Current Affair
7:30pm Big Brother

SKY NEWS:
Rolling coverage on a dedicated NSW Fires channel.

If any other networks have scheduling changes please send them through asap…

Stay safe!

This post updates.

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  1. I don’t know why they’re bothering to extend the bulletins. It is just the same thing over and over. And I do hope it will all be over ASAP, I had to cancel a visit to Sydney and Bondi Beach last weekend because the Hume Highway was blocked.

  2. I don’t see what actual purpose this serves. We’ll just see the same footage they’ve been playing over and over, along with pointless speculation by “on the spot” reporters (I nearly said journalists).

    Anyone *actually* after information will listen to local radio, call emergency services, or tune to a known 24 hour ad-free news service, such as ABC24. Anything else is just “me too” behaviour.

  3. In NSW: Due to the extended 9 News coverage of the bushfire emergency all programs will be pushed back again tonight by half an hour. Official Big Brother Australia will start at 7.30pm!

  5. Home and Away (Official) facebook page
    PSA Update | Prime7 NSW Viewers

    The earlier post in relation to broadcast of Home and Away tonight on Prime7 will now only affect Coffs Harbour, Lismore, Tamworth, Taree, Orange, and Wagga Wagga regions where there will be a one hour local news bulletin covering the Bushfire crisis.

    All other Australian regions will broadcast Home and Away at 7pm.

  6. For viewers in regional NSW and the ACT watching Nine News Sydney on the WIN network, WIN News will be screening tonight (as it has been since the end of last week) at 7:00PM. ACA is screeing on the GEM channel in WIN TV markets across NSW/ACT as usual at 7:00PM. If you can`t watch WIN News at 7.00PM, it is replayed after 12midnight. The Nine News Sydney late replay that normally follows the late WIN News replay is not screening for the meantime. It should return once the current NSW bushfire emergency is over.

  9. ph: If one of the data casting channels were to show NSW Fire coverage, no one would know it was on.

    OTOH, ABC News 24 have done pretty much non stop coverage from what I’ve seen today and earlier this week, and that is the place people would look for news.

    Of course, ABC Local Radio is still your best source of information.

  11. @ph – The government had just that in mind when they called them “data casting” channels – but who’s going to be brave enough to call a media mogul and tell them to drop one of their 24/7 commercials in the interests of public service?

  14. @aaron1004 – Why? What are they running at 7pm?
    EPGs still say “H&A”. Then, TEN’s also still says “Simpsons” at 6pm.
    TEN tried to do a news break at 2pm. Promos, 1 sec. of newsreader giving a “not happy Jan” look, more promos then next program.
    ABC24 doing a great job. Michael Rowland still at it, since 6am or earlier.

  15. Why can we not use one of those infotainment channels for actual info and have the NSW Fires channel. Time to put the bandwidth to better use, surely nobody would object.

  16. Home and Away (Official)say on facebook

    PSA | Attention Prime7 regional NSW viewers.

    With NSW in a critical state of emergency in relation to the current bush fire crisis, there has been amendments to the broadcast of Home and Away this week in the Prime7 NSW region. Tonight’s (Wednesday) episode will now air on Thursday 15:30 AEDT. You can also catch all of this week’s episodes back-to-back on Sunday October 27 from 14:15 AEDT on the Prime7 network.

    All other regions have successfully broadcast Home and Away this week on the Seven and Southern Cross Network.

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