SABC TV1 Sunday mid 1980's OPENING TESTCARD,SCHEDULE,CLOCK,PRESENTER

a Recording of the pre opening and opening of TV1 on a sunday afternoon I found on an old vhs cassette dating around 1985/6

[@UsanskyBluWolf]

1:04 This was the logo of the North American channel "Showtime", which in turn was a copy of the TV Globo logo from here in Brazil.

[@agustingomez1590]

4:05. It looks that the SABC 1976 logo was retained at that moment.

[@yossarian6799]

Remember everyone said the logo looked like a toilet!

[@nixwerld3831]

Here's an interesting tidbit. The image in the background of the program schedule is a combination of two images from the CASCOM Select Effects library that many independent TV networks and regional affiliates used in their promos a long time ago. It reminds me of Showtime's old logo for some reason.

[@bwc1976]

Love the synthesized music of that era! And the general technological optimism as evidenced by the computery font in the program menu.

[@dawidtan8]

The Background Image of a Program Schedule predicted the 1993 Logo

[@MagnusPaul1976]

Hang on a minute the SABC/SAUK indent logo was a bit different to this one in the 80s. The stripes were thinner, with colours blue, orange white and brown and the SABC/SAUK logos were top left and bottom right.

[@DoctorLemon]

Wonderful recording!! Thanks a lot. I find curious how TV1 was English by day and Afrikaans by night.

[@eurafrican85]

They alternated. One day would be afrikaans prime time and the next English prime time

[@tehbrazspartan]

The logo on the background (The one presented during the station sign-on/opening) is too similar to Globo Television's logo.

[@brucedanton3669]

Thank you!

[@busman56]

Thanks for posting this. The language split was entirely equitable with English and Afrikaans with the early/ late slots alternating day by day. South Africa in the 1980’s was the best country in the world. Today is a a corrupt shambolic mess.

[@yossarian6799]

The whole world's a mess, not just South Africa.

[@thato596]

South Africa in 1980s was a mess a corrupt evil apartheid country

[@bwc1976]

Best country other than the apartheid you mean?

[@izzatfauzimustafa6535]

Just like in many parts of the world back then, TV broadcasts in mid 80s always began at noon The concept of morning TV shows were pretty much foreign.

[@Robbiewa-bg4lu]

Which is the most spoken language in South Africa between English and Afrikaans?

[@MichelPdeAlmeida]

Afrikaans

[@bernardkuhn5042]

beatifull music. who play this music and the music name please?

[@navajogames5630]

Advance Report (a) Artist Keith Mansfield, PRS

[@user-un9wh1nm6o]

the announcer is look like madam,what's her name?

[@BrendanPramjee]

Wtf is this?

[@solojinglesradio1]

wtf

[@jondavies5143]

What planet are you from?

[@bwc1976]

South African TV network signing on for the day.