Eric Baume's Viewpoint

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Eric Baume's Viewpoint
Also known asViewpoints
Genre Current affairs
Presented by Eric Baume
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Original release
Network TCN-9
Release13 May 1959 (1959-05-13) 
1961 (1961)

Eric Baume's Viewpoint, also known simply as Viewpoint, is an Australian television program which aired from 1959 to 1961 on Sydney station TCN-9. Debuting on 13 May 1959, the program was a current affairs program broadcast on Wednesdays. The program included news, comment, and interviews [1] with controversial radio and television personality Eric Baume.

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  1. ""Adult" mysteries". The Australian Women's Weekly . Vol. 26, no. 52. Australia. 3 June 1959. p. 66. Retrieved 6 December 2013 via National Library of Australia.