Town Talk (TV series)

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Town Talk
Also known asT.V. Town Talk
Presented byRobert Kennedy
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Production location TCN-9 Willoughby, New South Wales
Original release
Network Nine Network
ReleaseMay 1957 (1957-05) 
December 1957 (1957-12)

Town Talk, originally T.V. Town Talk, was an Australian television series which aired on Sydney station TCN-9 during 1957, from circa May to December. Little information is available on this series. The series was hosted by early Australian television personality Robert Kennedy, [1] who had been the original host of the Sydney version of What's My Line . Town Talk aired at 7:15PM on Fridays, following the evening news, [2] which itself aired in a 15-minute time-slot during 1957.

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References

  1. "Television Parade". The Australian Women's Weekly . Vol. 25, no. 2. Australia. 30 October 1957. p. 10. Retrieved 12 July 2013 via National Library of Australia.
  2. "Television Details". The Sydney Morning Herald . 13 December 1957. p. 8. Retrieved 12 July 2013.