At Your Request Explained

Genre:Music television
Presenter:Charles Skase
Country:Australia
Language:English
Network:HSV-7

At Your Request was an Australian television daytime series which aired from 1958 to 1959. The series aired on Tuesdays at 2:30PM on Melbourne station HSV-7, and was hosted by baritone Charles Skase, who was also known as a radio personality. Information on this series is scarce. The series presented requested songs,[1] but it is not clear how these songs were presented (such as whether it was a disc jockey series like TV Disc Jockey, a lip-sync series like Hit Parade, or a live music series like Sweet and Low). The archival status of the series is also not known, although being a daytime series aired in a single city means it is unlikely (though not impossible) that kinescope recordings exist of it.

For some time, the series was preceded on HSV-7's schedule by documentary series Australia Wide and followed by Gadget Man (which consisted of demonstrations of gadgets).[2] [3] [4] [5]

On Australian television of the 1950s, music programmes were typically aired in a single city, with some exceptions.

Notes and References

  1. News: 1959-04-30 . Tuesday Television . 10 . . Radio/TV Supplement . 2014-10-29.
  2. News: 1959-04-16 . Tuesday Television . 10 . . Radio/TV Supplement . 2014-10-29.
  3. News: 1958-11-14 . Tuesday Television . 10 . . Radio/TV Supplement . 2014-10-29.
  4. News: 1959-06-04 . Tuesday Television . 10 . . Radio/TV Supplement . 2014-10-29.
  5. News: 1959-02-26 . Tuesday Television . 10 . . Radio/TV Supplement . 2014-10-29.