Teenage Mailbag Explained

Genre:Music television
Country:Australia
Language:English
Channel:HSV-7
Related:The Teenage Show

Teenage Mailbag was an Australian television series which aired in 1957 to 1958 on Melbourne station HSV-7. Information on this series is scarce. According to a 2008 article in The Age, the format consisted of Ernie Sigley, Gaynor Bunning and Heather Horwood singing requested songs in a 15-minute slot, and later expanded to an hour.[1] The one-hour version became the series The Teenage Show[2] (1958-1960?). At one point, the series aired at 7:15PM, preceded by another 15-minute series titled Take That and followed by an American program (The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin).[3]

It should not be confused with an unrelated 1960s series by the same name which aired on TCN-9 in Sydney (see Teenage Mailbag).

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Notes and References

  1. News: Murphy . Jim . 2008-11-20 . The retiring type? Not our Ern . . live . 2013-04-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230108001425/https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/the-retiring-type-not-our-ern-20081120-ge7j0l.html?page=2 . 2023-01-08.
  2. News: 1958-10-17 . Saturday Show For Teenagers . 1 . . Radio/TV Supplement . 2013-05-02.
  3. Web site: 2013-06-09 . Wednesday 11 December 1957 — MELBOURNE . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20121107014112/http://www.televisionau.com/tv111257.htm . 2012-11-07 . 2013-04-09 . TelevisionAU.