"The adventures of the man they call "Quarters",
Presenting sports coverage that knows no borders,
Fresh from South Yarra smelling of liniment,
Makes his old workmate McAvaney look twice for a minute.
The sports presenter that Sydney can only envy,
Introducing: Stephen Quartermain, aplenty."
"bonk" Sorry, Smacka!
Welcome to the second night of the third round of Content Survey Live's Season Mode. Sydney's bulletin last night left a very sore taste in my mouth. Melbourne tonight only needs to be even slightly below average to win this fixture.
As usual, let's go into the ground rules:
But, now we are here for the main course.
As usual, let's go into the ground rules:
The Ground Rules:
Our focus, in Content Survey Live will be monitoring Ten’s five capital city news services (a benefit of technological change, now allowing us to watch interstate bulletins on delay), using the same criteria we used in the “Great Local News Study” from Kuttsy's Pitch XI in August, 2019.
-Locally sourced stories: that is stories reported by local journos. Really big local market stories with national impacts, also fit here. Voiced over local stories are counted separately.
-Live crosses: stuff that is used to embellish a story.
-Weather is not counted.
-Sport is not counted if it’s done by obviously freelance journos, or voiced over pieces: you gotta have dedicated reporters there, with their mug on air reporting a sports story for it to count.
-And finally: Some special rules will apply to certain events, e.g. Monday Night's "Hometown Rule" (where the city listed first, is obliged to be surveyed first), Brisbane's GC content count etc.
This week, the city observing a bye: is Adelaide (currently tied with Melbourne for the lead, after it's surprising undefeated run during the two week February survey)
Melbourne's tale of the tape begins right now:
MELBOURNE SO FAR:
Melbourne's bulletin observed a bye in week 1, but came home swinging during week two, not only winning it's fixture: but taking out the top score for the week, pipping Adelaide to the post. Tonight, Melbourne is fresh off the end of the AFL's Gather Round event in Adelaide: where all eighteen teams play in the one city (similar to the NRL's Magic Round, with one key difference: multiple venues are used, with weaker-drawing games played at smaller venues: with Norwood Oval and Mt Barker utilized for games during the event: likely due to the logistics involved concerning Adelaide Oval hosting nine consecutive AFL matches over four days if it were run like Magic Round)
We now begin Melbourne's survey for Monday (although it's going out on a Tuesday):
...go up in the traffic chopper today, due to poor weather.
This week, the city observing a bye: is Adelaide (currently tied with Melbourne for the lead, after it's surprising undefeated run during the two week February survey)
Melbourne's tale of the tape begins right now:
MELBOURNE SO FAR:
Melbourne's bulletin observed a bye in week 1, but came home swinging during week two, not only winning it's fixture: but taking out the top score for the week, pipping Adelaide to the post. Tonight, Melbourne is fresh off the end of the AFL's Gather Round event in Adelaide: where all eighteen teams play in the one city (similar to the NRL's Magic Round, with one key difference: multiple venues are used, with weaker-drawing games played at smaller venues: with Norwood Oval and Mt Barker utilized for games during the event: likely due to the logistics involved concerning Adelaide Oval hosting nine consecutive AFL matches over four days if it were run like Magic Round)
We now begin Melbourne's survey for Monday (although it's going out on a Tuesday):
And, yes, tonight, the queen of the news beat, Jennnnifer Keeeyte is back.
(Steve Vizard, we still want you to do that intro one more time...)
We open tonight's bulletin, with a attempted kidnap in Doncaster East (with a live cross), followed by a extensive live cross in Bendigo, concerning a nearby murder, while the asbestos mulch scare, affecting Sydney and Brisbane earlier this year spreads to Melbourne, along with a voiced over piece on a car theft in Frankston, that was shorter than a Frankston joke.
In addition, the weather was outside the studio (no pokey screen tonight)... while the traffic reporter:
We open tonight's bulletin, with a attempted kidnap in Doncaster East (with a live cross), followed by a extensive live cross in Bendigo, concerning a nearby murder, while the asbestos mulch scare, affecting Sydney and Brisbane earlier this year spreads to Melbourne, along with a voiced over piece on a car theft in Frankston, that was shorter than a Frankston joke.
In addition, the weather was outside the studio (no pokey screen tonight)... while the traffic reporter:
Meanwhile, we have a local piece replacing the Angela Bishop piece on the Fall Guy movie Sydney/Brisbane shared tonight.
But, now we are here for the main course.
"The sports presenter that Sydney can only envy,
Introducing: Stephen Quartermain, aplenty."
Quarters... Quarters...
The long haul for Melbourne's sport coverage was the washup from Gather Round (which even got a V/O'd piece before sport) including a spot at Collingwood training (which somehow lacked a party bus). Far more fulfilling than Sydney tonight.
Overall, Melbourne retains momentum, even after a month and a bit away from the CSL forefront.
The scores:
Three full local stories (one less than Sydney, but Melbourne actually got a local story in outside the 5pm window)
Two voiced-over stories. (equal with Sydney)
Two live crosses, including one that could have made one hell of a great full story. (Sydney got no live crosses last night!)
Sports coverage: that makes Sydney/Brisbane look flat.
On March the 1st, Melbourne scored 7/10.
Tonight... Melbourne scored... 7/10.
Melbourne now on a streak of four consecutive Content Survey Live surveys (since the 2023 GF) of a 7/10 ranking for the bulletin and joins Adelaide on the undefeated list this year... headed toward a semi-final rematch on May 20, with the Hometown Rule hanging on it's head, up against Adelaide. Quite possibly the night that will make or break a dream of victory for either city.
We can now announce the winner: for this first fixture of Round 3:
Melbourne: 7/10
Sydney: 1.3/10
Melbourne have got the two points in the bag: purely because of Sydney's underperformance this week.
Overall, Melbourne retains momentum, even after a month and a bit away from the CSL forefront.
The scores:
Three full local stories (one less than Sydney, but Melbourne actually got a local story in outside the 5pm window)
Two voiced-over stories. (equal with Sydney)
Two live crosses, including one that could have made one hell of a great full story. (Sydney got no live crosses last night!)
Sports coverage: that makes Sydney/Brisbane look flat.
On March the 1st, Melbourne scored 7/10.
Tonight... Melbourne scored... 7/10.
Melbourne now on a streak of four consecutive Content Survey Live surveys (since the 2023 GF) of a 7/10 ranking for the bulletin and joins Adelaide on the undefeated list this year... headed toward a semi-final rematch on May 20, with the Hometown Rule hanging on it's head, up against Adelaide. Quite possibly the night that will make or break a dream of victory for either city.
We can now announce the winner: for this first fixture of Round 3:
Melbourne: 7/10
Sydney: 1.3/10
Melbourne have got the two points in the bag: purely because of Sydney's underperformance this week.
A Flood Of Memories: 1974 Revisited.
(thanks to some Brisbane Telegraph and Sunday Sun microfiche over at SLQ)
We now look back at Tuesday April 9 and Wednesday April 10, 1974.
The big front page on the 9th, was the decision by Gough Whitlam to go for a May 18 poll, one that was becoming increasingly likely to be a double dissolution election: due to bills not being passed through a hostile senate.
(Telegraph front page 9/4/1974)
Meanwhile, the front page the next day, was all about the planning taking place by political leaders concerning the impending federal election... right as the Easter holiday break was about to kick into full gear, as seen by a image of fresh hot cross buns from a Toombul bakery.
(Telegraph front page 10/4/1974)
That's it for Melbourne's Monday: The back end of this week consists of Perth's midnight run on Thursday, and Brisbane's Friday run (before it's bye in the week following the all-Brisbane, non-competitive City with A Golden Anniversary event)
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We now look back at Tuesday April 9 and Wednesday April 10, 1974.
The big front page on the 9th, was the decision by Gough Whitlam to go for a May 18 poll, one that was becoming increasingly likely to be a double dissolution election: due to bills not being passed through a hostile senate.
Meanwhile, the front page the next day, was all about the planning taking place by political leaders concerning the impending federal election... right as the Easter holiday break was about to kick into full gear, as seen by a image of fresh hot cross buns from a Toombul bakery.
That's it for Melbourne's Monday: The back end of this week consists of Perth's midnight run on Thursday, and Brisbane's Friday run (before it's bye in the week following the all-Brisbane, non-competitive City with A Golden Anniversary event)
A reminder: if you enjoyed this, follow us on Patreon (and perhaps become one of our patrons: helping us build our way to a dynamic future), or our socials: on X, Bluesky, and Mastodon, as well as our official Facebook page.
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