Landline (TV program)

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Landline
Presented byPip Courtney
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons34
Production
Running time55 minutes
Original release
NetworkABC Television
Release11 March 1991 (1991-03-11) –
present

Landline is an Australian national rural issues television program broadcast on ABC Television since 1991.

History

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The program premiered on 11 March 1991 at 11:30 am, replacing Countrywide and hosted by former host of Countrywide, Doug Murray.[1] By October 1991, Doug Murray had departed from the program[2] and with a format change and a new host Cathie Schnitzerling[3] (née Phillips), it moved to 12:00 pm by November 1991.[4]

Landline was the first program that broadcast on ABC2 when the channel was launched at 6:35 am on 7 March 2005.[5][6]

By 2018 it moved to screen each Sunday from 12:30pm[7] on ABC TV & 4pm on ABC News with an encore available on ABC iview.

Presenters

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As of November 2024, Landline is presented by Pip Courtney,[3] who has hosted the program since 2012.[8]

Previous presenters include Deborah Knight, Cathie Schnitzerling, Doug Murray,[2] Ticky Fullerton, Anne Kruger and Sally Sara.[citation needed]

Description

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The program discusses rural issues "ranging across agri-politics and economics, business and product innovation, animal and crop science, regional infrastructure, climate and weather trends, regional and rural services, music and lifestyle".[3]

The program also features a Market Report, which was hosted from 1991-2020 by Kerry Lonergan.[9] In 2021, Lonergan was replaced by ABC Country Hour presenter Matt Brann[10] who is still presenting the Market Reports today.

Landline also features a weekly weather report from the Bureau of Meteorology.

See also

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