Samuel Gordon Stewart has a predictably detailed account of trouble with WIN’s broadcast last night.
I saw Jessica Good apologise for transmission issues but can’t say I caught them myself.
Any of our expert readership with more to add?

Samuel Gordon Stewart has a predictably detailed account of trouble with WIN’s broadcast last night.
I saw Jessica Good apologise for transmission issues but can’t say I caught them myself.
Any of our expert readership with more to add?
Wollongong is really just a metropolitan ‘Batemans Bay’.
I wouldn’t expect much more from WIN Television than a bunch of stoned monkeys working on 1960’s ex-Soviet broadcast equipment.
Plus, with all the millions of dollars that the Gordon family is keeping for themselves for complete Australian media ownership and Carribean fortresses, WIN can hardly afford decent equipment or reliable staff.
I wonder when they are going stop broadcasting the news from the old Hi-fi section of Cash Converters
I guess many years ago SGS would have been considered eccentric?
Even today, the difference between being labelled Crazy or Eccentric is just money\respect.
“There’s a crazy old woman who lives in a fibro shack on Mt Ainslie, she might throw a cat at you if you get too close, though.”
vs
“There’s an eccentric old woman who lives in the castle on Squirthington Heath and her family own the factory which employs 150 locals. She’ll probably try to give you a high-velocity cat if you try and visit, though.”
You heard it here first folks, Jessica Good is a drug pusher!
paperboy said :
Given the the problems were not just news related, they could have been caused by a link failure. My guess is between Gong and Canberra. For those who don’t know, Win News goes to Gong first in a round trip to get to air in Canberra. There’s not much anyone can do about those problems until a tech is called out. There are some big bushfires in the southern Highlands. They may have contributed to the problem.
and the heat from the high temps in NSW may have overloaded a couple of grids.
Given the the problems were not just news related, they could have been caused by a link failure. My guess is between Gong and Canberra. For those who don’t know, Win News goes to Gong first in a round trip to get to air in Canberra. There’s not much anyone can do about those problems until a tech is called out. There are some big bushfires in the southern Highlands. They may have contributed to the problem.
Yeah, we all give Sam a hard time, but I really think he’s pretty harmless.
Maybe WIN should stop buying their equipment from Dick Smith?
BerraBoy68 said :
Skidbladnir said :
Samuel Gordon Stewart bio from GrodsCorp: http://www.grods.com/proud-to-be-samuel/
Samuel’s comment section was once a goldmine of pure comedy.
Cheers skid. I’ve just had a read through. Initially I was confused as SGS seesm failry articulate when he posts on RA but that URL puts a lot of stuff into perspective. Seems to me that SGS is simply unique. The world needs more unique (and harmless) people like that.
and the bio comments are from people who know him. many aren’t very flattering. I never knew what he looked like. now i understand all.
Oh, sorry back OT… as for Win, I was channel surfing and it looked to me like a live camera feed was coming through from a camera focussed on a wall.
Skidbladnir said :
Samuel Gordon Stewart bio from GrodsCorp: http://www.grods.com/proud-to-be-samuel/
Samuel’s comment section was once a goldmine of pure comedy.
Cheers skid. I’ve just had a read through. Initially I was confused as SGS seesm failry articulate when he posts on RA but that URL puts a lot of stuff into perspective. Seems to me that SGS is simply unique. The world needs more unique (and harmless) people like that.
Samuel Gordon Stewart bio from GrodsCorp: http://www.grods.com/proud-to-be-samuel/
Samuel’s comment section was once a goldmine of pure comedy.
Everyone is currently understaffed in Canberra due to the holiday season, I would suspect that someone is filling in for a role which doesn’t have the same level as experience. No hard feelings.
I think at this time of year they all have the work experience kid on. One of the FM radio stations on the weekend got into a horrible mess during their news broadcast, and it went on for pretty-well the whole news.
How have I never come across that maverick before? Can you become a fan of his on Facebook or should I just Skype him and ask to have his babies.
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