Television One building team

Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33791, 13 March 1975, Page 4

Television One building team

(By

KEN COATES)

With less than three weeks before it officially comes into existence. Television One is busy building its identity in Christchurch.

The headquarters of the channel, which takes .over; from the N.Z.B.C. on April: I are in the McLean Institute building. Oxford Terrace. Already installed is the news editor, Mr John ; Knowles, who is busy building up a team to cover the area. He plans to have a dozen, people on his staff, and al-| ready the following N.Z.8.C.; employees are in the process . of transferring under the; staff allocation arrangement: Wilson Owen, Malcolm Hop-! wood, Ralph Brown, Mandy; Robertshawe, Terry Olsen, trainee, Anna Cottrell, and!

radio. Bob Clark is also in the running for the position. Radio New Zealand will have a staff of six, but organisation could be rather handicapped by the absence of regional editor Brian Hunter overseas, who does not return to Christchurch until March 31.

the present editor of “The. i South Tonight”, Bob Clark. ; Front men for the regional’ news programme to follow I the network news at 6.30! p.m. have not yet been signed up, and Television One may not have its final news and presentation team by April 1. This leaves the way open for negotiation of a “holding operation” with TV-2 under which Bryan Allpress and j Rodney Bryant could still appear nightly for Television One until July, or until new; front men are signed up. TV-2 has not yet announced the key appointIment of Christchurch news! editor. Strongly tipped is ex-i perienced TV reporter Tom Scott, who has gone to