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Well its official WAFL on ABC TV is finished, ABC will no longer cover any local sport.

I expect that will also include radio.

Absolutely disgusting that they would cut local coverage at the expense of getting rid any deadwood employees that they carry at the taxpayers’ expense.
They got an extra $400 million dollars only to blow it on employing lefto, greenie, talking heads that sit and pontificate about matters that don’t affect the average Aussie, especially those from the bush. Who gave the abc the right to spend the bulk of its $1.2 billion budget towards the inner city softcock, pinko demographic.
I haven’t read the abc charter but next time I meet my local pollie they are going to get a bullet to do something about the so called board that is supposed to be overseeing the commission.
If the board members won’t do something to return the abc to a non biased organisation meeting the needs of all Australians where ever they live then sack them till a functioning board is created.
Used to have respect for aunty. Fond memories of telecasts including Graham McKenzie bowling to nine slips at the WACA, Keith Slater and Gorge Grljusich having a huge blue on air, the 1979 grand final plus the golf show with Ronnie Corbett.
Got no respect for it now, only anger.

Tend to agree Devonleigh, as I posted earlier we seem to get a great deal more value in the 70s and 80;s from one channel as far as sports goes.

Mate they have given priority to shows like pinko Q and A as you say over mainstream interests.

In the offical press release today the CEO stated that due to declining audiences they could no longer support local sports broadcasts, they also stated they were the only media org that was maintaining a OB broadcating outfit in every state capital, this will obvsiously go. Which means the complete end of WAFL coverage by the ABC even if they wanted to come back in the future.

Local TV production in Perth will end, so more Stateline and Lateline moved to news 24 ( no big deal in my books).

Sad day for all ABC lovers. Time to go watch your club live i guess

Yep, I cant see any Commercials coming in with the antics of the WAFC, bugger all action.

Why would the Coalition not cut funding given how biased the ABC was? What can I say...never moon a warewolf!

The blatant lefty pinko bias is one thing Jimmy and I agree, but what really pisses me off is the money they have wasted turning the ABC into a over sized over priced monster, they wasted money in so many areas, like paying paul barry 1.5 Million to host media watch, or spending a mint of digital that is not needed.

what i cant believe is the reaction by Scott to a 5% cut...christ they're sacking people, cutting services, cancelling shows, moving stuff across to Ch24 because of $50m less revenue a year. surely the ABC can absorb a 5% cut just through identifying efficiencies and natural attrition alone. i'd hate to think what they'd do if the razor gang really went to work.

Jimmy Boag wrote: Why would the Coalition not cut funding given how biased the ABC was? What can I say...never moon a warewolf!

Your assertion that the ABC is biased is one that lots of folk put forward, their bias is what to the left or to just reporting what is happening in the world without a stokes or murdoch spin. Of course they will look biased when compared to the commercial media but so would the Melbourne Truth. The commercial media is a sop to the Murdoch and Stokes editorial bias, oe the line of get out. Read one of Paul Murrays editorials any day any week, he still supports barnet and abbott despite the lies and other crap.

Also to those who a bleating about the balance between news and sport the ABC is fundamentally an information service and guess what news is information, sport was there to fill a void when the commercial channnels and stations could not or would not be party to it.

It is a sad day for all of us, the WAFL coverage was going anyway, will it be picked up by a commercial source not unless there is money to be made and there folks lies the fundmental issue.

Oh just so u know I am neither left nor right, I despise them all in our current political environment, just about being honest in the provision of news and events

I saw a stat at the last federal election that 30% of ABC staff were paid up members of the Greens. the Greens didn't get 30% of the popular vote at the election so what does that tell you about the political persuasion of workers at the ABC?