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''At Your Request'' was an Australian television daytime series which aired from 1958 to 1959. The series aired on Tuesdays at 2:30PM on Melbourne station
HSV-7 HSV is a television station in Melbourne, Australia. It is part of the Seven Network, one of the three main commercial television networks in Australia, its first and oldest station. It launched in time for the 1956 Summer Olympic Games in Me ...
, and was hosted by baritone Charles Skase, who was also known as a radio personality. Information on this series is scarce. The series presented requested songs, but it is not clear how these songs were presented (such as whether it was a disc jockey series like ''
TV Disc Jockey ''TV Disc Jockey'' was an early Australian television music program which is notable as it later evolved to become the Australian version of ''Bandstand''. It aired on the Nine Network's TCN-9 from June 1957 to February 1958. The series original ...
'', a lip-sync series like ''
Hit Parade A hit parade is a ranked list of the most popular recordings at a given point in time, usually determined either by sales or airplay. The term originated in the 1930s; ''Billboard'' magazine published its first music hit parade on January 4, 1936 ...
'', or a live music series like '' Sweet and Low''). The archival status of the series is also not known, although being a daytime series aired in a single city means it is unlikely (though not impossible) that kinescope recordings exist of it. For some time, the series was preceded on HSV-7's schedule by documentary series ''Australia Wide'' and followed by ''Gadget Man'' (which consisted of demonstrations of gadgets). On Australian television of the 1950s, music programmes were typically aired in a single city, with some exceptions.


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* Seven Network original programming 1958 Australian television series debuts 1959 Australian television series endings Australian music television series Black-and-white Australian television shows English-language television shows {{Australia-tv-prog-stub