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This article is about children's programming on ABC Television in Australia. For children's programming on the American ABC network, see Children's programming on the American Broadcasting Company.

ABC Television broadcasts the greatest amount of children's content than any other network in Australia.[1] Prior to early 2009, there was a brand called ABC Kids (stylised as abckids) which was separate from regular ABC TV and contained all children's programming on the ABC. To prepare for the launch of ABC3, the brand has been completely removed and all children's programming now coexists with the rest of ABC 1 and 2. However, during preschooler's programming, the ABC network identities have been replaced with more kid-friendly animations which display a new "ABC For Kids" identity, which is similar to a former identity. They are still present in the programming aimed at older children.

On the 4 December 2009, the children's programming block on ABC2 was rebranded "ABC For Kids On 2" with new identities, schedule and watermark. In addition to this, all children's content aimed at school-aged children was removed, effectively making this a preschooler's block. This was the same date as the launch of ABC3. In May 2011 this was again re-branded along with a consolidation of kids programming on ABC2 as ABC4KIDS[2] This consolidation created a daily 13 hour block from 6am to 7pm of pre-school programming on ABC2. On 2 March 2015 the channel was rebranded once again to ABC Kids.

History

ABC for Kids commenced as a replacement in 2009 for the previously aired ABC Kids branding used on ABC Television and ABC Online. On 7 March 2005, ABC2 launched allowing for ABC Kids' programming to be broadcast for 13 hours a day across ABC1 and ABC2. In early 2009, the ABC Kids brand was discontinued and was replaced by two very different identities, one for preschoolers (ABC For Kids) and one for older children. Later in 2009 they launched another channel for grade school children called ABC3.

ABC For Kids Video

A related sub-brand, ABC For Kids Video, creates videos and DVDs.

1980s-1990

The Festival/Mushroom Records Video (FMR is now part of Warner Bros. Records and Warner Music Australia) logo is briefly seen before a cut to the ABC Identification.

1991-1993

The Video Selection Australia (previously Festival Video and Mushroom Video) logo is briefly seen before a cut to Babar and the famous "B" (Note: There was an error in ABC For Kids Video Hits with a fade instead of cut) A clip from Babar with him reading to his children in Babar's First Step is followed by Young Babar balancing three books on his head In City Ways With Babar Theme. A "T" is followed by a Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends clip Thomas Comes to Breakfast and Wrong Road for Thomas theme and "P" a snippit from the Play School theme in Special and Concert. An "F" is followed by two snippits from the Fireman Sam opening sequence and "S" one from Spot's Theme. The letters A, B and C pop up on the screen, followed by the ABC logo.

1993-1998

A 1992 combination of Bananas in Pyjamas clips from 1993, (B1 and B2 scare the Teddies by jumping out of a bush, the gang except for Rat play on a see-saw in See-Saw, the Bananas follow a rainbow in Chasing Rainbows), Play School from 1993 two presenters (George Spartels and Benita Collings) clap their hands in Play School Meets The Orchestra, Fireman Sam from 1993 (Sam slides down the bannister of his stairs, Sam and Elvis drive in Jupiter in Fireman Sam Theme) or in other version, Johnson and Friends from 1994 (Squeaky ties the toys up with a rope in Baby of the Family), Lift Off from 1992 (the Wakadoo gang play music in Someone Tells Me, one of the Bonaza men say something's big in That's Not Fair, Wolf agrees with Zelda in Which One?), Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends from 1991 (eight puffs of smoke form the Thomas logo while Thomas chugs along with Annie and Clarabel In Trust Thomas), Widget the World Watcher (Widget transforms into a kangaroo, Widget introduces his name in Widget's Walkabouts), Postman Pat (Pat drives in his van in Postman Pat Theme, Pat delivers a letter in Postman Pat and the Toy Soldiers), a clip from ABC For Kids: Live In Concert (with The Wiggles, Mic Conway, Gillian Eastoe and Mike Jackson with Ian Blake performing Get Ready to Wiggle), it later shows The Wiggles except Jeff doing Here Comes a Bear, Ferry Boat Fred (Fred sails until a monkey breaks his mast in Fred the Floating Zoo, Fred's Captain climbs aboard to start work in Fred Meets Pete/Fred Joins a Band) or in other version, Blinky Bill (Blinky carries his sack in Blinky Bill Theme) and Spot the Dog (Spot barks and jumps off a tractor in Spot Goes to the Farm) is followed by 0:14-23 of the identity and rocks back to wipe the rest of the logo as a ladybug traces an orange "the", a violet "best", a green "in", a blue "children's", a red "entertainment", a yellow "on" and a pink "video". The clips would end with a snippit from Lift Off (Two of the backsaks hanging on Aku and Nipper's(who's holding EC) backs finish singing from Which One?).

1998-Early 2005

An ant will walk along (six blue squares), turn into an aardvark (pink squares) that would turn into an apple (yellow squares with "A" in topleft), and some kids yelled "A!" A bird would fly along (pink squares), turn into a butterfly (blue squares) and turn into a bee (green squares with "B" in center left), and then the kids yelled "B!" A cow would walk along (pink squares) a cat would jump (green squares) and turn into a carrot (red squares with "C" in topright). The kids yelled "C" and the squares would spin (yellow) and turn into the ABC For Kids logo. The kids yelled "ABC!" Down Here ABC For Kids Club! During this, Everybody sings "Roll Up! Roll Up!" (Not the Hooley Dooleys version)

The kids draw, but Monica Trapaga who said "Who is the Member of the New ABC for Kids Club?" For the Hooley Dooleys (the characters sing their intro song), the kids dance and Jamie's friend Zooey wave, the Boy Jumped "And So Hundred of Family All around Australia" Repart of Thomas and Friends of Troublesome Trucks, Blinky Bill (Including Their name) and The Petals (Petal Laughs and Petal Angry) and Mister Whiskers sing "I'm Mister Whiskers Children Sing" (Children Dance) "Join the ABC For Kids Club! Call 1300-656-323."

When Monica Trapaga says "When You Join? Your Kids a Special (ABC For Kids Club Video) and (ABC For Kids Music Cassette) (A Story Time Audio Cassette) and (A Beautiful Hard Back Book) It's magic!" The Dragon in Magic Mountain Mr Squiggle jumped and a woman laughed "Mr Squiggle Are you Feeling good" "Every Time You Got a news letter of the new ABC For Kids Concert and Music and A Draw Time of Games and Story for the Kids" (Miffy Says Goodbye) "There Always Surprises in store with the ABC For Kids Club Join Today!"

Broadcast schedule

Programming for older children
Weekdays
  • ABC3: 6:00AM-10:30PM (Mon-Thu), 6:00AM-10:00PM (Fri)
Saturday
  • ABC3: 6:00AM - 10:00PM
Sunday
  • ABC3: 6:00AM - 2:00AM
Programming for preschoolers
Weekdays
Saturday
Sunday

References

  1. ^ "Annual Report 2006-07" (PDF). Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 1 November 2007. Retrieved 6 December 2007.
  2. ^ "ABC to launch new ABC 4 Kids branding". Retrieved 5 May 2011..

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