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Poster:	HappySwordsman	Date:	Feb 8, 2019 12:14am
Forum:	classic_tv	Subject:	From TCN to National Television Network to National Nine Network

If you watch the episodes uploaded of "Brian Henderson's Bandstand", you'll see that:
1. From the earliest surviving episodes to 1963, the end credits say "A TCN Production". TCN was the Sydney station which produced the show.
2. From 1964 to early 1967, the end credits say "National Television Network". This network formed in the 1962, consisting of several stations on the channel 9 frequency, among them TCN.
3. From 1967 to the end of the run in 1972, the end credits say "National Nine Network". Same network, new name.

Long after the series ended, the National Nine Network became simply the Nine Network.

Additional bit of info: when the series began in 1958, it aired only in Sydney. Starting in 1960, it began be shown in other cities as well. The 1962 formation of the Seven Network, and then the Nine Network, lead to the series changing stations in some cities (for example, in Melbourne it was originally shown on HSV-7, but starting in early 1963 began being shown on GTV-9).