Hoping to catch the Bledisloe Cup, the fixture between the Wallabies and All Blacks, he turned on Channel 7, the television rights-holder, but found it was instead broadcasting The Sound of Music.

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Sport won the day and has been the mainstay of Saturday afternoon broadcasting ever since, eventually winning BBC Wiltshire Sound the reputation as being the premier local station for all the latest news on Swindon Town Football Club.

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