George Donikian: “I had quite possibly the most exciting job on Australian television”
SBS turns fifty this year. It started in 1975 as an experimental radio station broadcasting in only few languages and today broadcasts in dozens of languages on different platforms.
SBS TV was launched in 1980 and one of the pioneers at SBS TV and the face of SBS for the initial decade, was George Donikian, the first anchor on SBS TV.
In this interview (in English) George talks about the initial years at SBS and the challenges they faced while starting something new, exciting, and unique.
