White Line Fever was an Australian Football League

Australian Football League

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-related television

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 show, airing from 2000 to 2006 during the regular football season. It was based on a talkback radio format, airing live weeknightly at 7.30pm AEST

Time in Australia

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 on the Fox Footy Channel

Fox Footy Channel

The Fox Footy Channel was a channel exclusively dedicated to Australian rules football. It was owned by Foxtel, and operated out of their Melbourne based studios. It was available on Foxtel, Austar, Optus Television, TransTV and Neighbourhood Cable up until transmission was ceased on 1 October 2006...

 on the Foxtel

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, Austar

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 and (since 2003) Optus

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 pay television networks.

Hosted by Clinton Grybas

Clinton Grybas

Clinton Andrew Grybas was a leading Australian rules football and sports radio and television commentator. His death at only 32 years of age was thought to be as a result of falling whilst sleepwalking.-Career:...

, it allowed fans and viewers to call into the live shows and share their thoughts with regular guest panelists including Tony Shaw

Tony Shaw

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, Terry Wallace

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, Rodney Eade

Rodney Eade

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, Derek Humphrey-Smith and Mike Sheahan

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, along with guest players from AFL teams. The show was unique for its viewer interaction and comprehensive analysis of Australian rules football

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The show made frequent use of live crosses to notable events such as press conferences and AFL Tribunal hearings.

The show commenced in 2000 in a half-hour format from 8pm AEST

Time in Australia

Australia uses Standard time, i.e: the same well defined time for a region. The proper names of Australia's time zones are Australian Western Standard Time , Australian Central Standard Time , and Australian Eastern Standard Time...

 following the half-hour Fox Footy News, but was expanded to a full hour from 7.30pm AEST in 2003, subsuming the news program as a ten-minute introductory segment presented by Tiffany Cherry

Tiffany Cherry

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. In 2005 the Friday night edition moved to a non-live format, allowing Grybas to front the show without intruding on his football calling duties with radio station 3AW

3AW

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. This edition of the show was rebadged as Friday Night Fever, although still appears as White Line Fever in listings.

The show ceased broadcasting following the closure of Fox Footy Channel after the 2006 season.