By May, David Johnston became the co-presenter and "Eyewitness News" went back to its one-hour duration, claiming that it was "First in Melbourne" due to its many innovations and historic moments and the fact that in the 1970s ATV was the first of the now "Network Ten" stations to adopt the "Eyewitness News" brand and the one-hour newscast(with the first 1-hour newscast debuting in November 1975).