 The public seemed to readily accept the "lock-in" as the gag it was, whilst management at other stations local and interstate believed that he had taken over the station.It resulted in a spike in the next ratings figures which took 2UW to its highest ever breakfast rating to that time.Elliott's television work included "In Wollongong Tonight" on WIN-4 in 1981, as a last minute replacement for Eric Walters who felt uncomfortable with the proposed format.