On This Day

7 September 1963: RTQ7 opens in Rockhampton. Now part of the WIN network.

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7 September 1964: AMV4 opens in Albury. Now part of the Prime7 network.

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7 September 1981: The New Price Is Right debuts on the Seven Network, marking a return to TV for Ian Turpie and reviving the format last seen on Australian TV in 1974. Produced in Melbourne, it was too large for HSV7’s studios in South Melbourne so was taped at Festival Hall.

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