On This Day

25 March 1966: New TV Station — SES8, Mount Gambier, South Australia.

25 March 1977: Bert Newton hosts the 19th annual TV Week Logie Awards from the Southern Cross Hotel, Melbourne. International guests included film star Burt Lancaster, actors Susan Seaforth and Bill Hayes from Days Of Our Lives and British actors Robin Nedwell and Geoffrey Davies.

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25 March 1991: Network Ten presents a two-hour Eyewitness News special, War In The Gulf.

25 March 1997: Nine screens a delayed telecast of the 69th Academy Awards from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Hosted by Billy Crystal.

25 March 2002: Nine screens a delayed telecast of the 74th Academy Awards from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. Hosted by Whoopi Goldberg.

25 March 2005: ABC debuts its new interview series Talking Heads, hosted by Peter Thompson.

25 March 2009: Comedian Lawrence Leung debuts his new series Lawrence Leung’s Choose Your Own Adventure on ABC.

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