19 January 1957: GTV9 is officially opened by the Victorian Governor Sir Dallas Brooks
Source: Broadcasting and Television (B&T)
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20 January 1980: “You’re On Top With Ten” as ATV0 relaunches as ATV10.
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That evening, the newly-named Network Ten launches its new soap Arcade with a 90-minute episode. It did not go well and was axed after six weeks.
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20 January 1986: Neighbours makes its debut on Ten after being axed by Seven the previous year
20 January 1992: Bert Newton returns to TV with The Morning Show (later Good Morning Australia) on Ten
20 January 1992: Ten Eyewitness News moves to become “First at Five”. Network Ten affiliate Capital Television makes the same move in Canberra but ends up reversing the switch in March after backlash from viewers.
20 January 1992: Derryn Hinch, axed by Seven, launches Hinch on Ten in the 6.00pm timeslot. It soon shifts to 7.00pm.
20 January 1992: With Ten Eyewitness News shifting to 5.00, Southern Cross Network in Victoria launches its own “national” news with Southern Cross Eyewitness News at 6.30pm to supplement the local news (Bendigo/Gippsland) at 6.00pm.
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21/1/2005 The Sydney Morning Herald reports that Jim Waley has been dumped as presenter of Nine News Sydney after some average ratings in the two years that he was in the chair. He is replaced by Mark Ferguson, who doesn’t fare much better with the once-unbeatable bulletin dropping below Seven News in the Sydney market for the first time.
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24 January 1988: At 6.30pm, straight after the news, we got introduced to this baby - launched on the Network Ten stations (except TV0 in Brisbane, clearly, whose turn came later in the year when it moved up the dial to 10)
There was no warning or any teaser campaign that this change was coming, as far as viewers were concerned, it came out of nowhere.
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Mike Brady performed the song.
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A great network logo that would run until late July 1989 when it was unceremoniously dumped.
26 January 1988: Australia Day in the bicentennial year of European settlement is covered by all networks to some extent.
ABC has the most extensive coverage with Australia Day from 7am AEDST to 6pm, a direct telecast from Sydney and from around Australia of the official Bicentennial celebrations. Features the arrival of the First Fleet in Sydney Harbour, the VIP ceremony at the Sydney Opera House, the Parade of Sail before the Prince and Princess Of Wales, and musical events throughout the day. Presented by Richard Morecroft, Barry Eaton, Clive Hale and ABC presenters around the country. From 8pm it crosses to the Sydney Opera House. Includes the National Youth Orchestra and a spectacular fireworks display from around Sydney Harbour
Seven has Australia Day — The Final Landing. Morning telecast of the arrival of the First Fleet re-enactment into Sydney Harbour. Then from 9.30pm, the Australia Day Fireworks Display, including highlights from the morning telecast and direct telecast of fireworks from Sydney Harbour
Nine also has live coverage of the First Fleet re-enactment into Sydney Harbour but stations outside of Melbourne cross to the World Series Cup cricket in the afternoon/evening, live from the MCG.
Ten has a special 3.5 hour edition of Good Morning Australia, live from Kirribilli House in Sydney, including appearances by Prime Minister Bob Hawke and Australian Of The Year John Farnham, followed by a full afternoon of coverage of events on Sydney Harbour and around Australia. Includes direct crosses to the World Expo 88 site in Brisbane.
SBS presents a far more modest coverage with a half-hour special The Twenty Sixth Of January 1988 at 7.00pm, including highlights of Australia Day celebrations. Followed by a repeat of the 1982 mini-series Women Of The Sun and then vintage Australian films 40,000 Horsemen and On Our Selection
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Nine also had Bicentenary Fireworks from Sydney with Ken Sutcliffe and Fiona MacDonald hosting.
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27 January 1988: Richmond Hill, a new soap from Grundy Productions, debuts on Ten, screening Wednesday and Thursday nights at 7.30pm. Despite good ratings it was axed late in the year.
27 January 1990: The Seven Network launches its new Saturday morning lineup, Saturday Disney and Video Smash Hits.
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Saturday Disney went on for almost three decades. All 90s/00s kids grew up with this show.
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Saturday Disney aired its last episode on 24 September 2016. I think the problems began back in 2009 when Seven started changing its timeslot.
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January 28, 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger explodes killing all 7 astronauts: Dick Scobee Mike Smith Ellison Onizuka Ron McNair Greg Jarvis Judy Resnik and Teacher in Space participant Christa McAuliffe
**the explosion occurred at approx 3:39am Jan 29 1986 AEDT but as it was still Jan 28 US Time that’s why I’m posting today
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Behind the Scenes of Cnn coverage of the disaster .
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28/1/2018 Unknowingly at the time, Seven televises the Australian Open for the last time until at least 2025 (Nine’s contract with Tennis Australia is up in 2024). On this particular day, Roger Federer defeated Marin Cilic in five sets to win a then-record-equaling sixth title at Melbourne Park.
It was also due to televise the 2019 tournament, but decided to relinquish the rights to that year’s tournament to Nine after purchasing the cricket rights from them and Ten. Nine’s contract was not due to start until 2020.
Also on this day in 2018, Seven News Melbourne unveils its new set.
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Pretty sure he went back to back as he beat Nadal in the previous years final which from memory was a classic match.
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That’s correct - he beat Rafa in five sets in the 2017 final. That was his first title at Melbourne Park since 2010, and a bit of revenge for his loss to the Spaniard in the 2009 final.
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29/1/2012 Seven News Brisbane debuts its new set. During this bulletin, there is a fast time lapse of how the old wooden/twisted metal set (that existed between Feb 2006-Jan 2012) was dismantled, and the new set installed.
To this day, only the back walls and the monitor with the city skyline remains.
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30/01/2005 Seven broadcasted the 2005 Australian Open Men’s Singles final between Aussie Lleyton Hewitt and Russian Marat Safin live in all major centres. It rated 4.05million and was the most watched TV program of that year.
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Leading to a massive rating turn around by the Seven Network with the launch of Lost and Desperate House Wives. Seven News, Today Tonight, Sunrise, Deal or No Deal and Home & Away all winning their time-slots.
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