Interesting to see them say " Sunday on TWO".
in those days, ABC was only on 2. Regional stations (and Canberra) hadn’t started yet.
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11 June 1973: Tanya Halesworth fronts the new daytime current affairs program No Man’s Land, from GTV9, Melbourne, targetted towards female viewers. TCN9 later launches a short-lived Sydney-based program of the same name, though the Melbourne-based original eventually went national.
11 June 1978: ABC screens the telemovie Because He’s My Friend, one of six co-productions between ABC and American-based Trans-Atlantic Enterprises. Because He’s My Friend starred US actors Karen Black and Keir Dullea with Australians Jack Thompson, Tom Oliver, June Salter, Barbara Stephens, Tony Wager, Michael Long and 12-year-old Warwick Poulsen, who won a TV Week Logie Award the following year for his portrayal of an intellectually disabled child.
11 June 1990: The Nine Network premieres children’s drama series Elly And Jools, starring Rebecca Smart, Clayton Williamson, Abigail, Anne Tenney and Dennis Miller.
11 June 1992: SBS presents coverage of the opening ceremony of the Euro 92 soccer championships, live from Sweden, followed by the first match – Sweden versus France.
11 June 2003: The Nine Network presents coverage of Game One of the Rugby League State Of Origin — Queensland versus NSW — from Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane.
11 June 2008: The Nine Network presents coverage of Game Two of the Rugby League State Of Origin — Queensland versus NSW — from Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane.
11 June 2010: SBS debuts Santo, Sam And Ed’s Cup Fever, featuring Santo Cilauro, Sam Pang and Ed Kavalee’s nightly review of events at the FIFA World Cup from Federation Square in Melbourne, with Tony Wilson reporting on location from South Africa. Followed by The FIFA World Cup Show, then the Opening Ceremony of the FIFA World Cup and the first match — South Africa versus Mexico.
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12 June 1965: Perth’s second commercial TV station, STW9, is officially opened — ending a six-year commercial monopoly held in the city by TVW7.
12 June 1978: ABC premieres the interview series Woman In Question, profiling influential women. The guest in the first episode is journalist and publisher Ita Buttrose.
12 June 1991: The Nine Network presents coverage of Game Three of the Rugby League State Of Origin — Queensland versus NSW — from Lang Park, Brisbane.
12 June 1995: The Nine Network presents coverage of Game Three of the Rugby League State Of Origin — Queensland versus NSW — from Lang Park, Brisbane.
12 June 1996: The two-hour comedy special Comic Relief (Nine) features some of Australia’s best comic and celebrity talent as they raise funds for Community Aid Abroad. Included in the program are Elle McFeast (Libbi Gorr), Gerry Connolly, Tim Ferguson, Magda Szubanski, Peter Moon, Trevor Marmalade, Russell Gilbert, Glenn Robbins, Jane Hall, Mary Coustas and Shane Bourne.
12 June 1999: ABC premieres comedy series O’Loghlin On Saturday Night, featuring host James O’Loghlin and regulars including Adam Spencer, Greg Fleet, Jane Malone and Tommy Dean.
12 June 2005: ABC premieres reality series Outback House, featuring a modern-day family living in a replica of a historical dwelling and surviving with only the technology and materials of the time.
12 June 2007: ABC premieres the three-part documentary series The Art Life, based on the blog of the same name.
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13 June 1988: The premiere of Nine’s late afternoon news and magazine program, Live At Five, with Terry Willesee and Jo Pearson.
13 June 1990: Network Ten presents coverage of Game Three of the Rugby League State Of Origin — Queensland versus NSW — from Lang Park, Brisbane.
13 June 1992: Hey Hey It’s Saturday (Nine) presents a special edition from Warner Bros Movie World on the Gold Coast, as the theme park celebrates its first birthday.
13 June 1998: ABC premieres Good News Weekend, a ten-week spin-off of the panel show Good News Week, hosted by Paul McDermott.
13 June 2000:Seven‘s long-running game show Wheel Of Fortune celebrates its 2000th episode. The show began in 1981 and continued through to 2006
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14 June 1974: ABC presents live early morning coverage of the opening match — Brazil versus Yugoslavia — from the FIFA World Cup in Germany. Over the course of the overall tournament, ABC promises around 40 hours of coverage — a combination of live and tape delayed matches — with both ABC and Seven covering the final live.
14 June 1989: The Nine Network presents coverage of Game Two of the Rugby League State Of Origin — Queensland versus NSW — from Sydney Football Stadium.
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14 June 1999: Melbourne’s GTV9 airs the documentary Melbourne’s Link To The Future, about the construction of the Citylink project, a toll road linking the Tullamarine, West Gate and South Eastern freeways. Presented by Peter Hitchener from National Nine News.
14 June 2006: The Nine Network presents coverage of Game Two of the Rugby League State Of Origin — Queensland versus NSW — from Suncorp Stadium.
14 June 2009: The Nine Network premieres Random Acts Of Kindness with Karl Stefanovic, Simmone Jade Mackinnon and Scott Cam.
14 June 2017: Network Ten is placed in voluntary administration.
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15 June 1967: Melbourne’s ATV0 created history when it telecasts the Pakenham race meeting in colour — the first live colour telecast in Australia . Only ATV0 executives, representatives of the Australian Broadcasting Control Board and invited members of the press could see the colour pictures on specially-purchased colour TV sets installed at the Nunawading studios.
15 June 1992: Daryl Somers, Ossie Ostrich (Ernie Carroll) and the rest of the Hey Hey It’s Saturday gang star in Hey Hey The Movie — Silence Of The Hams (Nine).
15 June 1994: Graham Phillips (Quantum) hosts the new information technology series Hot Chips (ABC), featuring reporters Rebecca Le Tourneau, John Millard, Chris Nash and Gareth Powell. Live And Sweaty host Elle McFeast (Libbi Gorr) hosts the special Sex, Guys And Videotape (ABC), taking a candid look at male sexuality.
15 June 2003: The Seven Network screens the final performance of John Farnham’s The Last Time tour of 2002-03. Network Ten premieres the mini-series After The Deluge, starring David Wenham, Hugo Weaving, Samuel Johnson and Ray Barrett.
15 June 2008: The Seven Network premieres singing competition Battle Of The Choirs, hosted by David Koch.
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16 June 1977: The Nine Network commences its coverage of the First Jubilee Cricket Test — England versus Australia — live from London. Nine’s deal to secure rights to the Test caused an upset to traditional cricket rights holder ABC. Nine’s estimated outlay including rights and satellite access was $1.3 million. However, with Nine only having a presence in four capital cities — Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide — it reached an agreement for ABC to carry its coverage to all other capital cities and regional areas.
16 June 2004: The Nine Network presents coverage of Game Two of the Rugby League State Of Origin — Queensland versus NSW — from Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane.
16 June 2008: ABC premieres six-part interview series Elders With Andrew Denton. The guest in the first episode is Sir David Attenborough.
16 June 2010: The Nine Network presents coverage of Game Two of the Rugby League State Of Origin — Queensland versus NSW — from Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
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No doubt inspired by the ABC doco series “The Choir of Hard Knocks”.
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17 June 1959: ABC presents the first Australian television adaptations of Shakespeare, with Hamlet broadcast on ABN2, Sydney, and Antony And Cleopatra on ABV2, Melbourne, at the same time.
17 June 1966: The final episode of HSV7’s long-running variety show Sunnyside Up. The weekly show began in August 1957 as The Happy Gang, a TV version of the popular radio show of the same name. The show was revamped in May 1958 to the new title Sunnyside Up.
17 June 1994 (overnight into 18 June): SBS commences coverage of the FIFA World Cup from the United States, with the Opening Ceremony in Chicago, followed by the opening match between Germany and Bolivia.
17 June 2001: The Nine Network premieres Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner with Suzie Wilks.
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17 June 2004 Dean Caterchini became the first $200,000 winner on Deal or No Deal He had $5 and $200,000 as his last two cases on the board with an offer of $102,500 in which Dean said “no deal”
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18 June 1971: ABC is the Australian broadcaster for the global television special Children Of The World, hosted by Danny Kaye in New York, commemorating the 25th anniversary of UNICEF. The Australian segment, produced by ABC’s Ron May, featured swimmers Shane Gould, 14, and Katrina Mortlock, 10, doing their early morning training, broadcast live at approximately 4.40am (AEST).
18 June 2003: Eddie McGuire and Catriona Rowntree host Test Australia: The National Driving Test, testing six groups of drivers and eight celebrities on their driving abilities.
18 June 2006: Network Ten screens telemovie The Society Murders, a dramatic adaptation of the 2002 murder of Melbourne couple Paul King and Margaret Wales-King. Starring Georgie Parker, Alex Dimitriades, Matthew Le Nevez, Terry Norris and Julia Blake.
18 June 2007: The Seven Network premieres The Morning Show with Larry Emdur and Kylie Gillies.
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I know this is from yesterday, but 17 June 1999. (Going into 18th)
Australia vs South Africa in the 1999 cricket world cup. The famous tie. Kicking myself that i fell asleep in front of the couch
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We all know about Shane Gould’s achievements in the pool, but what about Katrina?
Mellisa Doyle filled in for Kylie while she’s not on the show for some reasons.
18 June 1971: VEW-8 Kalgoorlie-Boulder begins transmission. Its owners Mid-Western Television would be purchased by GWN in December 1985.
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i forgot about VEW8. Apparently the station was managed during the 1980s by Mike Dorsey, actor formerly from Number 96, The Young Doctors and Arcade, before it got sold to GWN.
I had a TV Week article about it but I can’t locate it now.
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Chris Isley, former 6PR did a write up about how much of an amateur operation VEW8 was back in the day. To relay the signal to other wheatbelt towns, a camera was pointed at the screen of the program source.
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19 June 1964: New TV Station — RVN2, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales.
Source: TV Week
19 June 1995: Sale Of The Century (Nine) begins a week-long Battle Of The TV Classics featuring cast members from The Sullivans, Prisoner, Number 96 and The Young Doctors.
19 June 2007: Children’s series Lockie Leonard, adapted from the books by Tim Winton, debuts on the Nine Network.
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