On This Day

[TelevisionAU]

22 June 1972: Melbourne’s HSV7 televises the first Tattslotto draw, hosted by David Johnston and Lucy Kiraly.

22 June 1982: The Nine Network‘s The Young Doctors reaches episode 1219 — passing Number 96‘s 1218 episodes for longest running serial on Australian television.

22 June 1992: The Nine Network begins coverage of the annual Wimbledon tennis tournament from London.

22 June 1993: As part of National Refugee Week, actor Jack Thompson, his son Patrick and a United Nations team look at the suffering of the children of war-torn Cambodia in The Children Of Krousar Thmey (SBS).

22 June 1998: The Nine Network and Fox Sports begin coverage of the annual Wimbledon tennis tournament from London.

22 June 1999: SBS premieres A Fork In Australia, part of the A Fork In The Road travel series, hosted by Pria Viswalingam.

22 June 2009: The Nine Network and Fox Sports 3 begin coverage of the annual Wimbledon tennis tournament from London.

22 June 2010: The Seven Network premieres the Australian version of game show Minute To Win It, hosted by Darren McMullen.

[TelevisionAU]

23 June 1993: The premiere of Our House and Money launch Nine’s new hour of information and lifestyle programming.

23 June 1994: Former Australian test cricketer Mike Whitney hosts the new series The Innovators (ABC), covering topics that celebrate innovation, ingenuity and inventiveness. The one-hour special The Beatles In Australia: 30th Anniversary (Nine) looks at The Beatles‘ historic tour of Australia in 1964 and features footage from one of the Melbourne concerts.

23 June 2003: The Nine Network revives game show The Price Is Right, with Larry Emdur again as host.

The Price Is Right Australia Series Return Promo (2003)

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[jason120au]

What is the chances of The Price is Right replacing The Chase? I think it has potential but has to be done like Channel Nine’s version in the mid 90s not cheaper version that Seven last attempt sponsored by Big W.

[K.J_shakespeare31594]

I actually thought that TPIR would be ideal for Channel Ten since I thought that Paramount would own the rights to it, but apparently Fremantle does.

[Tane04]

I don’t think Seven want to touch TPIR again.

[greenpea]

@TelevisionAU

23 June 2003: The Nine Network revives game show The Price Is Right, with Larry Emdur again as host.

The revival was initially piloted with James Sherry as host and Darren James as announcer. However, Nine ultimately decided not to proceed with that pairing, instead commissioning the series with Larry Emdur and Shaun Cosgrove reprising their original roles.

Interestingly, if you compare the YouTube clip of the Sherry pilot with the premiere episode hosted by Emdur, you’ll notice the pricing game order remains unchanged between both versions.

[BigVic]

Sherry was to do it but Emdur returned along with the pricing game format from 1993-1998 reused but with a new logo and new look

[TelevisionAU]

25 June 1979: HSV7, Melbourne, presents a one-hour documentary, Parlour Games, providing an insight into operation of Melbourne’s massage parlours.

25 June 1990: The Nine Network begins coverage of the annual Wimbledon tennis tournament from London.

25 June 1996: British comedy duo Gareth Hale and Norman Pace star in a one-hour special, Hale And Pace Down Under (Nine).

25 June 2000: The Seven Network premieres Streetmate, hosted by Anna Pinkus, bringing couples together for their first date in the hope of finding love.

25 June 2001: The Nine Network and Fox Sports begin coverage of the annual Wimbledon tennis tournament from London.

25 June 2004: Jason Donovan, Anita Hegh and Barry Otto star in the ABC telemovie Loot.

25 June 2007: The Nine Network and Fox Sports 2 begin coverage of the annual Wimbledon tennis tournament from London.

25 June 2013: Shutdown of analogue television services: Regional and Remote Western Australia

[TelevisionAU]

26 June 1967: The global television production Our World is broadcast live on ABC with a repeat that evening. The program, a massive technical undertaking, broadcast in 24 countries with contributions from 14, included three segments from Australia.

Our World - 1967

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26 June 1978: ABC presents live coverage of the final of the FIFA World Cup from Buenos Aires, Argentina.

26 June 1990: The Seven Network presents coverage of the AFL State Of Origin — Western Australia versus Victoria — from the WACA, Perth.

26 June 1995: The Nine Network begins coverage of the annual Wimbledon tennis tournament from London.

26 June 2000: The Nine Network and Fox Sports begin coverage of the annual Wimbledon tennis tournament from London.

26 June 2002: The Nine Network presents coverage of Game Three of the Rugby League State Of Origin — NSW versus Queensland — from Stadium Australia, Sydney.

26 June 2006: The Nine Network and Fox Sports 2 begin coverage of the annual Wimbledon tennis tournament from London.

26 June 2007: ABC premieres six-part documentary series Carbon Cops, visiting six Australian families’ homes to measure their emissions and educate them on how to reduce their carbon footprint.

[TelevisionAU]

27 June 1959: The Shell Presents series presents the play They Were Big, They Were Blue, They Were Beautiful, produced live to air from the studios of ATN7. The play was written by radio serial scriptwriter Ross Napier, whose script won £400 in a Shell Presents competition for an Australian-written play to feature in its series. Starring in the production are Stewart Ginn, June Salter, Gordon Glenwright, Fifi Banvard, Diana Davidson and Kevin Brennan.

27 June 1972: Number 96 debuts in Canberra.

27 June 1982: ABC debuts the mini-series 1915, the story of friends Walter Gilchrist (Scott McGregor) and Billy MacKenzie (Scott Burgess) from the remote Australian town of Bindogundra. Their lives take a dramatic turn with the outbreak of World War I. 1915 follows not only the men going to battle but also what happens to their families and the girlfriends (played by Sigrid Thornton and Jackie Woodburne) they leave back in Australia. 1915 was produced to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the ABC.

27 June 1987: The final edition of Melbourne’s TV Scene

[TelevisionAU]

28 June 1967: The debut of the 26-part drama series You Can’t See Round Corners, starring Ken Shorter and Rowena Wallace. The series was an adaptation of the novel written by Jon Cleary

28 June 1971: The final edition of Bob and Dolly Dyer’s Pick A Box — the quiz show that began on radio in 1948 and converted to television in 1957. One of the first ‘national’ shows on Australian television.

28 June 1972: ABC premieres World War II drama Over There, starring John Meillon, Judy Morris and John Hargreaves.

28 June 1979: ABC premieres drama series Patrol Boat, starring Andrew McFarlane, Robert Coleby and Danny Adcock.

28 June 1982: The debut of Nine’s National Today Show which had replaced the one-hour news bulletin National Nine News Today that had launched earlier in the year in the 7am timeslot. The National Today Show is the program now known as Today.

28 June 1993: Former Seven Network lifestyle show Live It Up, hosted by Trisha Goddard, is relaunched as a weekday afternoon program on Ten.

28 June 2008: SBS premieres six-part reality series The Nest, featuring families where children have stayed living at home well into adulthood. Commentary and analysis is provided by demographer Bernard Salt, financial expert Scott Pape and social psychologist Dina McMillan.

[TelevisionAU]

29 June 1977: The Nine Network begins live via satellite coverage of the finals at Wimbledon.

29 June 2003: The Seven Network screens the special Australia’s Celebrity Driving Test, featuring host Peter Colquhoun and contestants Georgie Shew (Always Greener), model Chloe Maxwell, Tom Williams (Room For Improvement), Cornelia Frances (Home And Away), basketballer Shane Heal and comedian Peter Moon.

29 June 2009: The Nine Network premieres This Afternoon, a late afternoon news and magazine program with Andrew Daddo and Katrina Blowers. The program lasted two weeks.

[BigVic]

@TelevisionAU

29 June 2009: The Nine Network premieres This Afternoon, a late afternoon news and magazine program with Andrew Daddo and Katrina Blowers. The program lasted two weeks.

It actually launched 3 days earlier

[TelevisionAU]

@BigVic

It actually launched 3 days earlier

on the Friday?

Airdate: This Afternoon | TV Tonight

[Avatar5991]

@TelevisionAU

29 June 2003: The Seven Network screens the special Australia’s Celebrity Driving Test, featuring host Peter Colquhoun

This would’ve aired a week after the finale of Australia’s Worst Driver, which (I believe) Colquhoun hosted.

Unfortunately I cannot find any video footage of the show anywhere; I remember that final episode where Maggie, who was the worst driver, had her car crushed by a machine though would receive a year’s worth of free public transport as a consolation prize.

[BigVic]

They were covering the death of Michael Jackson that day

[TelevisionAU]

30 June 1985: SBS extends its network to launch in Adelaide, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Newcastle and Wollongong — adding to the existing network in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra.

30 June 1995: ABC in Canberra begins transmission on VHF Channel 9, commencing a simulcast period with the existing service on VHF Channel 3. ABC scheduled to shut down the VHF Channel 3 signal in August 1995. The changeover is part of the national clearance of TV transmissions from VHF Band II (Channels 3-5) to allow expansion of FM radio services.

30 June 1999: SBS premieres Fetching Shorts, a series of short films from Australian creators.

30 June 2003: Disney Channel launches a new early morning show, AMTV On D, hosted by former Popstars winner Scott Cain.

30 June 2004: Following the departure of former hosts David Stratton and Margaret Pomeranz to ABC, SBS re-launches The Movie Show with a new hosting line-up: Megan Spencer, Fenella Kernebone, Jaimie Leonarder and Marc Fennell.

30 June 2006: The Nine Network premieres children’s series Mortified, starring Marny Kennedy, Nicholas Dunn, Maia Mitchell, Rachel Blakely, Andrew Blackman and Steven Tandy.

30 June 2008: Network Ten premieres comedy series Mark Loves Sharon, a spin-off featuring characters from sketch comedy series The Wedge.

30 June 2010: Mildura becomes the first region in Australia to convert to digital-only television, with analogue signals shut off at 9.00am.

[Dani-Chan]

@TelevisionAU

30 June 1985: SBS extends its network to launch in Adelaide, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Newcastle and Wollongong — adding to the existing network in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra.

Reading that little leaflet about SBS in Wollongong, I assume between then and 1988 that SBS moved to UHF Channel 53 in order to have WIN-4 move to Channel 59.

[TelevisionAU]

1 July 1932: The Australian Broadcasting Commission is formed as Australia’s national broadcaster, comprising 12 radio stations. The broadcaster was later chartered to provide Australia’s national television service from 1956.

1 July 1962: Station affiliations change, with Melbourne’s GTV9 becoming aligned with TCN9 Sydney, and Melbourne’s HSV7 with ATN7 Sydney. The change would see the formation of what is now the Seven Network and the Nine Network and would result in some programs swapping channels to match the new alignments. However, viewers would notice few on-air changes for some weeks, even months, as sponsorship contracts were left to run their course before specific programs change channels.

1 July 1965: Brisbane’s third commercial TV station, TVQ0, is officially opened.

1 July 1969: The ABC, Seven and Nine networks present live coverage of the investiture of Prince Charles as Prince Of Wales from Caernarfon Castle, Wales.

1 July 1974: The 0-10 Network’s new current affairs program, 24 Hours, begins with John Bailey. The new program is the product of former A Current Affair host and producer Mike Willesee.

1 July 1978: ABC premieres musical variety series The Saturday Show.

1 July 1979: Countdown presents its 200th episode.

1 July 1987: The wedding of Scott Robinson and Charlene Ramsay (Jason Donovan and Kylie Minogue) marks a defining moment in Neighbours‘ long history.

1 July 1990: ABC premieres More Winners, a series of children’s dramas. The first instalment, His Master’s Ghost, stars Jonathan Hardy, Simon Grey, Erica Kennedy, Cathy Godbold and Scott Major.

1 July 1991: Nine debuts a new morning program, What’s Cooking, hosted by Gabriel Gate and Colette Mann.

1 July 1992: The ABC special Baby Crazy focuses on what it’s like to be a first time parent — using home movies, interviews and archival footage — narrated by Noni Hazlehurst.

1 July 1997: Regional city Mildura receives a second commercial station, Prime, ending a 32-year commercial monopoly held by STV8 (WIN).

Source: Sunraysia Daily

1 July 1999: The Nine Network presents the concert special John Farnham’s 50th Birthday Party, featuring John Farnham and guest artists including Kate Ceberano, Merril Bainbridge, Ross Wilson, Human Nature, James Reyne and Nana-Zhami (son Robert Farnham‘s band).

1 July 2000: Network Ten‘s Saturday night music show The House Of Hits comes to an end after less than six months.

1 July 2004: ABC premieres At The Movies with David Stratton and Margaret Pomeranz.

1 July 2006: SBS begins its coverage of the Tour de France with the prologue race — twenty-two teams (198 riders) competing in a seven-kilometre time trial around Strasbourg, France.

1 July 2016: Southern Cross Austereo changes its regional affiliation from Ten to Nine in regional Queensland, Southern NSW/ACT and Victoria. WIN switches from Nine to Ten in the same markets as well as Tasmania and Western Australia. The switchover was reversed in 2021.

1 July 2017: Receivers are called in to Network Ten, two weeks after the company was placed in voluntary administration.

1 July 2019: SBS launches the World Movies channel.

[BendigoTV]

Late-1988 iirc. Also an increase in transmitter power with the change as well.