9 August 1968: New TV Station — MVQ6, Mackay, Queensland.
9 August 1996: The Seven Network premieres Where Are They Now?, checking in on some former famous and infamous faces. Hosted by Peter Luck.
9 August 2009: The Nine Network’s secondary entertainment channel, GO!, makes its debut
GO! Was a massive game changer in the multichannel market.
OneHD was struggling ratting wise and proved to be an expensive operation. The Launch of GO! tripled that channels audience over night. Leading to OneHD launching Sports Movies.
And oneHD becoming Channel One as a result
11 August 1977: The 1218th and final episode of Number 96 airs on TEN10, Sydney. The episode signs off with a curtain call of cast members that have featured through the series.
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11 August 1991: The Nine Network‘s 60 Minutes celebrates its 500th edition.
11 August 1993: The mini-series adaptation of Ben Elton‘s book Stark makes its debut on ABC.
11 August 1996: Melbourne’s GTV9 screens the special Has The Weather Gone Mad?, hosted by Rob Gell and Tracey Dale, providing an insight into Melbourne’s unpredictable weather and what the future has in store for Victoria.
11 August 1997: The Nine Network premieres Murder Call, a crime series starring Peter Mochrie, Lucy Bell, Glenda Linscott, Geoff Morrell, Jennifer Kent and Gary Day.
11 August 2003: The Nine Network premieres children’s show [Hot] Source, hosted by David Whitehall, Tristan Kurz and Asha Kuerten.
Nine got a good four years out of that show. It also aired in Canada and the UK.
Something tells me this was launched as a rival to The Big Arvo which aired on Seven and was later axed in May 2005. It was that show which launched the career of James Tobin.
This is an archived ninemsn info page for the show. So Dave and Miranda are David Whitehill and Miranda Deakin. Who is Ben?
12 August 1972: The debut of Nine Network quiz show Split Second, hosted by Ken James (Skippy The Bush Kangaroo, The Group).
12 August 1979: Marcia Hines and Daryl Braithwaite host the Australian Popular Song Festival on the 0-10 Network, including performances by Delilah, Ray Burgess, Tony Pantano, Mary Jane Boyd and Russell Hitchcock.
12 August 1984: Brisbane QTQ9‘s five-hour special, Channel Nine Celebrates 25 Years Of Television, features past and present personalities including Hugh Cornish, Babette Stephens, Don Seccombe, Jacki MacDonald, Ron Cadee, Jim Iliffe and Brian Cahill. Nine followed up the special with a further one hour on the actual date of the station’s 25th anniversary — 16 August 1984.
12 August 1990: Melbourne station ATV10’s daytime line-up features regular crosses throughout the day to the annual Deafness Appeal Telethon, hosted by TTFM breakfast presenters Geoff Cox and Gavin Wood.
12 August 1992: HSV7 newsreader Jennifer Keyte hosts a two-hour special Melbourne — The Living City, commemorating Melbourne’s 150th anniversary.
12 August 1995: Gladiators (Seven) begins a three-week battle featuring the Australian Gladiators versus their United Kingdom counterparts, hosted by UK Gladiators host John Fashanu and Australian co-host Kimberley Joseph.
12 August 1996: The special Forty Years Of Sport (Seven) takes a look at some of the greatest funniest and memorable moments in 40 years of sport on Australian television.
12 August 2002: Network Ten premieres police drama White Collar Blue, starring Peter O’Brien, Freya Stafford, Richard Carter, Brooke Satchwell, Don Hany, Jodie Dry and Linda Cropper.
13 August 1971: New TV Station — ABD6, Darwin
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13 August 1976: The sex-comedy series Alvin Purple, based on the earlier successful film of the same name, was due to commence its 13-episode run. Starring Graeme Blundell in the title role, Alvin Purple featured the amorous escapades of a young man who had an effect on women of all types. It was front page news when, one day before going to air, the series was bumped off the schedule — with ABC management and its new chairman Sir Henry Bland accused of “censorship” of the controversial series. The program didn’t appear as scheduled, with ABC management suggesting some edits but the show’s producer Maurice Murphy did not make any. Alvin Purple managed to make a belated debut the following week.
13 August 1978: The last day of competition and the Closing Ceremony of the XI Commonwealth Games, held in Edmonton, Canada. ABC‘s live coverage is at 6am with a repeat of highlights at 10.50pm. ABC also had a last minute change to its schedule following the death of Pope Paul VI. The funeral for the pope was broadcast live from Rome at 1.50am with a repeat at 8.30pm.
13 August 1984: The final day of competition from The Games Of The XXIII Olympiad from Los Angeles, USA, before coverage of the Men’s Marathon and Closing Ceremony.
13 August 1995: The Australia Remembers Gala Tribute (ABC) features John Farnham, James Morrison, James Blundell, Margaret Urlich, Don Burrows, Grace Knight and Rick Price to commemorate the upcoming 50th anniversary of VP Day.
13 August 2002: Alison Whyte (Frontline) and Lisa McCune (Blue Heelers) star as sisters and lawyers in the new Seven Network series Marshall Law.
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13 August 2006: The premiere of the celebrity pop culture game show You May Be Right, hosted by Dancing With The Stars judge Todd McKenney. The show was seen as a thinly-veiled take-off of ABC‘s Spicks And Specks, and was only to have a short life. Network Ten premieres reality series Girlband. Hosted by Natalie Bassingthwaighte with band members Patrice Tipoki, Jess Smith, Renee Armstrong and Renae Bargh.
They were right…it was a rip-off of Spicks and Specks but with none of the charm.
Should of named it “We Were Conceivably Wrong” by putting this to air.
14 August 1978: The 0-10 Network premieres Thank God It’s Friday At The Zoo, a disco-themed music show hosted by Sydney radio announcer Ian MacRae.
14 August 1997: Network Ten premieres drama series State Coroner. Starring Wendy Hughes with Paul Cronin (The Sullivans), Elaine Smith (Neighbours), Nick Carrafa (Neighbours), Robert Grubb (The Flying Doctors) and Alan Dale (Neighbours).
14 August 2006: The Nine Network premieres Two Twisted, Bryan Brown‘s anthology series of mysteries. The first episode, There’s Something About Kyanna, stars Melissa George and Sandy Winton.
14/8/2000 In preparation for the launch of Digital TV, Nine News in Sydney and Brisbane relaunches with new graphics and an updated theme, the ending of which is still used today.
Speaking of which, there are no mention of any commemorations today on the 80th anniversary of VP Day.
Seven made a slew of these celebrity panel shows in the 2000’s that were just dire and disappeared without a trace.
The White Room was another one.
It was axed after six episodes and only footage from one episode remains in the National Film and Sound Archive.
I think there was also a ‘Have I Got News for You’ type show that Glenn Robbins hosted at one point.
I don’t remember this at all 
