30 November 1963: The Nine Network‘s coverage of the 1963 Federal Election marks the commencement of the network’s leased coaxial cable link between Sydney and Melbourne via Canberra.
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30 November 1992: The Nine Network premieres game show Keynotes, hosted by Richard Wilkins.
30 November 1993: Network Ten presents the special Nescafe Big Break, awards presented in recognition of talent, ambition and determination by young Australians striving to achieve their goals. Hosted by Elle Macpherson.
30 November 1994: Network Ten presents the special Nescafe Big Break, awards presented in recognition of talent, ambition and determination by young Australians striving to achieve their goals. Hosted by Russell Crowe.
2 December 1972: All four networks provide coverage of the Federal Election after polls close at 8.00pm. The election went on to see the Australian Labor Party end 23 years of conservative rule.
2 December 1977: Kerry Packer’s rebel cricket code World Series Cricket makes its TV debut on his Nine Network with Match One, featuring Australia versus West Indies, from VFL Park in Melbourne.
2 December 1993: Science and technology series Beyond 2000, formerly of the Seven Network, makes its first appearance on Network Ten.
2 December 1996: Network Ten presents the special Crowded House In Concert, a farewell concert for Crowded House from the steps of the Sydney Opera House.
2 December 2006: ABC presents the concert special Countdown Spectacular, a tribute to the long-running pop music show Countdown that ran from 1974 to 1987. Recorded at the Melbourne Concert Hall with Ian ‘Molly’ Meldrum and performances by Sherbet, Hush, The Models, Eurogliders, John Paul Young, Leo Sayer, Renée Geyer, Frankie J Holden, Joe Camilleri, Brian Mannix and Wendy Stapleton.
3 December 1993: After four years on the Seven Network and two years on Ten, the Hinch program makes its 1500th and final appearance. To be replaced in the new year by Alan Jones Live.
3 December 1995: The Seven Network premieres travel series Lonely Planet, hosted by Andrew Daddo.
3 December 1996: The Nine Network premieres a revival of Blankety Blanks, with host Shane Bourne.
3 December 2013: Shutdown of analogue television services: Sydney, Central Coast NSW
4 December 1995: The Nine Network premieres dating game show Simply Irresistible, hosted by Paul Holmes. The Seven Network launches its new late-night edition of Seven Nightly News, fronted by former Ten newsreader Anne Fulwood.
4 December 2004: The Seven Network premieres children’s game show Go Go Stop.
4 December 2008: ABC premieres Outback Upfront, a seven-part series of panel discussions around short films produced by emerging WA-based film-makers. The Nine Network premieres medical series The Waiting Room, hosted by Dr Andrew Rochford.
4 December 2009: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd officially opens ABC‘s new children’s channel, ABC3.
The host, Peter Holmes, looks really familiar. He must have done other television shows.
I googled him and discovered he was part of the Morning Crew on 2Day back in the 1990s. They were number one until Nova came along and Merrick and Rosso gained ground on them. It ended in disaster when Wendy Harmer wanted management to dump Peter Moon from the team.
5 December 1977: TCN9, Sydney, presents the documentary Uranium: Time For The Verdict, with reporter Gerald Stone. The program appears on GTV9, Melbourne, three days later.
5 December 1992: The Nine Network presents the special Nescafe Big Break, awards presented in recognition of talent, ambition and determination by young Australians striving to achieve their goals. Hosted by Richard Wilkins. Network Ten premieres sitcom Bingles, starring Tammy MacIntosh, Shane Bourne and Russell Gilbert.
5 December 1994: The Seven Network premieres drama series Over The Hill, starring Georgie Parker, Nicholas Eadie and Roy Billing.
5 December 2004: ABC presents the special My Favourite Book, hosted by Jennifer Byrne. Counting down the ten favourite books as voted by the public and including celebrity interviews.
5 December 2016: Ten Perth begins production from its new studios in Subiaco
5/12/2003 Ross Symonds and Ann Sanders present 7NEWS Sydney for the final time, before they hand over to Ian Ross, who takes over the following Monday. Adam Digby also presents weather for the final time.
5/12/2008 Bruce Paige and Heather Foord present 9News Queensland together for the final time, with Foord handing over to Melissa Downes. Paige is replaced some six months later by Andrew Lofthouse; he and Downes would enjoy an on-air partnership lasting more than 15 years before Lofthouse retired in January this year after having been on leave since November the previous year.
That was around the time when Nine replaced Jim Waley with Mark Ferguson going for youth over experience to win younger viewers. However this move backfired and 7 began to challenge 9 in the news ratings for the Sydney market
That actually occurred in the 2004-05 summer, though Ferguson had to deputise for Waley in the final three months of 2003 after the elder battled skin cancer.
Ferguson impressed with his presenting during the 2004-05 summer during which the Indian Ocean tsunami occurred, which led to his promotion to the weeknight chair at Nine, before he was replaced by Peter Overton in 2009.
