26/6/2023 7NEWS Sydney begins production from the Seven Network’s new Eveleigh studios in Sydney, exiting Martin Place after nearly 19 years. Sunrise continued to be produced from Martin Place until they also moved in July.
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 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
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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.
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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
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This would’ve been one week after the final of Australia’s Worst Driver, in which the worst driver had their car crushed at the end of the episode (whether this was live, I can’t remember), but received the consolation prize of twelve months’ worth of free public transport.
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Ten could’ve had one called You Stupid Bastard, Learn To Drive You F##kwit.
What’s the go with all these “national” tests they had at the time? Thank god they didn’t do the National Prostate Examination or National Breast Cancer Test or Test Your Testicles for Testicular Cancer.
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Presumably to cash in on the success of The National IQ Test.
I recall The Chaser parodied all these tests with “The National Pregnancy Test” and “The National AIDS Test”
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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
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ABC3 moving to Ch 9 marked the end of any chance of tropospheric reception of TCN9 and MTN9 into Canberra. The latter could be seen by tropo and I have seen videotape of such reception.
There was a low powered ABC9 translator at Mt Taylor for Woden and Tuggeranong and that went to UHF as a result of the move.
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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: New TV Station – TVQ0, Brisbane.
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).
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.
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.
1 July 2021: Regional affiliations change: WIN switches from the Ten Network to Nine Network for program supply. Southern Cross switches from Nine to Ten in the Regional Queensland, Southern NSW/ACT and Regional Victoria markets.
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A decade has already flown by since the 2016 Regional Affiliation Swap. Here are some videos to remember this bit of TV History.
Original version:
Extended version:
Uploaded by TVCL on YouTube.
The 2021 Regional Affiliation Swap happened five years ago to be exact although I couldn’t find any videos for that one unfortunately. They used to be available but not anymore from what I can see.
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2 July 1971/1976: ABC crosses to Wimbledon for live via satellite coverage of the Women’s Singles Final.
2 July 1985: ABC premieres mid-evening current affairs program The Carleton-Walsh Report, with Richard Carleton and Max Walsh, airing Tuesday to Thursday nights.
2 July 1995: SBS begins its coverage of the Tour de France, with a package of highlights each evening and repeated late at night.
2 July 2004: Network Ten premieres children’s series Wicked Science, starring Andre de Vanny, Bridget Neval, Benjamin Schmideg, Emma Leonard, Brook Sykes and Saskia Burmeister.
2 July 2005: SBS begins its coverage of the Tour de France, with 2-3 hours of live coverage each late night and a half-hour highlights package the following evening.
2 July 2008: The Nine Network presents coverage of Game Three of the Rugby League State Of Origin — NSW versus Queensland — from ANZ Stadium, Sydney.
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Also in 2004, Bridget would join Neighbours as Lana Crawford, while Saskia also filmed her role of Erica Yurken in Aussie flick Hating Alison Ashley opposite Delta Goodrem. Both Bridget and Saskia have now retired from acting. Saskia is now a photographer.
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I follow Bridget on Instagram - she mostly documents the lives of her autistic sons (while also being autistic herself)
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3 July 1970: ABC begins live satellite coverage of Wimbledon, with the Women’s Singles Final, followed the next night by the Men’s Singles Final.
3 July 1971: ABC presents live via satellite coverage of the Men’s Singles Final at Wimbledon, with Australian John Newcombe winning the title against American Stan Smith.
3 July 1978: ABC premieres children’s sketch comedy series Wayzgoose, starring Michael Caulfield, Deborah Kennedy, Michael Salmon, Jon Stephens and John Summers.
3 July 1989: ABC launches Countdown Revolution, a weeknight revival of the legendary music show Countdown. Initially hosted by Andy McLean, Lisa Collins and Dan Woods and taped at Melbourne’s Metro nightclub, the series rated poorly. Replacing the hosts with actor Mark Little and comedian Tania Lacy did little to help its fortunes and it quietly wound up late in 1990.
3 July 1994: SBS begins nightly half-hour coverage of the Tour de France
3 July 2005: The Nine Network premieres celebrity reality show Skating On Thin Ice.
3 July 2010: SBS begins its coverage of the Tour de France, with 2-3 hours of live coverage each late night and a half-hour highlights package the following evening.
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4 July 1967: The Nine Network spy drama Hunter premieres on NWS9, Adelaide. The Melbourne and Sydney premieres followed over the next two nights respectively.
4 July 1975: ABC begins live satellite coverage of Wimbledon, with the Women’s Singles Final, followed the next night by the Men’s Singles Final.
4 July 1979: The Nine Network begins live via satellite coverage of the finals at Wimbledon.
4 July 1993: SBS begins its coverage of the Tour de France, with a nightly half-hour highlights package at 6.00pm, repeated late at night.
4 July 1999: SBS begins its coverage of the Tour de France, with a nightly half-hour highlights package at 6.00pm, repeated late at night.
4 July 2001: The Nine Network presents a celebrity edition of quiz show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.
4 July 2004: SBS begins its coverage of the Tour de France, with a nightly half-hour highlights package at 6.00pm, repeated late at night.
4 July 2007: The Nine Network presents coverage of Game Three of the Rugby League State Of Origin — Queensland versus NSW — from Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane.
4 July 2008: SBS screens the documentary The Fabulous Flag Sisters, about the trio of drag performers, including Australian Neil Hansen, and their rise to stardom following an appearance on Italian television in the 1970s.
4 July 2009: SBS begins its coverage of the Tour de France, with live coverage each late night and a half-hour highlights package the following evening.
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5 July 1971: Following the final of Pick-A-Box the previous week, the Seven Network launches Great Temptation, a prime-time spin-off of the daytime quiz show Temptation.
5 July 1975: Brisbane TVQ0’s tenth birthday celebration featured a telethon for the Paraplegic and Quadriplegic Sports Welfare Associations with guest appearances by personalities from the 0-10 Network, including stars of Number 96, The Box, Matlock Police and The Mike Walsh Show. Guests arrived via train from Sydney — emulating a similar venture from Sydney to Melbourne for the occasion of the TV Week Logie Awards.
5 July 1978: The Nine Network begins live via satellite coverage of the finals at Wimbledon.
5 July 1982: Mini-series Women Of The Sun, the first drama series to come from Channel 0/28 (SBS), makes its debut.
5 July 1992: Ten in Melbourne presents its annual Deafness Appealathon, starting at midday with Bert Newton and continuing during program breaks throughout the afternoon. The appeal continues a tradition of telethons for Victoria’s Deafness Foundation hosted by the channel, dating back to 1974.
5 July 1995: The ABC documentary Peter Allen — The Boy From Oz traces the career of the late Peter Allen, from his beginnings at a bush pub at age 11.
5 July 1999: The Nine Network premieres children’s science fiction series Pig’s Breakfast.
5 July 2002: The Nine Network premieres children’s cartoon series Kangaroo Creek Gang.
5 July 2006: The Nine Network presents coverage of Game Three of the Rugby League State Of Origin — NSW versus Queensland — from Telstra Dome, Melbourne.
5 July 2007: The Nine Network premieres drama series Sea Patrol.
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Sea Patrol. The show that Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young thought was a real life show 
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With the right amounts of drugs, any TV show can be real life.
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At the time it was a very expensive production. Cost nine a lot to put to air.
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