CLASSIC TV GUIDES

Sunday 4 November 1956 - MELBOURNE Official Opening HSV7
Monday 19 November 1956 - MELBOURNE Official Opening ABV2
Saturday 19 January 1957 - MELBOURNE Official Opening GTV9
Monday 6 May 1957 - MELBOURNE First In Melbourne Tonight
Saturday 7 December 1957 - MELBOURNE First TV Week listing
Wednesday 11 December 1957 - MELBOURNE
Tuesday 11 March 1958 - MELBOURNE
Saturday 17 May 1958 - MELBOURNE
Wednesday 21 May 1958 - MELBOURNE Opening Ripponlea Studios ABV2
Tuesday 4 November 1958 - MELBOURNE Melbourne Cup Day
Friday 9 January 1959 - MELBOURNE First Sydney-Melbourne telecast
Saturday 24 January 1959 - MELBOURNE
Saturday 18 April 1959 - MELBOURNE VFL 1959 season starts
Friday 21 August 1959 - MELBOURNE First TV Times listing
Thursday 31 December 1959 - MELBOURNE
Thursday 18 February 1960 - MELBOURNE The Hi Fi Club
Sunday 5 February 1961 - MELBOURNE
Monday 27 March 1961 - MELBOURNE
Saturday 9 December 1961 - VICTORIA Official Opening GLV10
Saturday 23 December 1961 - VICTORIA Official Openings GMV6, BCV8
Saturday 31 March 1962 - VICTORIA TV Week Logie Awards
Friday 27 April 1962 - VICTORIA Official Opening BTV6
Sunday 1 July 1962 - VICTORIA Station affiliations change GTV9, HSV7
Monday 29 April 1963 - VICTORIA Official Opening ABEV1 NEW
Saturday 30 November 1963 - MELBOURNE Federal Election Day
Friday 10 January 1964 - VICTORIA First Cricket telecast via coaxial cable
Sunday 23 February 1964 - MELBOURNE
Saturday 1 August 1964 - VICTORIA Official Opening ATV0
Monday 3 August 1964 - MELBOURNE
Monday 7 September 1964 - VICTORIA Official Opening AMV4  
Sunday 11 October 1964 - MELBOURNE Olympic Games Opening Ceremony
Tuesday 3 November 1964 - MELBOURNE Melbourne Cup Day
Monday 5 April 1965 - VICTORIA TV Spells Magic
Tuesday 22 June 1965 - MELBOURNE
Saturday 20 November 1965 - VICTORIA Official Opening STV8
Saturday 25 December 1965 - MELBOURNE
Thursday 9 June 1966 - VICTORIA
Friday 24 March 1967 - MELBOURNE Royal Children's Hospital Good Friday Appeal  
Monday 10 April 1967 - VICTORIA Premiere This Day Tonight and 1967 TV Week Logie Awards
Tuesday 6 June 1967 - MELBOURNE Live satellite telecast Expo 67
Thursday 15 June 1967 - MELBOURNE First live colour telecast
Sunday 18 June 1967 - MELBOURNE
Monday 13 May 1968 - VICTORIA New shows Motel, Marriage Confidential
Sunday 21 July 1968 - MELBOURNE
Wednesday 25 December 1968 - MELBOURNE
Wednesday 12 February 1969 - VICTORIA
Tuesday 11 March 1969 - VICTORIA Division Four begins
Monday 13 April 1970 - VICTORIA First episode The Long Arm
Thursday 9 July 1970 - VICTORIA Launch east-west microwave link
Wednesday 21 October 1970 - MELBOURNE IMT celebrates 3000 shows
Monday 28 June 1971 - VICTORIA Final Pick A Box
Sunday 10 October 1971 - MELBOURNE Premiere This Week Has Seven Days
Friday 29 October 1971 - MELBOURNE
Tuesday 14 March 1972 - MELBOURNE Number 96 begins
Thursday 22 June 1972 - MELBOURNE First Tattslotto draw
Wednesday 3 January 1973 - MELBOURNE
Tuesday 16 January 1973 - VICTORIA
Monday 5 February 1973 - MELBOURNE The Mike Walsh Show begins
Saturday 24 February 1973 - MELBOURNE
Saturday 29 September 1973 - MELBOURNE VFL Grand Final
Saturday 20 October 1973 - MELBOURNE Opening Sydney Opera House
Monday 11 February 1974 - MELBOURNE The Box begins
Monday 18 March 1974 - MELBOURNE Class Of '74 begins
Thursday 25 April 1974 - MELBOURNE
Monday 7 October 1974 - MELBOURNE First colour test patterns
Saturday 19 October 1974 - MELBOURNE First test colour programming
Friday 8 November 1974 - MELBOURNE Countdown begins
Tuesday 31 December 1974 - MELBOURNE Nine Network Darwin telethon
Sunday 26 January 1975 - MELBOURNE
Friday 28 February 1975 - MELBOURNE TV switches to full-time colour
Friday 5 September 1975 - MELBOURNE Number 96's bomb-blast episode
Saturday 4 October 1975 - MELBOURNE
Monday 24 November 1975 - MELBOURNE Eyewitness Newshour begins NEW
Friday 12 March 1976 - MELBOURNE TV Week Logie Awards
Tuesday 23 March 1976 - VICTORIA
Sunday 18 July 1976 - MELBOURNE Olympic Games Opening Ceremony
Wednesday 21 July 1976 - MELBOURNE
Saturday 25 September 1976 - MELBOURNE VFL Grand Final
Monday 15 November 1976 - MELBOURNE The Sullivans begins
Tuesday 25 January 1977 - MELBOURNE Final episode Homicide
Friday 8 April 1977 - MELBOURNE Royal Children's Hospital Good Friday Appeal
Wednesday 13 July 1977 - MELBOURNE Hotel Story
Thursday 15 September 1977 - MELBOURNE National Survival Test
Thursday 20 October 1977 - REGIONAL VICTORIA
Tuesday 20 June 1978 - MELBOURNE
Monday 26 March 1979 - MELBOURNE
Tuesday 16 October 1979 - MELBOURNE
Monday 31 December 1979 - MELBOURNE
Sunday 20 January 1980 - MELBOURNE ATV0 becomes ATV10
Monday 18 February 1980 - MELBOURNE Movie: The Franky Doyle Story
Monday 24 March 1980 - VICTORIA
Friday 24 October 1980 - MELBOURNE Official Opening SBS0/28
Tuesday 4 November 1980 - VICTORIA Melbourne Cup Day
Sunday 15 February 1981 - MELBOURNE 25 years of television
Thursday 7 May 1981 - MELBOURNE Prisoner In Concert
Wednesday 29 July 1981 - MELBOURNE Royal Wedding Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer
Monday 18 January 1982 - VICTORIA Sons And Daughters premieres
Saturday 6 February 1982 - VICTORIA Community TV trial on SBS 0/28
Friday 12 March 1982 - MELBOURNE TV Week Logie Awards
Friday 9 April 1982 - VICTORIA Royal Children's Hospital Good Friday Appeal
Monday 28 June 1982 - MELBOURNE National Today Show launches
Thursday 1 July 1982 - VICTORIA ABC's 50th anniversary
Saturday 25 September 1982 - MELBOURNE VFL Grand Final
Thursday 30 September 1982 - MELBOURNE Opening Ceremony 1982 Commonwealth Games
Monday 31 January 1983 - MELBOURNE
Friday 22 April 1983 - MELBOURNE 25th Anniversary TV Week Logie Awards
Thursday 12 May 1983 - MELBOURNE
Monday 27 June 1983 - MELBOURNE
Friday 20 April 1984 - MELBOURNE Royal Children's Hospital Good Friday Appeal
Saturday 1 December 1984 - MELBOURNE 1984 Federal Election
Monday 4 March 1985 - MELBOURNE Premiere ABC National, The Cowra Breakout, News Overnight
Thursday 1 May 1986 - MELBOURNE
Thursday 30 October 1986 - MELBOURNE The Movie Show begins NEW
Wednesday 31 December 1986 - MELBOURNE
Friday 1 January 1988 - MELBOURNE Australia Live telecast
Monday 18 January 1988 - MELBOURNESeven Nightly News,Hinch At Seven,Home And Away,A Current Affair begin NEW
Tuesday 16 February 1988 - MELBOURNE The Comedy Company begins
Wednesday 17 August 1988 - MELBOURNE
Saturday 17 September 1988 - MELBOURNE Olympic Games Opening Ceremony
Tuesday 1 November 1988 - MELBOURNE Melbourne Cup Day
Tuesday 2 May 1989 - BALLARAT
Tuesday 2 May 1989 - BENDIGO
Monday 24 July 1989 - MELBOURNE Family Double Dare
Monday 25 September 1989 - MELBOURNE
Saturday 7 October 1989 - MELBOURNE SBS screens The Mahabharata
Friday 9 March 1990 - MELBOURNE TV Week Logie Awards
Wednesday 24 October 1990 - MELBOURNE SBS turns 10
Sunday 5 May 1991 - MELBOURNE
Friday 19 March 1993 - MELBOURNE TV Week Logie Awards
Friday 24 September 1993 - MELBOURNE Announcement of host city for 2000 Olympics. The Footy Show begins
Tuesday 18 January 1994 - MELBOURNE Blue Heelers debuts
Saturday 6 August 1994 - MELBOURNE ATV10's 30th Anniversary
Monday 16 September 1996 - MELBOURNE 40 years of television
Tuesday 1 July 1997 - MILDURA Prime Television expands into Mildura
Saturday 20 November 1999 - MELBOURNE Final Hey Hey It's Saturday
Friday 31 December 1999 - MELBOURNE Y2K arrives
Friday 15 September 2000 - MELBOURNE Olympic Games Opening Ceremony
Monday 5 March 2001 - MELBOURNE Renaissance TV begins on Channel 31
Tuesday 24 April 2001 - MELBOURNE Big Brother begins

Monday 13 July 1959 - SYDNEY
Monday 4 April 1960 - SYDNEY
Thursday 23 March 1961 - SYDNEY
Saturday 19 August 1961 - SYDNEY First edition Four Corners
Monday 26 February 1962 - SYDNEY
Saturday 17 March 1962 - NEW SOUTH WALES Official Opening CBN8
Sunday 18 March 1962 - NEW SOUTH WALES Official Opening WIN4
Monday 26 March 1962 - NEW SOUTH WALES
Saturday 2 June 1962 - CANBERRA Official Opening CTC7
Saturday 8 December 1962 - SYDNEY
Tuesday 18 December 1962 - CANBERRA Official Opening ABC3
Monday 23 September 1963 - SYDNEY
Monday 22 March 1965 - SYDNEY
Monday 5 April 1965 - SYDNEY Official Opening TEN10
Thursday 6 May 1965 - SYDNEY
Saturday 1 January 1966 - SYDNEY
Monday 17 April 1967- SYDNEY
Sunday 30 March 1969 - SYDNEY
Monday 6 October 1969 - SYDNEY
Thursday 25 December 1969 - SYDNEY
Monday 1 June 1970 - SYDNEY Temptation begins
Monday 2 April 1973 - SYDNEY
Tuesday 29 May 1973 - CANBERRA
Monday 16 September 1974 - SYDNEY
Monday 14 July 1975 - SYDNEY
Sunday 2 November 1975 - SYDNEY
Monday 15 November 1976 - SYDNEY The Sullivans begins
Friday 25 March 1977 - SYDNEY TV Week Logie Awards
Sunday 17 April 1977 - SYDNEY US mini-series Roots debuts
Monday 6 June 1977 - SYDNEY
Monday 24 July 1978 - SYDNEY
Sunday 31 December 1978 - SYDNEY
Monday 28 May 1979 - SYDNEY
Wednesday 26 September 1979 - CANBERRA
Friday 1 February 1980 - SYDNEY
Monday 25 February 1980 - NEW SOUTH WALES NEW
Sunday 20 April 1980 - SYDNEY
Monday 17 November 1980 - SYDNEY
Sunday 11 January 1981 - SYDNEY
Friday 10 April 1981 - SYDNEY TV Week Logie Awards
Monday 15 June 1981 - SYDNEY
Monday 7 September 1981 - SYDNEY
Thursday 26 November 1981 - SYDNEY
Saturday 13 February 1982 - SYDNEY Community TV trial on SBS 0/28
Sunday 25 April 1982 - CANBERRA
Monday 5 July 1982 - SYDNEY
Friday 24 December 1982 - CANBERRA
Wednesday 14 September 1983 - SYDNEY New Faces' 20th Anniversary, Dally M Medal
Friday 14 October 1983 - CANBERRA Network 0-28 launches
Saturday 29 October 1983 - CANBERRA The 3D-TV Experience
Sunday 5 February 1984 - CANBERRA
Monday 4 June 1984 - SYDNEY
Friday 27 July 1984 - SYDNEY
Monday 18 February 1985 - SYDNEY Network 0/28 becomes SBS
Monday 1 July 1985 - SYDNEY
Saturday 13 July 1985 - SYDNEY Live Aid telecast
Friday 19 September 1986 - SYDNEY 30 years of television
Friday 1 January 1988 - SYDNEY Australia Live telecast
Wednesday 14 June 1989 - CANBERRA
Sunday 31 December 1989 - SYDNEY
Wednesday 11 March 1992 - CANBERRA
Monday 1 March 1993 - CANBERRA Prime 6 O'Clock News launches
Monday 31 May 1993 - SYDNEY Paradise Beach and Rugby League State Of Origin
Monday 29 July 1996 - SYDNEY
Monday 27 March 2000 - CANBERRA

Monday 2 November 1959 - BRISBANE Official Opening ABQ2
Monday 14 November 1960 - BRISBANE
Thursday 9 February 1961 - BRISBANE
Tuesday 16 February 1965 - ROCKHAMPTON
Thursday 1 July 1965 - BRISBANE Official Opening TVQ0
Thursday 31 March 1966 - BRISBANE
Saturday 29 April 1967 - BRISBANE
Wednesday 27 September 1967 - BRISBANE
Monday 10 June 1968 - BRISBANE Motel debuts
Tuesday 10 September 1968 - BRISBANE
Tuesday 15 July 1969 - BRISBANE
Thursday 31 December 1970 - BRISBANE
Monday 20 March 1972 - BRISBANE Number 96 debuts, The Big News
Saturday 27 May 1972 - BRISBANE
Monday 3 June 1974 - BRISBANE
Wednesday 11 June 1975 - BRISBANE
Saturday 5 July 1975 - BRISBANE TVQ0's tenth birthday
Friday 12 March 1976 - BRISBANE TV Week Logie Awards
Sunday 2 May 1976 - BRISBANE
Sunday 17 July 1977 - BRISBANE
Tuesday 20 June 1978 - BRISBANE
Saturday 15 July 1978 - BRISBANE
Monday 4 June 1979 - BRISBANE
Saturday 23 June 1979 - BRISBANE
Monday 28 April 1980 - BRISBANE
Monday 5 December 1983 - BRISBANE
Saturday 21 July 1984 - QUEENSLAND
Monday 25 March 1985 - BRISBANE Neighbours' debut in Brisbane
Sunday 30 June 1985 - BRISBANE SBS expands to Brisbane
Monday 26 May 1986 - BRISBANE
Sunday 4 October 1987 - BRISBANE
Monday 14 December 1987 - BRISBANE
Tuesday 26 January 1988 - BRISBANE Australia Day 1988 - Australia's Bicentennial
Friday 9 September 1988 - BRISBANE Last day TVQ0
Saturday 10 September 1988 - BRISBANE First day TVQ10
Sunday 10 September 1989 - BRISBANE
Tuesday 29 October 1991 - CAIRNS
Thursday 19 March 1992 - BRISBANE Special: Sex
Friday 31 December 1999 - BRISBANE Y2K arrives

Friday 24 October 1959 - ADELAIDE Official Opening ADS7
Monday 18 December 1961 - ADELAIDE
Sunday 1 September 1963 - ADELAIDE
Friday 27 March 1964 - ADELAIDE Good Friday Appeal
Monday 26 July 1965 - ADELAIDE Official Opening SAS10 NEW
Saturday 31 July 1965 - ADELAIDE TV Spells Magic
Thursday 13 October 1966 - ADELAIDE
Wednesday 24 May 1967 - ADELAIDE
Saturday 25 April 1970 - ADELAIDE
Monday 28 June 1971 - ADELAIDE Final Pick-A-Box
Monday 23 August 1971 - ADELAIDE
Monday 10 April 1972 - ADELAIDE Number 96 debuts
Monday 18 February 1974 - ADELAIDE
Monday 22 July 1974 - SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Friday 16 April 1976 - SOUTH AUSTRALIA ADS7's Good Friday Appeal
Wednesday 16 June 1976 - ADELAIDE
Saturday 18 December 1976 - ADELAIDE NWS9's Telethon 1976
Saturday 25 December 1976 - SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Monday 19 February 1979 - SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Wednesday 30 January 1980 - SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Friday 6 June 1980 - ADELAIDE
Saturday 16 August 1980 - SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Sunday 26 October 1980 - SOUTH AUSTRALIA SAS10's Christmas Telethon
Saturday 21 February 1981 - ADELAIDE
Thursday 26 February 1981 - ADELAIDE
Wednesday 29 July 1981 - ADELAIDE Royal Wedding Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer
Monday 18 January 1982 - SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Friday 12 March 1982 - SOUTH AUSTRALIA TV Week Logie Awards
Monday 7 June 1982 - ADELAIDE
Thursday 1 July 1982 - SOUTH AUSTRALIA ABC's 50th anniversary
Monday 1 November 1982 - ADELAIDE
Friday 22 April 1983 - ADELAIDE 25th Anniversary TV Week Logie Awards NEW
Saturday 29 October 1983 - ADELAIDE The 3D-TV Experience
Saturday 4 February 1984 - SOUTH AUSTRALIA 1984 National Olympic Telethon
Monday 9 April 1984 - ADELAIDE Guy Blackmore joins Eyewitness News
Monday 4 June 1984 - SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Monday 18 March 1985 - SOUTH AUSTRALIA Neighbours' debut in Adelaide
Wednesday 23 July 1986 - SOUTH AUSTRALIA Royal Wedding Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson
Sunday 28 June 1987 - ADELAIDE
Sunday 19 July 1987 - ADELAIDE Final Countdown
Monday 27 July 1987 - ADELAIDE
Saturday 26 December 1987 - ADELAIDE Last day ADS7, SAS10
Sunday 27 December 1987 - ADELAIDE First day ADS10, SAS7
Tuesday 26 January 1988 - SOUTH AUSTRALIA Australia Day 1988 - Australia's Bicentennial
Friday 1 July 1988 - ADELAIDE
Wednesday 6 May 1992 - ADELAIDE
Monday 13 December 1993 - ADELAIDE

Monday 18 September 1961 - PERTH
Saturday 7 April 1962 - PERTH
Wednesday 7 November 1962 - PERTH
Monday 14 February 1966 - WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Thursday 24 September 1970 - WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Wednesday 30 August 1972 - WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Wednesday 12 February 1975 - WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Friday 30 January 1976 - WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Monday 10 October 1977 - WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Monday 31 December 1979 - PERTH
Monday 28 July 1980 - WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Tuesday 19 January 1982 - WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Monday 28 March 1983 - WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Friday 22 April 1983 - WESTERN AUSTRALIA 25th Anniversary TV Week Logie Awards NEW
Tuesday 1 October 1985 - WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Sunday 16 March 1986 - WESTERN AUSTRALIA SBS begins in Perth
Monday 12 January 1987 - WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Friday 3 April 1987 - PERTH TV Week Logie Awards
Monday 6 July 1987 - WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Friday 20 May 1988 - WESTERN AUSTRALIA Official Opening NEW10 NEW
Sunday 13 November 1988 - PERTH
Monday 14 November 1988 - PERTH
Tuesday 14 November 1989 - PERTH
Wednesday 14 November 1990 - PERTH
Tuesday 6 April 1993 - WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Monday 7 June 1982 - DARWIN
Friday 1 January 1988 - DARWIN Australia Live telecast NEW
Wednesday 13 July 1988 - DARWIN
Monday 16 August 1993 - NORTHERN TERRITORY
Friday 27 March 1998 - DARWIN Seven Darwin begins
Monday 25 February 2002 - DARWIN Closing Ceremony Winter Olympic Games

Monday 23 May 1960 - HOBART Official Opening TVT6
Saturday 4 June 1960 - HOBART Official Opening ABT2  
Saturday 26 May 1962 - TASMANIA Official Opening TNT9
Friday 23 October 1964 - TASMANIA Miss Australia Quest
Tuesday 1 June 1965 - TASMANIA
Wednesday 19 August 1970 - TASMANIA
Monday 3 January 1972 - TASMANIA
Monday 26 May 1975 - TASMANIA
Wednesday 25 August 1976 - TASMANIA
Monday 29 May 1978 - TASMANIA
Saturday 7 June 1980 - TASMANIA
Wednesday 7 March 1984 - TASMANIA
Monday 11 July 1988 - TASMANIA
Monday 19 March 1990 - TASMANIA
Tuesday 30 March 1993 - TASMANIA
Monday 16 January 1995 - TASMANIA

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