1987 in Australian television
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| 1987 in television |
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Australia |
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[edit] Events
[edit] Television
- January - Alan Bond, who already owns QTQ-9 & STW-9 purchases TCN-9 & GTV-9 from Kerry Packer for $1.055 billion. The expanded Nine Network becomes the first coast-to-coast network.
- February - Fairfax, owners of ATN-7 & BTQ-7 purchase HSV-7 from The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd for $320 million. The move sees the replacement of most Melbourne-produced programming with networked programming from Sydney, including long-running shows such as World of Sport & sees Mal Walden sacked as newsreader. The revamped news service, read by former STW-9 newsreader Greg Pearce plunges to as low as zero in the ratings.
- July - Westfield buys Network Ten from Rupert Murdoch's News Limited for $842 million.
- July 19 - Long-running ABC music program Countdown broadcasts its final episode.
- August - New cross-media ownership rules force the sale of the Seven Network. Fairfax sells its stations to Christopher Skase's Qintex company for $780 million.
- December 27 - Rupert Murdoch's ownership of ADS-7, combined with TVW-7's ownership of SAS-10, result in the stations deciding to swap callsigns & affiliations. So, on this day, ADS-7 becomes ADS-10 & SAS-10 becomes SAS-7.
[edit] Debuts
[edit] New International Programming
[edit] Television shows
[edit] 1950s
[edit] 1960s
[edit] 1970s
- Hey Hey It's Saturday (1971 – present)
- Young Talent Time (1971 – present)
[edit] 1980s
- Wheel of Fortune (1981 – present)
- Perfect Match (1984 – present)
- Neighbours (1985 – present)
[edit] Ending this year
| Date | Show | Channel | Debut |
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| 26 November | World of Sport | Seven Melbourne | 1959 |
| July | Countdown | ABC | 1974 |
| July | Sons and Daughters | Channel Seven | 1981 |
[edit] Returning this year
[edit] TV movies
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