Timeline of Australian Television - 1960s

1960s

1960
  • 11 March: ABS-2 Adelaide launches.
  • 7 May: ABW-2 Perth begins transmission.
  • 23 May: TVT-6 Hobart opens, bringing television to Tasmania.
  • 4 June: ABT-2 Hobart commences broadcasting.
1961
  • 19 August: Current affairs program Four Corners begins on ABC.
  • 9 December: GLV-10 Traralgon is the first regional station to open.
  • 23 December: BCV-8 launches in Bendigo while GMV-6 began in Shepparton.
1962
  • 4 March: NBN-3 Newcastle begins broadcasting.
  • 17 March: CBN-8 Orange launches.
  • 18 March: WIN-4 Wollongong begins.
  • 27 April: BTV-6 Ballarat begins transmission.
  • 12 May: RTN-8 Lismore begins broadcasting.
  • 26 May: TNT-9 begins transmission to Launceston and northern Tasmania.
  • 2 June: CTC-7 Canberra officially commences transmissions.
  • 1 July: Frank Packer (owner of TCN-9 Sydney) buys GTV-9 Melbourne, forming the National Television Network, the first in the country.
  • 13 July: DDQ-10 Toowoomba begins transmission.
  • 1 November: TNQ-7 launches in Townsville.
  • 18 December: ABC-3 Canberra launches.
1963
  • 7 September: RTQ-7 Rockhampton begins broadcasting.
1964
  • 19 June: RVN-2 Wagga Wagga launches.
  • 1 August: ATV-0, Melbourne's third commercial station, launches.
  • 7 September: AMV-4 Albury commences broadcasting.
1965
  • 23 January: NRN-11 Coffs Harbour begins broadcasting.
  • 5 April: TEN-10 Sydney begins transmission.
  • 10 April: WBQ-8 Wide Bay/Maryborough and NEN-9 Tamworth begin transmission.
  • 12 May: NRN-11 Coffs Harbour begins broadcasting.
  • 12 June: STW-9 Perth opens.
  • 1 July: TVQ-0 Brisbane launches.
  • 26 July: SAS-10 Adelaide launches.
  • 27 September: NEN-9 Tamworth begins transmission.
  • 27 November: STV-8 Mildura launches.
  • 1 December: Australia's first regional television network is formed when CWN-6 Dubbo opens as a direct relay of CBN-8 Orange.
  • 15 December: MTN-9 Griffith commences transmission.
1966
  • 25 March: SES-8 Mount Gambier officially launches.
  • 18 July: Play School begins on ABC
  • 27 May: ECN-8 Taree launches.
  • 7 September: FNQ-10 begins transmission in and around Cairns.
1967
  • 10 March: BTW-3 Bunbury becomes the first regional television station in Western Australia.
  • 10 April: ABC TV current affairs program This Day Tonight premieres.
  • 15 June: Test colour television transmissions are made for the first time in Australia by ATV-0.
1968
  • TVW-7 conducts its first Telethon.
  • 1 March: GTS-4 Port Pirie launches.
  • 9 August: MVQ-6 launches in Mackay.
  • 16 August: BKN-7 Broken Hill opens.
1969
  • 20 July: The Apollo 11 moon landing is televised live by television stations in Australia.

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