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1986 in Australian television

Events

Television

5 January - SBS ceases VHF transmissions on Channel 0 in Sydney and Melbourne.
7 January - Australian news and current affairs program The 7.30 Report debuts on ABC.
20 January - Neighbours makes its debut on Network Ten and comes to dominate the 7pm weeknight timeslot.
16 March - SBS expands into Perth and Hobart.
31 March - ABC airs extra morning programs for children for the first time due to school term breaks from 10:00am to 12:00pm.
23 July - The Royal Wedding of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson is broadcast on all television stations except for SBS.
19 September - Nine Network celebrates 30 years of television with a two-hour special featuring footage from some of TV's most popular and most remembered programs and personalities.
27 October - Neighbours airs on the BBC in the UK for the first time.
30 October - The Movie Show begins on SBS.
November - Pbl Mini series Cyclone Tracy + The Great Bookie Robbery air on Channel Nine
11 December - Final episode of the Australian soap opera Prisoner airs on Network Ten.
15 December - ABC airs extra morning programs for children during the Summer Holidays from 10:00am to 12:00pm until February where School Term 1 will begin.
December - The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd, owners of HSV-7 & ADS-7 are sold to Rupert Murdoch's News Limited for $1.8 billion. As News Limited owned ATV-10 at this time, HSV-7 is sold to Fairfax (already owners of ATN-7 & BTQ-7) in February 1987 for $320 million.
Australian children's series Mr. Squiggle returns with a brand new series with Roxanne Kimmorley taking over as presenter.
AUSSAT satellites are launched, bringing television to remote areas for the first time.
The 1986 Commonwealth Games are telecast live on ABC from Edinburgh, Scotland.

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