2 April 1969: Roger Cardwell (Country Style) and Roland Strong (Coles $6000 Question)

2 April 1977: John Paul Young and Shirley Strachan (Countdown)

2 April 1977: Don Lane (The Don Lane Show)

2 April 2005: Stephanie McIntosh, Kyal Marsh, Lara Sacher (Neighbours)


2 April 1984: Jonathan Coleman and Ian Rogerson host Nine‘s new music video show Wavelength, airing weekday afternoons.


YouTube: TheMelbComedyFest


2 April 1979: Melbourne’s HSV7 debuts afternoon children’s program Shirl’s Neighbourhood, hosted by Shirley Strachan.

2 April 2001: Jimeoin hosts the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala (Ten), with performances by Auto Boosh, Chris Addison, Rich Hall, Dave O’Neil, Judith Lucy, Land And Woodley, Peter Helliar and Rod Quantock.

2 April 2004: Bill Woods hosts Ten‘s coverage of the Australian Formula One Grand Prix, with Daryl Beattie, Greg Rust and Leigh Diffey.

2 April 2007: Nine debuts football (AFL) panel/discussion show Footy Classified, with Wayne Carey, Caroline Wilson, Garry Lyons and Craig Hutchison.

2 April 2013: Shutdown of analogue television services — Adelaide — D-Day: It’s Adelaide’s turn [2013]


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