13 July 1968: Tony Bonner (Skippy The Bush Kangaroo)
13 July 1974: Paul Karo (The Box)
13 July 1985: Ray Martin (Midday With Ray Martin)
13 July 1991: Christopher Truswell (Hey Dad) and Rebecca Gibney (All Together Now)
13 July 1996: Catherine McClements (Water Rats)
13 July 2002: Daisy Puckeridge, Erik Thomson, Georgie Parker (All Saints)
13 July 2003: Andrew O’Keefe (Deal Or No Deal)
13 July 1962: New TV Station — DDQ10, Toowoomba, Queensland — TV comes to regional Queensland [2022]
13 July 1977: The premiere episode of the 0-10 Network drama Hotel Story. The series had controversially been axed prior to any episodes going to air and with only seven episodes completed. With the premature cancellation of the show generating media coverage, Melbourne’s ATV0 proceeded to rush the completed handful of episodes to air, leaving viewers to see for themselves what all the fuss was about — The short saga of Hotel Story [2017]
13 July 1985: ABC presents Oz For Africa, the Australian component of the worldwide Live Aid concerts. The ABC telecast is in co-operation with the Seven Network, Telecom Australia and the Overseas Telecommunications Commission.
13 July 1992: ABC premieres sketch comedy series Kittson, Fahey featuring comedians Jean Kittson (The Big Gig, Let The Blood Run Free) and Maryanne Fahey (The Comedy Company).
13 July 1994: The Seven Network premieres two-part mini-series The Battlers, starring Gary Sweet, Jacqueline McKenzie, Marcus Graham and Peter Stonham. World Series Debating (ABC) covers the topic ‘That Beauty Is Better Than Brains’, featuring Wendy Harmer, Tim Ferguson, Margaret Scott, Jean Kittson, Ita Buttrose and Lex Marinos.
13 July 2003: The Seven Network debuts game show Deal Or No Deal. Hosted by Andrew O’Keefe, the show begins as a weekly program before later being adapted to a weeknight format.
13 July 2007: National Indigenous Television (NITV) begins transmission via the Optus satellite platform, covering remote and central Australia.
13 July 2009: Network Ten presents the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Debate — ‘That Money is The Root Of All Evil’ — featuring Paul McDermott, Arj Barker, Stephen K Amos, Rich Hall, Janeane Garofalo and Jason Byrne.
