16 August 1975: Denise Drysdale (The Ernie Sigley Show)

16 August 1980: Peter Adams and Joanna Lockwood (Cop Shop)

16 August 1980: Lionel Williams (It’s A Woman’s World)

16 August 1997: Nicola Charles (Neighbours)

16 August 2008: Mark Priestley and Jolene Anderson (All Saints)


16 August 1959: Brisbane becomes the first Australian city outside of Sydney and Melbourne to get television, with QTQ9 commencing transmission — TV comes to Brisbane [2019]

16 August 1968: New TV Station — BKN7, Broken Hill, New South Wales.

16 August 1984: Brisbane’s QTQ9 presents the second part of its 25th anniversary celebration with a one-hour special Channel Nine Celebrates 25 Years Of Television. The special followed the five-hour broadcast the previous Sunday.

16 August 1999: ABC premieres comedy series Dog’s Head Bay, starring Gary Sweet.

16 August 2006: The Seven Network premieres game show The Master, hosted by Mark Beretta. Contestants had the potential to win a $1 million prize. Poor ratings saw the show taken off air after its debut episode, with the remaining episodes aired over the summer non-ratings season.

16 August 2023: The Semi Final of the FIFA Women’s World Cup — Australia versus England — is reported to be the most watched program on Australian television since OzTAM records commenced in 2001 — Matildas semi-final smashes ratings records [2023]


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