24 December 1977: Don Lane (The Don Lane Show) and fiancée Carmen van Hoorn
24 December 1988: Alex Papps (Home And Away) and Josephine Mitchell (A Country Practice)
24 December 1994: Steven Jacobs (Just Kidding), Kelly Pommeroy (Talk To The Animals), Lochie Daddo (Getaway), Sofie Formica (Just Kidding), Aaron Pedersen (Blackout)
24 December 2005: Natalie Bassingthwaighte (Neighbours)
24 December 1956: Melbourne’s annual Carols By Candlelight is televised for the first time, broadcast by GTV9 as part of its pre-launch test transmissions.
24 December 1969: Melbourne’s Carols By Candlelight begins annual telecast coverage via ATV0 and through the 0-10 Network.
24 December 1974: Darwin is hit by Cyclone Tracy. Local TV stations ABD6 and NTD8 taken off the air — Cyclone Tracy: ‘The day Darwin died’ [2014]
24 December 1979: The Nine Network takes over as telecast partner for Carols By Candelight.
24 December 1983: Sydney’s inaugural Carols In The Domain is on a delayed telecast on ABC.
24 December 1999: ABC‘s The 7.30 Report presents a special one-hour edition to commemorate 25 years since Cyclone Tracy devastated Darwin.
24 December 2021: Shareholders in regional broadcaster Prime Media Group vote in favour of acquisition of the company by Seven West Media — Prime Media shareholders vote for Seven takeover [2021]
