26 December 1981: Mike Walsh (The Mike Walsh Show)
26 December 1981: Penny Cook, Helen Scott, Grant Dodwell, Shane Porteous (A Country Practice)
26 December 1992: Bruce Samazan (E Street)
26 December 2009: Jodi Gordon and Axle Whitehead (Home And Away)
26 December 1986: The Victorian Football League breaks its 30-year association with the Seven Network and awards the next round of television rights to production company Broadcom in a six-year deal worth at least $24.55 million.
26 December 1987: The final day for Adelaide TV stations ADS7 and SAS10, which swap frequencies and network affiliation overnight to become ADS10 and SAS7 — Adelaide’s Great TV Channel Swap [2017]
26 December 2003: Network Ten presents the global special World Idol, featuring Idol winners from 10 countries competing in London for the title of World Idol. Representing Australia is 2003 Australian Idol winner Guy Sebastian.
26 December 2005: Media tycoon Kerry Packer, best known as the owner of the Nine Network, dies in Sydney, age 68.
