1986 in Australian television
- 1986 in Australian television
Events
Television
*January 5 - SBS ceases VHF transmissions on Channel 0 in Sydney & Melbourne.
*January 20 - "Neighbours" makes its debut on Network Ten & comes to dominate the 7pm weeknight timeslot
*April - "The Movie Show" begins on SBS
*December - The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd, owners of HSV-7 & ADS-7 are sold to Rupert Murdoch's News Limited for $1.8 billion. As News Limited owned ATV-10 at this time, HSV-7 is sold to Fairfax (already owners of ATN-7 & BTQ-7) in February 1987 for $320 million.
*Christopher Skase's Qintex company sells TVQ-0 to Darling Downs Television, owners of DDQ-10 in Toowoomba.
*AUSSAT satellites are launched, bringing television to remote areas for the first time.
Debuts
New International Programming
Television shows
1950s
1960s
1970s
* "Hey Hey It's Saturday" (1971 – present)
* "Young Talent Time" (1971 – present)
1980s
* "Wheel of Fortune" (1981 – present)
* "Sale Of The Century" (1980 – 2001)
* "Perfect Match" (1984 – present)
* "Neighbours" (1985 – present)
* "Sunday" (1981 – 2008)
* "Today" (1982 – present)
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