1982 in Australian television

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Events

18 January - Sons and Daughters premieres on the Seven Network.
February - Rupert Murdoch’s Network Ten makes a successful $9.2m bid for the rights to televise the 1984 Olympic Games from Los Angeles. Ten was up against a Seven Network bid and a joint Nine Network-ABC bid.
8 March - British children's animated series Doctor Snuggles premieres on the ABC at 4:30pm airing for the most part throughout the whole year.
7 April - British children's animated series Danger Mouse makes its first screening on ABC in Sydney and some other states in Australia. It would later air in Victoria in 1983.
28 June - The Nine Network introduces its new breakfast TV show, National News Today, This was used for a few weeks before it was later shortened the title to "Today".
1 July - The ABC celebrates its 50th anniversary starting with a special called From Carbon Mikes to Satellites followed by Quiros, a music drama written specifically for the occasion and broadcast across both ABC television and FM radio.
September - The Nine Network and ABC jointly televise the 1982 Commonwealth Games from Brisbane.
25 September - The VFL Grand Final is televised on Seven Network.
Nine, Seven and the ABC conduct stereo test transmissions.
Former Network Ten reporter Jana Wendt joins Nine Network's 60 Minutes team as its first female reporter.

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