The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian television network based in Willoughby, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia. However, this changed in 2007 when the Nine Network's ratings were overtaken by those of its rival the Seven Network, which has dominated in the ratings ever since. As a result, Nine's slogan "still the one" has been discontin...
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The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian television network based in Willoughby, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia. However, this changed in 2007 when the Nine Network's ratings were overtaken by those of its rival the Seven Network, which has dominated in the ratings ever since. As a result, Nine's slogan "still the one" has been discontinued.
TCN-9, the first regularly transmitting television station in Australia, launched on 16 September 1956. John Godson introduced the station and Bruce Gyngell presented the first programme, This Is Television and in doing so becoming the first person to appear on Australian television. Later that year, GTV-9 in Melbourne began testing transmissions to telecast the 1956 Summer Olympics later forming the National Television Network alongside QTQ-9 in Brisbane and NWS-9 in Adelaide, the basis of the current Nine Network.
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