1959 in Australian television
1959 in Australian television was the fourth year of television broadcasts in Australia. Events. Television Broadcasts in Western Australia were aired for the first time on 15 October 1959, TVW was opened by the Governor of Western Australia, Sir Charles Gairdner. Television broadcasts in the state of Queensland (Brisbane) were aired for the very first time, starting with the Nine Network's QTQ on 16 August, followed soon after by the Seven Network's BTQ on 1 November, and the ABC's ABQ on the next day. The first television station in Adelaide, South Australia (NWS-9 ) began broadcasting on 5 September. On 1 July, Australian children's TV series "Mr. Squiggle and Friends" debuts on ABC starting off as a temporary fill in. Years later the show has been so popular it continues to air on the ABC until 9 July 1999. Melbourne and Sydney are linked by microwave for the first time on 9 January, enabling television programs to be screened, simultaneously in both cities. Notable debuts and endings. Notable Australian series that debuted during 1959 included variety and/or music series "Adelaide Tonight", "The Bobby Limb Show", "Six O'Clock Rock" and "Make Ours Music", game  show "Wheel of Fortune", discussion series "The Critics", and short-lived drama series "Emergency". Additionally, ATN-7 and GTV-9 experimented with local drama with the "Shell Presents" productions of plays. Notable series which ended in 1959 included variety and/or music series "Astor Showcase", "Hit Parade" and "Sydney Tonight" (which had been re-titled and re-formatted as "Tonight"), drama series "Autumn Affair" and "Emergency", and comedy series "Take That".