(NSWRFL) grand final of 1967 became the first football grand final of any code to be televised live nationally. Nine Network paid $5,000 to attain the broadcasting rights.

Nine Network station STW-9 Perth, which opened in 1965, became owned-and-operated station when Alan Bond purchased the network for one billion dollars in 1987, a deal that became effective after government approvals in 1988. However, in 1989, Bond Media