GLV and BCV are Australian television stations licensed to serve Traralgon, Bendigo and the region of Victoria. The stations are owned and operated by Network 10.
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| Channels | |
| Branding | 10 |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | 10 |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Paramount Networks UK & Australia |
| History | |
First air date | GLV: 9 December 1961 BCV: 23 December 1961 |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: see table below |
| Independent (9 December 1961 – 31 December 1991, GLV part-time relay of GTV-9 from 1961–1970s) Network 10 (1 January 1992 – 30 June 2016) Nine Network (1 July 2016 – 30 June 2021) | |
Call sign meaning | GLV: Gippsland Latrobe Valley Victoria BCV: Bendigo Central Victoria |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | Australian Communications & Media Authority |
| ERP | see table below |
| HAAT | see table below |
| Transmitter coordinates | see table below |
History
editEarly years
editGLV-10 in Traralgon was the first regional television station to launch in Australia on 9 December 1961,[1] originally covering the Gippsland and Latrobe Valley areas. It was also the first station to completely use Australian-made broadcasting equipment from Amalgamated Wireless Australasia. The original transmission equipment consisted of a 10 kW and 2 kW transmitter (standby) which was based on the RCA product and adapted to 230 V 50 Hz by AWA. The Melbourne pickup was a Rhode and Schwarz off-air receiver with AWA return microwave links to the Studio. BCV-8 first went to air two weeks later, on 23 December 1961[1](the same day as the launch of GMV-6 Shepparton), serving Bendigo and Central Victoria.
On 25 March 1970, BCV-8 was off the air for 45 minutes. The incident was caused by two mice who got into the transmitter's high-voltage cables, short circuiting the main circuit and the switchboard.[2]
Affiliations
editGLV pioneered the use of live, "off-air" relays of television programs from stations in Melbourne, including GTV-9's hugely popular In Melbourne Tonight. Since the station had no video recording equipment, engineers needed to rely on picking up the original signal at the transmitter site to relay back to the studio. As the sole commercial television station in the region, GLV's program lineup included local output such as news and children's programs, combined with programs selected from Melbourne's commercial stations - the Nine Network, Seven Network (HSV-7), and from 1964, Network Ten (ATV-0).
An affiliation formed between the two stations and STV-8 Mildura in the 1970s as the Victorian Broadcasting Network, adopting the name of a former statewide radio network and later as Television Centre of Victoria. In 1982, the three stations merged as the Southern Cross TV8 television network, sharing a common stylised flag logo and programming schedule. Seven years later it was renamed the Southern Cross Network.[1] STV-8 split from the network in 1990 when the station joined the then-Television Victoria network, as Mildura was not included in the Victorian aggregation plan.[1][3]
From GLV-10 to GLV-8
editOn 17 January 1980, GLV-10 changed frequencies from VHF channel 10 to 8[1] to allow neighbouring Melbourne television station ATV-0 to move to the original frequency three days later to eliminate interference problems on VHF-0. Channels 8 and 10 became Channel 8 as a result of the switch.
Aggregation
editWhen aggregation in regional Victoria took place between 1992 and 1993,[4] the Southern Cross Network expanded to Shepparton, Ballarat and Albury as an affiliate of Network 10.[1] By September 1993, the network had changed its name and logo to SCN TV, and then again in May 1994 to Ten Victoria,[1] which coincided with the cancellation of the station's local news service (SCN TV News at Six), replaced by ATV-10's Ten News at 5.
21st century developments
editOn 1 July 2016, Southern Cross switched its primary affiliation from Network Ten to the Nine Network in Queensland, Southern NSW, ACT, South Australia, and Victoria. The Southern Cross Ten branding was retired and replaced by generic Nine branding.[5][6]
On 1 July 2021, Southern Cross switched back its primary affiliation from the Nine Network to Network 10 and airs programs from ATV in Melbourne.[7]
Programming
editNews and current affairs
editGLV/BCV broadcasts 10 News First with Jennifer Keyte from ATV-10.
History
editBetween 21 March 2011 and 19 June 2015, viewers in Shepparton and the Goulburn Valley received a trial regional news magazine program called Weeknights at 6:30pm on weekdays.[8]
Given its 1 July 2016 affiliate switch to the Nine Network, news updates were upgraded to a full bulletin relaunch as Nine Local News by March 2017.[9] The new SC9 served as the Nine News regional broadcaster to regional Victoria viewers, with the state and local level news provided by GTV-9 in Melbourne.
The bulletins' formats were stylistically similar to the Nine-owned NBN News bulletin in northern New South Wales as a composite of international, national, and local news.[10]
On 17 March 2020, production on the composite bulletins, including Victoria, were suspended indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with reporters deployed to the metropolitan bulletins in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane.[11]
As of 1 July 2021, Southern Cross broadcasts 10 News First, broadcast from ATV's studios, with Keyte from Melbourne at 5:00pm and The Project at 6:30pm on weekdays and Sundays. Since 1 August 2021, Sky News Australia content has been offered in regional Victoria and on the channel Sky News Regional via GLV/BCV.[12][13][14]
Main transmitters
editThe following transmitters use the GLV call sign:
| Region served | City | Channels (Analog/ Digital) |
First air date | ERP (Analog/ Digital) |
HAAT (Analog/ Digital)[a] |
Transmitter Coordinates | Transmitter Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goulburn Valley | Shepparton | 46 (UHF)[b] 42 (UHF) |
1 January 1992 | 1200 kW 300 kW |
377 m 378 m |
36°21′29″S 145°41′42″E / 36.35806°S 145.69500°E | Mount Major |
| Latrobe Valley | Traralgon | 37 (UHF)[c][b] 39 (UHF) |
9 December 1961 | 1000 kW 400 kW |
507 m 487 m |
38°23′37″S 146°33′34″E / 38.39361°S 146.55944°E | Mount Tassie |
The following transmitters use the BCV call sign:
| Region served | City | Channels (Analog/ Digital) |
First air date | ERP (Analog/ Digital) |
HAAT (Analog/ Digital)[a] |
Transmitter Coordinates | Transmitter Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballarat | Ballarat | 39 (UHF)[b] 40 (UHF) |
1 January 1992 | 2000 kW 500 kW |
663 m 713 m |
37°16′57″S 143°14′52″E / 37.28250°S 143.24778°E | Lookout Hill |
| Bendigo | Bendigo | 8 (VHF)[d][b] 51 (UHF) |
23 December 1961 | 240 kW 1000 kW |
444 m 496 m |
36°59′26″S 144°18′32″E / 36.99056°S 144.30889°E | Mount Alexander |
| Murray Valley | Swan Hill | 10 (VHF)[e][b] 65 (UHF) |
12 May 1967 | 150 kW 375 kW |
179 m 201 m |
35°28′24″S 143°27′20″E / 35.47333°S 143.45556°E | Goschen |
| Western Victoria | Hamilton | 31 (UHF)[b] 9A (VHF) |
1 January 1992 | 200 kW 15 kW |
335 m 365 m |
37°27′32″S 141°54′58″E / 37.45889°S 141.91611°E (analog) 37°27′32″S 141°54′57″E / 37.45889°S 141.91583°E (digital) |
Mount Dundas |
Notes
edit- ^ a b HAAT estimated from http://www.itu.int/SRTM3/ using EHAAT.
- ^ a b c d e f Analogue transmissions ceased as of 5 May 2011 as part of the conversion to digital television.
- ^ The Latrobe Valley station was on VHF channel 10 from its 1961 sign-on until 1980, moving to VHF channel 8 in order to accommodate 10 Melbourne's switch from VHF channel 0 to channel 10. It moved to its current channel in November 2000 (it began on 4 September 2000) in order to accommodate Nine Melbourne's digital television signal in Melbourne.
- ^ The Bendigo station also broadcasts on analogue (UHF) channel 38 with 1200 kW ERP at 508 m HAAT from 30 November 2000 as a countermeasure against interference with Nine Melbourne's digital signal, also on VHF channel 8.
- ^ The Swan Hill station initially broadcast on VHF channel 11 as the relay of BCV-8 Bendigo from sign-on in 1967 until the early 1990s when it changed to VHF channel 10, to allow ABRV to move from VHF channel 3 to VHF channel 11.
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g Brooklyn Ross-Hulands. "Southern Cross Ten: Victoria". AusTVHistory. Archived from the original on 24 December 2007. Retrieved 10 September 2007.
- ^ "MICE BLACK OUT MELBOURNE TV STATION". The Straits Times (retrieved from NLB). 26 March 1970. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ Bruce Arnold. "WIN, Gordon and ENT: chronology". Caslon Analytics. Archived from the original on 21 June 2007. Retrieved 10 July 2007.
- ^ "television.au AGGREGATION". television.au. Retrieved 10 September 2007.
- ^ Hayes, Alex (29 April 2016). "Nine Entertainment and Southern Cross Austereo sign 'landmark' affiliate agreement". mUmBRELLA. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
- ^ White, Dominic (29 April 2016). "Nine and Southern Cross in multi-year affiliation deal". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
- ^ "NETWORK 10 AND SOUTHERN CROSS MEDIA GROUP CONFIRM AFFILIATION AGREEMENT | Southern Cross Austereo". www.southerncrossaustereo.com.au. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ "SC Ten goes local in Shepparton". TalkingTelevision.au. 8 March 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ "Nine News To Launch 15 Regional News Bulletins". Southern Cross Austereo. 7 November 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
- ^ "Southern Cross Austereo and Nine to start regional TV bulletins". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 7 November 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
- ^ Knox, David (17 March 2020). "Nine News suspends regional bulletins". TV Tonight. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ^ Mediaweek (30 May 2021). "Sky News Australia and Southern Cross Austereo sign content agreement". Mediaweek. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
- ^ Meade, Amanda (19 March 2021). "Sky News dumped in the regions as Win welcomes Nine". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
- ^ "Sky News and Southern Cross Austereo Sign Content Agreement". www.southerncrossaustereo.com.au. Retrieved 6 January 2023.