Southern Cross Broadcasting

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History

• May 30, 2007 - Southern Cross Broadcasting announced its sale of NWS-9
  NWS-9
  
  NWS is an Australian Australian television broadcasting owned by the WIN Corporation that is based in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. The station's name, NWS is an acronym of The NeWs South Australia....
   (its Adelaide 9-affiliated TV station) to the WIN Corporation
  WIN Corporation
  
  WIN Corporation is an Australian based media corporation, that owns the WIN Television network, NWS, and STW in Australia....
   for $105 million.
  
• July 3, 2007 - Southern Cross Broadcasting recommended Macquarie Media Group
  Macquarie Media Group
  
  Macquarie Media Group, or MMG, is one of Australia's major media companies. On July 3, 2007 Southern Cross Broadcasting recommended Macquarie Media Group's offer of AUD1.35 billion, for a takeover of the corporation....
  's offer of AU$
  Aud
  
  Aud might refer to*Australian dollar *American University in Dubai *Doctor of Audiology *Au?r, the son of N?tt and Naglfari in Norse mythology....
  1.35 billion, for a takeover of the corporation. The proposed Scheme is subject to approval by SCB shareholders at a Scheme Meeting expected to be held in October 2007.

• July 3, 2007 - If the sale to Macquarie Media Group is successful, MMG have a separate arrangement directly with Fairfax Media
  Fairfax Media
  
  Fairfax Media Limited, is one of Australia's largest diversified media companies. The group's operations include newspapers, magazines, radios and digital media operating in Australia and New Zealand....
   to on-sell to them Southern Cross Broadcasting's radio assets, as well as the Southern Star Group, Satellite Music Australia and their digital media businesses. Only Southern Cross's television stations would remain with Macquarie Media Group. Conversely, Fairfax's radio assets would become part of Maquarie.
• November 5, 2007 - The company's assets were officially acquired by the Macquarie Media Group
  Macquarie Media Group
  
  Macquarie Media Group, or MMG, is one of Australia's major media companies. On July 3, 2007 Southern Cross Broadcasting recommended Macquarie Media Group's offer of AUD1.35 billion, for a takeover of the corporation....
  .

Assets

Television stations

• Southern Cross Ten
  Southern Cross Ten
  
  Southern Cross Ten is an Australian television channel broadcast by the Macquarie Media Group in Queensland, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria and South Australia....
  
• CTC
  CTC (TV station)
  
  CTC is a television station in Canberra, the capital city of Australia. The station was the tenth to begin transmission in regional Australia, and the 26th station in Australia as a whole....
   - Australian Capital Territory/Southern NSW (Canberra
  Canberra
  
  Canberra is the List of Australian capital cities of Australia. With a population of over 340,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth largest Australian city overall....
  , Wollongong
  Wollongong, New South Wales
  
  Wollongong is a seaside city located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. It lies on the narrow coastal strip between the Illawarra Escarpment and the Pacific Ocean, 82 kilometres south of Sydney....
  , Wagga Wagga
  Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
  
  Wagga Wagga is a city in New South Wales, Australia. Straddling the Murrumbidgee River, Wagga with an urban population of 46,735 people, is the state's largest inland city and the country's fifth largest inland city, as well as an important agricultural, military, and transport hub of Australia....
  , South Coast
  South Coast, New South Wales
  
  The South Coast refers to the narrow coastal belt from Sydney in the north to the border with Victoria, Australia in the south in the south-eastern part of the State of New South Wales, Australia....
  )
• GLV/BCV - Victoria (Bendigo
  Bendigo, Victoria
  
  Bendigo is a regional city in central Victoria, Australia, located in the City of Greater Bendigo. The Greater Bendigo municipality is home to around 100,000 while the city has a steadily growing urban population of about 80,000 people which places it as the fourth largest regional centre in Victoria after Ballarat, Victoria, Geelong, Victo...
  , Ballarat, Gippsland
  Gippsland
  
  Gippsland is a large rural region in Victoria , Australia. It begins immediately east of the suburbs of Melbourne and stretches to the New South Wales border, lying between the Great Dividing Range to the north and Bass Strait to the south....
  , Albury-Wodonga
  Albury-Wodonga
  
  Albury-Wodonga is the broad settlement incorporating the twin List of cities in Australia of Albury, New South Wales and Wodonga, Victoria, which are separated geographically by the Murray River and politically by a state border: Albury on the north of the river is part of New South Wales while Wodonga on the south bank is in Victoria ....
  )
• NRN
  NRN
  
  NRN is a television station originating in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia as part of the Southern Cross Ten network. The station was formally a partnership between NRN-11 Coffs Harbour and RTN-8 Lismore, New South Wales ....
   - Northern NSW/South East QLD (Newcastle
  Newcastle, New South Wales
  
  The Newcastle metropolitan area is the second most populated area in the state of New South Wales and includes most of the City of Newcastle and City of Lake Macquarie Local Government Areas of Australia....
  , Central Coast
  Central Coast, New South Wales
  
  The Central Coast is an urban region in the Australian state of New South Wales, located on the coast north of Sydney and south of Lake Macquarie ....
  , North Coast
  North Coast, New South Wales
  
  The North Coast refers to the region adjoining the Pacific Ocean in the north-eastern part of the State of New South Wales, Australia.The North Coast region is traversed by the Pacific Highway and the North Coast railway line, New South Wales which links Sydney to Brisbane in Queensland....
  , Gold Coast
  Gold Coast, Queensland
  
  The Gold Coast is a city and Local Government Areas of Australia in the South East Queensland corner of Queensland, Australia. It is the second most populous city in the state and the List of cities in Australia by population in the country....
  )
• TNQ
  TNQ
  
  TNQ is an Australian television station, licensed to, and serving the regional areas of Queensland. The station is Owned-and-operated station by Southern Cross Ten....
   - Queensland (Toowoomba
  Toowoomba, Queensland
  
  Toowoomba is a city in South East Queensland Queensland, Australia. It is located west of Queensland's capital city, Brisbane. With an urban population of 95,265, Toowoomba is one of Australia's largest provincial cities....
  , Mackay
  Mackay, Queensland
  
  Mackay is a city on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, on the Pioneer River . Mackay is nicknamed the sugar capital of Australia because its region produces more than a third of Australia's cane sugar....
  , Rockhampton
  Rockhampton, Queensland
  
  Rockhampton is a regional city and Local Government Areas of Australia located in Queensland, Australia. Rockhampton is the largest urban centre in Central Queensland with the 2006 census recording the Rockhampton Statistical Subdivision population to be 74,530 people....
  , Townsville
  Townsville, Queensland
  
  Townsville is a city on the north-eastern coast of Australia, in the state of Queensland. Adjacent to the central section of the Great Barrier Reef, it is in the dry tropics region of Queensland....
  , Cairns
  Cairns, Queensland
  
  Cairns is a regional city in Far North Queensland, Australia. The area upon which the city has been built is known in the local Yidiny language as Gimuy....
  )
• SGS/SCN - South Australia (Spencer Gulf
  Spencer Gulf
  
  The Spencer Gulf is the westernmost of two large inlets on the southern coast of Australia, in the state of South Australia, facing the Great Australian Bight....
   region of South Australia
  South Australia
  
  South Australia is a States and territories of Australia of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories....
   and Broken Hill, New South Wales
  Broken Hill, New South Wales
  
  Broken Hill is an isolated mining city and Local Government Areas of Australia in the far west of outback New South Wales, Australia. The world's largest mining company, BHP Billiton, has roots in the town....
  )
• Southern Cross Television
  Southern Cross Television
  
  Southern Cross Television, or Southern Cross, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia available in Tasmania, Darwin, Northern Territory, Regional South Australia, and Central Australia....
  
• TNT - Tasmania (Hobart
  Hobart
  
  Hobart is the List of Australian capital cities and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Founded in 1803 as a penal colony, Hobart is Australia's second oldest capital city after Sydney....
   and Launceston
  Launceston, Tasmania
  
  Launceston is a city in the north of the state of Tasmania, Australia, with a population of 99,675, located at the juncture of the North Esk River, South Esk River, and Tamar River, Tasmania rivers....
  )
• TND
  TND
  
  TND can mean multiple things:* Tomorrow Never Dies, James Bond 007 movie* Tunisian dinar, the ISO 4217 code for the currency of Tunisia* Traditional Neighborhood Development , a form of development associated with New Urbanism...
   - Northern Territory (Darwin
  Darwin, Northern Territory
  
  Darwin is the List of Australian capital cities of the Northern Territory, Australia. Situated on the Timor Sea, Darwin has a population of 120,900, making it by far the largest and most populated city in the sparsely peopled Northern Territory, but the least populous of all Australia's capital cities....
  )
• GTS/BKN - South Australia (Spencer Gulf
  Spencer Gulf
  
  The Spencer Gulf is the westernmost of two large inlets on the southern coast of Australia, in the state of South Australia, facing the Great Australian Bight....
   region of South Australia
  South Australia
  
  South Australia is a States and territories of Australia of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories....
   and Broken Hill, New South Wales
  Broken Hill, New South Wales
  
  Broken Hill is an isolated mining city and Local Government Areas of Australia in the far west of outback New South Wales, Australia. The world's largest mining company, BHP Billiton, has roots in the town....
  )
• QQQ
  QQQ
  
  QQQ is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, as described below:* QQQ, an Australian television station broadcasting in remote eastern and central areas of Australia...
   - Central Australia (Remote Eastern and Central Australia)
• Tasmanian Digital Television
  Tasmanian Digital Television
  
  Tasmanian Digital Television is a digital television Television broadcasting in Australia in Tasmania, Australia. It is jointly owned by the WIN Corporation and Macquarie Media Group, and largely managed by WIN Television....
   (50% share with WIN Corporation
  WIN Corporation
  
  WIN Corporation is an Australian based media corporation, that owns the WIN Television network, NWS, and STW in Australia....
  )
• Darwin Digital Television (50% share with PBL Media
  PBL Media
  
  PBL Media is a joint venture between Consolidated Media Holdings and CVC Capital Partners.Originally ownership of the joint venture was 50/50, however in June 2007, PBL announced that it would sell a further 25% to CVC for $AUD 515 million....
  )
• MyTalk
  MyTalk
  
  MyTalk was a Fairfax Media television channel available to viewers of digital television in Australia. The datacast channel, officially launched on April 13, 2007, was designed to supplement the Southern Cross Ten and Southern Cross Television digital television services and the online portal....
   defunct November 5, 2007

Radio stations

• 2UE
  2UE
  
  2UE is a commercial radio station in Sydney, Australia owned by Fairfax Media. It is Sydney's and Australia's oldest commercial radio station, first broadcasting on 26 January 1925 on 1025 kHz Amplitude modulation before moving to 950 kHz in 1935 when virtually all Australian radio stations were assigned new frequencies....
   (Sydney)
• 3AW
  3AW
  
  3AW is a radio station in Melbourne, Australia on 693kHz AM broadcasting. It began transmission in February 1932 as Melbourne's fifth commercial radio station....
   (Melbourne)
• 4BC (Brisbane)
• 6PR
  6PR
  
  6PR, known as 882 6PR, is a commercial radio station based in Perth, Western Australia, Australia. Its focus is on news, talk and sport, and is Perth's only commercial talkback radio station....
   (Perth)
• Magic 1278
  3EE
  
  Magic 1278 is a radio station operating in Melbourne, Australia....
   (Melbourne)
• 4BH
  4BH
  
  4BH is a radio station in Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia. Its broadcast frequency is 882KHz AM Radio, and markets itself for the baby boomer market....
   (Brisbane)
• 96FM
  96fm (Perth radio station)
  
  96fm is a radio station broadcasting in Perth, Western Australia, Western Australia....
   (Perth)

Radio stations News

• Southern Cross Network News

Other Businesses

• Southern Star Group
  Southern Star Group
  
  Southern Star Group describes itself as "Australia's largest independent television production and distribution group".In April 2004, the company was acquired by Southern Cross Broadcasting, and was owned by Fairfax Media....
  
• Satellite Music Australia

See also

• Fairfax Media
  Fairfax Media
  
  Fairfax Media Limited, is one of Australia's largest diversified media companies. The group's operations include newspapers, magazines, radios and digital media operating in Australia and New Zealand....
  
• Macquarie Media Group
  Macquarie Media Group
  
  Macquarie Media Group, or MMG, is one of Australia's major media companies. On July 3, 2007 Southern Cross Broadcasting recommended Macquarie Media Group's offer of AUD1.35 billion, for a takeover of the corporation....
  

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