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VTV (TV station)

VTV is an Australian television station

Television station

A television station is a type of broadcast station that Broadcastings both sound and video to television receiver s in a particular area. Traditionally, TV stations made their broadcasts by sending specially-encoded radio signals over the air, called terrestrial television....
broadcasting in regional Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
. The network was owned by ENT Ltd.

ENT Ltd.

ENT Ltd, standing for Examiner-Northern TV Ltd, was a Launceston, Tasmania, Australia based media company owned by Edmund Rouse, which was sold off in the early 1990s after a bribery scandal....
, before being purchased by the WIN Corporation

WIN Corporation

WIN Corporation is an Australian based media corporation, that owns the WIN Television network, NWS, and STW in Australia....
.

ic Television began as a network of several stations serving western Victoria:

Vic Television was owned and operated by Ent Ltd., a company which already owned TVT-6

TVT-6

TVT is Hobart's, and Tasmania's, first television station, delivering its first official broadcast on 23 May 1960. The callsign stood for "TeleVision Tasmania"....
Hobart as well as GMV-6 and BTV-6. Shortly after they purchased STV-8 in 1990, the three Victorian

Victoria (Australia)

File:Map Victoria Aboriginal tribes .jpgVictoria is a States and territories of Australia located in the southeastern corner of Australia. It is the smallest mainland state in area but the most Population density and urbanised....
stations took on the on-air identity of VicTV, providing a single programming service across all three stations with separate regional news services for each area.

On January 1 1992, aggregation of regional television took place in Victoria.

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VTV is an Australian television station

Television station

Victoria (Australia)

Australia

ENT Ltd.

WIN Corporation

WIN Corporation is an Australian based media corporation, that owns the WIN Television network, NWS, and STW in Australia....
.

Network history

Vic Television began as a network of several stations serving western Victoria:

GMV-6 Shepparton (launched on 23 December 1961)
BTV-6 Ballarat (launched on 27 April 1962)
STV-8 Mildura (launched on 27 November 1965).

Vic Television was owned and operated by Ent Ltd., a company which already owned TVT-6

TVT-6

Victoria (Australia)

Bendigo, Victoria

Albury, New South Wales

Albury is a city in New South Wales, Australia, located on the Hume Highway on the northern side of the Murray River. It is also a Local Government Areas in Australia, administered by Albury City Council....
and 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....
area markets. Vic Television had entered into a program supply agreement with the Nine Network

Nine Network

The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
but continued to maintain news services in each of the six regional markets in which it now operated. The official callsigns of GMV and BTV were consolidated into a single callsign of VTV (STV-8 being excluded from the area affected by aggregation, kept its own callsign).

In October 1994, ENT Ltd. sold Vic Television to the WIN Corporation which already operated WIN Television

WIN Television

WIN Television is an Australian Australian television broadcasting owned by the WIN Corporation that is based in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia....
stations in New South Wales

New South Wales

New South Wales is Australia's oldest and most populous States and territories of Australia, located in the south-east of the country, north of Victoria and south of Queensland....
, 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....
and Queensland

Queensland

Queensland is a States and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia to the south-west and New South Wales to the south....
. The stations are now part of the WIN Television network.

GMV-6 Shepparton

GMV-6, one of the first regional television stations in Australia

Australia

Shepparton, Victoria

Shepparton is the fifth largest List of cities in Australia in Victoria , Australia. The population of the municipality of City of Greater Shepparton in 2005 was estimated to be at 60,403 residents....
on 23 December 1961 (the same launch date as BCV-8 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...
), broadcasting from a transmitter at Mount Major. Originally, the station was owned in conjunction with local radio station 3SR.

The callsign of GMV referred to its coverage area which included the Goulburn River and Murray River

Murray River

The Murray River, or River Murray and sometimes informally referred to as the "Mighty Murray", is Australia's largest river. At in length, the Murray rises in the Australian Alps, draining the western side of Australia's highest mountains and, for most of its length, meanders across Australia's inland plains, forming the border between...
catchent areas. The 'V' refers to Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

File:Map Victoria Aboriginal tribes .jpgVictoria is a States and territories of Australia located in the southeastern corner of Australia. It is the smallest mainland state in area but the most Population density and urbanised....
as is the normal protocol for commercial TV station callsigns, where the third letter indicates the state in which the service is licensed.

By the late 1960s, various low powered relay transmitters began operation in the fringes of the GMV region including GMV-3 Eildon

Eildon, Victoria

Eildon is a town in Victoria , Australia. It is located near Lake Eildon, on the Goulburn Valley Highway, in the Shire of Murrindindi local government area....
, GMV-8 Jerilderie

Jerilderie, New South Wales

Jerilderie, New South Wales, Australia, is a town of 1790 people and a Local Government Areas in Australia located in the southern Riverina region....
NSW

New South Wales

New South Wales is Australia's oldest and most populous States and territories of Australia, located in the south-east of the country, north of Victoria and south of Queensland....
, GMV-10 Deniliquin

Deniliquin, New South Wales

Deniliquin, known locally as "Deni", is a town in the Riverina region of New South Wales close to the border with Victoria, Australia.Deniliquin is located at the intersection of the Riverina Highway and Cobb Highway approximately 725 kilometres south west of the state capital, Sydney and 285 kilometres north of Melbourne....
NSW and GMV-10 Alexandra

Alexandra, Victoria

Alexandra is a town in Victoria , Australia. It is located at the junction of the Goulburn Valley Highway and Maroondah Highway , 26 kilometres west of Eildon, Victoria, in the Shire of Murrindindi local government area....
(later changed to GMV-11).

GMV-6 converted to full scale colour TV transmission on 1 March 1975. By the mid-1980s, transmission hours had extended to commence at 7.00am weekdays, broadcasting until around midnight. Programming included regional news and children's programmes, mixed with programs selected from the three commercial networks in Melbourne; HSV-7

HSV-7

HSV is a television station in Melbourne. It is part of the Seven Network, one of the three main commercial television networks in Australia....
(Seven

Seven Network

The Seven Network is an Australia Television broadcasting in Australia owned by the Seven Media Group. It dates back to 2 December 1956, when the first stations on the Very high frequency frequency were established in Sydney and Melbourne....
), GTV-9

GTV-9

GTV is a television station in Melbourne, Australia owned by the Nine Network. It was the primary commercial television stations in Melbourne, and amongst the first to begin transmission in Australia....
(Nine

Nine Network

The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
) and ATV-10

ATV-10

Channel 0 redirects here. You may be looking for TVQ or DDQ.ATV is a television station in Melbourne, part of Network Ten - one of the three major commercial television networks in Australia....
(Ten

Network Ten

Network Ten, or Channel Ten, is one of Australia's three major commercial Television broadcasting in Australia. Owned-and-operated stations can be found in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, Western Australia, while affiliates extend the network to cover most of the country....
). The evening local news bulletin was supplemented by a relay of the nightly Seven National News from HSV-7.

During the 1980s, GMV-6 and BTV-6 Ballarat

Ballarat, Victoria

Ballarat is a city in Victoria , Australia, and Victoria's largest inland city. It is well-known for its history and heritage.It is approximately 105 kilometres north-west of Melbourne, Australia, with an urban population of 88,437 people....
became part of Associated Broadcasting Services, which also owned radio station 3MP

3MP

3MP began transmission July 21, 1976, as Melbourne's seventh commercial radio station and the first new commercial station in over 40 years. The original licencees included a consortium of businessmen and media identities....
in Melbourne

Melbourne

Melbourne is the more common name for the geographic region and Census in Australia of the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area. It is the second List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a population of approximately 3.8 million and serves as the List of Australian capital cities of Victoria ....
and a regional radio network including 3UL Warragul

Warragul, Victoria

Warragul is a rural centre with a population of 12,943 people kilometres east-southeast of Melbourne in Victoria . Warragul lies amid rolling hills between the Strzelecki Ranges to the south and the Mount Baw Baw Plateau of the Great Dividing Range to the north....
(now 3GG), 3YB Warrnambool

Warrnambool, Victoria

Shepparton, Victoria

WIN News

WIN News
WIN News

WIN News is a local news service in parts of regional Australia, produced by WIN Television. Nineteen regional bulletins are presented from studios in Wollongong, New South Wales, Canberra, Ballarat, Victoria, Rockhampton, Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland, Mount Gambier, South Australia, Hobart and Perth, Western Australia....
produces regional news bulletins for each of the five regional markets covered by VTV. Reporters and camera crews are based within each of the five regions from newsrooms in Ballarat

Ballarat, Victoria

Bendigo, Victoria

Shepparton, Victoria

Traralgon, Victoria

Traralgon is a regional city located in the Latrobe Valley in the Gippsland region of Victoria , Australia. Traralgon is a town of the City of Latrobe....
and Warrnambool

Warrnambool, Victoria

Warrnambool is a regional city on the south-western coast of Victoria , Australia, located in the municipality City of Warrnambool. It is at the western end of the Great Ocean Road, but is more quickly reached along the Princes Highway, 265 kilometres and 3 hours from Melbourne by road or rail....
. Studio presentation for the Bendigo, Gippsland, Shepparton and Albury bulletins is pre-recorded from VTV's Ballarat studios with the Ballarat bulletin broadcast live.

All five WIN News bulletins are presented by Bruce Roberts with sports presenter Sean Sowerby and weather presenter Jacqueline Taylor.

Main Transmitters

Region served	City	Channels Channel (broadcasting) In broadcasting, a channel is a range of frequency assigned by a government for the operation of a particular television station or radio station.... (Analog Analog television Analog television encodes television picture and sound information and transmits it as an analog signal: one in which the message conveyed by the broadcast Signal is a function of deliberate variations in the amplitude and/or frequency of the signal.... / Digital Digital terrestrial television Digital Terrestrial Television is an implementation of digital technology to provide a greater number of channels and/or better quality of picture and sound using aerial broadcasts to a conventional Antenna instead of a satellite dish or cable connection.... )	First air date	ERP Effective radiated power In radio telecommunications, effective radiated power or equivalent radiated power is a standardized theoretical measurement of Radio frequency energy using the non-International System of Units unit Decibel, and is determined by subtracting system losses and adding system gains.... (Analog/ Digital)	HAAT Height above average terrain Height above average terrain is used extensively in Frequency Modulation radio and television, as it is actually much more important than effective radiated power in determining the range of broadcasts .... (Analog/ Digital)¹	Transmitter Coordinates	Transmitter Location
Ballarat Ballarat, Victoria Ballarat is a city in Victoria , Australia, and Victoria's largest inland city. It is well-known for its history and heritage.It is approximately 105 kilometres north-west of Melbourne, Australia, with an urban population of 88,437 people.... ²	Ballarat Ballarat, Victoria Ballarat is a city in Victoria , Australia, and Victoria's largest inland city. It is well-known for its history and heritage.It is approximately 105 kilometres north-west of Melbourne, Australia, with an urban population of 88,437 people....	36 (UHF Ultra high frequency Ultra high frequency designates a range of Electromagnetic radiation waves with frequency between 300 megahertz and 3 gigahertz . Also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from ten to one decimetres.... )³ 37 (UHF Ultra high frequency Ultra high frequency designates a range of Electromagnetic radiation waves with frequency between 300 megahertz and 3 gigahertz . Also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from ten to one decimetres.... )	April 27, 1962	2000 kW 500 kW	710 m 713 m		Lookout Hill
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...	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...	35 (UHF Ultra high frequency Ultra high frequency designates a range of Electromagnetic radiation waves with frequency between 300 megahertz and 3 gigahertz . Also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from ten to one decimetres.... ) 54 (UHF Ultra high frequency Ultra high frequency designates a range of Electromagnetic radiation waves with frequency between 300 megahertz and 3 gigahertz . Also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from ten to one decimetres.... )	January 1, 1992	2000 kW 1000 kW	517 m 505 m		Mount Alexander Mount Alexander Mount Alexander is a mountain that is located approximately 125 km north-west of Melbourne, Victoria, near the small town of Harcourt, Victoria....
Goulburn Valley Goulburn Valley The Goulburn Valley is a region of Victoria , Australia. The region consists of those areas in the catchment of the Goulburn River and other nearby streams, and is part of the Murray-Darling Basin.... ⁴	Shepparton Shepparton, Victoria Shepparton is the fifth largest List of cities in Australia in Victoria , Australia. The population of the municipality of City of Greater Shepparton in 2005 was estimated to be at 60,403 residents....	6 (VHF Very high frequency VHF is the radio frequency range from 30 megahertz to 300 megahertz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency .... ) 9 (VHF Very high frequency VHF is the radio frequency range from 30 megahertz to 300 megahertz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency .... )	December 23, 1961	220 kW 55 kW	319 m 319 m		Mount Major
Latrobe Valley Latrobe Valley The Latrobe Valley is nestled between the Strzelecki Ranges and the Great Dividing Range in Victoria, Australia, Australia. It is named after the Latrobe River which flows, eastwards, through it....	Traralgon Traralgon, Victoria Traralgon is a regional city located in the Latrobe Valley in the Gippsland region of Victoria , Australia. Traralgon is a town of the City of Latrobe....	43 (UHF Ultra high frequency Ultra high frequency designates a range of Electromagnetic radiation waves with frequency between 300 megahertz and 3 gigahertz . Also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from ten to one decimetres.... ) 36 (UHF Ultra high frequency Ultra high frequency designates a range of Electromagnetic radiation waves with frequency between 300 megahertz and 3 gigahertz . Also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from ten to one decimetres.... )	January 1, 1992	1000 kW 400 kW	515 m 487 m	(digital)	Mount Tassie
Murray Valley Murray valley Murray valley may refer to:* the Murray River valley* the electoral district of Murray ValleySee also Murray Valley Highway....	Swan Hill Swan Hill, Victoria Swan Hill is a List of cities in Australia in the north west of Victoria, Australia. It is located on the Murray Valley Highway, on the south bank of the Murray River, downstream from the junction of the Loddon River, Victoria....	50 (UHF Ultra high frequency Ultra high frequency designates a range of Electromagnetic radiation waves with frequency between 300 megahertz and 3 gigahertz . Also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from ten to one decimetres.... ) NA	January 1, 1992	400 kW	179 m		Goschen Goschen, Victoria Goschen is a locality in Victoria , Australia, located approximately 20km from Swan Hill, Victoria.Goschen Post Office opened on 6 November 1901 and closed in 1942. ...
Upper Murray	Albury Albury, New South Wales Albury is a city in New South Wales, Australia, located on the Hume Highway on the northern side of the Murray River. It is also a Local Government Areas in Australia, administered by Albury City Council....	33 (UHF Ultra high frequency Ultra high frequency designates a range of Electromagnetic radiation waves with frequency between 300 megahertz and 3 gigahertz . Also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from ten to one decimetres.... ) 10 (VHF Very high frequency VHF is the radio frequency range from 30 megahertz to 300 megahertz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency .... )	January 1, 1992	1200 kW 60 kW	533 m 525 m		Mount Baranduda
Western Victoria⁵		11 (VHF Very high frequency VHF is the radio frequency range from 30 megahertz to 300 megahertz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency .... ) 10 (VHF Very high frequency VHF is the radio frequency range from 30 megahertz to 300 megahertz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency .... )		30 kW 15 kW	365 m 365 m		Mount Dundas

Notes:

1. HAAT
Height above average terrain

Height above average terrain is used extensively in Frequency Modulation radio and television, as it is actually much more important than effective radiated power in determining the range of broadcasts ....
estimated from http://www.itu.int/SRTM3/ using EHAAT.
2. The Ballarat station was an independent station with the callsign BTV from its 1962 sign-on until aggregation in 1992.
3. The Ballarat station was on VHF channel 6 from its 1962 sign-on until 2001, moving to its current channel in order to accommodate digital television in Melbourne.
4. The Goulburn Valley station was an independent station with the callsign GMV from its 1961 sign-on until aggregation in 1992.
5. The Western Victoria station was a relay of BTV Ballarat (with the BTV callsign) until aggregation in 1992.

VTV (TV station)

Network history

GMV-6 Shepparton

WIN News

Main Transmitters

See also

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