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WIN News is a local news service in parts of regional 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....
, produced by 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....
. Nineteen regional bulletins are presented from studios in 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....
, 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....
, 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....
, 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....
, 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....
, Mount Gambier
Mount Gambier, South Australia

Mount Gambier is the second most populous city in South Australia after Adelaide, the capital of the state.It is approximately 450 kilometres south of Adelaide and 435 kilometres west of Melbourne....
, 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 Perth
Perth, Western Australia

Perth is the List of Australian capital cities and largest city of the Australian States and territories of Australia of Western Australia. With a population of 1,554,769 , Perth ranks fourth amongst the nation's cities, with a growth rate consistently above the national average....
.

History
As well as its flagship nightly bulletin, WIN Television has, in the past, produced a number public affairs programmes at its original Wollongong station, WIN-4, such as community affairs program Roving Eye, and Sunday Review, a weekly review of international, national and local stories.

On August 18, 2006 WIN Television announced that Griffith's
Griffith, New South Wales

Griffith is a city in south-western New South Wales, Australia. It is also the seat of the City of Griffith Local Government Areas in Australia....
 locally produced news bulletin would be axed and merged with 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....
's half-hour bulletin.






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WIN News is a local news service in parts of regional 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....
, produced by 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....
. Nineteen regional bulletins are presented from studios in 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....
, 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....
, 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....
, 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....
, 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....
, Mount Gambier
Mount Gambier, South Australia

Mount Gambier is the second most populous city in South Australia after Adelaide, the capital of the state.It is approximately 450 kilometres south of Adelaide and 435 kilometres west of Melbourne....
, 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 Perth
Perth, Western Australia

Perth is the List of Australian capital cities and largest city of the Australian States and territories of Australia of Western Australia. With a population of 1,554,769 , Perth ranks fourth amongst the nation's cities, with a growth rate consistently above the national average....
.

History


As well as its flagship nightly bulletin, WIN Television has, in the past, produced a number public affairs programmes at its original Wollongong station, WIN-4, such as community affairs program Roving Eye, and Sunday Review, a weekly review of international, national and local stories.

On August 18, 2006 WIN Television announced that Griffith's
Griffith, New South Wales

Griffith is a city in south-western New South Wales, Australia. It is also the seat of the City of Griffith Local Government Areas in Australia....
 locally produced news bulletin would be axed and merged with 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....
's half-hour bulletin. The decision was criticised by the local council and chamber of commerce, who stated that the isolation of the area increased the need for local content and information. The amalgamated Wagga Wagga bulletin is presented and produced from 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....


On January 30, 2006 the network's Tasmania
Tasmania

Tasmania is an Australian island and States and territories of Australia of the same name. It is located south of the eastern side of the continent, being separated from it by Bass Strait....
n news bulletins were moved from separate local and national bulletins to a single, half-hour bulletin featuring local, national and international news. This was reported by The Hobart Mercury
The Mercury (Hobart)

The Mercury is a daily newspaper, published in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, by Davies Brothers Pty Ltd, part of News Limited and News Corporation....
 as being due to the previous arrangement's poor ratings. WIN's main competitor in the area, Southern Cross Nightly News
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....
, had, at the time, a 64.9% share of the 6.00pm news audience during the 2005 survey period.

Bulletins


Wollongong, Orange
Orange, New South Wales

Orange is a provincial city in New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the Mitchell Highway, west of Sydney at an altitude of . Orange presently has a population of 31,544 and the city is a major provincial centre....
 and 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....

WIN News Wollongong, WIN News Orange and WIN News Wagga Wagga are presented by Geoff Phillips and Kerryn Johnston (Wollongong only), with sport presenter Amy Taylor
Amy Taylor

Amy Elizabeth Taylor is a former football player and current sports presenter with WIN Television in Australia....
, at WIN
WIN Television

WIN Television is an Australian Australian television broadcasting owned by the WIN Corporation that is based in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia....
's studios in Wollongong. This news broadcast converted to the widescreen format on Monday 14 January 2008.

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....
WIN News Canberra is presented by Jessica Good
Jessica Good

Jessica Good is an Australian television journalist and news presenter.Good was originally a reporter at Prime Television in Albury. In 2004, she was appointed senior Reporter, Chief of Staff and Producer at WIN Television, Rockhampton - before transferring to the Wollongong studios in 2005....
, with sport presenter Phil Small, at WIN
WIN Television

WIN Television is an Australian Australian television broadcasting owned by the WIN Corporation that is based in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia....
's studios in Canberra. Peter Leonard
Peter Leonard

Peter Antony Leonard was an Australian journalist and newsreader. He was born in Yass, New South Wales, the son of a Greek immigrant father who died when Peter was 17....
 presented the bulletin with current sport presenter Phil Small until July, 2007, when Jessica Good
Jessica Good

Jessica Good is an Australian television journalist and news presenter.Good was originally a reporter at Prime Television in Albury. In 2004, she was appointed senior Reporter, Chief of Staff and Producer at WIN Television, Rockhampton - before transferring to the Wollongong studios in 2005....
 took over as news presenter. This news broadcast converted to the widescreen format on Monday 14 April 2008.

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....
, 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...
, Gippsland, 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....
, Mildura
Mildura, Victoria

Mildura is a regional city in northwestern Victoria , Australia, part of the Rural City of Mildura. Mildura is located in the Sunraysia region, and is on the banks of the Murray River....
 and 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....

WIN News Ballarat, WIN News Bendigo, WIN News Gippsland, WIN News Goulburn Valley And Northern Victoria (Shepparton), WIN News Sunraysia (Mildura) and WIN News Albury are presented by Bruce Roberts, sport presenter Sean Sowerby and weather presenter Jacqueline Taylor, at VTV
VTV (TV station)

VTV is an Australian television station broadcasting in regional Victoria in Australia. The network was owned by ENT Ltd., before being purchased by the WIN Corporation....
's studios in Ballarat. These news broadcasts converted to the widescreen format on Monday 14 July 2008.

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....
, Cairns, Townsville and Mackay
Mackay

Mackay can refer to:*Clan MacKay, the Scottish clan from which the surname "MacKay" derives*Mackay Trophy, named in honour of Clarence Mackay, is awarded annually by the US Air Force for the "Most Meritorious Flight."...
WIN News Central Queensland [Rockhampton], WIN News Cairns & Far North Queensland, WIN News Townsville & North Queensland and WIN News Mackay are presented by Paul Taylor, sports presenter Samantha Heathwood, and weather presenter Peter Byrne from RTQ
RTQ

RTQ is an Australian television station broadcasting in regional Queensland in Australia. The network was owned by Star Television, before being purchased by the WIN Corporation on October 5, 1988....
's studios in Rockhampton.

Toowoomba Wide Bay and Sunshine Coast
Sunshine Coast

There are several places around the globe that use the name Sunshine Coast. They are collections of coastal towns and/or cities that have banded together, usually for tourist promotional reasons....
WIN News Toowoomba and WIN News Wide Bay are presented by Marita Ramia and Travis McNamara, with sports presenter Pat O’Shea and weather presenter Davina Smith. These news broadcasts converted to the widescreen format on Monday 15 December 2008.

WIN News Sunshine Coast is presented by Marita Ramia (news) and Travis McNamara (news & sport) with weather presenter Davina Smith. This news broadcast converted to the widescreen format on Monday 15 December 2008.

Tasmania
Tasmania

Tasmania is an Australian island and States and territories of Australia of the same name. It is located south of the eastern side of the continent, being separated from it by Bass Strait....
WIN News Tasmania is presented by John Remess (news and weather) and Colin McNiff (sport), Penny Tame (weekend news, sport and weather), at TVT's studios in Hobart.

Mount Gambier
Mount Gambier, South Australia

Mount Gambier is the second most populous city in South Australia after Adelaide, the capital of the state.It is approximately 450 kilometres south of Adelaide and 435 kilometres west of Melbourne....
 and Riverland
Loxton, South Australia

Loxton is a town on the south bank of the River Murray in the Riverland region of South Australia. It is a service town for the surrounding districts....
WIN News Mount Gambier and WIN News Riverland are presented by Sharny McLean (news and weather) and Mark Mooney (sport), at SES
SES/RTS

SES/RTS, part of the WIN Television network, is an Australian television station licensed to, and serving Mount Gambier and Riverland in South Australia....
's studios in Mount Gambier.

Western Australia
Western Australia

Western Australia is a States and territories of Australia occupying the entire western third of the Australia . The nation's largest state and the second largest subnational entity in the world, it has 2.1 million inhabitants , 85% of whom live in the south-west corner of the state....
WIN News Western Australia is presented by Elaine Jung at STW
STW

STW may refer to:*Stop the War Coalition, an anti-war group in the United Kingdom*STW-9, a television station in Perth, Australia*Super Tourenwagen Cup, the German Supertouring car championship ...
's studios in Perth
Perth, Western Australia

Perth is the List of Australian capital cities and largest city of the Australian States and territories of Australia of Western Australia. With a population of 1,554,769 , Perth ranks fourth amongst the nation's cities, with a growth rate consistently above the national average....
. Reporters are based at 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....
 offices in Albany
Albany, Western Australia

Albany is located in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, situated around a port on the southern coast.Its metropolitan area has a population of 25,196 as of the 2006 census, making it the sixth largest city in the state....
, Broome
Broome, Western Australia

Broome is a pearling and tourist town in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, 2200 km north of Perth, Western Australia. The year round population is approximately 14,436, growing to more than 45,000 per month during the tourist season....
, Bunbury
Bunbury, Western Australia

The port city of Bunbury is the third largest city in Western Australia after Mandurah and Perth, Western Australia the state capital. It is situated south of Perth's central business district ....
, Geraldton
Geraldton, Western Australia

Geraldton is a city and port in Western Australia located north of Perth, Western Australia. According to the 2006 census, Geraldton has a population of 31,553, making it the fifth-largest city in Western Australia....
, Kalgoorlie
Kalgoorlie, Western Australia

Kalgoorlie-Boulder is a Western Australian city located east-northeast of Perth, Western Australia located in the Eastern Goldfields.The city was founded in 1893 during the Yilgarn-Goldfields gold rush, and is located close to the so-called "Golden Mile"....
 and Perth
Perth, Western Australia

Perth is the List of Australian capital cities and largest city of the Australian States and territories of Australia of Western Australia. With a population of 1,554,769 , Perth ranks fourth amongst the nation's cities, with a growth rate consistently above the national average....
. Prior to 2007, the bulletin was broadcast from WIN's Wollongong studios and presented by Kerryn Johnston, Amy Taylor or Matt Tinney.

Schedule

WIN News airs at several different times depending on state.

StateBulletinsBroadcast time
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....
 Wollongong, Orange, Wagga Wagga, Albury 6:30pm with repeat at midnight
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....
 Ballarat, Bendigo, Gippsland, Golburn Valley and Northern Victoria (Shepparton), Sunraysia (Mildura) 6:30pm with repeat at midnight
Australian Capital Territory
Australian Capital Territory

The Australian Capital Territory is the Capital districts and territories of the Australia and its smallest States and territories of Australia....
 State-wide 6:30pm with repeat at midnight
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....
 Rockhampton, Cairns, Townsville, Toowoomba, Sunshine Coast Local bulletin at 6:00pm and state-wide bulletin at midnight
  Mackay, Wide Bay State-wide bulletin only at midnight
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....
 Mount Gambier, Riverland (Loxton) 6:00pm with repeat at 11.00pm
Tasmania
Tasmania

Tasmania is an Australian island and States and territories of Australia of the same name. It is located south of the eastern side of the continent, being separated from it by Bass Strait....
 State-wide covering local, national & international news 6:00pm
Western Australia
Western Australia

Western Australia is a States and territories of Australia occupying the entire western third of the Australia . The nation's largest state and the second largest subnational entity in the world, it has 2.1 million inhabitants , 85% of whom live in the south-west corner of the state....
 Region-wide 6:30pm with repeat at midnight