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| Adelaide, South Australia | |
| Channels | Analog: 2 (VHF) Digital: 12 (VHF) |
| Affiliations | ABC Television |
| Network | ABC Television |
| Owner | Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
| First air date | March 11, 1960 |
| Call letters’ meaning | ABC South Australia |
| Transmitter Power | 200 kW (analog) 50 kW (digital) |
| Height | 496 m (analog) 517 m (digital)[1] |
| Transmitter Coordinates | 34°58′44″S 138°42′31″E / 34.97889°S 138.70861°E |
| Website | www.abc.net.au/tv |
ABS is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's television station in Adelaide, South Australia. It began broadcasting on 11 March 1960 from studios in the suburb of Collinswood. The station's transmitter is located at Mount Lofty, and is one of a series of relay transmitters located throughout the state.
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Local programming
The nightly 7pm state news bulletin ABC News South Australia is presented by Dominique Schwartz on weeknights and Jessica Schact on weekends. The weeknight bulletins also incoprorate national finance and sport segements presented by Alan Kohler in Melbourne and Peter Wilkins in Sydney respectively. Weekend bulletins feature local sport bulletins presented by Neil Cross.
The weekly local current affairs program, Stateline South Australia is broadcast each Friday night at 7:30pm and presented by Ian Henschke.
ABS also carries live coverage of South Australian National Football League matches every Saturday afternoon.
Relay Stations
The following stations relay ABS throughout South Australia:
| Call | Region served | City | Channels (Analog/ Digital) |
First air date | 3rd letter’s meaning |
ERP (Analog/ Digital) |
HAAT (Analog/ Digital)1 |
Transmitter Coordinates | Transmitter Location |
| ABCS | Ceduna | Ceduna | 9 (VHF)2 NA |
July 16, 1973 | Ceduna | 1.6 kW | 92 m | 32°8′20″S 133°47′22″E / 32.13889°S 133.78944°E | Kongwirra Hill |
| ABGS | South East South Australia | Mount Gambier | 1 (VHF) 39 (UHF) |
December 3, 1965 | Mount Gambier | 210 kW 225 kW |
276 m 379 m |
37°36′8″S 140°28′58″E / 37.60222°S 140.48278°E | Mount Burr |
| ABLCS | Leigh Creek | Leigh Creek | 9 (VHF) 8 (VHF) |
April 28, 1977 | Leigh Creek | 0.032 kW 0.01 kW |
3 m 3 m |
30°35′59″S 138°24′13″E / 30.59972°S 138.40361°E | Leigh Creek |
| ABNS | Spencer Gulf North | Port Pirie | 1 (VHF) 38 (UHF) |
April 10, 1965 | Spencer Gulf North | 200 kW 240 kW |
576 m 627 m |
33°6′14″S 138°9′51″E / 33.10389°S 138.16417°E | The Bluff |
| ABRS | Riverland | Renmark/Loxton | 3 (VHF) 39 (UHF) |
January 20, 1971 | Riverland | 240 kW 240 kW |
166 m 180 m |
34°27′52″S 140°32′1″E / 34.46444°S 140.53361°E | Loxton |
| ABWS | Woomera | Woomera | 7 (VHF) NA |
November 30, 1973 | Woomera | 0.02 kW | 48 m | 31°11′31″S 136°48′53″E / 31.19194°S 136.81472°E | Woomera |
Notes:
- 1. HAAT estimated from http://www.itu.int/SRTM3/ using EHAAT.
- 2. ABCS was on VHF channel 7 from its 1973 sign-on until sometime in the 1980s.
See also
References
- ^ HAAT estimated from http://www.itu.int/SRTM3/ using EHAAT.
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