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| Melbourne, Victoria | |
| Channels | Analog: 2 (VHF) Digital: 12 (VHF) |
| Affiliations | ABC Television |
| Network | ABC Television |
| Owner | Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
| First air date | 19 November 1956 |
| Call letters’ meaning | ABC Victoria |
| Transmitter Power | 200 kW (analog) 50 kW (digital) |
| Height | 507 m (analog) 534 m (digital)[1] |
| Transmitter Coordinates | 37°50′6″S 145°20′54″E / 37.835°S 145.34833°E |
| Website | www.abc.net.au/tv |
ABV is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's television station in Melbourne, Victoria. The station began broadcasting on 19 November 1956, and is transmitted throughout the state via a series of transmitters. The studios are in Southbank and Elsternwick, and transmitter at Mount Dandenong.
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Programming
ABV follows a schedule nearly identical to that of other statewide ABC Television stations, allowing for time differences and some local programming - including news, current affairs, sport and state election coverage.
Ian Henderson presents ABC News Victoria on weeknights, with Paul Higgins (weather), Peter Wilkins (national sport, presented from Sydney), and Alan Kohler (national finance, presented from Melbourne). Susie Reins presents weekend bulletins (while current presenter Tamara Oudyn is on maternity leave). The main fill-in presenters are Beverley O'Connor and Susie Reins.
Stateline, a Victorian-focused current affairs program shown on Friday nights at 7:30 p.m., is presented by Josephine Cafagna.
ABV also carries live coverage of Victorian Football League matches on Saturday afternoons during the season.
ABC TV Melbourne hosts the digital broadcast centre with Melbourne's community television station C31 Melbourne[2].
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History
The first female announcer on Australian Television was Corinne Kirby [3] who started her career at ABV-2 in 1956.[4]
Early programs produced at ABV-2 were Corinne Kirby's Let's Make a Date, the popular children's fantasy Adventure Island, the multi-award winning miniseries Power Without Glory, and the iconic youth music program Countdown.
Relay Stations
The following stations relay ABV throughout Victoria:
| 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 |
| ABAV | Upper Murray | Albury | 1 (VHF) 9A (VHF) |
December 15, 1964 | Albury | 160 kW 60 kW |
496 m 525 m |
36°15′14″S 146°51′22″E / 36.25389°S 146.85611°E | Mount Baranduda |
| ABEV | Bendigo | Bendigo | 1 (VHF) 48 (UHF) |
April 29, 1963 | BEndigo | 130 kW 1250 kW |
512 m 517 m |
36°59′32″S 144°18′30″E / 36.99222°S 144.30833°E | Mount Alexander |
| ABGV | Goulburn Valley | Shepparton | 40 (UHF)2 37 (UHF) |
November 28, 1963 | Goulburn Valley | 1200 kW 300 kW |
372 m 378 m |
36°21′29″S 145°41′42″E / 36.35806°S 145.695°E | Mount Major |
| ABLV | Latrobe Valley | Traralgon | 40 (UHF)3 42 (UHF) |
September 30, 1963 | Latrobe Valley | 1600 kW 400 kW |
520 m 520 m |
38°23′57″S 146°33′53″E / 38.39917°S 146.56472°E | Mount Tassie |
| ABMV | Mildura and Sunraysia | Mildura | 6 (VHF)4 11 (VHF) |
November 22, 1965 | Mildura | 200 kW 50 kW |
152 m 152 m |
34°22′47″S 142°11′18″E / 34.37972°S 142.18833°E | Yatpool |
| ABRV | Ballarat | Ballarat | 42 (UHF)5 41 (UHF) |
May 20, 1963 | BallaRat | 2000 kW 500 kW |
710 m 713 m |
37°16′57″S 143°14′52″E / 37.2825°S 143.24778°E | Lookout Hill |
| ABSV | Murray Valley | Swan Hill | 2 (VHF) 58 (UHF) |
July 30, 1965 | Swan Hill | 200 kW 375 kW |
144 m 201 m |
35°28′22″S 143°27′22″E / 35.47278°S 143.45611°E | Goschen |
| ABWV | Western Victoria | 5A (VHF) 6 (VHF) |
1981 | Western Victoria | 130 kW 32 kW |
356 m 365 m |
37°27′32″S 141°54′58″E / 37.45889°S 141.91611°E | Mount Dundas |
Notes:
- 1. HAAT estimated from http://www.itu.int/SRTM3/ using EHAAT.
- 2. ABGV was on VHF channel 3 from its 1963 sign-on until 1991, moving to its current channel in order to accommodate FM radio.
- 3. ABLV was on VHF channel 4 from its 1963 sign-on until 1991, moving to its current channel in order to accommodate FM radio.
- 4. ABMV was on VHF channel 4 from its 1965 sign-on until sometime in the 1990s, moving to its current channel in order to accommodate FM radio.
- 5. ABRV was on VHF channel 3 from its 1963 sign-on until sometime around 1991, moving to VHF channel 11 in order to accommodate FM radio. It moved to its current channel in 2000 in order to accommodate digital television in Melbourne.
External links
See also
References
- ^ HAAT estimated from http://www.itu.int/SRTM3/ using EHAAT.
- ^ "C31 Melbourne homepage". Channel 31. c31.org.au. 2009. http://www.c31.org.au.
- ^ ABC-TV Studios Photos
- ^ Corinne Kirby bio at Austlit
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