HSV

HSV
Melbourne, Victoria
City of license	Melbourne, Victoria
Branding	Seven
Slogan	GOTTALOVEIT
Channels	Analog: 7 (VHF) Digital: 6 (VHF)
Affiliations	Seven (O&O)
Owner	Seven Media Group Pty Ltd (Channel Seven Melbourne Pty Ltd)
First air date	November 4, 1956
Call letters’ meaning	Herald Sun Vision
Transmitter Power	200 kW (analog) 50 kW (digital)
Height	555 m (both)[1]
Transmitter Coordinates	37°50′8″S 145°20′52″E / 37.83556°S 145.34778°E / -37.83556; 145.34778 (HSV)
Website	www.yahoo7.com.au/tv

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

History

The station began test transmissions in July 1956, and commenced broadcasting on 4 November,^[2] soon after the Commonwealth Government started issuing television licences. In the opening ceremony, Eric Pearce declared :

"We dedicate this station to the full service of the community. To Australian life - the happy families in the homes - we promise to serve you faithfully and well".

HSV-7 and rival station GTV-9 were formed in time to broadcast the Melbourne Olympics, while Sydney stations TCN-9 and ATN-7 in Sydney relayed the Melbourne coverage. HSV-7 was originally owned by The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd, owners of The Herald and The Sun (now merged as the Herald Sun). These papers gave rise to the callsign HSV (the 'V' stands for Victoria, as is the normal protocol for commercial television callsigns to have the third letter indicate the state where the station is licenced, although for publicity purposes HSV was said to stand for Herald Sun Vision)

The station's "Melbourne's Alive" promo, which ran in 1999.

In March, 1960, the station converted an old cinema in Fitzroy into the southern hemisphere's first fully remote studio, fully equipped with RCA TRT video tape recorders, cameras and vision mixing equipment, as well as major stage and artist areas and audience seating. It was connected back to the station's main Dorcas Street studios by multiple microwave links. The studios were opened with a major live show featuring Bob Crosby and his band and Jimmy Edwards, amongst others.

The station began to identify as Channel Seven in the late 1960s, and since the eary 1970's has used the national Seven Network logos, and has followed the network's on-air presentation and programming. In 1979, Fairfax bought a substantial share of HSV-7 after many failed bids for the entire station. In December 1986 the station was purchased in its entirety by Rupert Murdoch's News Limited. In February 1987 HSV-7 was sold back to Fairfax, along with Brisbane station BTQ-7.

In late 1987, the government introduced cross-media ownership laws which forced Fairfax to choose between its print and broadcast operations. It chose print, and HSV-7 was sold to Christopher Skase's Qintex, which already owned Seven stations in Sydney, Adelaide and Perth. In 1990 Qintex was sent into damage control after Skase escaped extradition proceedings, and the Seven Network became a discreet company. Entrepreneur Kerry Stokes bought the network in 1995.

Headquarters

Broadcast Centre Melbourne, centre of programming operations for the entire Seven Network and the headquarters for Seven Melbourne.

Seven Melbourne's main production studios, Dorcas Street Studios, is located in South Melbourne. Until December 2002, the studios were home to production for news, current affairs and sport, when they were moved to the new headquarters in the Docklands. Dorcas Street remains home to the Melbourne-based entertainment, drama and reality programmes. As part of a joint venture with Seven Melbourne in 2007, the network sold a 50% share of the Dorcas Street site, handing over management to Global. Consequently, a number of shows from other networks, such as Network Ten's Rove, are now produced there, alongside Seven Network shows such as It Takes Two and regular game show Deal or No Deal.

The new facilities, known as Broadcast Centre Melbourne or BCM, are adjoined to the formerl Seven-owned Telstra Dome. The offices are used as the transmission control centre for Seven's owned-and-operated stations in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and seven regional areas of Queensland. Approximately 200 full-time employees work in the building, with an additional 100 hired as casual or part-time. BCM experienced a major power failure which resulted in a total blackout across the whole Seven Network, as well as all regional affiliates, during the programme Blue Heelers in April 2005.

Current programming

Seven Melbourne broadcasts Good Friday Appeal, and Australian Football League every year.

Taped or via satellite from the Seven Network Studios

Taped or via satellite from the Global Television Studios

Via Satellite

• Airways (2009 – )
• Better Homes and Gardens (2005-)
• Melbourne Weekender (2006 – )
• Medical Emergency (2005 – )
• Coxy's Big Break (2003 – )
• Kath & Kim (2007, 2009/2010 – )
• City Homicide (2007 – )
• The Food Trail (2006 – )
• Double Take (2009 – )

Past programming

News and Current Affairs

Entertainment

Drama

Sport

Seven News Melbourne

Wideshot of Melbourne's news studio, with Peter Mitchell presenting.

Seven News Melbourne is presented by Peter Mitchell (weekdays) from BCM. Weekday sport and weather are presented by Sandy Roberts and David Brown, with Tim Watson and Rob Gell presenting on weekends alongside Jennifer Keyte (news).

Seven News Melbourne saw the end of the dual-presenter format in 2000 when David Johnston and Anne Fulwood were replaced by Peter Mitchell. He had previously held the role of the weekend news presenter for over thirteen years.^{[citation needed]} Jennifer Keyte was appointed as the weekday news presenter in 1990, becoming Australia's first solo female primetime commercial news presenter.^{[citation needed]} In a network reshuffle in 1996, Keyte terminated her employment after the Seven Network attempted to pair her with David Johnston.^{[citation needed]} She returned in 2003, assuming the role as the weekend news presenter, succeeding Jennifer Adams.

Following decades of coming second in television ratings to Nine News Melbourne, Seven News Melbourne has been in a tight contest since 2005 to gain the first position. In recent ratings reports, Seven News has gained the number one position.^[3] This was subsequently followed by a series of advertisements and promos which have touted Seven News Melbourne as Melbourne's New #1 and Nine altering their promotions to simply say "Melbourne's Best News".

News updates for Melbourne are presented by either Peter Mitchell or Jennifer Keyte throughout the afternoon and the early evening. Jennifer Keyte and Rebecca Maddern are fill-in presenters for the Melbourne news service, with Michael Felgate presenting sport, and Rob Gell presenting the weather.

Newscasts

• 05:30 - Seven Early News - ATN7
• 11:30 - Seven Morning News - ATN7
• 16:30 - Seven's 4:30 News - ATN7
• 18:00 - Seven News Melbourne

Presenters and Reporters

Currently, the Seven News Melbourne on-air team consists of the following:

Main Anchors

Fill-in news anchor

• Rebecca Maddern

Sports presenters

Weather Presenters

N.B. The news anchor will read the weather if there is no weather presenter

Reporters

News Reporters

Sport Reporters

Past Presenters

Past Reporters

Logos

Logos of HSV (TV station)

March 1–August 31, 1975

See also

• Television broadcasting in Australia

References

External links

• Channel Seven History at Wayback Machine
• Early TV in Melbourne at eMelbourne
• Seven Network official site