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- This article is about the television station in Melbourne, Australia. For other uses, see ATV.
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| Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| Branding | Ten |
| Slogan | Turn It On |
| Channels | Analog: 10 (VHF) Digital: 11 (VHF) |
| Affiliations | Ten (O&O) |
| Network | Ten |
| Owner | Ten Network Holdings (Network TEN (Melbourne) Pty Ltd) |
| First air date | August 1, 1964 |
| Call letters' meaning | Austarama Television Victoria |
| Former channel number(s) | 0 (1964-1980) |
| Transmitter power | 200 kW (analog) 50 kW (digital) |
| Height | 577 m (analog) 581 m (digital)[1] |
| Transmitter coordinates | 37°50′15″S 145°20′48″E / 37.8375°S 145.34667°E |
| Website | www.ten.com.au |
ATV is a television station in Melbourne, Australia, part of Network Ten - one of the three major Australian commercial television networks.
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[edit] History
The licence to operate Melbourne's third commercial television station was awarded to transport magnate Sir Reginald Ansett's Austarama Television in April 1963. The new channel, ATV-0 (pronounced as the letter o, never the number zero), began transmission on 1 August 1964 from a large modern studio complex located in the then-outer eastern suburb of Nunawading,[2] in the locality now known as Forest Hill, but referred to at the time as East Burwood.
The new station opened with a preview program hosted by news presenters Barry McQueen and Nancy Cato. Reception difficulties in parts of the city resulted in the station's third position in the television ratings.
ATV had been experimenting with colour transmissions from 1967, when the station was the first to mount a colour outside broadcast in Australia, from the Pakenham races.[3] Many other colour test transmissions occurred subsequently. Full time colour transmission was introduced to ATV-0 in March 1975 in line with other stations around the country.
Rupert Murdoch gained a controlling interest in ATV-0 and Sydney television station TEN-10 in 1979. As a result of interference and falling ratings, the station moved frequency and call-sign from ATV-0 to ATV-10 by January the next year, but had to obtain agreement from neighbouring Gippsland station GLV-10 to change its frequency to become GLV-8.
On 20 January 1980, the new ATV-10 was launched with a jingle campaign ("You're on Top With Ten"), Graham Kennedy's introductory presentation and a 30-minute Eyewitness News, then presented by Jana Wendt. By May, David Johnston became the new co-presenter and Eyewitness News went back to its one-hour duration, claiming that it was "First in Melbourne"[citation needed] due to its many innovations and historic moments and the fact of this ATV being the first of the now Network Ten stations to adopt the Eyewitness News brand and the one-hour newscast in the 1970s.
The 1986 transfer of Neighbours to ATV and the entire Network Ten (from the Seven Network) proved to be a success. ATV's Nunawading studios, aside from its suburban sets in Melbourne itself, were used to produce it. These venues still do this today.
On 7 September 1992, ATV-10 relocated from the station's Nunawading studios to the Como Centre in inner suburban South Yarra. The Nunawading complex is now operated by Global Television, Network Ten leases the facility for production of programs such as Neighbours while the Como Centre studios a arra are used for The Project and The Circle as well as news, current affairs, entertainment and sport programs.
[edit] Digital Multiplex
| LCN | Service | SD/HD |
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| 1 | ONE | HD |
| 10 | Ten | SD |
| 11 | ELEVEN | SD |
| 12 | ONE | HD |
[edit] Programming
[edit] Current productions
- Ten News at Five: Melbourne (1964-present)
- Neighbours (1986–present)
- Before the Game (2003–present)
- The Project (2009–present)
- The Circle (2010–present)
- Offspring (TV series) (2010–present)
- The Bolt Report (2011-present)
- Meet the Press' (2012-present) Production moved from TEN10 Sydney
[edit] Docklands Studios Melbourne
- Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation (2009–present)
[edit] Off site
[edit] Past productions
2000s
- One Week at a Time (via One HD) (2009–2011)
- Rush (2008–2011)
- Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (2007–2009)
- 9am with David and Kim (2006–2009)
- Thank God You're Here (2006–2008)
- The Wedge (2006–2007)
- AFL (2002–2011)
- The Secret Life Of Us (2001–2005)
- Rove (2000–2009)
1990s
- The Panel (1998–2003)
- Totally Full Frontal (1998–1999, Began on Seven as "Full Frontal")
- A Country Practice moved from ATN7 in Sydney for last season (1994)
- Hinch (1992–1993)
- Good Morning Australia as GMA with Bert Newton (1992–2005)
1980s
- Family Double Dare (1989)
- Double Dare (1989–1992)
- Ten Morning News (1988–1995)
- Video Hits (1987–2011)
- The Henderson Kids (1985–1987)
- Holiday Island (1981)
1970s
- Good Morning Melbourne (1979-1988)
- Prisoner (1979–1986)
- The Early Bird Show (1977–80, 1985–1989)
- The Box (1974–1977)
- The Price Is Right (1973–1974, 1989)
- Matlock Police (1971–1975)
- Young Talent Time (1971–1988)
1960s
- Fredd Bear's Breakfast-A-Go-Go (1969-1971?)
- Magic Circle Club (1964–1967)
- The Children's Show (1964)
- The Go!! Show
- The Ray Taylor Show
- This Is It
- Romper Room
[edit] News and current affairs
ATV-0's first news presenter was its news director, Brian Wright, before Barry McQueen took over regular news presenting duties.[citation needed] The station's initial news format on weeknights was a 45-minute bulletin starting at 6.15pm, aimed at competing with the 30-minute bulletins offered by rival stations GTV-9 and HSV-7. The news format was changed a number of times, with the eventual adoption of the network's one-hour format in the early 1970s, and its take on the Eyewitness News format and brand in 1972, then presented by Geoff Raymond.
The station currently produces a 60-minute local news program on weeknights from its Como Centre studios alongside two networked current affairs programs, The 7PM Project & The Bolt Report, with national news and current affairs output aired from Network Ten's Sydney studios in Pyrmont. Ten News at Five is presented by Helen Kapalos and Mal Walden with sports presenter Stephen Quartermain, weather presenter Mike Larkan and traffic reporter Emma Notarfrancesco.
The flagship weeknight bulletin was formerly presented by David Johnston, who was replaced by Mal Walden following his move to HSV-7 in 1996. Co-presenter Jennifer Hansen, who with Walden formed one of the longest-serving news duos in Australian television history, was replaced by Helen Kapalos in 2006.
Fill-in presenters include Stephen Quartermain and Hermione Kitson (news), Ian Cohen, Rob Waters and Kelli Underwood (sport), Rakhal Ebeli (Weather) and Nicola Wood (traffic). Previous fill-in presenters include George Donikian, Max Futcher and Mignon Stewart.
Regular weekend bulletins from Melbourne were axed in the early 1990s in favour of a national bulletin from Sydney. However, localised editions of Ten Weekend News were reintroduced on Saturdays during the AFL season and presented by George Donikian, followed by a localised edition of Sports Tonight for Victoria. Permanent weekend bulletins were reintroduced in January 2011 (alongside a short-lived 6:30pm bulletin on weeknights) but discontinued 10 months later.
[edit] Programming
- Ten Early News (Monday - Friday 6:00am – 7:00am) (from TEN-10)
- Ten Morning News (Monday - Friday 11:00am – 12:00pm) (from TEN-10)
- Ten News at Five: Melbourne (Monday - Friday 5:00pm – 6:00pm)
- Ten News at Five: Weekend (Saturday and Sunday 5:00pm - 6:00pm) (from TEN-10)
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[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ HAAT estimated from http://www.itu.int/SRTM3/ using EHAAT.
- ^ "television.au Network Ten". http://www.televisionau.com.+July 2004. http://www.televisionau.com/ten40years.htm. Retrieved 2007-09-08.
- ^ TV Times 28 June 1967 - Victorian edition
- ^ Vale Geoff Raymond
- ^ TelevisionAU Flashbacks
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