STW
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| Perth, Western Australia | |
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| Branding | Nine |
| Slogan | Welcome Home |
| Channels | Analog: 9 (VHF) Digital: 8 (VHF) |
| Affiliations | Nine |
| Network | Nine |
| Owner | WIN Corporation Pty Ltd (Swan Television & Radio Broadcasters Pty Ltd) |
| First air date | 12 June 1965 |
| Call letters' meaning | Swan Television Western Australia |
| Former affiliations | independent (1965-1988) |
| Transmitter power | 200 kW (analog) 50 kW (digital) |
| Height | 321 m (analog) 327 m (digital)[1] |
| Transmitter coordinates | 31°59′53″S 116°4′20″E / 31.99806°S 116.07222°E |
| Website | www.9perth.com.au |
STW is an Australian television station owned by the WIN Corporation that is based in Perth, Australia. Based in Dianella, Western Australia, STW broadcasts with a transmitter mast located in Walliston. The station's name, STW is an acronym of Swan Television, Western Australia.
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[edit] History
[edit] Origins
STW-9 commenced broadcasting on 12 June 1965 and was the second commercial television station in Perth. It became the first station in Perth to broadcast 24 hours a day on 17 April 1984. In the late 1980s, the station came under the ownership of Bond Media, owned by businessman Alan Bond, and became a Nine Network owned and operated station when Bond purchased the network. In 1989 Bond Media sold the station to Sunraysia Television for A$95 million. The deal also involved Bond Media purchasing the Sunraysia owned STV-8 for A$18 million. Bond Media was forced to sell due to the Federal cross-media ownership laws, which restricted the level of national reach for media owners.[2]
[edit] 2000s
In January 2007, Sunraysia Television posted a profit warning, with an expected 12% drop in revenue over the past six months. The company cited a weak local advertising market and low ratings for the reduced revenue, despite a strong WA economy.[3] The profit warning lead to speculation of a potential takeover of STW-9, with PBL and regional network WIN Television indicated as potential bidders.[4] PBL Media announced in February 2007 that it would purchase STW-9 for A$136.4 million, with the deal to be completed in late March or early April subject to shareholder approval.[5] After PBL Media bid for the station, 45% shareholder WIN Corporation wanted to buy out the station itself, it lodged two bids and in June 2007 shareholders approved the sale of the station to WIN.
[edit] Programming
Nine Perth's local productions www.9perth.com.au have a strong focus on WA-centric lifestyle, with most of it also shown on regional affiliate WIN Television WA. Programs include:
- Garden Gurus (Lifestyle - Gardening) - Saturdays or Sundays 5:00 pm. Hosted by Trevor Cochrane (Main series produced by Guru Productions. This series is still produced in WA although WIN Television, STW and NWS have chosen to drop support for local programming and no linger run the series on their channels. The series is telecast nationally on the Nine Network and via GEM TV where it has consistently won ratings.
- Just Add Water (Perth summer lifestyle) - Saturdays 6:30 pm. (Summer specials only). Was hosted by Michael Thomson who has left Nine along with many other award winning journalists.
- Postcards WA (Travel) - Hosted by Angela Tsun (No longer a regular series - Specials only) series finished and unlikely future ahead for this once iconic series.
[edit] News & Current Affairs
[edit] Nine News Perth
Nine News Perth is produced and broadcast live from STW's news studios in Dianella, Perth, every night at 6pm (repeated at 11.30pm) across Perth and regional Western Australia.
Weekday bulletins are presented by Greg Pearce, alongside sports presenter Mark Readings and weather presenter Angela Tsun. Weekend bulletins are presented by Louise Momber and Ebbeny Faranda, with Peter Vlahos presenting sport and Candice Barnes presenting weather. Weekend fill-in presenters include Tyson Beattie (sport) and Lee Steele (weather).
STW's reporting staff include:
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Dixie Marshall was previously a senior news presenter for Nine News Perth, she held the position from 2002 until 2011.
The current director of news is Stewart Richmond.
[edit] Perth's A Current Affair
In January 2008, WIN Corporation announced that a new local version of A Current Affair would be produced in Western Australia to replace the east coast version hosted by Tracy Grimshaw. Besides Extra in Brisbane, the first state based edition to the title since Adelaide in 2002, the program was initially going to be presented by former newsreader Sonia Vinci, but she resigned prior to the show's commencement and was replaced by Louise Momber. The program was launched on 20 October 2008. It took the majority of its stories from the East Coast version of the show, but also has a team of journalists assembled to cover issues in Western Australia. Fill-in presenter for the show was Ebbeny Faranda. The Perth version ended in November 2009 due to poor ratings, with the east coast version returning to WA screens.
Perth's A Current Affair reporting staff included:
- Jolleh Abshar
- Simon Bailey
- John Mort
The station also broadcasts Nine Network-produced national news output, including Today, Weekend Today, Nine Early Morning News, Nine Morning News and Nine Afternoon News.
[edit] Appealathon
In its 30 years, Channel Nine Perth's Appealathon has raised in excess of $53.5 million. Since 1975, Appealathon has supported four specific charities with Appealathon funds: the Activ Foundation, Civilian Maimed & Limbless Association, Paraplegic/Quadriplegic Association and Rocky Bay. Many other organisations are helped as well on a yearly basis. The Appealathon is involved in over 50 fundraising events and projects across Perth each year.
[edit] Broadcasting details
Analogue frequency: VHF 9
Digital frequency: VHF 8
| LCN | Service | Resolution | Bit rate |
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| 9 | SD | 720x576i | 5.55mbit video, 256kbit MP2, 256kbit AC3 audio |
| 90 | HD | 1440x1080i | 15.25mbit video, 448kbit AC3 audio |
| 99 | SD | 720x576i | Unknown |
[edit] References
- ^ HAAT estimated from http://www.itu.int/SRTM3/ using EHAAT.
- ^ Webb, Richard (1989-04-20). "Sunraysia settles STW-9 purchase". Australian Financial Review.
- ^ Canning, Simon (2007-10-01). "STW profits hit by ad drop". The Australian. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21016898-7582,00.html. Retrieved 2007-10-01.
- ^ Murray, Lisa (2007-01-10). "WIN, Packer seen as rival bidders for Perth Channel 9". Sydney Morning Herald. http://www.smh.com.au/news/articles/2007/01/09/1168104982234.html. Retrieved 2007-01-10.[dead link]
- ^ "PBL Media buys Channel Nine Perth". The Age. 2007-02-21. http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/02/21/1171733813368.html. Retrieved 2007-02-21.
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