WOW (TV station)
- This article is about an Australian television station. For the former "WOW-TV" in Omaha, Nebraska, please see WOWT-TV.
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| Remote and Regional Western Australia | |
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| Branding | WIN |
| Slogan | Welcome Home |
| Channels | Analog: see table below Digital: see table below |
| Affiliations | Nine Ten |
| Network | WIN |
| Owner | WIN Corporation (WIN Television WA Pty Ltd) |
| First air date | 26 March 1999 |
| Transmitter power | see table below |
| Height | see table below |
| Transmitter coordinates | see table below |
| Website | www.wintv.com.au |
WOW is an Australian television station licensed to WIN Television, serving regional and remote Western Australia. The station officially commenced transmissions on 26 March 1999 as the second commercial regional broadcaster in Western Australia, alongside former monopoly, Golden West Network (GWN).[1][2]
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[edit] History
Prior to WIN Television's expansion into Western Australia, the Golden West Network was the sole commercial network operating in regional areas, and carried programming from the Seven, Nine and Ten networks.[3] On 26 March 1999, WIN Western Australia officially commenced transmissions as a dual Nine Network and Network Ten affiliate. This in turn left Seven Network affiliation to the Golden West Network.[4]
The history of GWN as a solus operator has limited WIN's ability for success in the region. WIN Television has run second to GWN in every ratings survey to date. The second ratings survey in 2005 placed WIN WA with only a 38.3% commercial audience share in prime time, compared to GWN with 61.7%.[5]
A proposal for a third television station, being a joint venture between GWN's parent company Prime Television Limited and WIN Corporation - was submitted to the Australian Communications and Media Authority in 2006. The new station, named Ten West, will be similar to Mildura Digital Television, Darwin Digital Television and Tasmanian Digital Television, by rebroadcasting Network Ten programming from the nearest applicable capital city. The new channel will operate under a Section 38B licence.[6]
GWN, WIN and Ten West launched their first standard-definition digital services on 10 June 2010 in Kalgoorlie, Karratha, Mingenew and Central Agricultural. The initial launch areas are part of GWN's four existing joint venture licences.[7] All three networks are broadcast on the same frequency, and don't include multi-channels such as One HD. WIN is expected to gradually remove Network Ten programming from its schedule between December 2010 and June 2012 as the rollout progresses.[8]
Digital transmissions of WIN WA, National-produced mutichannels GO! and GEM will be launched in the Bunbury area on 28 July 2011. [9]
WIN WA is currently an affiliate of Nine, Ten, GO! and One HD, but is expected to remove its GO! and One HD programming when both GO! and One HD are launch in the region in 2011.
[edit] Programming
WIN Western Australia broadcasts a variety of programming from both the Nine Network and Network Ten, as well as a small amount of programming produced by WIN Television. Selected programming is also source from Nine's GO! and Ten's ONE HD.
[edit] News
WIN Western Australia was initially created with no local news service. At the same time, STW-9 (Channel Nine Perth) owner Sunraysia Television was not prepared to share news programming with WIN Television. As a result, WIN formed a deal with NEW-10 (Channel Ten Perth), airing Ten News nighty at 5.30pm.
On Monday 13 November 2006, WIN News broadcast its first news bulletin for the region. Studio presentation was pre-recorded in Wollongong with Kerryn Johnston and latterly, Amy Taylor, as chief anchor. It was placed at 6pm weeknights, bringing Ten News forward to its live timeslot of 5pm. WIN News reporters and editors were based at NEW10's Dianella facility.
In 2007, WIN Television purchased STW-9 from Sunraysia Television. Nine News weather presenter Natalia Cooper became anchor of WIN News upon the start of studio presentation from Perth until her departure in 2008. Currently, WIN News airs at 5.30pm on weeknights (instead at 6.30pm), presented by former ABC News journalist Deborah Kennedy with sports presenter Chris Lohse and weather presenter Angela Tsun.
In April 2011 Matt Tinney was appointed weeknight anchor for the bulletin, replacing Kennedy who left to pursue overseas interests. [10]
[edit] References
- ^ "WIN TV: A new rural view". The West Magazine. 21 March 1999. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/80/WINWANews.jpg. Retrieved 2007-10-08.
- ^ "The History of Australian Television". Television.au. http://www.televisionau.com/nineties.htm#1998. Retrieved 2007-10-08.
- ^ "TelevisionAU: TV Extra Programme Guide (The Sunday Times)". The Sunday Times. 4 April 1993. http://www.televisionau.com/tv060493.htm. Retrieved 2008-06-21.
- ^ "GWN Corporate: Company History". Golden West Network. Archived from the original on 23 April 2003. http://web.archive.org/web/20030423122511/http://gwn.com.au/corporate/. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
- ^ "Regional WA Ratings Survey #2 (July 24 - August 20)". Neilsen Media Research. 20 August 2005. http://www.mediaspy.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=4991. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
- ^ Cairns, Samantha (14 November 2006). "Joint TV service". Kalgoorlie Miner: p. 1.
- ^ http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_312144
- ^ "Channel 10 coming to Regional WA (exclusive to TVAusCast.com)". TVAUSCast.com. 23 January 2010. http://www.tvauscast.com/2010/01/23/exclusive-channel-10-coming-to-regional-wa. Retrieved 2010-04-02.
- ^ http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2011/07/regional-wa-ready-to-switch-on-new-multichannels.html
- ^ Knox, David. "Matt Tinney to present WIN News (WA)". TV Tonight. http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2011/04/matt-tinney-to-present-win-news-wa.html. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
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