ABC Canberra (TV station)

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This article is about the local Canberra based studio. For the national television network, see ABC Television.
"ABC-9" and "ABC9" redirect here. For American Broadcasting Company television affiliates, see ABC 9.

ABC
Australian Broadcasting Corporation logo (1974-).svg
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
ChannelsDigital: 8 (VHF)
Programming
AffiliationsABC Television
Ownership
OwnerAustralian Broadcasting Corporation
History
First air date
18 December 1962; 58 years ago (1962-12-18)
Former channel number(s)
3 (VHF) (1962–1996)(analogue)
9 (VHF) (1996–2012)(analogue)
9A (VHF) (2003-2014) (digital)
Call sign meaning
ABC Canberra
Technical information
ERP50 kW (digital)
HAAT362 m (digital)[1]
Transmitter coordinates35°16′32″S 149°5′52″E / 35.27556°S 149.09778°E / -35.27556; 149.09778 (ABC)
Links
Websitewww.abc.net.au/tv/

ABC Television in the ACT comprises national and local programming on the ABC television network in the Australian Capital Territory, which includes the capital city of Australia, Canberra, and broadcasts on a number of channels under the ABC call sign. There is some local programming from the Canberra studio.

ABC was the historic name of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's television station in Canberra which launched in 1962, with the "C" in the call sign standing for Canberra. It was also referred to as ABC3 (not to be confused with ABC3 children's channel launched in 2009).

History[]

ABC Canberra studios

The station began broadcasting on 18 December 1962 and from studios in Dickson,[citation needed] and was also known as ABC3.[2] The "C" in the call sign stood for Canberra.[citation needed]

Its main transmitter was at Black Mountain.[citation needed]

Canberra was the first city in Australia in which analogue television was switched off, in 2012, meaning that only digital television services are transmitted.[3]

ABC Television in ACT today[]

As of 2021 there are four transmitters broadcasting ABC channels 8, 36 and 41, with one still situated on Black Mountain.[4]

Local programming[]

ABC News Canberra is presented by Dan Bourchier on weeknights and Craig Allen on weekends. The weeknight bulletins incorporate a national finance section presented by Alan Kohler in Melbourne.[citation needed]

A new studio set was introduced in mid-2014 to match the rest of the ABC News network.[citation needed]

The weekly current affairs program, 7.30 ACT was presented by Chris Kimball[citation needed] until its cancellation in 2014 in a round of severe cuts to the ABC.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ HAAT estimated from http://www.itu.int/SRTM3/ using EHAAT.
  2. ^ "History of Australian Television". OnlyMelbourne. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  3. ^ "TV viewers say adieu to analogue". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2 April 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  4. ^ Australian Communications and Media Authority (April 2021). "Section 7: Television Callsign order (by state)" (PDF). Radio and television broadcasting stations: Internet edition (PDF). ACMA. p. 151. Retrieved 18 June 2021. CC-BY icon.svg Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.
  5. ^ Kidd, Jessica (24 November 2014). "Nearly 1 in 10 ABC staff facing redundancy as cuts bite". ABC News. Retrieved 18 June 2021.


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