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GWN7 was an Australian television network serving all of Western Australia outside metropolitan Perth.It launched on 10 March 1967 as BTW-3 in Bunbury. [1] It was an affiliate of the Seven Network and served one of the largest geographic television markets in the world—almost one-third of the continent.
On 10 January 2010, the Australian Government announced a new satellite service to deliver digital television and radio channels to Australian viewers who reside in remote and rural areas, or who can't obtain adequate television signal in an existing metropolitan or regional terrestrial broadcast area, commonly referred to as being in a black spot.
A second licence for remote Western Australia, one of the last remaining solus markets, was put up for auction in 1998. WIN Television won the ability to broadcast to the entire regional Western Australia market (as opposed to GWN, which held separate licences in various areas), and subsequently launched its new station WOW in 1999.
West Digital Television is an Australian digital television network jointly owned by Seven West Media and WIN Corporation. It broadcasts free-to-air on a number of digital terrestrial transmitters in regional and remote areas of Western Australia , as well as free-to-view on the Viewer Access Satellite Television service.
Youth focused sister channels. ABC Kids aired 6am to 6pm, Fly TV aired 6pm to 6am. Axed due to budget cuts. Replaced by ABC2 in 2005 (now ABC Family). Fly TV: 1 November 2001 SBS Essential: 31 14 October 2002 25 January 2007 Program guide channel. Ten Guide: 11 1 July 2004 20 November 2007 Program guide channel.
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 all three privately owned networks-- Seven, Nine and Ten. [3] On 26 March 1999, WIN Western Australia officially commenced transmissions as a dual affiliate of Nine and Ten.
Funded by the Government of Western Australia, the channel was managed and operated by the Department of Regional Development and broadcast a range of community-based content, particularly training and educational programs, using an open-narrowcast licence. The channel was received in over 150 remote locations such as telecentres, schools and ...
ABC Rural was a department of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that produced news, business, and entertainment programs targeted at audiences in regional Australia. The department employed 70 staff and reporters around the country. [ 1 ]