Adelaide, South Australia | |
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Channels | Analog: 2 (VHF) Digital: 12 (VHF) |
Affiliations | ABC Television |
Network | ABC Television |
Owner | Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
First air date | 11 March 1960 |
Call letters' meaning | ABC South Australia |
Transmitter power | 200 kW (analog) 50 kW (digital) |
Height | 496 m (analog) 517 m (digital)[1] |
Website | www.abc.net.au/tv |
ABS is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's television station in Adelaide, South Australia. It began broadcasting on 11 March 1960 from studios in the suburb of Collinswood. The station's transmitter is located at Mount Lofty, and is one of a series of relay transmitters located throughout the state.
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The nightly 7pm state news bulletin ABC News South Australia is presented by Jessica Schacht on weeknights and Anita Savage on weekends. The weeknight bulletins also incoprorate national finance segment is presented by Alan Kohler in Melbourne. Weekend bulletins feature local sport bulletins presented by Neil Cross.
The weekly local current affairs program, 7.30 South Australia is broadcast each Friday night at 7:30pm and presented by Simon Royal.
ABS also carries live coverage of South Australian National Football League matches every Saturday afternoon.
The following stations relay ABS throughout South Australia:
Call | Region served | City | Channels (Analog/ Digital) |
First air date | 3rd letter’s meaning |
ERP (Analog/ Digital) |
HAAT (Analog/ Digital)1 |
Transmitter Coordinates | Transmitter Location |
ABCS | Ceduna | Ceduna | 9 (VHF)2 39 (UHF) |
16 July 1973 | Ceduna | 1.6 kW | 92 m | Kongwirra Hill | |
ABGS | South East South Australia | Mount Gambier | 1 (VHF)3 39 (UHF) |
3 December 1965 | Mount Gambier | 210 kW 225 kW |
276 m 379 m |
Mount Burr | |
ABLCS | Leigh Creek | Leigh Creek | 9 (VHF) 8 (VHF) |
28 April 1977 | Leigh Creek | 0.032 kW 0.01 kW |
3 m 3 m |
Leigh Creek | |
ABNS | Spencer Gulf North | Port Pirie | 1 (VHF)3 38 (UHF) |
10 April 1965 | Spencer Gulf North | 200 kW 240 kW |
576 m 627 m |
The Bluff | |
ABRS | Riverland | Renmark/Loxton | 3 (VHF)3 39 (UHF) |
20 January 1971 | Riverland | 240 kW 240 kW |
166 m 180 m |
Loxton | |
ABWS | Woomera | Woomera | 7 (VHF) NA |
30 November 1973 | Woomera | 0.02 kW | 48 m | Woomera |
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