ABS (TV station)

ABS
Adelaide, South Australia
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.

Contents

Local programming

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.

Relay Stations

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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See also

References

  1. ^ HAAT estimated from http://www.itu.int/SRTM3/ using EHAAT.