| Perth, Western Australia | |
|---|---|
| Channels | Analog: 2 (VHF) Digital: 12 (VHF) |
| Affiliations | ABC Television |
| Network | ABC Television |
| Owner | Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
| First air date | 7 May 1960 |
| Call letters' meaning | ABC Western Australia |
| Transmitter power | 200 kW (analog) 50 kW (digital) |
| Height | 262 m (analog) 284 m (digital)[1] |
| Website | www.abc.net.au/tv |
ABW is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's television station in Perth, Western Australia. The station began broadcasting on 7 May 1960 from studios are in East Perth and its transmitter is at Bickley. The station is relayed throughout the state by a number of transmitters as well as on the Optus Aurora free-to-view satellite television platform.
2005 saw the station move from the Adelaide Terrace studios to a new digital broadcast centre in East Perth.
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ABC News Western Australia is presented by James McHale on weeknights and Pamela Medlen on weekends. Trevor Jenkins presents local sport bulletins on Saturdays and Sundays. The weeknight bulletins also incorporates a national finance segment presented by Alan Kohler in Melbourne.
The Western Australian edition of 7.30 is presented by Eliza Blue each Friday night.
ABW also carries live coverage of West Australian Football League matches every Saturday afternoon throughout the season.
The following stations relay ABW throughout Western 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 |
| ABAW | Southern Agricultural Area | Albany | 2 (VHF) 11 (VHF) |
6 June 1966 | Albany | 200 kW 50 kW |
321 m 375 m |
Mount Barker | |
| ABCW | Central Agricultural Area | Northam | 5A (VHF)2 45 (UHF) |
28 March 1966 | Central Agricultural area | 160 kW 300 kW |
251 m 270 m |
Mawson Trig | |
| ABCMW | Morawa | Morawa | 8 (VHF) 7 (VHF) |
8 March 1975 | ABC Morawa | 13 kW 3.2 kW |
137 m 137 m |
Mount Campbell | |
| ABCNW | Carnarvon | Carnarvon | 7 (VHF) 6 (VHF) |
30 June 1972 | CarnarvoN | 0.5 kW 0.125 kW |
112 m 112 m |
Brown Range | |
| ABDW | Dampier | Dampier | 29 (UHF)3 28 (UHF) |
17 December 1973 | Dampier | 0.08 kW 0.02 kW |
79 m 79 m |
Kangaroo Hill | |
| ABEW | Esperance | Esperance | 10 (VHF) 9A (VHF) |
21 October 1974 | Esperance | 2 kW 0.5 kW |
128 m 130 m |
Wireless Hill | |
| ABGW | Geraldton | Geraldton | 6 (VHF) 41 (UHF) |
8 December 1969 | Geraldton | 32 kW 150 kW |
257 m 273 m |
Moresby Range | |
| ABKW | Kalgoorlie | Kalgoorlie | 6 (VHF) 9A (VHF) |
27 January 1970 | Kalgoorlie | 8 kW 4 kW |
110 m 110 m |
Peters Hill | |
| ABKAW | Karratha | Karratha | 54 (UHF)4 53 (UHF) |
17 December 1973 | KarrathA | 0.8 kW 0.25 kW |
114 m 114 m |
Karratha | |
| ABMW | Moora | Moora | 60 (UHF)5 52 (UHF) |
30 September 1974 | Moora | 120 kW 30 kW |
142 m 142 m |
Quarrel Range | |
| ABNW | Norseman | Norseman | 7 (VHF) 6 (VHF) |
14 April 1971 | Norseman | 0.08 kW 0.02 kW |
69 m 70 m |
Norseman | |
| ABPHW | Port Hedland | Port Hedland | 7 (VHF) 8 (VHF) |
3 October 1973 | Port Hedland | 3 kW 0.75 kW |
52 m 52 m |
Finucane Island | |
| ABRBW | Roebourne | Roebourne | 9 (VHF) 9A (VHF) |
17 December 1973 | RoeBourne | 2 kW 0.5 kW |
71 m 73 m |
Mount Welcome | |
| ABSW | Bunbury | Bunbury | 5 (VHF)6 36 (UHF) |
10 May 1965 | South West | 300 kW 300 kW |
308 m 332 m |
Mount Lennard | |
| ABSBW | Southern Cross/Bullfinch | Southern Cross | 9 (VHF) 7 (VHF) |
16 July 1973 | Southern Cross/Bullfinch | 2 kW 0.5 kW |
117 m 118 m |
Ghooli | |
| ABW | Broome | Broome | 8 (VHF) 9 (VHF) |
2 kW 0.5 kW |
75 m 75 m |
Broome |
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