| GTS: Spencer Gulf North, South Australia BKN: Broken Hill, New South Wales |
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| Branding | Southern Cross |
| Slogan | Your favorites, Your station |
| Channels | Digital: GTS: 44 (UHF) SGS: 40 (UHF) GDS: 42 (UHF) BKN: 9 (VHF) SCN: 6 (VHF) BDN: 7 (VHF) |
| Affiliations | Seven, Nine, Ten |
| Network | Southern Cross |
| Owner | Southern Cross Austereo (GTS: Spencer Gulf Telecasters Ltd) (BKN: Broken Hill Television Ltd) |
| First air date | GTS: March 1, 1968 BKN: August 16, 1968 |
| Call letters' meaning | GTS: Spencer Gulf Telecasters South Australia BKN: BroKen Hill New South Wales |
| Sister station(s) | SGS/SCN |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: GTS: 4 (VHF) BKN: 7 (VHF) |
| Former affiliations | independent (1968-2006) |
| Transmitter power | GTS:240 kW BKN:4 kW |
| Height | GTS:627 m (digital) BKN:104 m[1] |
| Transmitter coordinates | GTS: BKN: |
GTS/BKN, known on-air as Southern Cross Television, is an Australian television station based in Port Pirie. It broadcasts throughout South Australia's Spencer Gulf and in Broken Hill. The station's name originates from the original Port Pirie & Broken Hill stations callsigns, GTS in Port Pirie and BKN in Broken Hill, New South Wales.
Southern Cross Austereo broadcast 9 TV channels to the region:
Southern Cross GTS/BKN (Channel 6)
is a relay of the Seven Network signal from Adelaide.
Southern Cross Nine (Channel 8)
is a relay of the Nine Network signal from Sydney.
Southern Cross Ten (Channel 5)
is a relay of the Ten Network signal from Adelaide.
Multi-channels:
ONE (Channel 50)
ELEVEN (Channel 55)
7mate (Channel 60)
7TWO (Channel 62)
GEM (Channel 80)
GO (Channel 88)
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In 1974, the stations (and their repeaters) joined to become Spencer Gulf Telecasters and broadcast under the name Central GTS/BKN. The company has since been bought by Southern Cross Broadcasting (SCB), though it retained the Central name until the end of 2005. In 2003, Spencer Gulf Telecasters won the right to broadcast a second station in the same area, and in January 2004 started broadcasting Southern Cross Ten. In January 2006 Central GTS/BKN was renamed Southern Cross GTS/BKN, changing its logo to the same one currently used by Southern Cross Tasmania and Southern Cross Darwin. The Southern Cross Ten logo was also updated to the current logo used by SC 10 stations elsewhere.
In line with the Federal Government's timetable for switching off the analogue television signal, Broken Hill and the Spencer Gulf regions switched off its analogue signal on 15 December 2010.[2]
Prior to the analogue television switchover, GTS/BKN launched a Nine affiliate as a digital-only channel, branded Southern Cross Nine, on 31 October 2010, followed by the Ten Network's Eleven in January 2011.[3]
Southern Cross Austereo has announced that the additional digital signals for Spencer Gulf and Broken Hill markets are on track for launch at the end of 2011. 7Two, 7Mate, Go!, GEM and One are part of the digital TV roll out and are expected to be on air in November and December 2011 in majority of the Spencer gulf region.
The estimated on air dates for the markets are:
Port Augusta - 7 November 2011 (Complete)
Port Pirie - 7 November 2011 (Complete)
Whyalla - 7 November 2011 (Complete)
Kadina - 7 November 2011 (Complete)
Clare - 7 November 2011 (Complete)
Orroroo - 7 November 2011 (Complete)
Port Lincoln - 10 November 2011 (Complete)
Tumby Bay - 10 November 2011 (Complete)
Coffin Bay - 10 November 2011 (Complete)
Cowell - 12 November 2011 (Complete)
Broken Hill - 14 December 2011 (On Track)
Quorn - 10 January 2012 (On Track)
Burra - 10 January 2012 (On Track)
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Southern Cross GTS/BKN broadcasts Seven Network programming, Southern Cross Nine broadcasts Nine Network programming, Southern Cross Ten broadcasts Network Ten programming.
In line with the name change, GTS/BKN's 30-minute regional news bulletin, Central News, was revamped and renamed Southern Cross News. This bulletin is broadcast on Southern Cross GTS/BKN at 6.30pm, after Seven News on weeknights. Therefore, Seven's Today Tonight is not shown in the region. The current anchor is Andrea Lee.
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