GTS/BKN

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GTS/BKN
GTS: Spencer Gulf North, South Australia
BKN: Broken Hill, New South Wales
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 (1968-03-01)
BKN: August 16, 1968 (1968-08-16)
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)
SGS: 42 (UHF)
SCN: 9A (VHF)[1]
Former affiliations independent (1968 (1968)-2006 (2006))
Transmitter power GTS:240 kW
BKN:4 kW
Height GTS:627 m (digital)
BKN:104 m[2]
Transmitter coordinates GTS:
33°6′14″S 138°9′51″E / 33.10389°S 138.16417°E / -33.10389; 138.16417 (GTS)
BKN:
31°57′5″S 141°26′25″E / 31.95139°S 141.44028°E / -31.95139; 141.44028 (BKN)
GTS/BKN studios in Broken Hill

GTS/BKN, known on-air as Southern Cross Television, is an Australian regional television station serving the Spencer Gulf of South Australia and the Broken Hill area of New South Wales. Based in Port Pirie with studio and playout facilities based in Canberra, the station's name originates from the original Port Pirie & Broken Hill stations callsigns, GTS-4 Port Pirie and BKN-7 Broken Hill.

History

In 1974, the stations (and their repeaters) merged to form 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. Since 31 October 2010, GTS/BKN has also operated a third station relaying Nine Network programs from Sydney.

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 Southern Cross Ten stations elsewhere.

Programming

The main Southern Cross GTS/BKN service carries programming from the Seven Network, including the Adelaide edition of Seven News' nightly 6pm bulletin.

News

Southern Cross News is GTS/BKN's half-hour regional news program, broadcast at 6:30pm on weeknights. The bulletin is presented from Southern Cross's Canberra headquarters with reporters and video journalists based at news bureaus in Port Pirie, Broken Hill, Port Augusta, Port Lincoln and Whyalla.

Reporters

  • Kate Hayward (Whyalla)
  • Elspeth Hussey (Port Augusta)
  • Kate Somers (Broken Hill)
  • Gertie Taylor (Port Pirie)
  • Sarah Parkinson (Port Lincoln)

See also

  • Southern Cross Television

References

  1. "ACMA Stations Book Electronic Edition". Australian Communications and Media Authority. July 2008. Retrieved 04 January 2014. 
  2. HAAT estimated from http://www.itu.int/SRTM3/ using EHAAT.

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