ABC (TV station)
This article is about the local Canberra based studio. For the national television network, see ABC Television.
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| Canberra, Australian Capital Territory | |
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| Channels | Digital: 9A (VHF) |
| Translators |
Analog: ABC49 Conder ABC55 Mount Taylor ABC56 Fraser ABC60 Tuggeranong Hill Digital: ABC59 Mount Taylor and Tuggeranong Hill |
| Affiliations | ABC Television |
| Network | ABC Television |
| Owner | Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
| First air date | 18 December 1962 |
| Call letters' meaning | Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
| Former channel number(s) |
3 (VHF) (1962–1996)(analog) 9 (VHF) (1996–2012)(analog) |
| Transmitter power |
160 kW (analog) 50 kW (digital) |
| Height |
349 m (analog) 362 m (digital)[1] |
| Transmitter coordinates | 35°16′32″S 149°5′52″E / 35.27556°S 149.09778°E |
| Website | www.abc.net.au/tv |
ABC is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's television station in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. The station began broadcasting on 18 December 1962 and broadcasts from studios in Dickson and its main transmitter is at Black Mountain.
ABC Canberra studios
Local programming
ABC News Canberra is presented by Virginia Haussegger on weeknights and Craig Allen on weekends. The weeknight bulletins also incorporate a national finance presented by Alan Kohler in Melbourne.
A new set was introduced in mid 2014 to match the rest of the ABC News network.
The weekly current affairs program, 7.30 ACT was presented by Chris Kimball until its cancellation in 2014.[2]
References
- ↑ HAAT estimated from http://www.itu.int/SRTM3/ using EHAAT.
- ↑ http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-24/mark-scott-announces-abc-job-cuts/5913082
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