AMN (TV station)

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AMN
Channels
BrandingNine, WIN
Programming
Affiliations Nine
Ownership
Owner
MTN
History
First air date
5 October 1997;25 years ago (1997-10-05)
Former channel number(s)
Analogue: 31
10 (1 July 2016 – 30 June 2021) Nine (5 June 2012 – 30 June 2016, 1 July 2021 – present)
Seven (5 October 1997 – 5 June 2012)
Call sign meaning
Associated
Media
New South Wales
Technical information
Licensing authority
 ACMA
ERP See table below
HAAT 418 m [2]
Transmitter coordinates See table below

AMN is a television station licensed to serve Griffith and the surrounding Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area (M.I.A.). The station is owned and operated by WIN Corporation as a Nine Network affiliate, WIN Television.

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WIN Television is the sole commercial television broadcaster in the Griffith and M.I.A. area, also providing MTN, a Seven Network affiliate, and a Network 10 affiliate MDN, a supplementary station.

History

The Australian Broadcasting Authority relaxed the rules regarding station ownership in solus markets in the mid-1990s. [3] The changes allowed for one company to operate two stations without competition, provided the Authority did not have reason to believe another company would be interested. [4] MTN applied for a Section 38A licence in 1995, and after being refused once, challenged the Authority, and was successful on appeal – ultimately being granted the second license on 18 July 1996. [4] The second channel launched on 5 October 1997, on UHF channel 31 using the callsign AMN.[ citation needed ] It was a direct feed of Prime Television Orange, with the exception of its local news, which AMN replaced with an alternative program. [5] [3] [6] Since then, AMN has changed from being a direct feed of Prime7 to being a feed of Seven Network Sydney.[ when? ][ citation needed ]

WIN Corporation brought MTN and AMN from then-owner Associated Media Investments on 6 July 1998. [7]

As part of Australia's digital transition, AMN ceased broadcasting in analogue on 5 June 2012. [8]

On 1 July 2016, to reflect WIN's new affiliation agreement with Network Ten, AMN and MDN swapped affiliates – with AMN becoming a Ten affiliate while MDN became a Nine affiliate. [9] [10] [11]

On 1 July 2021, to reflect WIN's new affiliation agreement with Nine Network, AMN and MDN swapped affiliates – with AMN becoming a Nine affiliate while MDN became a 10 affiliate.

Programming

AMN carries programming from Nine Network, which includes the 9 News Sydney bulletin as well as the southern NSW/Wagga Wagga WIN News bulletin. The station also carries the Sydney feeds of 9Gem, 9Go! and 9Life.

News

WIN News Griffith (formerly MTN9 News) was a local news bulletin broadcast on MTN. [3] The news bulletin premiered the same year as MTN launched, seeing it run for over forty years. [12] WIN News Griffith was axed in August 2006, with WIN Television amalgamating the news bulletins from Griffith and Wagga Wagga into one Riverina bulletin presented from WIN's Wollongong studios [13] The last bulletin aired on 18 August 2006. [14] Following the bulletin's cancellation, WIN maintained a journalist, sport reporter and camera operator in Griffith to produce news stories, however, in 2013 this staff was reduced to a single video journalist, and then in 2015 was removed entirely to be replaced by a roving journalist from the Wagga Wagga station. [15] [16] Following the cancellation of the bulletin, Griffith City Council petitioned regional broadcasters in neighbouring areas to present a local news bulletin. [12] This has since been abandoned.

Channels

The following is a list of channels broadcast on AMN.

AMN–30:

LCN Channel
8 Nine Network
80 9HD
81 9Gem
82 9Go!
83 9Life
84 TVSN
85 Gold

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References

  1. ↑ "Register of Radiocommunications Licences". Australian Communications and Media Authority. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  2. ↑ HAAT estimated from http://www.itu.int/SRTM3/ using EHAAT.
  3. 1 2 3 "MTN9 Griffith". Australian TV Archive. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012.
  4. 1 2 "Australian Broadcasting Authority: Annual Report 1995–1996" (PDF). Australian Policy Online. 1996. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "Prime Television 1960s–1980s". AusTVHistory. Archived from the original on 14 December 2008.
  6. ↑ "Company Profile". Prime TV. Archived from the original on 13 February 2002. Prime also broadcasts in Griffith NSW, under licence to another operator.
  7. ↑ "Australian Broadcasting Authority: Annual Report 1998–1999" (PDF). Australian Broadcasting Authority. 1999. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 June 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  8. ↑ Fung, Derek (29 May 2013). "When will analog TV be turned off in my area?". CNET. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  9. ↑ Knox, David (23 May 2016). "WIN / TEN deal nears; appeal due in 9Now streaming case". TV Tonight. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  10. ↑ Knox, David (23 May 2016). "WIN and TEN confirm five year affiliate deal". TV Tonight. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  11. ↑ Knox, David (30 June 2016). "Nine, Southern Cross, TEN, WIN: affiliate changes". TV Tonight. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  12. 1 2 Zappacosta, Dino. "Statement to Media Watch RE: WIN–TV" (PDF) (Press release). Media Watch. Retrieved 7 June 2016. A local news bulletin has been an integral part of Griffith television for more than 40 years, commencing when the station, as MTN–9, first broadcast and continuing through the sale of the station to WIN–TV.
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  14. ↑ "Griffith disappointed at loss of local WIN service". Australian Broadcasting Corporation . 18 August 2006. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  15. ↑ "WIN TV Griffith staff levels irk Mayor". The Area News. 2 December 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  16. ↑ "Griffith Mayor angered by WIN decision to cut local journalist". Australian Broadcasting Corporation . 19 February 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
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