ABW (TV station)

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ABW
Australian Broadcasting Corporation logo (1974-).svg
Channels
Programming
Affiliations ABC Television
Ownership
Owner Australian Broadcasting Corporation
History
First air date
7 May 1960;63 years ago (1960-05-07)
Former channel number(s)
Analog: 2 (VHF) (1960–2013)
Call sign meaning
ABC Western Australia
Technical information
ERP 200 kW (analog)
50 kW (digital)
HAAT 262 m (analog)
284 m (digital) [1]
Transmitter coordinates 32°0′38″S116°5′4″E / 32.01056°S 116.08444°E / -32.01056; 116.08444 (ABW)
Links
Website www.abc.net.au/tv

ABC Television in Western Australia comprises national and local programming on the ABC television network in the Australian state of Western Australia, on a number of channels under the ABC call sign. There is some local programming from the Perth studio.

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ABW or ABW-2 was the historic call sign of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's television station in Perth, with the "W" standing for the name of the state.

History

The station began broadcasting on 7 May 1960 from studios on Adelaide Terrace in downtown Perth and its transmitter at Bickley. The station was relayed throughout the state by a number of transmitters, and in the 2000s on the Optus Aurora free-to-view satellite television platform, replaced by Viewer Access Satellite Television (VAST) in 2010.[ citation needed ]

ABW commenced digital television transmission in January 2001, broadcasting on VHF Channel 12 while maintaining analogue television transmission on VHF Channel 2.[ citation needed ]

In 2005 the station moved to a new digital broadcast centre in East Perth.[ citation needed ]

In February 2013 ABC Perth was the first TV station in Western Australia to start producing a national news bulletin at 5.30pm. [ citation needed ]

The analogue signal for ABW was shut off on 16 April 2013. [2]

The Western Australian edition of 7.30 was presented by Andrew O'Connor each Friday night but was cancelled in 2014 to broadcast a national edition only, in a round of severe cuts to the ABC. [3]

The channel used to carry live coverage of West Australian Football League matches every Saturday afternoon throughout the season until 2014.

ABC Television in WA today

As of 2021 there is a large number of transmitters broadcasting a number of ABC channels. [4]

Programming

East Perth studios ABC Perth gnangarra.JPG
East Perth studios
News studio ABC Perth - News studio (2) (E37@OpenHousePerth2014).JPG
News studio
Satellite link truck, used for outside broadcasts or live crosses ABC Perth - Satellite Link Truck (E37@OpenHousePerth2014).JPG
Satellite link truck, used for outside broadcasts or live crosses

ABC News Western Australia is presented by Pamela Medlen Monday-Thursday, Charlotte Hamlyn Friday-Sunday, and Herlyn Kaur for weather on weeknights. Tom Wildie presents local sport bulletins on weekends. The weeknight bulletins also incorporates a national finance segment presented by Alan Kohler in Melbourne.

Due to different time zones in Australia, the 5:30 news bulletin goes live to air on the east coast at 5.30pm and a separate local edition is produced for the west coast. Perth also receives a local version of ABC News at Noon produced from the ABC's Sydney studios, which is also simulcast live nationally on the ABC News channel.[ citation needed ]

Presenters

On 6 April 2018, weeknight weather presenter Rebecca Dollery stepped down from the ABC due to family reasons. From 9 April, Dollery was replaced by Irena Ceranic as weather presenter. In January 2021, Tyne Logan took over from Ceranic as weather presenter on weeknights.[ citation needed ] As at March 2023, Herlyn Kaur or Tabarak Al Jrood currently present the weeknight weather, replacing Tyne Logan.

In late June 2018, Tom Wildie replaced Trevor Jenkins as the weekend sport presenter.

James McHale formerly presented the news on weekdays, until 11 September 2020.

Briana Shepherd formerly presented the news on weekends, between August 2021 and June 2022, while Charlotte Hamlyn is on maternity leave.

Relay stations

The following stations relayed ABW throughout Western Australia:

CallRegion servedCity Channels
(analog/
digital)
First air date3rd letter's
meaning
ERP
(analog/
digital)
HAAT
(analog/
digital)
[lower-alpha 1]
Transmitter coordinatesTransmitter location
ABAW Southern Agricultural Area Albany 2 (VHF)
11 (VHF)
6 June 1966Albany200 kW
50 kW
321 m
375 m
34°39′21″S117°38′49″E / 34.65583°S 117.64694°E / -34.65583; 117.64694 (ABAW) Mount Barker
ABCW Central Agricultural Area Northam 5A (VHF) [lower-alpha 2]
45 (UHF)
28 March 1966Central Agricultural area160 kW
300 kW
251 m
270 m
31°59′4″S117°11′24″E / 31.98444°S 117.19000°E / -31.98444; 117.19000 (ABCW) Mawson Trig
ABCMW Morawa Morawa 8 (VHF)
7 (VHF)
8 March 1975ABC Morawa13 kW
3.2 kW
137 m
137 m
29°19′6″S115°52′53″E / 29.31833°S 115.88139°E / -29.31833; 115.88139 (ABCMW) Mount Campbell
ABCNW Carnarvon Carnarvon 7 (VHF)
6 (VHF)
30 June 1972CarnarvoN0.5 kW
0.125 kW
112 m
112 m
24°54′20″S113°43′13″E / 24.90556°S 113.72028°E / -24.90556; 113.72028 (ABCNW) Brown Range
ABDW Dampier Dampier 29 (UHF) [lower-alpha 3]
28 (UHF)
17 December 1973Dampier0.08 kW
0.02 kW
79 m
79 m
20°39′19″S116°43′42″E / 20.65528°S 116.72833°E / -20.65528; 116.72833 (ABDW) Kangaroo Hill
ABEW Esperance Esperance 10 (VHF)
9A (VHF)
21 October 1974Esperance2 kW
0.5 kW
128 m
130 m
33°52′30″S121°53′41″E / 33.87500°S 121.89472°E / -33.87500; 121.89472 (ABEW) Wireless Hill
ABGW Geraldton Geraldton 6 (VHF)
41 (UHF)
8 December 1969Geraldton32 kW
150 kW
257 m
273 m
28°40′55″S114°40′37″E / 28.68194°S 114.67694°E / -28.68194; 114.67694 (ABGW) Moresby Range
ABKW Kalgoorlie Kalgoorlie 6 (VHF)
9A (VHF)
27 January 1970Kalgoorlie8 kW
4 kW
110 m
110 m
30°43′2″S121°26′25″E / 30.71722°S 121.44028°E / -30.71722; 121.44028 (ABKW) Peters Hill
ABKAW Karratha Karratha 54 (UHF) [lower-alpha 4]
53 (UHF)
17 December 1973KarrathA0.8 kW
0.25 kW
114 m
114 m
20°44′8″S116°51′33″E / 20.73556°S 116.85917°E / -20.73556; 116.85917 (ABKAW) Karratha
ABMW Moora Moora 60 (UHF) [lower-alpha 5]
52 (UHF)
30 September 1974Moora120 kW
30 kW
142 m
142 m
30°38′7″S116°9′35″E / 30.63528°S 116.15972°E / -30.63528; 116.15972 (ABMW) Quarrel Range
ABNW Norseman Norseman 7 (VHF)
6 (VHF)
14 April 1971Norseman0.08 kW
0.02 kW
69 m
70 m
32°8′34″S121°43′40″E / 32.14278°S 121.72778°E / -32.14278; 121.72778 (ABNW) Norseman
ABPHW Port Hedland Port Hedland 7 (VHF)
8 (VHF)
3 October 1973Port Hedland3 kW
0.75 kW
52 m
52 m
20°22′2″S118°33′32″E / 20.36722°S 118.55889°E / -20.36722; 118.55889 (ABPHW) Finucane Island
ABRBW Roebourne Roebourne 9 (VHF)
9A (VHF)
17 December 1973RoeBourne2 kW
0.5 kW
71 m
73 m
20°46′19″S117°8′32″E / 20.77194°S 117.14222°E / -20.77194; 117.14222 (ABRBW) Mount Welcome
ABSW Bunbury Bunbury 5 (VHF) [lower-alpha 6]
36 (UHF)
10 May 1965South West300 kW
300 kW
308 m
332 m
33°23′48″S115°54′53″E / 33.39667°S 115.91472°E / -33.39667; 115.91472 (ABSW) Mount Lennard
ABSBW Southern Cross/Bullfinch Southern Cross 9 (VHF)
7 (VHF)
16 July 1973Southern Cross/Bullfinch2 kW
0.5 kW
117 m
118 m
31°16′34″S119°30′33″E / 31.27611°S 119.50917°E / -31.27611; 119.50917 (ABSBW) Ghooli
ABW Broome Broome 8 (VHF)
9 (VHF)
Western Australia2 kW
0.5 kW
75 m
75 m
17°53′19″S122°15′48″E / 17.88861°S 122.26333°E / -17.88861; 122.26333 (ABW) Broome
  1. HAAT estimated from http://www.itu.int/SRTM3/ using EHAAT.
  2. ABCW was on VHF channel 4 from its 1966 sign-on until the late 1970s, moving to its current channel to accommodate FM radio.
  3. ABDW originally broadcast on VHF channel 10.
  4. ABKAW originally broadcast on VHF channel 7.
  5. ABMW was on VHF channel 10 from its 1974 sign-on until 1987, moving to its current channel to accommodate a new TV station in Perth on channel 10 (NEW).
  6. ABSW is the only station in Australia to use channel 5.

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