ABC (TV station)
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. Its main transmitter is at Black Mountain.
ABC Canberra studios
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| Canberra, Australian Capital Territory | |
|---|---|
| Channels | Digital: 8 (VHF) |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | ABC Television |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
| History | |
| First air date | December 18, 1962 |
| Former channel number(s) | 3 (VHF) (1962–1996)(analogue) 9 (VHF) (1996–2012)(analogue) 9A (VHF) (2003-2014) (digital) |
| Call sign meaning | ABC Canberra |
| Technical information | |
| ERP | 160 kW (analogue) 50 kW (digital) |
| HAAT | 349 m (analogue) 362 m (digital)[1] |
| Transmitter coordinates | 35°16′32″S 149°5′52″E |
| Translator(s) | Analogue: ABC49 Conder ABC55 Mount Taylor ABC56 Fraser ABC60 Tuggeranong Hill Digital: ABC41 Mount Taylor and Tuggeranong Hill |
| Links | |
| Website | www.abc.net.au/tv |
Local programming
ABC News Canberra is presented by Dan Bourchier on weeknights and Craig Allen on weekends. The weeknight bulletins incorporate a national finance section presented by Alan Kohler in Melbourne.
A new studio 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]
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gollark: I don't know about the timings, but it also seems that it didn't actually *work* for moving NSFW discussion off here much before that.
gollark: As much as I mention NSFW esolangs sometimes, that seems to have failed *too*.
gollark: I also don't think we should just get rid of controversial topics.
gollark: If you do *actually* reduce discussion of nonesolangs topics to make it "more approachable" you will destroy important things about the server which I enjoy.
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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