AMN (TV station)
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 Network Ten affiliate, WIN Television.
| Griffith and the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area | |
|---|---|
| Channels | Digital: 30 (UHF) Virtual: 8 |
| Branding | WIN |
| Slogan | Now You’re Talking |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | Ten |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | WIN Corporation Pty Ltd (WIN Television Griffith Pty. Ltd.[1]) |
| Sister stations | MTN |
| History | |
| First air date | 5 October 1997 |
| Former channel number(s) | Analogue: 31 |
| Former affiliations | Nine (2012-16) Seven (1997-2012) |
| Call sign meaning | Albury Murray New South Wales |
| Technical information | |
| ERP | See table below |
| HAAT | 418 m[2] |
| Transmitter coordinates | See table below |
WIN Television is the sole commercial television broadcaster in the Griffith and M.I.A. area, also providing MTN, a Seven Network affiliate, and Nine Network 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 (a variation of Victorian station AMV). 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.
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]
In 2012, MTN and AMN switched their affiliates, with AMN becoming a Nine affiliate and MTN a Seven affiliate.
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]
Programming
AMN carries programming from Network Ten, which includes the Ten Eyewitness News Sydney bulletin as well as the amalgamated Wagga Wagga and M.I.A. WIN News bulletin. The station also carries the Sydney feeds of One and Eleven.
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 |
| 8/81 | WIN |
| 80 | WIN HD |
| 82 | Eleven |
| 83/88 | One |
| 85 | TVSN |
| 86 | Gold |
References
- "Register of Radiocommunications Licences". Australian Communications and Media Authority. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
- HAAT estimated from http://www.itu.int/SRTM3/ using EHAAT.
- "MTN9 Griffith". Australian TV Archive. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012.
- "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.
- "Prime Television 1960s–1980s". AusTVHistory. Archived from the original on 14 December 2008.
- "Company Profile". Prime TV. Archived from the original on 13 February 2002.
Prime also broadcasts in Griffith NSW, under licence to another operator.
- "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.
- Fung, Derek (29 May 2013). "When will analog TV be turned off in my area?". CNET. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
- Knox, David (23 May 2016). "WIN / TEN deal nears; appeal due in 9Now streaming case". TV Tonight. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
- Knox, David (23 May 2016). "WIN and TEN confirm five year affiliate deal". TV Tonight. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
- Knox, David (30 June 2016). "Nine, Southern Cross, TEN, WIN: affiliate changes". TV Tonight. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
- 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.
- "Griffith – No WIN News". Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Media Watch. 25 September 2006. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
- "Griffith disappointed at loss of local WIN service". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 18 August 2006. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
- "WIN TV Griffith staff levels irk Mayor". The Area News. 2 December 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
- "Griffith Mayor angered by WIN decision to cut local journalist". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 19 February 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2016.