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ABV
Melbourne, Victoria
Channels	Analog: 2 (VHF) Digital: 12 (VHF)
Affiliations	ABC Television
Network	ABC Television
Owner	Australian Broadcasting Corporation
First air date	19 November 1956
Call letters’ meaning	ABC Victoria
Transmitter Power	200 kW (analog) 50 kW (digital)
Height	507 m (analog) 534 m (digital)[1]
Transmitter Coordinates	37°50′6″S 145°20′54″E / 37.835°S 145.34833°E / -37.835; 145.34833 (ABV)
Website	www.abc.net.au/tv

ABV is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's television station in Melbourne, Victoria. The station began broadcasting on 19 November 1956, and is transmitted throughout the state via a series of transmitters. The studios are in Southbank and Elsternwick, and transmitter at Mount Dandenong.

Contents 1 Programming 2 Current 3 History 4 Relay Stations 5 External links 6 See also 7 References

[edit] Programming

ABV follows a schedule nearly identical to that of other statewide ABC Television stations, allowing for time differences and some local programming - including news, current affairs, sport and state election coverage.

Ian Henderson presents ABC News Victoria on weeknights, with Paul Higgins (weather), Peter Wilkins (national sport, presented from Sydney), and Alan Kohler (national finance, presented from Melbourne). Susie Reins presents weekend bulletins (while current presenter Tamara Oudyn is on maternity leave). The main fill-in presenters are Beverley O'Connor and Susie Reins.

Stateline, a Victorian-focused current affairs program shown on Friday nights at 7:30 p.m., is presented by Josephine Cafagna.

ABV also carries live coverage of Victorian Football League matches on Saturday afternoons during the season.

ABC TV Melbourne hosts the digital broadcast centre with Melbourne's community television station C31 Melbourne^[2].

[edit] Current

ABC News Breakfast Australia Network News Insiders Sunday Arts The WotWots The Librarians

The Saddle Club (2001-2004) Bed of Roses Spicks and Specks Rove (for Network Ten) Vasili's Garden (for Channel 31) Very Small Business Talkin' 'bout your Generation (for Network Ten) Countdown (1974-1987) Jamie Redfern's Rascals (for Aurora Community Channel) - production moved to ABC Studios in Ripponlea, Victoria Gardening Australia Difference of Opinion Summer Heights High

[edit] History

The first female announcer on Australian Television was Corinne Kirby ^[3] who started her career at ABV-2 in 1956.^[4]

Early programs produced at ABV-2 were Corinne Kirby's Let's Make a Date, the popular children's fantasy Adventure Island, the multi-award winning miniseries Power Without Glory, and the iconic youth music program Countdown.

[edit] Relay Stations

The following stations relay ABV throughout Victoria:

Call	Region served	City	Channels (Analog/ Digital)	First air date	3rd letter’s meaning	ERP (Analog/ Digital)	HAAT (Analog/ Digital)1	Transmitter Coordinates	Transmitter Location
ABAV	Upper Murray	Albury	1 (VHF) 9A (VHF)	December 15, 1964	Albury	160 kW 60 kW	496 m 525 m	36°15′14″S 146°51′22″E / 36.25389°S 146.85611°E / -36.25389; 146.85611 (ABAV)	Mount Baranduda
ABEV	Bendigo	Bendigo	1 (VHF) 48 (UHF)	April 29, 1963	BEndigo	130 kW 1250 kW	512 m 517 m	36°59′32″S 144°18′30″E / 36.99222°S 144.30833°E / -36.99222; 144.30833 (ABEV)	Mount Alexander
ABGV	Goulburn Valley	Shepparton	40 (UHF)2 37 (UHF)	November 28, 1963	Goulburn Valley	1200 kW 300 kW	372 m 378 m	36°21′29″S 145°41′42″E / 36.35806°S 145.695°E / -36.35806; 145.695 (ABGV)	Mount Major
ABLV	Latrobe Valley	Traralgon	40 (UHF)3 42 (UHF)	September 30, 1963	Latrobe Valley	1600 kW 400 kW	520 m 520 m	38°23′57″S 146°33′53″E / 38.39917°S 146.56472°E / -38.39917; 146.56472 (ABLV)	Mount Tassie
ABMV	Mildura and Sunraysia	Mildura	6 (VHF)4 11 (VHF)	November 22, 1965	Mildura	200 kW 50 kW	152 m 152 m	34°22′47″S 142°11′18″E / 34.37972°S 142.18833°E / -34.37972; 142.18833 (ABMV)	Yatpool
ABRV	Ballarat	Ballarat	42 (UHF)5 41 (UHF)	May 20, 1963	BallaRat	2000 kW 500 kW	710 m 713 m	37°16′57″S 143°14′52″E / 37.2825°S 143.24778°E / -37.2825; 143.24778 (ABRV)	Lookout Hill
ABSV	Murray Valley	Swan Hill	2 (VHF) 58 (UHF)	July 30, 1965	Swan Hill	200 kW 375 kW	144 m 201 m	35°28′22″S 143°27′22″E / 35.47278°S 143.45611°E / -35.47278; 143.45611 (ABSV)	Goschen
ABWV	Western Victoria		5A (VHF) 6 (VHF)	1981	Western Victoria	130 kW 32 kW	356 m 365 m	37°27′32″S 141°54′58″E / 37.45889°S 141.91611°E / -37.45889; 141.91611 (ABWV)	Mount Dundas

Notes:

• 1. HAAT estimated from http://www.itu.int/SRTM3/ using EHAAT.
• 2. ABGV was on VHF channel 3 from its 1963 sign-on until 1991, moving to its current channel in order to accommodate FM radio.
• 3. ABLV was on VHF channel 4 from its 1963 sign-on until 1991, moving to its current channel in order to accommodate FM radio.
• 4. ABMV was on VHF channel 4 from its 1965 sign-on until sometime in the 1990s, moving to its current channel in order to accommodate FM radio.
• 5. ABRV was on VHF channel 3 from its 1963 sign-on until sometime around 1991, moving to VHF channel 11 in order to accommodate FM radio. It moved to its current channel in 2000 in order to accommodate digital television in Melbourne.

[edit] External links

• ABV-2 historical info

[edit] See also

• Television broadcasting in Australia

[edit] References

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