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Channel 31 Melbourne is a non-profit community television station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Image File history File links Channel31melbourne_c31_logo. ...
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Its signal is transmitted from Mt. Dandenong, reaching much of the Greater Melbourne area, and parts of Geelong on free-to-air television. The station is also available on Neighbourhood Cable in Geelong. [1] Mount Dandenong from Mooroolbark Mount Dandenong as seen from Kilsyth Mount Dandenong is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...
The City of Melbournes coat of arms The central business district of Melbourne, viewed from the north Alternate meanings: Melbourne (disambiguation) Melbourne is the capital and largest city of the state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia, with a population of 52,117 in the Central...
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History
The station began broadcasting officially on 6 October 1994. The Australian Broadcasting Authority had granted MCTC with a temporary open-narrowcast license on 5 March 1993. The framework of community television in Australia can be traced back to 1992, when the Government asked the ABA to conduct a trial of community television using the vacant sixth television channel (Channel 31). The Australian Broadcasting Authority (commonly called the ABA in Australia) is an agency of the Australian federal government, responsible for regulating the television, radio, and Internet industries. ...
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Channel 31 is the frequency reserved for community television stations in Australian capital cities. ...
On July 30, 2004, the Australian Broadcasting Authority granted the station a full-time community broadcasting license.
Funding Channel 31 is primarily funded through sponsorship, grants, sale of airtime and member donations. The station does not receive any regular Government funding. [2] The annual revenue of C31 is approximately (AUD) $2 million per year. For comparison, the Nine Network, Australia's leading commercial station, has $907 million annual revenue[3].
Viewership The station claims that "1.3 million Melburnians tune in each month" [4] This figure is supplied by the ratings company OzTam. Individual programs can have ratings of up to 60,000 to 70,000 viewers. OzTAM is an Australian television ratings research firm that collects and markets television viewership data. ...
Transmission quality C31's signal is broadcast in UHF only and at a lower power than Melbourne's other television stations (it is, for example, one quarter of SBS's output power). Nevertheless, viewers with good line-of-sight to the main transmitter on Mt Dandenong can receive a usable signal from as far away as Geelong, Castlemaine and Moe[citation needed]. This article is about the radio frequency. ...
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There is also a translator transmitter on the Como building in South Yarra to provide in-fill for the St Kilda area; this operates on UHF 64. South Yarra is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...
Tuning Most TV sets are capable of receiving C31, although it is often not included in the factory settings. However, using a TV's automatic tuning function can tune the station in if it is able to be received. Often a signal amplifier attached to the antenna can provide a much better C31 reception.
Unlike the other free-to-air stations, C31 is not yet broadcasting digitally. However, government reviews are underway to find a way to facilitate this. Fortunately for C31, many people have yet to convert to digital only television (in a recent government report, it was noted that only 13% of Australians had gone digital.)
Programming Channel 31 broadcasts a vast array of locally-produced content including news, sport, arts, and entertainment programmes. The station also features a substantial amount of local multicultural programming, celebrating Melbourne's ethnic diversity.
Pinoy TV and Pinoy Tv Music Lounge Pinoy TV is a television programme which is dedicated to the Filipino- Australians living in Melbourne, Sydney and Darwin. It features cooking, news and cultural events. Pinoy TV is hosted by "Ate G" (Giselle Gonzales) and "DJ Gwapz", who has his own segments, Fully Sakit Move of the Week and Joke of the Week. On Music Lounge there are three videos from Filipinos artists. It is aimed a Teens, because of the Letter of the Week which is usually about Teens issues or a Teenaged problem. "Lola Bingi" (in Tagalog means "can not hear" or "deaf") also calls up and helps answer the question or Letter for Ate G. Music Lounge also has many segments about Philippine culture and food. There is also a Manuel the Monkey who tells jokes to Ate G, in which she usually laughs or tells to the audience. Giselle Gonzales, also known as Ate G. Hosts the Pinoy TV Music Lounge on Channel 31 Melbourne. ...
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Fishcam Fishcam is arguably Channel 31's best-known programme. It is the live broadcast of a fish tank located in the station's studios, set to music by independent artists [5]. It was originally shown in place of a test pattern when the station had no programming available for broadcast. After it was discovered that Fishcam was reasonably popular, Fishcam became a scheduled show and is now listed in the TV guide. Channel 31 has boasted that Fishcam is "very popular" [6] and is so widely recognized in the Melbourne community that "many people know Channel 31 as 'the fish station'." [7] The station has previously made VHS tapes of Fishcam available for purchase. Fishcam refers to a broadcast consisting of a video camera pointed at a fishtank. ...
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The Shambles with Sos, Valvo & Lynchy Debuting in 2004, The Shambles has quickly become one of C31's most popular programs. This sketch comedy show starring Sos, Valvo & Lynchy was awarded BEST DIRECTOR and BEST COMEDY SHOW at the 2005 Community Tv Antenna Awards. The Shambles is a famous Medieval street in York, UK. The Shambles is an Australian television sketch comedy program shown on the community television station C31 Melbourne. ...
No Limits No Limits is a talk show about living with disability. It is a high-profile and popular show. Its 'politically-correct' content gives support to C31's raison d'etre. No Limits is an Australian television show about living with disability. ...
Chartbusting '80s Since 2000, one of C31's most popular and resource-intensive studio shows.
Famous Programmes/Personalities - Noteworthy Australian television personalities who started their television careers on Channel 31 Melbourne include:
Many comedians and performing artists have built up on-camera experience at C31 as guests of shows before moving to mainstream television, including Adam Hills, Mach Pelican and others. Rove McManus. ...
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Sport C31 cover local soccer on the Victorian Soccer Show including coverage of the Victorian Premier League. In Pit Lane is C31s weekly motor sports program that has run for 11 years. Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ...
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In Pit Lane is a motor sports television show currently broadcasting on Channel 31 (a community access television station) in Melbourne, Australia. ...
External links - Official Website
- No Limits
- The Shambles Official Website
- The Kim Hope official Website
- The In Pit Lane website
- Golf Zone website
Footnotes - ↑ : Channel 31: About Us "Transmitted from Mount Dandenong...reaches homes throughout Melbourne and Geelong... also transmitted via Neighbourhood Cable"
- ↑ : Channel 31 Information Kit (PDF)
- ↑ : James Packer, "Chairman's Address", Publishing and Broadcasting Limited Annual General Meeting, 27 October 2005.
- ↑ : Channel 31: About Us "...with over 1.3 million Melburnians tuning in each month"
- ↑ : Application to the ABA for Melbourne Community Television "From midnight there is a live camera broadcasting...with music by independent artists playing in the background."
- ↑ : Application to the ABA for Melbourne Community Television "Fishcam is a very popular and peaceful alternative to late night infomercials."
- ↑ : Channel 31's Former Fishcam Webpage (via the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine) "Fishcam is one of Channel 31's most popular and recognised programs to the extent that many people know Channel 31 as 'the fish station'. To our knowledge, there is nowhere in the world where you can switch on your television to watch fish".
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