Southern Cross TEN

Type	Broadcast television network
Country	Australia
Availability	Queensland, New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, South Australia
Owner	Southern Cross Broadcasting
Past names	Ten (region name) plus various others
Website	www.southerncross broadcasting.com.au

Southern Cross Ten are a network of Network Ten affiliates in Queensland, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria and South Australia. The stations are owned by Southern Cross Broadcasting. Image File history File links Southern_Cross_Ten. ... Terrestrial television (also known as over-the-air, OTA or broadcast television) was the traditional method of television broadcast signal delivery prior to the advent of cable and satellite television. ... A television network is a distribution network for television content whereby a central operation provides programming for many television stations. ... Emblems: Faunal - Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus); Floral - Cooktown orchid (Dendrobium bigibbum); Bird - Brolga (Grus rubicunda); Aquatic - Barrier Reef Anemonefish (Amphiprion akindynos); Gem - Sapphire; Colour - Maroon Motto: Audax at Fidelis (Bold but Faithful) Slogan or Nickname: Sunshine State, Smart State Other Australian states and territories Capital Brisbane Government Const. ... Capital Sydney Government Const. ... Emblems: The floral emblem of the ACT is the Royal Bluebell and the faunal emblem is the Gang-gang cockatoo Motto: For the Queen, the Law and the People Slogan or Nickname: (none) Other Australian states and territories Capital Canberra Government Const. ... Capital Melbourne Government Const. ... Emblems: Hairy Nosed Wombat (faunal); Leafy Seadragon (marine); Piping Shrike (bird: unofficial); Sturts Desert Pea (floral); Opal (gemstone) Motto: United for the Common Wealth Slogan or Nickname: Festival State Other Australian states and territories Capital Adelaide Government Const. ... Southern Cross Broadcasting is a diversified Australian media company. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Emblems: Faunal - Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus); Floral - Cooktown orchid (Dendrobium bigibbum); Bird - Brolga (Grus rubicunda); Aquatic - Barrier Reef Anemonefish (Amphiprion akindynos); Gem - Sapphire; Colour - Maroon Motto: Audax at Fidelis (Bold but Faithful) Slogan or Nickname: Sunshine State, Smart State Other Australian states and territories Capital Brisbane Government Const. ... Capital Sydney Government Const. ... Emblems: The floral emblem of the ACT is the Royal Bluebell and the faunal emblem is the Gang-gang cockatoo Motto: For the Queen, the Law and the People Slogan or Nickname: (none) Other Australian states and territories Capital Canberra Government Const. ... Capital Melbourne Government Const. ... Emblems: Hairy Nosed Wombat (faunal); Leafy Seadragon (marine); Piping Shrike (bird: unofficial); Sturts Desert Pea (floral); Opal (gemstone) Motto: United for the Common Wealth Slogan or Nickname: Festival State Other Australian states and territories Capital Adelaide Government Const. ... Southern Cross Broadcasting is a diversified Australian media company. ...

Prior to 2002, the stations were known as "Ten <region name>" (e.g. Ten Northern NSW), and took generic Ten branding. At first, the new name wasn't used much, but when the Australian Broadcasting Authority instituted new regulations for local content, local programming and later on, some station graphics took on the Southern Cross Ten brand. 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. ...

On Sunday 14 August 2005, Southern Cross Ten launched its own logo, based upon the new Southern Cross Broadcasting and Southern Cross Tasmania logos, this time using blue and yellow, the same colours as Ten itself. August 14 is the 226th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (227th in leap years), with 139 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... TNT-9 Launceston is a television station based in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. ...

News/Current Affairs

Southern Cross Ten stations (except in South Australia) air two-minute local news bulletins throughout the day, and a weekly half-hour regional current affairs program, State Focus. Both are produced at Southern Cross's production centre in Canberra. Canberra (pronounced [1]) is the capital city of Australia and with a population of just over 325,000, is Australias largest inland city. ...

The two-minute news bulletins are usually shown throughout the afternoon and into the evening and are shown less frequently than Prime's two-minute bulletins. For the New Zealand television network, see Prime Television New Zealand. ...

The Canberra and North Queensland stations once had top-rating, long-running one hour news bulletins, due to their long presence with these areas since the early 1960s. However, both were axed at the end of 2001 due to cost-cutting.

Old Southern Cross TEN logo, used from 2002-2005.

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Southern NSW and the ACT

Southern Cross Ten's forerunner, Capital Television began on 2 June 1962, broadcasting on channel 7 with callsign CTC (standing for Capital Television Canberra). Relays in Goulburn and Cooma were started soon after, both on Channel 10. June 2 is the 153rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (154th in leap years), with 212 days remaining. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... A landmark in Goulburn, the Big Merino Sheep Goulburn () is a provincial cathedral city in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia in Goulburn Mulwaree Council. ... Cooma is a town in the south of New South Wales, Australia. ...

Current Seven Network chairman Kerry Stokes owned the station until 1987, when he sold it to Charles Curran. Curran changed the station's name to Capital Television in 1988, and used a version of Network Ten's logo of the time, and prepared for aggregation. The Seven Network is an Australian television network. ... Kerry Stokes is the chairman of Seven Network, one of the largest broadcasting corporations in Australia, and a recipient of the Order of Australia recognising his contributions to Australian business. ... Charles Curran is also the name of a dissident Catholic theologian. ...

Southern NSW and the ACT were the first licence area that was aggregated, and this took place in two stages during 1989. The first stage saw Capital begin transmission in Wollongong and South Coast, and the second stage, which was caused by technical programs in the Orange and Wagga areas, took place later in the year. NSW is a three-letter acronym that refers to: New South Wales, a state of the Commonwealth of Australia U.S. Naval Special Warfare Command This is a disambiguation page &#8212; a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Wollongong (IPA: ) is an industrial city located on the eastern coast of Australia in the state of New South Wales. ... The South Coast refers to the narrow coastal belt from Sydney in the north to the border with Victoria in the south in the south-eastern part of the State of New South Wales, Australia. ... Orange is a provincial city and Local Government Area of New South Wales, Australia. ... It has been suggested that Sturt Mall be merged into this article or section. ...

Capital took on an original logo in 1990, and used edited versions of Network Ten identification of the time. This lasted until 1994, when Southern Cross purchased the station and renamed it Ten Capital. The logo was changed to a version of Ten's, with the word Capital along side it. However, this logo was rarely used on air, with the standard Ten logo being used instead.

Capital originally aired their own local news bulletin, Ten Capital News, across the whole of their licence area after aggregation, but due to low ratings, the bulletin was later scaled back to just the Canberra region, being replaced by Ten Sydney's news elsewhere. On Thursday 22 November 2001, after nearly 40 years serving Canberra, Southern Cross finally axed the Canberra station's long-running news bulletin and replaced it with Ten Sydney's bulletin. This was one of the triggers for the ABA investigation into local news. The local news service that ran in the Canberra region from 1962 to 2001 on CTC7 Canberra/Capital Television/Ten Capital. ... November 22 is the 326th day (327th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year 2001. ... Canberra (pronounced [1]) is the capital city of Australia and with a population of just over 325,000, is Australias largest inland city. ... 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. ...

In 2002, the station was renamed Southern Cross Ten. In 2004, local news resurfaced on the station, in the form of two-minute bulletins throughout the day.

Beginnings

In 1957, executives of The Federal Capital Press of Australia Pty. Ltd. (owner of The Canberra Times newspaper) and Canberra Broadcasters Pty. Ltd. (owner of radio station 2CA) both agreed to financially sponsor a public company that would apply for the Canberra-area commercial television broadcast licence. As a result, on 19 May 1958, Canberra Television Limited (CTL) was formed, with both companies injecting £45 000 ($A90 000) each in capital into the company. May 19 is the 139th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (140th in leap years). ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In April 1959, CTL submitted their licence application to the Australian Broadcasting Control Board (alongside four other applicants). CTL went public in September of the same year (trading on the Stock Exchange in Sydney), offering 100 000 shares which were immediately oversubscribed, ending up with a total subscribed capital of £300 000 ($A600 000). The two key shareholders in CTL made an agreement with all other shareholders that all shares were to be bought back in the event that they were unsuccessful in their licence bid — they need not have worried, since after a hearing of considerable length, the ABCB decided to grant CTL the licence in November 1960 — the callsign for the station was to be CTC and the service was to transmit on channel 7.

Construction and acquisition of facilities

Prior to the acquisition of the licence, CTL needed to find suitable sites for both a studio and a transmitter. Initially, Mount Ainslie (approximately 10 km (6 miles) north-east of Canberra city centre at an elevation of 842 m above sea level) was considered as a potential transmitter site however was turned down as the site was already under the control of the Department of Civil Aviation (who would be unwilling to surrender or lease the site due to its proximity to the Airport and the Air Force base). It was also determined that a transmitter located atop Mount Ainslie would not provide ample coverage of the entire Canberra area (notable black-spots would have included Woden and Belconnen districts), nor would there be enough room for the ABC's television transmitter (whose service was due to commence in December of 1962) as well as CTC. Other sites considered included Mounts Gray, Bowning & Ginini as well as Bull's Head.

Ultimately, the site chosen for both the transmitter and the studio was Black Mountain (approximately 5 km (3 miles) west of Canberra city centre at an elevation of 812 m (2668 ft) above sea level). Extensive tests from the site proved that it was the ideal location for the transmitter, with signals adequately covering the Canberra area. The ABC also decided to place their transmitter atop Black Mountain — both transmitters would be perched atop guyed masts (as opposed to towers) with each mast rising to 126 metres (415 ft) (CTC) and 152 metres (500 ft) (ABC) — although ABC's studio would be located in Canberra city proper. In order to access the transmitters and studio, a road needed to be built up to the summit — construction of the road commenced in July 1961. CTL were granted the lease to the Black Mountain site on 26 September 1961. September 26 is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ...

The studio complex, which, in later years, would be affectionately known as 'the tin shed' was planned, designed and constructed by Civil and Civic Pty. Ltd. over a period of 28 weeks (from September 1961 – March 1962) at a total cost of £77 912 ($A155 824). Occupying a 9400 square metre (101 000 square feet) site, the complex featured a 140-square-metre (1500 square feet) studio area and was fitted out with RCA equipment — two 4 1/2" image orthicon cameras were purchased for use in the studio at a cost of £8000 ($A16 000) each. The transmitter (whose mast was erected in March 1962) was custom-designed by Co-El of Italy and the mast was designed by EPT Limited in Sydney.

By April 1962, both the studio and transmitter was completed and the first test patterns were transmitted. On 23 May 1962 at 5:45 p.m. the first live test transmission took place with the Safety Bureau Officer, Senior Constable T. A. M. Cooper presenting a 13-minute public service announcement on the proper use of fireworks. May 23 is the 143rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (144th in leap years). ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ...

Opening Night

Although CTC7 commenced transmission at 6 p.m. on 2 June 1962 with various programme promotions and a documentary on the construction of the CTC studios, the official opening was not to take place until 7 p.m. — as well as Postmaster-General Davidson, CTL chairmen A. T. Shakespeare & Sir Patrick McGovern and station manager George Barlin also assisted with the opening precedings. An introduction to CTC's on-screen personalities was followed by a brief news presentation. Viewers were then treated to a film of the Queen's Birthday Procession from the military barracks at Duntroon (filmed earlier that day), followed by an hour of variety with The B.P. Super Show hosted by Margaret Fonteyn. The detective series Michael Shayne made its premiere on CTC then a kinescope of the opening ceremony was screened. The first night's viewing was rounded off with an epilogue and a preview of the following day's programmes before ending transmission at 10:30 p.m. June 2 is the 153rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (154th in leap years), with 212 days remaining. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ...

The opening of CTC7 was the 10th opening of a commercial station in a non-metropolitan region and the 26th station opened in Australia.

Programming

News

Main article: Ten Capital News The local news service that ran in the Canberra region from 1962 to 2001 on CTC7 Canberra/Capital Television/Ten Capital. ...

Ten Capital News was the local news service which had been aired on the station for almost 40 years before being axed at the end of 2001. For a time, the bulletin has also been screened across the entire southern NSW area, before it was scaled back to Canberra due to low ratings. In 2004, local news resurfaced on the station as two-minute bulletins throughout the day.

Northern NSW

Southern Cross Ten's forerunner in Northern NSW, Northern Rivers Television, began life as two different stations:

• RTN-8 Lismore, which began on 12 May 1962, and
• NRN-11 Coffs Harbour, which began on 23 January 1965

NRN-11 Coffs Harbour had merged with ECN-8 Taree, but later demerged. Around 1975, RTN-8 and NRN-11 merged to form Northern Rivers Television (NRTV). It served the Mid North Coast and Far North Coast areas of Northern NSW. At one stage after the merger, the station was known as Great Eastlands Television, but they soon reverted back to the NRTV brand. Lismore is a sub-tropical city in New South Wales, Australia. ... May 12 is the 132nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (133rd in leap years). ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... Coffs Harbour jetty and harbour, including Muttonbird Island, looking north Location of Coffs Harbour in New South Wales (red) Coffs Harbour is a coastal city and Local Government Area in northern New South Wales, Australia. ... January 23 is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... A country region in the north east of the state of New South Wales, Australia. ...

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On 31 December 1991, Northern NSW became the third area to be aggregated, and NRTV, via links to Network Ten (it was part of Northern Star Holdings, owned by Westfield chairman Frank Lowy), became its affiliate in Northern NSW. At one stage, NRTV was the subject of a bid from WIN Television; nothing came of it, but if WIN had gone through with the bid, it would have made NRTV the Nine Network's affiliate and left an unhappy NBN as Network Ten's affiliate instead. December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Places: Westfield is a place name for the following: In Australia: Westfield, Western Australia In Canada: Westfield, New Brunswick In New Zealand: Westfield, New Zealand In the United States: Westfield, Illinois Westfield, Indiana Westfield, Iowa Westfield, Maine Westfield, Massachusetts Westfield, New Jersey Westfield (village), New York Westfield (town), New York... Frank Lowy AC (born 1930) is a Jewish Australian businessman. ... WIN Television or WIN is an Australian regional television network. ... The Nine Network is an Australian television network, available in major markets across Australia. ... NBN redirects here. ...

NRTV was later sold to Telecasters Australia, who also owned the Queensland affiliate of Network Ten. In 1994, the station was renamed Ten Northern NSW, and its station identification was changed to that of Network Ten's. In 1994–1995, the station stopped producing local news for the North Coast. They had previously produced a licence-wide bulletin, but that too was axed due to poor ratings. Emblems: Faunal - Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus); Floral - Cooktown orchid (Dendrobium bigibbum); Bird - Brolga (Grus rubicunda); Aquatic - Barrier Reef Anemonefish (Amphiprion akindynos); Gem - Sapphire; Colour - Maroon Motto: Audax at Fidelis (Bold but Faithful) Slogan or Nickname: Sunshine State, Smart State Other Australian states and territories Capital Brisbane Government Const. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The North Coast refers to the region adjoining the Pacific Ocean in the north-eastern part of the State of New South Wales, Australia. ...

In 2001, Telecasters Australia was bought out by Southern Cross, and in 2002, Ten Northern NSW became Southern Cross Ten. In 2005, the station celebrated 40 years of operation; station IDs created to mark the event used the Northern Rivers Television name in the ID, not the Southern Cross Ten name.

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Victoria

This is the original Southern Cross television region. Its network here was originally known as the Victorian Broadcasting Network, which was previously the TV-8 network. This was made up a number of transmitters, the main licences being:

• GLV-10 Gippsland started 9 December 1961 (the first regional TV station).
• BCV-8 Bendigo opened soon 23 December 1961 with a translator in Swan Hill beginning on channel 11 (now 10).
• STV-8 Mildura opened 27 November 1965, and was owned by the Elliot Newspaper Group. It was later sold to Sunraysia Television.

In 1980, GLV-10 became GLV-8. In 1982, the network was branded TV8, later Southern Cross TV8, and finally the Southern Cross Network in 1989. In that time, they lost STV-8 Mildura after Alan Bond traded it for STW-9 Perth. It was then sold to ENT Limited, which then became part of VIC TV (later WIN TV Victoria). Australias first regional television station, GLV-10 began transmission Saturday December 9, 1961. ... John Longstaffs Gippsland, Sunday night, February 20th, 1898, depicting the Red Tuesday bushfires that ravaged Gippsland For the electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, see Division of Gippsland. ... December 9 is the 343rd day (344th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... Bendigo is a regional city in central Victoria, Australia, located in the City of Greater Bendigo. ... December 23 is the 357th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (358th in leap years). ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... Swan Hill is a town in the north west of Victoria, Australia. ... Mildura is a locality in northwestern Victoria, Australia. ... November 27 is the 331st day (332nd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Sunraysia Television is the publically-listed parent company of Swan Television and Radio Broadcasters, owners of STW-9 (Channel 9 Perth). ... Australias first regional television station, GLV-10 began transmission Saturday December 9, 1961. ... Alan Bond (born 22 April 1938) is an Australian business man. ... STW-9 is a television station broadcasting in Perth, Western Australia, wholly owned by Sunraysia Television. ... ENT Ltd, standing for Examiner-Northern TV Ltd, was a Launceston based media company owned by Edmund Rouse, which was sold off in the early 1990s after a bribery scandal. ... WIN Television or WIN is an Australian regional television network. ...

By the mid 1980s, translators in Toora and Foster (channel 6), Orbost (channel 7), Lakes Entrance (channel 11) and Cann River (channel 9) were put in service. Toora, Victoria, is a small farming town whos main industry is dairy farming. ... Foster Logo Map Of Foster - Courtesy of Wilkins Maps Foster (38° 39′ S, 146° 12′ E) is a dairying and grazing town 169 km south-east of Melbourne on the South Gippsland Highway in Victoria, Australia. ... Orbost () is a town of approximately 2000 inhabitants (2001 census) in the East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia, located 375km east of Melbourne where the Princes Highway crosses the Snowy River. ... Location of Lakes Entrance in Victoria (red) Lakes Entrance is a tourist resort and fishing port in eastern Victoria, Australia, population 6000 (2001). ... Cann River is a town in Victoria, Australia, located at the junction of the Princes Highway and Monaro Highway, in the East Gippsland Shire. ...

In 1992, Victoria was aggregated, and Southern Cross became the regional Ten affiliate. In 1993, the network's name was changed to SCN, and the logo became a version of Ten's, with "SCN" where "Ten" is. Six months later, the network changed its name and logo again, becoming Ten Victoria, using generic Network Ten identification. Around this time, its local news service was axed, replaced with Ten Melbourne's news bulletins. Melbournes Yarra River is a popular area for walking, jogging, cycling, rowing and for relaxing on the banks with a picnic Melbourne (pronounced ) is the second most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 3. ...

In 2002, the name was changed to Southern Cross Ten, in line with Southern Cross's other Ten affiliates.

Queensland

Southern Cross Ten in Queensland began life as North Queensland Television. The original stations were:

• TNQ-7 Townsville, which began on 1 November 1962, and
• FNQ-10 Cairns, which began on 7 September 1966.

In 1982, they joined forces to become North Queensland Television (NQTV). Their slogan was The Place to Be, a slogan used by the station for over a decade up until 1993. Townsville redirects here. ... November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... Central Cairns from Mount Whitfield looking southeast. ... September 7 is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years). ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ...

When aggregation was announced, NQTV was planning to be the Nine Network affiliate when regional Queensland was aggregated in late 1990. NQTV had a write-in competition for their name and logo. The name QTV was chosen and because of the affiliation with the Nine Network, the Nine dots were put on the logo (similar to WIN and NBN's logos). Viewers didn't like the logo, so they changed the logo to one sent in from the competition. The station ran with a Nine Network-based identification package in the year leading up to aggregation. Look up Aggregation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary The term aggregation may refer to— in economics, combining entities into a single entity which represent them, like aggregation of individual demand to total, or market, demand. ... The Nine Network is an Australian television network, available in major markets across Australia. ... Emblems: Faunal - Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus); Floral - Cooktown orchid (Dendrobium bigibbum); Bird - Brolga (Grus rubicunda); Aquatic - Barrier Reef Anemonefish (Amphiprion akindynos); Gem - Sapphire; Colour - Maroon Motto: Audax at Fidelis (Bold but Faithful) Slogan or Nickname: Sunshine State, Smart State Other Australian states and territories Capital Brisbane Government Const. ... WIN Television or WIN is an Australian regional television network. ... NBN redirects here. ...

However, the station faced a crisis in the days leading up to aggregation: WIN Television bought the Toowoomba and Rockhampton-based Star Television, and switched the affiliation from Ten to Nine, in line with WIN's NSW station. This meant that QTV had to change its logo and affiliation in a hurry. QTV picked up the vacant Ten affiliation, and used the logo chosen from the competition. The station originally broadcast a licence-wide one hour bulletin when Queensland was aggregated, but this was soon axed outside North Queensland. WIN Television or WIN is an Australian regional television network. ... Toowoomba (also known as the The Garden City) is a city in South East Queensland, Australia. ... Mayor Margaret Strelow Area 187 km² Population 59,120 (2003) (ABS) Time zone UTC + 10 Latitude Longitude Rockhampton (or Rocky as it is known by the locals) is a small city and Local Government Area in Central Queensland, Australia, located 42 km inland from the Capricorn coast on the Bruce... Star TV is an Asian TV service owned by the News Corporation. ...

The station's owners, Telecasters North Queensland (later Telecasters Australia), joined the Ten Group Consortium in 1992–1993. This led to a change from QTV to Ten Queensland, and they began to use generic Ten branding.

In 2001, Telecasters was purchased by Southern Cross. Also in 2001, the same day Ten Capital axed its local news, Ten's North Queensland local news was axed, replaced with Ten's Brisbane news. This was also one of the many triggers which led to the local news inquiry by the ABA.

In 2002, like the other Southern Cross-owned Ten affiliates, it too became Southern Cross Ten.

South Australia

The area around the Spencer Gulf and Broken Hill, New South Wales received a new television station in late 2003, licensed by the ABA as a supplementary service to the existing service provided by Southern Cross-owned Central GTS/BKN. It is a straight relay of Ten Adelaide, with local ads. It is branded as Southern Cross Ten. Spencer Gulf is the westernmost of two large inlets on the southern coast of Australia, in the state of South Australia, facing the Great Australian Bight. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Southern Cross GTS/BKN an Australian television network, based in the Spencer Gulf area of South Australia. ... For other uses, see Adelaide (disambiguation). ...

External links

• Southern Cross Broadcasting
• Australian Television Archive article on CTC7 Canberra