ABV (TV station)

ABV
Melbourne, Victoria
Branding

ABC TV

analog = 2 (VHF)
Channels Digital: 12 (VHF)
Affiliations 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 / 37.83500°S 145.34833°E / -37.83500; 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 network of relay transmitters and also ABV is the second television station in Victoria with HSV-7 which opened at the same month of 1956 as the first TV station in Victoria. The studios are located in Southbank and Elsternwick, and transmitter at Mount Dandenong.

Programming

Local 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.

ABC News Victoria is presented by Ian Henderson from Monday to Thursday and Tamara Oudyn from Friday to Sunday. The weeknight bulletins also incorporate weather forecasts presented by Paul Higgins as well as a national finance segment presented by Alan Kohler. The main fill-in presenters are Guy Stayner, Frances Bell and Beverley O'Connor with Vanessa O'Hanlon from ABC News Breakfast as the main fill in weather presenter.

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

Networked programming from ABV2

News/Current Affairs

Drama

Entertainment

Past programming

History

Past programming produced at ABV-2 included Corinne Kirby's Let's Make a Date, the popular children's fantasy Adventure Island, the multi-award winning miniseries Power Without Glory, entertainment show The Big Gig and the iconic youth music program Countdown.

Early efforts by the station included Variety View (1958-1959), Melbourne Magazine (1957), Sweet and Low (1959) and Melody Time (1957-1959).

The first dramatic production by the station was a live, 30-minute play called Roundabout which aired on 4 January 1957.

ABV Channel 2 moves to new studios at Ripponlea in 1958, ABC’s existing Melbourne television studios in Gordon Street, Elsternwick and set to expand its premises in inner-city Melbourne with construction of a new television studio.

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/Wodonga 1 (VHF)7
9A (VHF)
December 15, 1964 Albury 160 kW
60 kW
496 m
525 m
36°15′13″S 146°51′20″E / 36.25361°S 146.85556°E / -36.25361; 146.85556 (ABAV) Mount Baranduda
ABEV Bendigo Bendigo 1 (VHF)7
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 7
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 145.69500°E / -36.35806; 145.69500 (ABGV) Mount Major
ABLV Latrobe Valley Traralgon 40 (UHF)3 7
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 6
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 7
41 (UHF)
May 20, 1963 BallaRat 2000 kW
500 kW
710 m
713 m
37°16′57″S 143°14′52″E / 37.28250°S 143.24778°E / -37.28250; 143.24778 (ABRV) Lookout Hill
ABSV Murray Valley Swan Hill 2 (VHF)7
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 Hamilton 5A (VHF)7
6 (VHF)
July 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:

See also

References

  1. HAAT estimated from http://www.itu.int/SRTM3/ using EHAAT.

External links

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