GTS/BKN

GTS/BKN
GTS: Port Pirie, South Australia BKN: Broken Hill, New South Wales
Branding	Southern Cross
Slogan	Your favorites, Your station
Channels	Digital: GTS: 44 (UHF) SGS: 40 (UHF) GDS: 42 (UHF) BKN: 9 (VHF) SCN: 6 (VHF) BDN: 7 (VHF)
Affiliations	GTS/BKN: Seven GDS/BDN: Nine SGS/SCN: Ten
Owner	Southern Cross Austereo (GTS: Spencer Gulf Telecasters Ltd) (BKN: Broken Hill Television Ltd)
First air date	GTS: March 1, 1968 (1968-03-01) BKN: August 16, 1968 (1968-08-16)
Call letters' meaning	GTS: Spencer Gulf Telecasters South Australia BKN: BroKen Hill New South Wales
Former channel number(s)	Analog: GTS: 4 (VHF) BKN: 7 (VHF) SGS: 42 (UHF) SCN: 9A (VHF)^[1]
Former affiliations	independent (1968 (1968)-2006 (2006))
Transmitter power	GTS:240 kW BKN:4 kW
Height	GTS:627 m (digital) BKN:104 m^[2]
Transmitter coordinates	GTS: 33°6′14″S 138°9′51″E / 33.10389°S 138.16417°E / -33.10389; 138.16417 (GTS) BKN: 31°57′5″S 141°26′25″E / 31.95139°S 141.44028°E / -31.95139; 141.44028 (BKN)

GTS/BKN studios in Broken Hill

GTS/BKN, known on-air as Southern Cross Television, is an Australian regional television station serving the Spencer Gulf of South Australia and the Broken Hill area of New South Wales. Based in Port Pirie, South Australia with a satellite office in Broken Hill and studio and playout facilities based in Canberra, the station's name originates from the original Port Pirie and Broken Hill stations' callsigns, GTS-4 Port Pirie and BKN-7 Broken Hill.

History

GTS signed on for the first time on 1 March 1968. BKN followed soon afterward, on 16 August. In 1974, the stations (and their repeaters) merged to form Spencer Gulf Telecasters and broadcast under the name Central GTS/BKN. The company was bought by Southern Cross Broadcasting (SCB) in 2000, though it retained the Central name until the end of 2005.

Due to their areas' sparse populations, after aggregation they remained among the few stations in Australia that continued to cherry-pick programming from all three networks, though from 2000 onward it began favouring Seven through its affiliation with Southern Cross Television. In 2003, Spencer Gulf Telecasters won the right to broadcast a second station in the same area, and in January 2004 started broadcasting Southern Cross Ten (callsign SGS in Port Pirie and SCN in Broken Hill). Since 31 October 2010, GTS/BKN has also operated a third station relaying Nine Network programs from Sydney and Adelaide (callsign GDS in Port Pirie and BDN in Broken Hill).

In January 2006, Central GTS/BKN was renamed Southern Cross GTS/BKN, changing its logo to the same one currently used by Southern Cross Tasmania and Southern Cross Darwin. The Southern Cross Ten logo was also updated to the current logo used by Southern Cross Ten stations elsewhere.

Programming

The main Southern Cross GTS/BKN service carries programming from the Seven Network, including the Adelaide edition of Seven News' nightly 6pm bulletin. SGS/SCN, as part of Southern Cross Ten, is the area Network Ten partner network with the national news programming from TEN-10 Sydney and the local Ten Eyewitness News broadcast from ADS-10 being aired while GDS/BDN broadcasts programs from the Nine Network and the state bulletin from NWS from Adelaide.

News

Southern Cross News is GTS/BKN's half-hour regional news program, airing at 6:30pm on weeknights, following Seven News Adelaide in place of Today Tonight South Australia. The bulletin is presented by Tim Hatfield from Southern Cross's Canberra headquarters, with reporters and video journalists based at news bureaus in Port Pirie, Broken Hill, Port Augusta, Port Lincoln and Whyalla.

GTS/BKN during the late 1970s & mid 1980s produced their own local commercials and TV shows like Panel Probe, Woman's World, Cue and local documentaries.

References

↑ "ACMA Stations Book Electronic Edition" (PDF). Australian Communications and Media Authority. July 2008. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
↑ HAAT estimated from http://www.itu.int/SRTM3/ using EHAAT.

External links

Official site

Southern Cross Austereo

Television

Southern Cross Ten	Northern New South Wales Southern New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory Regional Victoria Regional Queensland Spencer Gulf/Broken Hill

Southern Cross Television (Seven affiliate)	Remote Eastern and Central Australia Darwin Spencer Gulf/Broken Hill Tasmania

Joint Ventures	Central Digital Television Darwin Digital Television Tasmanian Digital Television

Radio

Queensland Stations

Hit Network	HIT 105 Brisbane 97.9 Hot FM Atherton 103.5 Hot FM Cairns 94.7 Hot FM Emerald 100.3 Hot FM Mackay 102.5 Hot FM Mount Isa 107.9 Hot FM Rockhampton 95.1 Hot FM Roma 103.1 Hot FM Townsville 93.1 Sea FM Bundaberg 90.9 Sea FM Gold Coast 89.1 Hot FM Kingaroy 101.9 Sea FM Maryborough 100.7 Hot FM Toowoomba 91.9 Sea FM Sunshine Coast

Triple M Local Works	104.5 Triple M Brisbane 92.5 Gold FM Gold Coast 103.5 Mix FM Maryborough 864 4GR Toowoomba 102.3 4TO Townsville 99.5 Sea FM Cairns 98.7 Sea FM Mackay 101.5 Sea FM Rockhampton 92.7 Mix FM Sunshine Coast

New South Wales Stations

Hit Network	2Day FM Sydney 106.9 NXFM Newcastle 101.3 Sea FM Gosford (Central Coast) 104.9 Star FM Albury 105.5 Star FM Coffs Harbour 93.5 Star FM Dubbo 99.7 Star FM Griffith 105.1/102.3 Star FM Kempsey/Port Macquarie 105.1 Star FM Orange 93.1 Star FM Wagga Wagga

Triple M Local Works	104.9 Triple M Sydney 102.9 KOFM Newcastle 105.7 The River Albury 106.3 2CS Coffs Harbour 107.7 2GO Gosford (Central Coast) 2RG 963 Griffith 106.7/100.7 2MC Kempsey/Port Macquarie 105.9 2GZ Orange 1152 2WG Wagga Wagga

Victorian Stations

Hit Network	Fox FM Melbourne 91.9 Star FM Bendigo 99.5 Star FM Mildura 96.9 Star FM Shepparton 94.3/97.9 Star FM Warragul/Gippsland

Triple M Local Works	105.1 Triple M Melbourne 93.5 3BO Bendigo 97.9 Sun FM Mildura 95.3 3SR FM Shepparton

South Australian Stations

Southern Cross Austereo	HIT 107 Adelaide 104.7 Triple M Adelaide 963 5SE Mount Gambier 96.1 Star FM Mount Gambier

West Australian Stations

Hit Network	HIT 92.9 Perth 106.5 Hot FM Albany 100.5 Hot FM Bridgetown 95.7 Hot FM Bunbury 97.9 Hot FM Kalgoorlie 94.9 Hot FM Katanning 105.1 Hot FM Merredin 100.5 Hot FM Narrogin 96.5 Hot FM Northam

Triple M Local Works	Mix 94.5 Perth RadioWest 783 Albany RadioWest 900 Bridgetown RadioWest 963 Bunbury RadioWest 981 Kalgoorlie RadioWest 1071 Katanning RadioWest 1098 Merredin RadioWest 918 Narrogin RadioWest 864 Northam

Other Stations

Tasmanian Stations	Hit 100.9 Hobart Heart 107.3 Hobart

Joint Venture Stations	HIT 104.7 Canberra Mix 106.3 Canberra

Digital Only Stations	Buddha Radio (National) Loveland (National) Stardust (National) Triple M Classic Rock Digital (Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane) Triple M Modern Rock Digital (Adelaide and Perth)

Previous Digital Radio Stations	Triple M Perth (Perth only) Radar Music (National) Barry (National) The Main Stage (National Choose The Hits (National) High Voltage Radio (National) Radio Gaga (National) Caravan Radio (National) I See Red (National) U20 (National)

Other

News Services	Southern Cross News

Multichannels

Aspire TV

Television in South Australia

Adelaide	ABS (ABC) SAS (Seven) NWS (Nine) ADS (Ten) SBS C44 (CTV)

Mount Gambier	ABGS (ABC) SES (WIN [Seven SA]) SDS (WIN) MGS (WIN [Ten SA]) SBS

Riverland	ABRS (ABC) RTS (WIN [Seven SA]) RDS (WIN) LRS (WIN [Ten SA]) SBS

Spencer Gulf	ABNS (ABC) GTS (SCTV) GDS (Nine) SGS (SC10) SBS

Remote areas	ABS (ABC) QQQ (SCTV) IMP (Imparja) CDT (Ten) SBS

Television in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory

Sydney	ABN (ABC) ATN (Seven) TCN (Nine) TEN (Ten) SBS

Northern NSW	ABN (ABC) NEN (Prime7) NBN (NBN) NRN (SC10) SBS

Southern NSW and ACT	ABN/ABC (ABC) CBN (Prime7) WIN (WIN) CTC (SC10) SBS

Griffith and MIA	ABGN (ABC) AMN (WIN [Seven]) MTN (WIN) MDN (WIN [Ten]) SBS

Broken Hill	ABLN (ABC) BKN (SCTV) BDN (SC [Nine]) SCN (SC10) SBS

Remote areas	ABN (ABC) QQQ (SCTV) IMP (Imparja) CDT (Ten Central) SBS

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