NEW-10
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NEW is a television station broadcasting in Perth, Australia
, and is a member of Network Ten
. Out of the three commercial stations, NEW generally rates the lowest overall, but usually rates highest in its target demographic (people aged 16–49).
NEW broadcasts analog television
on VHF 10 and digital television
on VHF 11 from Carmel
, located in the Perth Hills. NEW broadcasts reasonably good quality 1080i
High definition digital programming, the second-highest quality in Perth. The callsign NEW-10 was chosen for promotional purposes when the station first launched.
The station's studios were formerly host to the facilities of the regional Western Australia
n television station WIN Television WA (from 1999 to 2007) until WIN Corporation
bought out competitor STW
-9 in June 2007 and moved all WA operations to their studios.
stations in major metropolitan cities to go to air. The reason for the late launch (in comparison to other VHF 0/10 stations, which were 20 years before) was the smaller market size. Though this was true in the early days of television, it ceased to be the case in the 1980s, by which time the Perth market exceeded Adelaide in value so a situation existed where two stations in Perth shared a market as large as that of three stations in Adelaide. Because the demand for air time was high, advertising rates were higher than in Adelaide. The Perth market was therefore very profitable for the stations but was providing viewers with less choice than they had in other capital cities. The case for a new licence was made to ACMA, then the Australian Broadcasting Tribunal by Brian Treasure, one of the founders of Perth's first commercial station TVW-7
who was sacked by a hostile board in 1975. In April 1984, the Minister for Communications, Michael Duffy, called for applications for a third licence
Hearings ran from 1984 until 1986, with four applicants in one corner and the existing licencees in the other, attempting to defer or prevent the new licence from being granted.
Treasure's West Coast Telecasters, funded by Kerry Stokes
and Jack Bendat, was the successful applicant, defeating Western Television, in spite of Treasure being forced to resign as Chairman due to a dispute with the Australian Taxation Office
. But they sold the company to Frank Lowy
's Northern Star Holdings before they went to air. The reason for this was a change in government policy.
In 1985 the government had removed the two cities requirement, making it possible for networks to own more than two capital city stations. In 1986 they increased the audience reach limits for networks from 60% to 75%, meaning that for the first time a national network of stations was feasible. The increase was part of the Federal government's push for equalisation of television services and Australia's first satellite, AUSSAT
was part of this initiative. Satellite revenue generated from national television networks was expected to be significant (though this was not initially the case) and would subsidise the provision of new services to regional and remote areas. Increasing the audience ownership limits meant national networks and therefore revenue streams for AUSSAT.
The possibility of truly national television networks (and perhaps misunderstandings as to the economic benefits of satellite technology) led to inflated ideas of their worth. Those wanting to establish national networks offered very high premiums to small unaligned stations and the new licence-holder in Perth was made an extremely generous offer by Lowy, a newcomer to television networking with a large cheque book.
The station commenced broadcasting, on 20 May 1988. and TEN became a low-cost network relay station without ever creating the local content that Treasure had wanted to produce.
The first news team included former Nine newsreader Greg Pearce, Alan Hynd, Gina Pickering, Peter Perrin, Debra Bishop, Ian Brayshaw and John Barnett.
program produced in Perth during the AFL season since 2002 Hosted by Tim Gossage and Lachy Reid, it is also seen in regional Western Australia
on WIN Television.
Previous local programming produced by Ten Perth includes:
studios alongside national news output from Network Ten's Sydney studios in Pyrmont
. On weekends Perth receives a localised version of the national Ten News at Five: Weekend bulletin from Sydney.
Ten News at Five
Ten Weekend News
When studio presentation of Ten's 5pm Perth news was shifted from Perth to Sydney in 2000, then-anchors Greg Pearce and Christina Morrissy commuted to Sydney to present the newscasts. Christina Morrissy later resigned from these duties after suffering deep vein thrombosis
on a flight.
The bulletin was broadcast throughout regional Western Australia on WIN Television from its first day of broadcast through to 26 August 2007 when Nine News's bulletin for Perth replaced Ten News
.
Charmaine Dragun
was a co-anchor of the 5pm bulletin alongside Tim Webster
until her death on 2 November 2007.
On 18 January 2008, Network Ten announced that studio production of Ten News would return to Perth.. Ten originally moved production of the Perth bulletin to the then-new Pyrmont studios in 2001, citing high costs of converting the network's Perth studios.
After auditioning local candidates, reporter Narelda Jacobs
was hired as the new solo anchor. For a short period, Jacobs anchored alongside Tim Webster
from the Pyrmont studios. A year after Dragun's death and before the Ten News major revamp, Webster stepped down from Ten News Perth when it moved back to its home city, but he retired early on 30 May 2008 to present Sydney radio. After a short stint which saw Ron Wilson
and/or Sandra Sully
present Perth's satellite bulletin from the Pyrmont studios, Ten News Perth was broadcast from the Dianella studios on 23 June 2008 after an eight year absence, with Narelda Jacobs as anchor.
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
, and is a member of Network Ten
Network Ten
Network Ten , is one of Australia's three major commercial television networks. Owned-and-operated stations can be found in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, while affiliates extend the network to cover most of the country...
. Out of the three commercial stations, NEW generally rates the lowest overall, but usually rates highest in its target demographic (people aged 16–49).
NEW broadcasts analog television
Analog television
Analog television is the analog transmission that involves the broadcasting of encoded analog audio and analog video signal: one in which the message conveyed by the broadcast signal is a function of deliberate variations in the amplitude and/or frequency of the signal...
on VHF 10 and digital television
Digital television
Digital television is the transmission of audio and video by digital signals, in contrast to the analog signals used by analog TV...
on VHF 11 from Carmel
Carmel, Western Australia
Carmel is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the Shire of Kalamunda.Prior to 1949 it was a stopping place on the Upper Darling Range Railway. The railway siding was originally known as Green's Landing after Perth businessman Levi Green, who had moved into the area in 1844...
, located in the Perth Hills. NEW broadcasts reasonably good quality 1080i
1080i
1080i is the shorthand name for a high-definition television mode. The i means interlaced video; 1080i differs from 1080p, in which the p stands for progressive scan. The term 1080i assumes a widescreen aspect ratio of 16:9, implying a frame size of 1920×1080 pixels...
High definition digital programming, the second-highest quality in Perth. The callsign NEW-10 was chosen for promotional purposes when the station first launched.
The station's studios were formerly host to the facilities of the regional Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
n television station WIN Television WA (from 1999 to 2007) until WIN Corporation
WIN Corporation
The WIN Corporation is a Wollongong based media company, that owns the WIN Television network, NWS, and STW in Australia.It began broadcasting in Wollongong with one station in 1963. Bruce Gordon acquired control of the company in 1979 and initiated a period of growth which has seen the Network...
bought out competitor STW
STW
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-9 in June 2007 and moved all WA operations to their studios.
History
NEW was the last of the Network TENNetwork Ten
Network Ten , is one of Australia's three major commercial television networks. Owned-and-operated stations can be found in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, while affiliates extend the network to cover most of the country...
stations in major metropolitan cities to go to air. The reason for the late launch (in comparison to other VHF 0/10 stations, which were 20 years before) was the smaller market size. Though this was true in the early days of television, it ceased to be the case in the 1980s, by which time the Perth market exceeded Adelaide in value so a situation existed where two stations in Perth shared a market as large as that of three stations in Adelaide. Because the demand for air time was high, advertising rates were higher than in Adelaide. The Perth market was therefore very profitable for the stations but was providing viewers with less choice than they had in other capital cities. The case for a new licence was made to ACMA, then the Australian Broadcasting Tribunal by Brian Treasure, one of the founders of Perth's first commercial station TVW-7
TVW-7
TVW is a television station broadcasting in Perth, Western Australia, wholly owned by the Seven Network. It was the first television station in Western Australia, commencing service on 16 October 1959. It broadcasts analogue on VHF 7 and digital on VHF 6 from Bickley located in the Perth Hills...
who was sacked by a hostile board in 1975. In April 1984, the Minister for Communications, Michael Duffy, called for applications for a third licence
Hearings ran from 1984 until 1986, with four applicants in one corner and the existing licencees in the other, attempting to defer or prevent the new licence from being granted.
Treasure's West Coast Telecasters, funded by Kerry Stokes
Kerry Stokes
Kerry Matthew Stokes AC is an Australian businessman. He holds business interests in a diverse range of industries including electronic and print media, property, mining, and construction equipment. He is most widely known as the chairman of the Seven Network, one of the largest broadcasting...
and Jack Bendat, was the successful applicant, defeating Western Television, in spite of Treasure being forced to resign as Chairman due to a dispute with the Australian Taxation Office
Australian Taxation Office
The Australian Taxation Office is an Australian Government statutory agency and the principal revenue collection body for the Australian Government. The ATO has responsibility for administering the Australian federal taxation system and superannuation legislation...
. But they sold the company to Frank Lowy
Frank Lowy
Frank Lowy, AC is an Australian-Israeli businessman. He is a co-founder of the Westfield Group, operator of over 100 shopping centres in Australia, New Zealand, the United States and Great Britain...
's Northern Star Holdings before they went to air. The reason for this was a change in government policy.
In 1985 the government had removed the two cities requirement, making it possible for networks to own more than two capital city stations. In 1986 they increased the audience reach limits for networks from 60% to 75%, meaning that for the first time a national network of stations was feasible. The increase was part of the Federal government's push for equalisation of television services and Australia's first satellite, AUSSAT
Optus fleet of satellites
This is a list of the satellites operated by Optus, an Australian telecommunications company. The satellite communications facility is located at Belrose on Sydney’s Northern Beaches.-A-Class:*Satellite Type: Hughes HS-376...
was part of this initiative. Satellite revenue generated from national television networks was expected to be significant (though this was not initially the case) and would subsidise the provision of new services to regional and remote areas. Increasing the audience ownership limits meant national networks and therefore revenue streams for AUSSAT.
The possibility of truly national television networks (and perhaps misunderstandings as to the economic benefits of satellite technology) led to inflated ideas of their worth. Those wanting to establish national networks offered very high premiums to small unaligned stations and the new licence-holder in Perth was made an extremely generous offer by Lowy, a newcomer to television networking with a large cheque book.
The station commenced broadcasting, on 20 May 1988. and TEN became a low-cost network relay station without ever creating the local content that Treasure had wanted to produce.
The first news team included former Nine newsreader Greg Pearce, Alan Hynd, Gina Pickering, Peter Perrin, Debra Bishop, Ian Brayshaw and John Barnett.
Digital Multiplex
| LCN | Service | SD/HD |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ONE | HD |
| 10 | Network Ten Network Ten Network Ten , is one of Australia's three major commercial television networks. Owned-and-operated stations can be found in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, while affiliates extend the network to cover most of the country... |
SD |
| 11 | ELEVEN Eleven (TV channel) Eleven is an Australian free-to-air standard definition digital television channel, which was launched by ElevenCo, on 11 January 2011.-Joint venture:... |
SD |
| 12 | ONE | HD |
Programming
Ten Perth shows exactly the same as Ten's national feed, with the exception of news and the occasional local programs. Currently, one locally-produced regular program is aired: The Western Front, a local AFLAustralian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
program produced in Perth during the AFL season since 2002 Hosted by Tim Gossage and Lachy Reid, it is also seen in regional Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
on WIN Television.
Previous local programming produced by Ten Perth includes:
- Kids Company: Started as a Saturday morning kids show with cartoons and interviews in and around schools in Perth. With the introduction of Video Hits by the network, Kids Co. moved to week day afternoons. Hosted by Brent Meyer, Tod JohnstonTod JohnstonTod Johnston is an entertainer from Perth, Western Australia.He was born in Sydney, the son of stage actress Jill Perryman and choreographer Kevan Johnston....
and Amanda De Pledge. (1988–1992, 3:30 p.m. weekdays) - Western AustraliaWestern AustraliaWestern Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
- At Your Service: Tourism program, hosted by Allan Symons (1998–1999, 5:30 p.m. Saturdays) - Drivetime TV: Motoring show (2001–2005). Moved to TVWTVWTVW can mean:*TVW, a Seven Network owned station in Perth, Western Australia*TVW, a public affairs network in the state of Washington*"tvw", the false branding callsign of WISC-TV's digital subchannel and Madison, Wisconsin's MyNetworkTV affiliate...
-7 in 2006.
News and Current Affairs
NEW-10 produces a 90-minute local news programme on week nights from its DianellaDianella, Western Australia
Dianella is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Stirling.Dianella was named after the botanical title of a small blue lily, Dianella revoluta, which is a narrow-leafed plant which was plentiful in the area prior to residential development. Dianella is home...
studios alongside national news output from Network Ten's Sydney studios in Pyrmont
Pyrmont, New South Wales
Pyrmont is an inner-city suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Pyrmont is located 2 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Sydney...
. On weekends Perth receives a localised version of the national Ten News at Five: Weekend bulletin from Sydney.
- Ten News at Five is presented by Narelda JacobsNarelda JacobsNarelda Jacobs ia an Australia television journalist with Network Ten in Australia. She has been the lead news presenter for Ten News at Five in Perth, Western Australia since 2008....
and Craig Smart with sport presented by Tim GossageTim GossageTim Gossage is an Australian sports commentator and Australian rules football coach based in Perth, Western Australia.-Television:Gossage joined Network Ten in Perth in 1990....
and weather by Michael SchultzMichael Schultz (news)Michael Schultz is an Australian television personality and weather presenter.Schultz was educated in Glenelg, South Australia at Kapunda and Sacred Heart College. In 1985 in Sydney he joined the ABC as a trainee rural reporter and the following year was the acting rural reporter for the Sydney,...
.
Newscasts
- Ten Early NewsTen NewsTen News is the national news service of Network Ten in Australia. The majority of its news bulletins are presented from the TEN-10 studios in Pyrmont...
(Monday - Friday 6:00am – 7:00am) (from TEN-10TEN-10TEN is the callsign of Network Ten's flagship Sydney television station. It was originally owned and operated by United Telecasters Sydney Limited , and began transmission on 5 April 1965 with the highlight of the opening night being the variety special TV Spells Magic.-History:TEN often lagged in...
) - Ten Morning NewsTen NewsTen News is the national news service of Network Ten in Australia. The majority of its news bulletins are presented from the TEN-10 studios in Pyrmont...
(Monday - Friday 9:00am – 10:00am) (from TEN-10TEN-10TEN is the callsign of Network Ten's flagship Sydney television station. It was originally owned and operated by United Telecasters Sydney Limited , and began transmission on 5 April 1965 with the highlight of the opening night being the variety special TV Spells Magic.-History:TEN often lagged in...
) - Ten News at Five: PerthTen NewsTen News is the national news service of Network Ten in Australia. The majority of its news bulletins are presented from the TEN-10 studios in Pyrmont...
(Monday - Friday 5:00pm – 6:30pm) - Ten News at Five: WeekendTen NewsTen News is the national news service of Network Ten in Australia. The majority of its news bulletins are presented from the TEN-10 studios in Pyrmont...
(Saturday & Sunday 5:00pm – 6:30pm) (from TEN-10TEN-10TEN is the callsign of Network Ten's flagship Sydney television station. It was originally owned and operated by United Telecasters Sydney Limited , and began transmission on 5 April 1965 with the highlight of the opening night being the variety special TV Spells Magic.-History:TEN often lagged in...
) - The 7PM ProjectThe 7PM ProjectThe Project is an Australian talk show television program airing weeknights across Australia on Network Ten. The formerly half hour long show premiered on 20 July 2009, and is hosted by Charlie Pickering, Carrie Bickmore and Dave Hughes, with a rotating daily guest panelist...
(Monday - Friday 6:30pm – 7:30pm) (from ATV-10ATV-10ATV is a television station in Melbourne, Australia, part of Network Ten - one of the three major Australian commercial television networks.-History:...
) - Ten Late NewsTen NewsTen News is the national news service of Network Ten in Australia. The majority of its news bulletins are presented from the TEN-10 studios in Pyrmont...
(Monday - Thursday 10:30pm – 11:15pm, Fridays 10:30pm – 11:00pm) (from TEN-10TEN-10TEN is the callsign of Network Ten's flagship Sydney television station. It was originally owned and operated by United Telecasters Sydney Limited , and began transmission on 5 April 1965 with the highlight of the opening night being the variety special TV Spells Magic.-History:TEN often lagged in...
) - The Bolt ReportThe Bolt ReportThe Bolt Report is an Australian Sunday morning political discussion show. Broadcast by Network Ten on Sunday mornings at 10 am and repeated at 4:30 pm, it is hosted by conservative commentator and Herald Sun columnist Andrew Bolt. The programme emphasises a right wing agenda and is consistently...
(Sunday 10:00am - 10:30am) (from ATV-10ATV-10ATV is a television station in Melbourne, Australia, part of Network Ten - one of the three major Australian commercial television networks.-History:...
) - Meet the PressMeet the Press (Australian TV program)Meet the Press, a presentation of Ten News, is an Australian Sunday morning talk show based on the national political agenda. Hosted by Network Ten's Parliament House Bureau Chief and Political Editor Paul Bongiorno, the program has firmly established itself as an agenda-setting forum that attracts...
(Sunday 10:30am - 11:00am) (from TEN-10TEN-10TEN is the callsign of Network Ten's flagship Sydney television station. It was originally owned and operated by United Telecasters Sydney Limited , and began transmission on 5 April 1965 with the highlight of the opening night being the variety special TV Spells Magic.-History:TEN often lagged in...
)
Ten News at Five
- Narelda JacobsNarelda JacobsNarelda Jacobs ia an Australia television journalist with Network Ten in Australia. She has been the lead news presenter for Ten News at Five in Perth, Western Australia since 2008....
(2008-present) - Craig Smart (2011-present)
Ten Weekend News
- Michael Tetlow (2011)
When studio presentation of Ten's 5pm Perth news was shifted from Perth to Sydney in 2000, then-anchors Greg Pearce and Christina Morrissy commuted to Sydney to present the newscasts. Christina Morrissy later resigned from these duties after suffering deep vein thrombosis
Deep vein thrombosis
Deep vein thrombosis is the formation of a blood clot in a deep vein. Deep vein thrombosis commonly affects the leg veins or the deep veins of the pelvis. Occasionally the veins of the arm are affected...
on a flight.
The bulletin was broadcast throughout regional Western Australia on WIN Television from its first day of broadcast through to 26 August 2007 when Nine News's bulletin for Perth replaced Ten News
Ten News
Ten News is the national news service of Network Ten in Australia. The majority of its news bulletins are presented from the TEN-10 studios in Pyrmont...
.
Charmaine Dragun
Charmaine Dragun
Charmaine Dragun was an Australian broadcast journalist and presenter. She was, with Tim Webster, the regular presenter of Ten News Perth's 5pm bulletin, which was broadcast at the time from the TEN-10 Sydney studios at Pyrmont...
was a co-anchor of the 5pm bulletin alongside Tim Webster
Tim Webster
Tim Webster is a Australian television and radio personality. He currently is a fill-in presenter for Ten News....
until her death on 2 November 2007.
On 18 January 2008, Network Ten announced that studio production of Ten News would return to Perth.. Ten originally moved production of the Perth bulletin to the then-new Pyrmont studios in 2001, citing high costs of converting the network's Perth studios.
After auditioning local candidates, reporter Narelda Jacobs
Narelda Jacobs
Narelda Jacobs ia an Australia television journalist with Network Ten in Australia. She has been the lead news presenter for Ten News at Five in Perth, Western Australia since 2008....
was hired as the new solo anchor. For a short period, Jacobs anchored alongside Tim Webster
Tim Webster
Tim Webster is a Australian television and radio personality. He currently is a fill-in presenter for Ten News....
from the Pyrmont studios. A year after Dragun's death and before the Ten News major revamp, Webster stepped down from Ten News Perth when it moved back to its home city, but he retired early on 30 May 2008 to present Sydney radio. After a short stint which saw Ron Wilson
Ron Wilson (newsreader)
Ron Wilson is a news presenter with Network Ten. an Australian television network.WIlson is currently the presenter of Ten Early News and also Ten Morning News on Monday & Tuesday...
and/or Sandra Sully
Sandra Sully (journalist)
Sandra Sully is an Australian journalist and news presenter.Sully is currently a presenter of Network Ten's Ten News at Five in Sydney, alongside Bill Woods-Career:...
present Perth's satellite bulletin from the Pyrmont studios, Ten News Perth was broadcast from the Dianella studios on 23 June 2008 after an eight year absence, with Narelda Jacobs as anchor.
See also
- Network TenNetwork TenNetwork Ten , is one of Australia's three major commercial television networks. Owned-and-operated stations can be found in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, while affiliates extend the network to cover most of the country...
- Television broadcasting in Australia