STW-9
Encyclopedia
STW is an Australia
n television station owned by the WIN Corporation
that is based in Perth
, Australia.
Based in Dianella, Western Australia
, STW broadcasts with a transmitter mast located in Walliston
. The station's name, STW is an acronym of Swan Television, Western Australia.
STW-9 commenced broadcasting on 12 June 1965 and was the second commercial television station in Perth. It became the first station in Perth to broadcast 24 hours a day on 17 April 1984. In the late 1980s, the station came under the ownership of Bond Media, owned by businessman Alan Bond
, and became a Nine Network owned and operated station when Bond purchased the network. In 1989 Bond Media sold the station to Sunraysia Television
for A$
95 million. The deal also involved Bond Media purchasing the Sunraysia owned STV-8 for A$
18 million. Bond Media was forced to sell due to the Federal cross-media ownership laws, which restricted the level of national reach for media owners.
posted a profit warning, with an expected 12% drop in revenue over the past six months. The company cited a weak local advertising market and low ratings for the reduced revenue, despite a strong WA economy. The profit warning lead to speculation of a potential takeover of STW-9, with PBL
and regional network WIN Television
indicated as potential bidders. PBL Media
announced in February 2007 that it would purchase STW-9 for A$
136.4 million, with the deal to be completed in late March or early April subject to shareholder approval.
After PBL Media bid for the station, 45% shareholder WIN Corporation
wanted to buy out the station itself, it lodged two bids and in June 2007 shareholders approved the sale of the station to WIN.
, Perth, every night at 6pm (repeated at 11.30pm) across Perth and regional Western Australia.
Weekday bulletins are presented by Greg Pearce
, alongside sports presenter Mark Readings
and weather presenter Angela Tsun. Weekend bulletins are presented by Louise Momber and Ebbeny Faranda, with Peter Vlahos presenting sport and Candice Barnes presenting weather. Weekend fill-in presenters include Tyson Beattie (sport) and Lee Steele (weather).
STW's reporting staff include:
Dixie Marshall
was previously a senior news presenter for Nine News Perth, she held the position from 2002 until 2011.
The current director of news is Stewart Richmond.
The Perth bulletin is currently the least successful Nine News bulletin in Australia, typically holding third or fourth place. This is commonly attributed to the long-standing popularity of rival station TVW-7
's Seven News Perth, which regularly attracts over 100,000 viewers more than Nine News Perth.
. Besides Extra in Brisbane, the first state based edition to the title since Adelaide in 2002, the program was initially going to be presented by former newsreader Sonia Vinci
, but she resigned prior to the show's commencement and was replaced by Louise Momber. The program was launched on 20 October 2008. It took the majority of its stories from the East Coast version of the show, but also has a team of journalists assembled to cover issues in Western Australia. Fill-in presenter for the show was Ebbeny Faranda. The Perth version ended in November 2009 due to poor ratings, with the east coast version returning to WA screens.
Perth's A Current Affair reporting staff included:
The station also broadcasts Nine Network
-produced national news output , including Today
, Weekend Today
, Nine Early Morning News, Nine Morning News and Nine Afternoon News.
Analogue frequency: VHF 9
Digital frequency: VHF 8
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n television station owned by the 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...
that is based in Perth
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....
, Australia.
Based in Dianella, Western Australia
Dianella, 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...
, STW broadcasts with a transmitter mast located in Walliston
Walliston, Western Australia
Walliston 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. It was named after John and Emma Wallis, the area's first settlers who arrived in the 1880s...
. The station's name, STW is an acronym of Swan Television, Western Australia.
Origins
Alan Bond (businessman)
Alan Bond is an Australian businessman noted for his criminal convictions and high-profile business dealings, including what was at the time the biggest corporate collapse in Australian history. Bond was born in the Hammersmith district of London, England, and emigrated to Australia with his...
, and became a Nine Network owned and operated station when Bond purchased the network. In 1989 Bond Media sold the station to Sunraysia Television
Sunraysia Television
Sunraysia Television is the publicly-listed parent company of Swan Television and Radio Broadcasters, former owners of STW-9 . Sunraysia TV is majority owned by Eva Presser, who owns around 55% of the company. WIN Television owns 40% of the company...
for A$
Australian dollar
The Australian dollar is the currency of the Commonwealth of Australia, including Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, and Norfolk Island, as well as the independent Pacific Island states of Kiribati, Nauru and Tuvalu...
95 million. The deal also involved Bond Media purchasing the Sunraysia owned STV-8 for A$
Australian dollar
The Australian dollar is the currency of the Commonwealth of Australia, including Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, and Norfolk Island, as well as the independent Pacific Island states of Kiribati, Nauru and Tuvalu...
18 million. Bond Media was forced to sell due to the Federal cross-media ownership laws, which restricted the level of national reach for media owners.
2000s
In January 2007, Sunraysia TelevisionSunraysia Television
Sunraysia Television is the publicly-listed parent company of Swan Television and Radio Broadcasters, former owners of STW-9 . Sunraysia TV is majority owned by Eva Presser, who owns around 55% of the company. WIN Television owns 40% of the company...
posted a profit warning, with an expected 12% drop in revenue over the past six months. The company cited a weak local advertising market and low ratings for the reduced revenue, despite a strong WA economy. The profit warning lead to speculation of a potential takeover of STW-9, with PBL
Publishing and Broadcasting Limited
Publishing and Broadcasting Limited was one of Australia's largest companies, with interests primarily in media and gaming. The company demerged in late 2007, spinning out its gaming interests into Crown Limited...
and regional network WIN Television
WIN Television
WIN Television is an Australian television network owned by the WIN Corporation that is based in Wollongong, New South Wales. WIN commenced transmissions on 18 March 1962 as a single Wollongong-only station, and has since expanded to 24 owned-and-operated stations with transmissions covering a...
indicated as potential bidders. PBL Media
PBL Media
Nine Entertainment Co. is a media company owned by CVC Asia Pacific.Originally a 50/50 joint venture with Consolidated Media Holdings, in June 2007 PBL announced that it would sell a further 25% to CVC for A$ 515 million...
announced in February 2007 that it would purchase STW-9 for A$
Australian dollar
The Australian dollar is the currency of the Commonwealth of Australia, including Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, and Norfolk Island, as well as the independent Pacific Island states of Kiribati, Nauru and Tuvalu...
136.4 million, with the deal to be completed in late March or early April subject to shareholder approval.
After PBL Media bid for the station, 45% shareholder WIN Corporation
WIN Television
WIN Television is an Australian television network owned by the WIN Corporation that is based in Wollongong, New South Wales. WIN commenced transmissions on 18 March 1962 as a single Wollongong-only station, and has since expanded to 24 owned-and-operated stations with transmissions covering a...
wanted to buy out the station itself, it lodged two bids and in June 2007 shareholders approved the sale of the station to WIN.
Programming
Nine Perth's local productions www.9perth.com.au have a strong focus on WA-centric lifestyle, with most of it also shown on regional affiliate WIN Television WA. Programs include:- Garden Gurus (Lifestyle - Gardening) - Saturdays or Sundays 5:00 pm. Hosted by Trevor Cochrane and Neville Passmore (Main series produced by The Digital Imagineers Company. Some specials and smaller series, i.e. "Battle of the 'burbs" produced by Channel Nine Perth)
- Just Add Water (Perth summer lifestyle) - Saturdays 6:30 pm. (Summer specials only). Hosted by Michael Thomson
- Postcards WA (Travel) - Hosted by Angela Tsun (No longer a regular series - Specials only)
Nine News Perth
Nine News Perth is produced and broadcast live from STW's news studios in DianellaDianella
Dianella refers to*Dianella, a genus of flowering plants.It may also refer to*Dianella, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth....
, Perth, every night at 6pm (repeated at 11.30pm) across Perth and regional Western Australia.
Weekday bulletins are presented by Greg Pearce
Greg Pearce
Greg Pearce is currently presenter of Nine News Perth, a position he has held since early 2008.Originally a journalist with the ABC Greg became best known as presenter of the Ten News bulletin for Perth, prior to that he had been a news presenter for Seven News in Melbourne and had a short stint...
, alongside sports presenter Mark Readings
Mark Readings
Mark Readings is an Australian sports journalist and commentator.He is currently the weekend sports presenter for Nine News Perth and also commentates Australian rules football matches from Perth for Melbourne radio station SEN 1116....
and weather presenter Angela Tsun. Weekend bulletins are presented by Louise Momber and Ebbeny Faranda, with Peter Vlahos presenting sport and Candice Barnes presenting weather. Weekend fill-in presenters include Tyson Beattie (sport) and Lee Steele (weather).
STW's reporting staff include:
- Andrew Nelson (crime)
- Joshua Jerga (state politics)
- Tiffany Wertheimer
- Ebbeny Faranda
- Louise Momber
- Cecile O'Connor
- Lee Steele
- Ryan Emery
- Simon Bailey
- Rochelle Mutton
- Kelly Williams (weekends only)
- Peter Vlahos (Sport)
- Bob Harnett (Sport)
- Tyson Beattie (Sport)
Dixie Marshall
Dixie Marshall
Dixie Marshall was previously a senior news presenter for Nine News Perth.She held the position from 2002 until 2011 despite low ratings, although she has been with the Nine Network since 1984, and previously worked for The Australian Newspaper and Radio 6PR.Dixie was one of the first female sports...
was previously a senior news presenter for Nine News Perth, she held the position from 2002 until 2011.
The current director of news is Stewart Richmond.
The Perth bulletin is currently the least successful Nine News bulletin in Australia, typically holding third or fourth place. This is commonly attributed to the long-standing popularity of rival 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...
's Seven News Perth, which regularly attracts over 100,000 viewers more than Nine News Perth.
Perth's A Current Affair
In January 2008, WIN Corporation announced that a new local version of A Current Affair would be produced in Western Australia to replace the east coast version hosted by Tracy GrimshawTracy Grimshaw
Tracy Grimshaw is an Australian journalist and television presenter. She is currently the host of A Current Affair, and was a co-host of Today for nine years.-Career:...
. Besides Extra in Brisbane, the first state based edition to the title since Adelaide in 2002, the program was initially going to be presented by former newsreader Sonia Vinci
Sonia Vinci
Sonia Vinci is a former journalist and co-anchor of Nine News in Perth.She began a journalist in 1990 at Perth radio 6PR and later became Australia's youngest female news director...
, but she resigned prior to the show's commencement and was replaced by Louise Momber. The program was launched on 20 October 2008. It took the majority of its stories from the East Coast version of the show, but also has a team of journalists assembled to cover issues in Western Australia. Fill-in presenter for the show was Ebbeny Faranda. The Perth version ended in November 2009 due to poor ratings, with the east coast version returning to WA screens.
Perth's A Current Affair reporting staff included:
- Jolleh Abshar
- Simon Bailey
- John Mort
The station also broadcasts Nine Network
Nine Network
The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...
-produced national news output , including Today
Today (Australian TV program)
Today and Weekend Today are Australian breakfast television programmes, the show is often referred to as The Today Show. The show has been broadcast live by the Nine Network each morning since 1982...
, Weekend Today
Today (Australian TV program)
Today and Weekend Today are Australian breakfast television programmes, the show is often referred to as The Today Show. The show has been broadcast live by the Nine Network each morning since 1982...
, Nine Early Morning News, Nine Morning News and Nine Afternoon News.
Appealathon
In its 30 years, Channel Nine Perth's Appealathon has raised in excess of $53.5 million. Since 1975, Appealathon has supported four specific charities with Appealathon funds: the Activ Foundation, Civilian Maimed & Limbless Association, Paraplegic/Quadriplegic Association and Rocky Bay. Many other organisations are helped as well on a yearly basis. The Appealathon is involved in over 50 fundraising events and projects across Perth each year.Broadcasting details
Digital frequency: VHF 8
| LCN | Service | Resolution | Bit rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | SD Standard-definition television Sorete-definition television is a television system that uses a resolution that is not considered to be either enhanced-definition television or high-definition television . The term is usually used in reference to digital television, in particular when broadcasting at the same resolution as... |
720x576i | 5.55mbit video, 256kbit MP2, 256kbit AC3 audio |
| 90 | HD High-definition television High-definition television is video that has resolution substantially higher than that of traditional television systems . HDTV has one or two million pixels per frame, roughly five times that of SD... |
1440x1080i | 15.25mbit video, 448kbit AC3 audio |
| 99 | SD Standard-definition television Sorete-definition television is a television system that uses a resolution that is not considered to be either enhanced-definition television or high-definition television . The term is usually used in reference to digital television, in particular when broadcasting at the same resolution as... |
720x576i | Unknown |