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Channels | |
Branding | Seven |
Programming | |
Affiliations | Seven (O&O) |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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History | |
First air date | 2 December 1956 |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 7 (VHF) (1956–2013) |
National Television Network (1956–1963) | |
Call sign meaning | Amalgamated Television New South Wales |
Technical information | |
Licensing authority | Australian Communications & Media Authority |
ERP | 200 kW (analog) 50 kW (digital) |
HAAT | 249 metres (817') (analog) 251 metres (823') (digital)[1] |
Transmitter coordinates | 33°48′20″S 151°10′51″E / 33.80556°S 151.18083°E |
Links | |
Website | 7plus |
ATN is the Sydney flagship television station of the Seven Network in Australia. The licence, issued to a company named Amalgamated Television Services, a subsidiary of John Fairfax & Sons, was one of the first four licences (two in Sydney, two in Melbourne) to be issued for commercial television stations in Australia. The station formed an affiliation with GTV-9 Melbourne in 1957, in order to share content. In 1963, Frank Packer ended up owning both GTV-9 and TCN-9, so as a result the stations switched their previous affiliations. ATN-7 and HSV-7 joined to create the Australian Television Network, which later became the Seven Network. ATN-7 is the home of the national level Seven News bulletins.