GTS/BKN

GTS/BKN
Channels
BrandingSeven Spencer Gulf
Seven Broken Hill
Nine Spencer Gulf
Nine Broken Hill
Programming
AffiliationsGTS/BKN: Seven
GDS/BDN: Nine
Ownership
Owner
SGS/SCN
History
First air date
GTS: 1 March 1968; 56 years ago (1968-03-01)
BKN: 16 August 1968; 56 years ago (1968-08-16)
Former channel number(s)
Analog:
GTS: 4 (VHF)
BKN: 7 (VHF)[1]
Independent (1968 (1968)–2006 (2006))
Call sign meaning
GTS:
Spencer Gulf
Telecasters
South Australia
BKN:
BroKen Hill New South Wales
Technical information
Licensing authority
Australian Communications and Media Authority
ERPGTS:240 kW
BKN:4 kW
HAATGTS:627 m (digital)
BKN:104 m[2]
Transmitter coordinatesGTS:
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 offices in Broken Hill

GTS/BKN are Australian regional television stations serving the Spencer Gulf of South Australia and the Broken Hill area of New South Wales.

The stations are owned and operated by Southern Cross Austereo and based in Port Pirie with satellite offices in Broken Hill, Port Augusta, Whyalla and Port Lincoln, and playout facilities based in Hobart.

The station's name originates from the Port Pirie and Broken Hill stations' callsigns, GTS Port Pirie and BKN Broken Hill.

  1. ^ "ACMA Stations Book Electronic Edition" (PDF). ACMA. July 2008. Archived from the original on 31 May 2008. Retrieved 4 January 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ HAAT estimated from http://www.itu.int/SRTM3/ using EHAAT.