ABC Canberra (TV station)

ABC

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory Australia
Channels	Digital: 8 (VHF) Virtual: 2
Programming
Affiliations	ABC Television
Ownership
Owner	Australian Broadcasting Corporation
History
First air date	18 December 1962; 61 years ago (1962-12-18)
Former channel number(s)	3 (VHF) (1962–1996)(analogue) 9 (VHF) (1996–2012)(analogue) 9A (VHF) (2003–2014) (digital)
Call sign meaning	ABC Canberra
Technical information
Licensing authority	Australian Communications and Media Authority
ERP	50 kW (digital)
HAAT	362 m (digital)[1]
Transmitter coordinates	35°16′32″S 149°5′52″E / 35.27556°S 149.09778°E / -35.27556; 149.09778 (ABC)
Links
Website	www.abc.net.au/tv/

ABC Television in the ACT comprises national and local programming on the ABC television network in the Australian Capital Territory, which includes the capital city of Australia, Canberra, and broadcasts on a number of channels under the ABC call sign. There is some local programming from the Canberra studio, most notably the nightly 7PM News, presented by James Glenday and Adrienne Francis.

ABC was the historic call sign of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's television station in Canberra which launched in 1962, with the "C" in the call sign standing for Canberra. It was also referred to as ABC-3 (not to be confused with the later ABC Me children's channel launched in 2009).