ABN (TV station)

ABN
Channels
Programming
AffiliationsABC Television
Ownership
OwnerAustralian Broadcasting Corporation
History
First air date
5 November 1956; 68 years ago (1956-11-05)
Former channel number(s)
2 (VHF) (analog) (1956–2013)
Call sign meaning
ABC New South Wales
Technical information
Licensing authority
Australian Communications and Media Authority
ERP200 kW (analog)
50 kW (digital)
HAAT168 m (analog)
205 m (digital)[note 1]
Transmitter coordinates33°49′12″S 151°11′6″E / 33.82000°S 151.18500°E / -33.82000; 151.18500 (ABN)
Links
Websitewww.abc.net.au/tv/

ABC Television in New South Wales comprises national and local programming on the ABC television network in the Australian state of New South Wales, headquartered in Sydney.

ABN or ABN-2 was the historic call sign of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's television station in Sydney. The station began broadcasting on 5 November 1956 as the second television station in New South Wales and Sydney. Its original studios were located in Gore Hill and were in use up until March 2004, when they were co-located with ABC Radio, Radio Australia, ABC-TV Set Construction and ABC Australia at the Corporation's headquarters in the inner city suburb of Ultimo.[1] Its main transmitter, however, remains at Gore Hill.[2] The station can be received throughout the state through a number of relay transmitters, as well as domestic satellite transmission on the Viewer Access Satellite Television (formerly Optus Aurora) platform.


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  1. ^ "Inside the ABC - Issue 7 - Building on the Future". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 15 November 2004. Retrieved 27 July 2007.
  2. ^ "Communications - Television - Sydney national television station ABN2 transmitting masts at Gore Hill, Sydney New South Wales [photographic image] / photographer, John Tanner. 1 photographic negative: b&w, acetate". National Archives of Australia. 1959. Retrieved 22 June 2021.