TVW

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TVW

Perth, Western Australia
Channels	Digital: 6 (VHF) Virtual: 7
Branding	Seven
Programming
Affiliations	Seven (O&O)
Ownership
Owner	Seven West Media (Channel Seven Perth Pty Ltd)
History
First air date	16 October 1959; 65 years ago (1959-10-16)
Former channel number(s)	7 (VHF) (analog) (1959–2013)
Former affiliations	Independent (1959–1977)
Call sign meaning	Television Western Australia
Technical information
Licensing authority	Australian Communications and Media Authority
ERP	50 kW (digital)
HAAT	280 m (digital)[1]
Transmitter coordinates	32°0′30″S 116°5′3″E / 32.00833°S 116.08417°E / -32.00833; 116.08417
Links
Website	7plus.com.au

TVW is a television station broadcasting in Perth, Western Australia, wholly owned by Seven West Media. It was the first television station in Western Australia, commencing broadcasting on 16 October 1959. It broadcasts a modulated 64-QAM signal of five DVB channels (Seven Network, 7two, 7mate, 7flix and Racing.com).^[2] The primary channel was available as a PAL-B modulated simulcast on VHF channel 7 at 182.25 MHz before being discontinued in the first half of 2013; it had been the station's primary signal since its inception. The TVW callsign stands for TV (Television) Western Australia.