Golden West Network
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Golden West Network (GWN) is the Seven Network affiliate in Western Australia, servicing all areas except metropolitan Perth in competition with WIN Television WA. There are two services that GWN operates:
- Normal terrestrial television, and
- A free-to-air satellite service, broadcasting to remote areas that can’t receive television by normal means.
History
GWN began as several smaller stations:
- BTW-3 Bunbury, which started on 10 March 1967, with a relay in Mount Barker commencing in August 1968.
- VEW-8 Kalgoorlie began on 18 June 1971.
- GSW-9 Albany began on 29 August 1974. GSW relayed BTW’s programming.
- GTW-11 Geraldton began on 21 January 1977.
On 31 October 1984, the Australian Broadcasting Tribunal started looking for companies to run a commercial television service in remote Western Australia, Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands via satellite. GWN was granted the Remote Commercial Television License (RCTS) in June 1985 and the service went to air on 18 October 1986 using the call-sign WAW.
GWN acquired VEW-8 Kalgoorlie in Decembey 1985 and GTW-11 Geraldton in 1987. Current Seven Network chairman Kerry Stokes purchased GWN in 1988, and upgraded equipment throughout the network. In April 1990, BTW and GSW stations merged to become SSW.
In December 1996, Prime Television purchased GWN, and three years later, GWN became an affiliate of the Seven Network, following the expansion of WIN Television into Western Australia, who took the Nine Network and Network Ten affiliations.
On-Air Presentation
Since 2001, GWN's on-air presentation is almost identical to that of Prime, only differing in the Prime/GWN logo itself.GWN uses the slogan "Bringing it home to ME," as seen at the end of station IDs. The IDs are based around programs which air on GWN, and consist of a combination of 3D computer graphics and video footage from programs which air on GWN.
GWN also uses 'Tonight' signposts (program menu) and rating advisory screens which match the style of station IDs.
In early April 2005, GWN's on-air presentation control was moved from their Bunbury office to their multi-million dollar digital broadcast facility in Canberra. The programming is delivered to regional Western Australia via a Satellite feed.
Golden West News
The Golden West News bulletin is hosted by Noel Brunning, and weather is presented by Shauna Willis. Alex Cullen previously presented the sport segment for Golden West News, however transferred to Seven News Perth in November 2005. Reporters for Golden West News live in major towns in Western Australia, including Bunbury, Albany, Kalgoorlie, Geraldton, Karratha and Broome, as well as the Perth metropolitan area.
A brand new look was launched for Golden West News on July 25, 2005. This relaunched involved new graphics, opening music and a brand new set. The new look Golden West News is modelled on a red and blue theme, similar to its metropolitan news partner Seven News. The current look of Golden West News is now being phased into Prime News bulletins in the eastern states.
Golden West News updates are aired in conjunction with Seven News updates on weekdays until 8:30pm, after which time only Seven News updates are aired. GWN also air a repeat of their 5:30pm bulletin late at night, usually starting at either 12:30am or 1:00am depending on the run-time of prior programming.
See also
External links
| Australian free-to-air television networks | |||||||
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| Metropolitan: | ABC - Seven Network - Nine Network - Network TEN - SBS | ||||||
| Regional: | ABC - Prime (GWN) - Southern Cross - NBN - WIN (WA) - Southern Cross Ten - SBS | ||||||
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