I forgot about Broken Hill. 
Studio is still there, just next to the transmitter site on the hill.
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Townsville building was decommissioned a couple of years ago due to asbestos risk. A new block building was built in front of it which houses the Commercial FM stations. All TV comes from the BAI site up the road.
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Nice conversation here, but now we should shift the focus of “buildings that have stayed in one place” to radio stations.
And on an unrelated note, Triple M is located on 191 York Street in Albany … is that where the ABC used to be?
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I thought that the original site would have been would be long gone after the holding company had financial difficulties in the early 1990s and moved production to NRTV studios in Coffs Harbour, until the DDQ and RTQ licence was bought by WIN and that the news was then presented from RTQ studios after the WIN buyout
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I read an article it only has 3 staff (2 Sales/1 News). Surely all that space is wasted? Perhaps it’s cheaper to keep it than rent a small office downtown?
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Maybe not cheaper, but same cost at least. Being at the transmitter site, the land and building would have no value to anyone else.
And that’s a similar story for most of the remaining sites mentioned above - most of the larger sites which would have redevelopment opportunities and aren’t being used for production have been sold (WIN Ballarat being an obvious exception). SCA even tried to sell Launceston and couldn’t find a buyer willing to pay enough to make the move worthwhile. If you look at the remaining sites in say Mildura, Mackay, Whyalla, these are smaller building with limited development opportunity. While there might be some cost savings long term in moving, it’s not huge. And in the very small towns like Broken Hill, it’s not as easy and just wanting to move - real estate is quite limited with not many vacancies, so it can take quite a while for the ideal replacement site to become available.
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You’re right TVAU. Those were not part of the original HSV studios. I think they were built in the 80s, and were connected to the original HSV studios and an office building from the 70s by a skybridge across Wells St.
All the original sites have been replaced by apartment complexes.
Part of HSV’s original buildings, though never studios, is now Fox Footy in Dorcas Street.
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Unfortunately, the original studio 1 at HSV7 has long gone. This studio was historically famous for its original 1950/60s content.
Does anyone know where the 2006 documentary went? No longer on YouTube. It was a good watch, gave a real good insight into the beginnings of the Seven Network.
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This one? Although I think there was another one with a broader focus as well.
YT: Aussiebeachut0
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Yes there was another one called Made In Melbourne
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Page 12 of the following document has a good little map of the original Dorcas Street building. A lot of history and detail of HSV7 can be found in this document.
channel-7_days.pdf (tripod.com)
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Did HSV7 News and Current Affairs come out of Studio 1 or 2. Or was there another studio in the office tower (next door) where the newsroom was located?
At this stage I’m assuming it was Studio 2.
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Does anyone know if Nine ever released their Willoughby doco?
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Drove past the former NBN headquarters at Mosbri Crescent in Newcastle today, no sign of demolition works yet, everything is just fenced off with black plastic sheeting on the fences.
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Behind the scenes at Optus Sport
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Some people have done videos in the past of going through abandoned TV stations so I won’t be surprised if someone in Newcastle does the same. As much as they are interesting to watch, I don’t condone trespassing.
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