They were only experimental services, in each of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide, so they weren’t intended for a broad audience. I don’t know what they broadcast, though.
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i’m not 100% sure they are there for Q&A - i was there for the brisbane comedy festival where i saw david o’doherty - but as far as i am aware there is no gala tonight, which makes me think it’s Q&A (that and the trucks were closed up when i went past at 6:45pm)
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There was an internal ABC email near middle of last year that confirmed the end of ABC TV OB’s using ABC trucks and staff. Most of the little remaining OB people were made redundant. Some of them do still work at ABC OB’s as freelancers now in mostly non-ABC trucks/facilities.
The weekly National Press Club Address OB can be loosely argued the only in-house ABC OB crewed by the ABC using in-house ABC facilities. With mostly permanent ABC robotic cameras at the National Press Club which are fibre fed back to a control room at ABC Northbourne Ave where it is remote switched.
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I believe it was a mix of programs from the two major ABC stations in each city. Despite a lack of FM radios in Australia at the time, they did have a reasonable audience. They were closed after the rejigging of the VHF TV spectrum when it was foolishly decided to put part of channel 3, plus channel 4 and 5 on to the FM broadcast band.
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Though VHF-3, 4, 5 was allocated as far back as 1962, before those FM tests.
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Location of Olympic broadcasting centre for 2032 announced.
https://twitter.com/9NewsQueensland/status/1519574926839140353?s=20&t=3PHwYS2xLH7tyZ7IQBhJFw
https://statements.qld.gov.au/statements/95044
“This is a key milestone for one of the vital infrastructure pieces of the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games – the International Broadcast Centre,” the Premier said.
“This deal secures the site for the IBC, but it also secures the manufacturing jobs currently located at the Visy factory in West End.”
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WIN in Ballarat have moved, according to WIN News tonight.
This leaves BCV8 Bendigo as the only Victorian TV station in its original home.
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And they felt the need to air the story in Tasmania as if it affects the island?
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I can confirm the NEP trucks are for Q&A and there is now a smaller satellite truck here as well.
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Well yeah, given that they’re WIN News, but you have to take into account how they like broadcasting stories which don’t have any relevance in some areas, so…
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According to the WIN website, its at Suite 2, 2 Enterprise Grove Mt Helen.
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I beleive WIN are still located at STV8’s studio in Mildura.
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Which is next to Federation University
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Young Rob Brough had a ripper of a mullet in the early 90’s when he was presenting Family Feud
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WIN left in 2015 …
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I thought WIN was still at its original site, 18 Deakin Avenue?
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Is when the local news bulletin finished, WIN were still located in the building last I was in Mildura a couple of years ago. Checking online would suggest they still are.
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