They actually put “Hobart/Launceston” and “Launceston/Hobart”? That’s just madness. If they had to put location names in why not just say “Tasmania”?
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I think they would of had seperate ones for Hobart/Launceston (GEM Hobart/GEM Launceston etc.), but @DudeLizowski05 decided to put both location names in.
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ok. Makes more sense
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Tasmania TV Channels December, 2007 (15 years ago)
2 - ABC TV
3 - SBS TV
5 - TDT SD
6 - SCTV Launceston/Hobart
8 - WIN TELEVISION
20 - ABC HDTV
21 - ABC TV
22 - ABC2
30 - SBS HD
31 - SBS 2
33 - SBS World News Channel
38 - SBS Radio 1
39 - SBS Radio 2
50 - TEN HD Tasmania
60 - SCTV SD
66 - MyTalk SD
80 - WIN HD
200 - ABC DiG Radio
201 - ABC DiG Jazz Radio
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Tasmania TV Channels September 1992 (30 years ago) - just following the trend to show how much has changed!
North:
ABNT3 - ABC
TNT9 - Southern Cross
South:
ABT2 - ABC
TVT6 - TasTV
SBS (28?)
Yep, definitely were separated. So we had Launceston specified for those ones.
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yes, SBS was 28
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Did you happen to check the LCN number for 7flix when you were there?
Last time I was in Toowoomba, a couple of years ago, the LCNs were:
6/60/61 - 7HD
62 - 7two
63 - 7mate
68 - Racing.com
76 - 7flix
All of Seven’s channels were in the 6/60 range, except for 7flix which was on 76.
Channel names listed above are not intended to be correct, just showing what I can remember from the LCN numbers.
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Canberra channels - 6 October 2022:
2 ABC TV
3 SBS ONE
5 10 Canberra
6 7 Canberra
8 Ch9 Canberra
20 ABCTV HD
21 ABC TV
22 ABCKids/TVPlus
23 ABC ME
24 ABC NEWS
25 ABC CANBERRA
26 ABC RN
27 ABC Classic
28 triple j
29 triple j Unearthed
30 SBS ONE HD
31 SBS VICELAND HD
32 SBS World Movies
33 SBS Food
34 NITV
35 SBS WorldWatch
36 SBS Arabic24
37 SBS Radio 1
38 SBS Radio 2
39 SBS Chill
50 10 HD Canberra
51 10 Canberra
52 10 Peach
53 10 BOLD
54 10 SHAKE
55 SBN
56 Sky News Regional
60 7HD Canberra
61 7 Canberra
62 7two Canberra
63 7mate Canberra
64 7mateHD Canberra
65 ishoptv
66 7flix
68 RACING.COM
80 9HD Canberra
81 9Gem
82 9Go!
83 9Life
84 TVSN
85 GOLD
200 Double J
201 ABC Jazz
202 ABC KIDS Listen
203 ABC Country
204 ABC NewsRadio
301 SBS Radio 1
302 SBS Radio 2
303 SBS Radio 3
304 SBS Arabic24
305 SBS PopDesi
306 SBS Chill
307 SBS PopAsia
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Ooooh, no don’t recall whether 7flix was 66 or 76, but that would be VERY odd if they were using both 6x and 7x LCNs in the same channel stream.
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About WIN Nine’s channels…
I wonder why 9Gem/9Go/9Life are on 81-83 instead of 82-84? For some reason, it pisses me off that WIN aren’t consistent with the network. Hopefully by the time the Tasmania 9News taunches we will have 9Gem/9Go/9Life on 82-84, with 9GemHD on 85 and TVSN/GOLD on 86/87.
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It is unusual that it’s not consistent, but, at the same time, there’s absolutely no point in having another copy of Nine on 91/81 IMO.
In that regard I actually think WIN’s method is better.
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What does it matter?
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Me too.
But I think TVSN’s position is the reason why WIN went with 81/82/83 for the multi’s - under both Nine and 10 affiliations.
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Same here. I am a bit surprised WIN kept TVSN in Nine markets after July 1. As I have said before, the Nine markets use a 10 style sponsor board but the 10 ones don’t. I would not be surprised if WIN changes them to Nine ones in-between now and the Tasmanian bulletin launch, as well as doing this:
8: Nine
80: 9HD
81: Nine
82: 9Gem
83: 9Go!
84: 9Life
85: 9GemHD
86: GOLD
87: Extra/TVSN
I hope this will happen, especially as Seven have launched 7mateHD in PRIME markets. It may be as they are O&O, but it is likely all the former PRIME staff are still there, not under control by Seven as Seven is at NPC, and Seven Regional/PRIME are at TBS.
Unlike SCA, WIN seems to want their brand shown on sponsor boards/idents, and are only using the Nine branding due to Nine forcing them. If Nine didn’t, I am 90% sure WIN would’ve used the WIN branding on the main channel.
With Idents, I reckon they can stay long term (Nine/9Gem/9Go on the WIN Network, haven’t seen any 9Life ones though) however it would probably be a different case for TVSN/10 style sponsor boards.
With the sponsor boards, WIN now use the SCA style for 10 stations, but still the 10 style for Nine stations. I doubt Nine would want to see a 10 style sponsor board during Nine News Tasmania. With TVSN, it looks like WIN would probably drop them when the contract is up, and have the fate of GOLD2 (replaced by Extra).
Back to the multis with 81-83 instead of 82-84, the reason I do not like it is due to it not being like Nine metro/SCA Spencer Gulf/Nine Darwin/NBN. It sticks out like a sore thumb unlike the other Nine stations/all the 7 stations (all of them have 7TWO on 62, not 61 etc.) So that is why I do not like it. I would like for WIN to look like metro more.
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Gold used to broadcast on channel 86 before the July 2016 affiliation swap but after the March 2016 reshuffle so Gold would be back in it’s March to June 2016 spot @TBoy.
At least they are in order and are relatively consistent.
WIN and SCA have made a mess of 10’s channel placements across their markets. For example, 10 BOLD can be found on 1, 5, 12, 50, 51, 52 or 53 depending on the market! 
I reckon the opposite LCNs should be used here to keep them aligned to metro. TVSN on x6 everywhere, Extra or Gold on x7 everywhere.
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I wonder what LCN 7Bravo will be on? I think it will be 75, but I would like to see this:
METRO
7 7
70 7HD
71 7
72 7TWO
73 7mateHD
74 7Bravo
76 7flix
78 RACING. COM
REGIONAL QLD
7 7HD
70 7HD
71 7HD
72 7TWOHD
73 7mateHD
74 7Bravo
76 7flix
78 RACING. COM
REGIONAL NSW/VIC
6 7
60 7HD
61 7
62 7TWO
63 7mateHD
64 7Bravo
65 ishoptv
66 7flix
68 RACING. COM
If 7mate SD is dropped and replaced by 7Bravo, there will be no change in bandwidth as there would be the same amount of channels as without it. Also allows ishoptv on Seven Regional to not be moved.
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I would like to see the main HD channel on 7 (or 6).
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Then you can have:
7/6 7HD
70/60 7SD
etc.
Removes the pointless simulcast. I’d like them to use the opportunity to make 7two HD in metro as well.
Why not bite the bullet and remove 7, 7two and 7mateHD so it looks like this:
7: 7HD (MPEG-4)
70: 7HD (MPEG-4)
71: 7HD (MPEG-4)
72: 7TWOHD (MPEG-4)
73: 7mateHD (MPEG-4)
74: 7Bravo (MPEG-2 SD)
76: 7flix (MPEG-2 SD)
78: RACING . COM (MPEG-4 SD)
7QLD would be the same as well as 7Regional but the latter is on the 6 LCN with ishoptv (MPEG-4 SD) on 65.
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