Well we can always said that it was WIN’s fault for Nine not winning in both markets. However, if Nine was to have taken control of NWS-9 and STW-9 without WIN’s interference, would we see a different leader of TV news in Adelaide and Perth?
In Perth they would have a few of the Seven News reporters still there.
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Regardless if WIN owned STW they probably wouldn’t have won against Seven. Rick and Sue appeal to a broad variety of people and they have been presenting for a long time. Sevens domination also comes from the amount of time they dedicate to the community with events such as Telethon. I might also add in that Seven commitment to sport also plays a role in the community since 7 has AFL rights and everyone in WA watches Eagles and Docksrs (this could also be applied to 9 Sydneys ratings with NRL) At 9Perth they have changed so many news presenters and haven’t really been around that much with the community (compared to 7)
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And TVW-7 was the first commercial TV station on air in Perth.
It wasn’t only under WIN’s ownership that Nine performed poorly in Adelaide and Perth, they rated lower than Seven (especially in news) with their previous owners as well. WIN was only in the picture from 2007.
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I think if NEC (PBL in '07) had got their hands, at least on NWS before WIN, things might have been different, I would daresay Rob Kelvin would have been in the main chair for a lot longer (maybe retired last year) and I think could have closed the gap with Seven (and done successfully solo) if management kept pumping in extra resources and money. And also I think Georgina McGuinness would still be around too. I’m pretty sure she was still winning weekends (or at least Sundays), after WIN took over control of the station.
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She was a clear winner against John Riddell when he was on weekends, but when Graeme Goodings returned things changed.
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Yes but the ratings difference between STW and TVW was not as great under Sunraysia.
And then of course content became sloppy and WIN couldn’t keep up with modern technology
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Some snapshots of the graphics used during Nine’s Federal Budget Updates this evening:
Yep, reports from the Canberra/Parliament House bureau are still entirely in SD. Hopefully once all the local stations are HD-ready, Nine plans on an upgrade to the equipment in the Canberra/Parliament House bureau so we can eventually see Federal Politics reports in native HD.
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Perth news tonight:
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Opener to Nine’s Budget 2017 coverage:
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Some snapshots from last night’s Federal Budget special.
Set:
Graphics (we already saw the rest during the Updates, so nothing special there):
…and what I’m sure everyone’s excited to see, floor graphics:
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~ ANONYMITY LOST ~
Press F to pay respects to our fallen soldier.
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Alicia Loxley doing Monday-Wednesdays at 4 with Brett McLeod Thursday and Friday.
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I think we’ve figured that out by now…
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I feel like Nine News will milk the George Calombaris story for all its worth tonight, because of MasterChef trouncing their new show?
The commercial networks love to publicise bad press 
God damn the sass
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If Ten still had a news department they’d do the same thing if George was a Nine personality.
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Ten News actually did have a (albeit brief) story on George tonight.