Yes, you are right.
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CTC was VHF 7 in central Canberra, VHF 10 in Woden/Weston Ck, Cooma and Goulburn, VHF 2 in Bombala and UFH 63 Tuggeranong and 66 Jindabyne.
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Thanks, yes of course youâre right CTC was VHF 10 on Mt Taylor not Tuggeranong, and for clarifying the Kerry Stokes (Seven) & Ten ownership. (If I recall correctly CTC was using 7News reports when Stokes owned the station so was affiliated, sort of, but of course back then it - like all regional monopoly commercial stations - showed selected programmes which appeared across the 3 networks in the major capital cities.)
Can you confirm (someone else asked earlier) if the pre-recorded local sections (e.g. Illawarra) are going to be pre-sent to CTC (Canberra) to be played out or played directly at the time from TCN (Sydney)?
And thanks for the inside info. 
Interestingly, the VHF 10 signal was strong all over Tuggeranong as well as Weston/Woden. I grew up in Gowrie with a VHF only set and watched CTC on 10 and ABC on 9.
Iâm afraid I donât have details on local window playout for Nine News.
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Green screen doesnât have to be bad - if done correctly it can look great. ITV News have used them for 13 years in the UK and their current set looks fantastic, though they have been hit and miss over the years - the previous set was known as the car park of news!
If using a green screen means theyâre technically able to change the backdrop in each region behind the same action that is a pretty neat solution.
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Most green screen sets end up with a claustrophobic 2D effect - which, when viewers have a choice of bulletin, does have an impact. WIN news is a case in point, as is Southern Cross News on GTS-BKN. It makes the news feel fake and cheap - which is a shame really as the staff do a great job putting the bulletins together with next to no resources.
The mistake many programmers make is that they see watching local news as a âdutyâ of viewers. People who live in regional areas are just as discerning as metropolitan viewers and will watch the news that âlooksâ the best - regardless of how âlocalâ it is.
Primeâs local news offer in country NSW âlooksâ great. Their faked âlive crossesâ and high quality studio are paying dividends in their ratings.
For Nine Canberra (and others to follow) Itâs a shame a real news set (even if it were a generic one like NBN) is unlikely. This would be down to the cost of having a news studio set up - rather than the need to have local graphics on screen.
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I donât know if itâs already been mentioned, but itâs now been confirmed that the Central West edition will debut on Monday February 20: http://www.centralwesterndaily.com.au/story/4424246/nines-central-west-news-bulletin-ready-to-launch-from-february-20/
Also, from the camera operator/editor for the new Illawarra edition:
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Thatâs really giving it to WIN.
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Imagine what Kerry Packer wouldâve thought of all this and said to Bruce Gordon.
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Something along these lines: âLook mate, smarten up because youâve done f*** all for me recently and now my war with you isnât just about to start. Itâs about to finish, with you claiming defeat. Shape up or ship out Gordon, FFS!â
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##nine NEWS ILLAWARRA
Launches Monday 13 February at 6.00pm
From Monday, February 13, Southern Cross Austereo (SCA) in conjunction with its affiliate partner, the Nine Network, will broadcast a dedicated Nine News Illawarra bulletin to Wollongong and the South Coast region.
Whether itâs reporting on the Premiership hopes of the St George Illawarra Dragons, keeping up with Sally Fitzgibbons or covering the next passenger cruise ship to dock at Port Kembla, the Nine News Illawarra team will be on top of what matters most in Wollongong and surrounding areas.
The one-hour bulletins will be broadcast at 6.00pm each week night, compiling local stories, dedicated local sport and weather reports, together with the very best in national and international coverage that viewers have come to expect from Nine News.
Presented by Vanessa OâHanlon, the Illawarra bulletin is the second in a series of Nine News regional bulletins to be rolled out in the coming months as part of one of the biggest expansions of news operations in Australia.
Local news-gathering staff, living and working in the local community, with production and editorial staff based in Sydney as part of Nineâs new regional news division, will bring Illawarra residents the news that matters most to them and their communities.
Grant Blackley, Chief Executive Officer of SCA, said: âWe are pleased to be able to broadcast a Wollongong based news service for our viewers. We are committed to investing in jobs and our local communities, bringing the best local stories to air and providing our Wollongong and South Coast clients and businesses with new opportunities to reach their customers.â
Mike Dalton, Director of Regional News for the Nine Network, said: âWeâre just one week away from launching the biggest expansion in regional news reporting this country has ever seen, with our first bulletin launching in Canberra next Monday. Then, one week later it will be Wollongongâs turn to experience the bulletin that Australians turn to for trust, credibility and experience.â
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Pretty sure she meant/said next door to the Melbourne set - side by side.
Would be a waste of a studio to use the kids WB one for the Regionals. Would also wonder what happens to Footy classified/Sunday footy show in the scenario that this is the case (occupying the old WB studio)
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Okay, anyone from the Illawarra able to confirm that the Premiership hopes of the Dragons is top of their list of concerns?
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Speaking as a former Wollongongite, I think âreporting on the Premiership hopes of the Dragonsâ reads a little better and is more upbeat than âreporting on the continuing concerns about rolling redundancies at Bluescope Steelâ.
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Good point.
Hmm I donât suppose that the upcoming 9 news regional bulletins or the Darwin or NBN news would be on 9Now anytime soon?
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Footy Classified uses the same studio as Nine News Melbourne, but yes, the Sunday Footy Show (and TAC Future Stars) is done in the second studio.
However, how do you imagine they present 2 programs at the same time in the same studio? The audio will be picked up from the other bulletin as well.
It makes much more sense to use the second studio for regional news, with the sets being changed over for the weekend shows (as is what happens in the vast majority of studios).
From what I understood, the bulletin wouldnât be live? Considering itâs going to be produced for a number of regions.
Yes it would make sense for the Second studio to be used⌠that only problem I see is the lack of storage space for all of the sets. From the grabs we saw on the Insta. The new 9News Melb set is in the position footy classified would be set up in (next to the old 9News set) wouldnât think theyâd rig it all up only for it to be all moved again.
Anyway this is all speculative. I guess we will see tonight 
All reports have stated that the bulk of the bulletin is live with just the local inserts pre-recorded though one of those could be done live as well.
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Which means that Footy Classified will probably move to where the old 9News set was.