9news Western victoria begins March 6th
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On holidays to the NSW South Coast (Merimbula) 
Staying overnight in Lakes Entrance (Gippsland, VIC).
LCN 5 is incorrect, showing āSC10 Traralgonā still. Despite the ā9ā watermark?
I daresay that the TV wherever youāre staying hasnāt been rescanned in a while!
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Yeah, I still see peopleās TVs with LCN names and numbers in the wrong spot even now.
The whole āno need to rescan your TVsā that was advertised in July was a terrible idea.
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Some TVs automatically do it, but (as Iāve said before) the cause of the problem is WIN: They refused to do the right thing by viewers & swap LCNs with SCA; the result is in conflict with the documented standard (8x LCNs were reserved for the Nine affiliate, 5x for the Ten affilitate).
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I thought this was the case, but I donāt think Iāve seen a single un-rescanned TV that has the LCNs/Names 100% correct.
Iāve seen some TVs prompt for a rescan (press OK to continue) and after that theyāre fine, others have said theirs automatically rescan, but of course Iāve come across ones that donāt (and my 8-year old series 7 Samsung LCD definitely doesnāt; it didnāt even prompt).
Ideally, the SCA Nine family of channels would just use the 9x range of LCNs except in regions (Wollongong, Sunshine Coast, etc.) where overlap with the metro signals is possible.
But yeah, I think whether or not your TV will automatically pick up new channels and LCN changes depends on how old your set is and what brand it is, etc.
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The Panasonic Plasma here didnāt even prompt when ABCHD was added.
SCA wanted to do that, but I think Free TV Australia blocked them???
That would have made no difference to the need for a re-scan - there would then be plenty of TVs that had WIN on LCN 8 and Southern Cross on LCN 5.
OK, so until a rescan the LCNs-to-frequency mapping wouldnāt be updated. Of course.
(But after a rescan it wouldāve been less confusing for viewers that programmes wouldāve been on the same LCNs as they were the prior to the affiliation changes.)
Apparently SCA decided against using the 9x numbering for most of their broadcast areas because then theyād have to encourage rescans, trying to use 9x in overlap areas would cause problems so theyād have to stick with 5x there anyway, and they couldnāt use the Channel 9 On 5 advertising for their entire broadcast areas.
thought it was win tv that blocked them
So did Iā¦
But yes a rescan wouldnāt hurt. Pulled out an STB recently that had 84 listed as LIFE which is now TVSN, and 54, well, nothing being broadcast on 54ā¦
Itād be interesting if Nine made one set of promos nationwideā¦
āTonight on 9GEM (Channel 92 in metro, Channel 90 in remote areas, Channel 82 in NNSW, Channel 52 in SNSW, Regional QLD, Regional VIC, Regional TAS and in Crystal Clear High Definition on Channel 50 in Griffith/MIA, Regional SA and Regional WA)ā
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Southern Cross Nine is turning 55. It would be a nice touch if it were recognised on air. If not in a news special, as the metropolians pump out at the drop of a hat, at least a few postcards or a birthday ident!
BCV Bendigo, GLV Traralgon turned 55 last December while CTC Canberra and TNQ Townsville will be turning 55 in June and November respectively.
BCV did a decent 35 year anniversary special in 1997 - three years after Southern Cross cancelled local production. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LD6wDBd1m90
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Did they do something for the 50th anniversary?
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From memory, Southern Cross Ten (as it was at the time) didnāt do much more than a special watermark to celebrate 50 Years of TV in Canberra around mid-2012.
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Iām hopeful of more this time around, but who knows. Steve Liebmann was working at CTC in Canberra when it first went to air, it would be great if he were part of a news special or a series of āmemory laneā postcards.
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The Way SC Nine is run basically by robots and essentially all by Nine in Sydney with SCA basically doing shit all - Iād be surprised ion anyone even knew it was their 55th anniversary in some markets.
Iād be shocked to see them make the effort to acknowledge it in anyway
But yes - a few 5 second IDs, a story on the local news and a bug would be nice,.
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Hereās an EXCLUSIVE look at their transmitters 
Itās just a repeater repeating the main signal
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SCA using new Cyclone Alert SEWS graphics since the change over to Nine.
Just saw the alert on TV here in Townsville.
Will try and record.
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