Had a thought about this - how did they work out which areas got full blown stations and which ones would be better served by full satellite services? E.g. CBN and CWN - surely Dubbo could have gotten a fully independent station if they wanted to? Or was it always going to be a satellite of another station?
I’m thinking some of the WA and SA stations would’ve been served by extensions of nearby stations. Say the Riverland got a satellite station of SES or GTS instead of launching RTS.