Not now it wouldn’t be… but back then, no one did it… I still remember all the complaints on the internet in 1999 when Seven first started doing it.
Interesting to note that the article mentions a new Ten Network logo being launched in January. From what has been mentioned here before, the new logo appeared on screen one Sunday night in January 1988 out of nowhere and without announcement after the news.
that’s what happened on-screen but obviously the change was in planning behind-the-scenes well beforehand and I guess ADS gave the local journos a heads up when the channel changeover was happening 
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Unless ADS weren’t supposed to tell anyone!
And was gone the next year. (Lasted even shorter in Brisbane because of late adoption due to channel change).
Flashback to 1981, and GWN’s special presentation around the building and official opening of its new combined radio-TV studio complex in Bunbury and new GWN logo. Including GWN owner Jack Bendat’s speech and announcing plans to bring FM radio to Bunbury “as soon as it is available” and protesting the arrival of pay-TV, in turn proposing that GWN discuss plans with the government around opening a secondary channel.
And a preview of upcoming programs, presented by Kate Dunstan, who later became a reporter and TV newsreader on the east coast at Nine, Seven and ABC.
YouTube: Vintage Video AU
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FM radio started in Bunbury in April 1981. ABC FM on 93.3. Yes, they were very limited in the spectrum available but it was there at the time.
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1991 conversion announcement for ABLV-4 Gippsland and its translators.
YouTube: Dave Headland
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Full Capital Eyewitness News bulletin from 18 March 1994:
And Alan Jones Live:
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I remember watching a similar on-air announcement in the dying days of ABRV-3 Ballarat in early-1992 after it changed to Channel 11.
And just 9 years later, ABRV-11 went to UHF Channel 42 due to DVB-T interference from Melbourne.
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Did BTV-6 Ballarat move to UHF 36 at the same time for the same reason?
Yes I believe, shifted in 2000 or so prior to DTV commencing full-time in Melbourne.
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Yes. Due to interference from HSV-6 digital.
Worth noting that BTV-6 had a very different radiation pattern after 1991 too. A new VHF array was installed at Lookout Hill for BTV-6 and ABRV-11 that year and the ERP towards Bendigo was drastically and deliberately reduced as a result. BTV-6 was not able to be received, but ABRV-11 was in Bendigo.
Overall though, the UHF channels from Lookout Hill came in quite strong.
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I’ve found an old link from WIN’s website from January 2001 about the frequency change in Ballarat/Western VIC:
According to the above link, WIN’s new UHF 36 service commenced on 15th January 2001.
And here’s one for the ABC:
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I remember at the time it was rather rushed with many residents getting severe digital TV interference off the back of their antennas on BTV-6 and ABRV-11.
Many an irate complaint to the TV stations apparently…
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At the same time, BCV-8 rushed an install of an array for BCV-38 onto the back of their Mt Alexander tower with all the ERP towards the South due to GTV-8 digital interference in places like Kyneton/Woodend/Trentham, Tooborac etc.
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And GLV had to shift to UHF for the same reason to avoid conflict with digital TV from Melbourne (GLV8 and GLV6 both having to move).
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Interesting that BCV never shifted frequencies when BTV and GLV both did, but they got the UHF simulcast instead. Why didn’t BCV just totally shift to UHF 38 with the same specs as Prime and WIN? I guess the overlap area was lesser and they were vertical not horizontal, but still seems an advantage to have two services.
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There will be people here far more technical than I but I suppose they potentially should have got a full changeover from VHF to UHF. I think there were technical reasons why they didn’t. I seem to recall BCV8 got a power downgrade which was probably enough to hold off any interference with Melbourne, but the UHF was needed to compensate for the lower power VHF signal?
Did GLV have a translator in Churchill?