In my trawls through the VIC regional newspapers last week, I was able to ascertain some aggregation start dates for some regions for each broadcaster. I’ve summarised my findings below
Albury
1 Jan 1992 - all three networks
Ballarat
SCN - either 22 or 23 January 1992 (there were delays as per article A below)
Prime - 1 March 1992 (as per ad B below)
Bendigo
VIC TV - 1 Jan 1992 (though the only hitch was the 6pm bulletin as per Article C below)
Prime - 1 March 1992
Mildura was not part of aggregation, but I did see Prime started there on 1 July 1997.
Article A (from the ‘Ballarat Courier’ Tues 21 Jan 1992)
Article B (from the ‘Ballarat Courier’ Sat 29 Feb 1992 - similar ads ran in the ‘Bendigo Advertiser’)
Article C - VIC TV Bendigo news hitch (from the ‘Bendigo Advertiser’ Thurs 2 Jan 1992).
