Here’s one, courtesy of @Zampakid.
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Courtesy of retro_rugba_leeg - who knew Prine sponsored rugby league even though WIN and NBN had the rights…
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Well, it’s only the Mudgee Dragons. CRL comps are a different kettle of fish.
But good find all the same. Wonder if any other radio/TV stations sponsored local sports teams as a jersey or shorts sponsor etc.
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Didnt WIN Television sponsor Illawarra Steelers in the early 90s?
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Yeah, I was thinking more like the “local” leagues eg CRL, as (I think) 2WS were sleeve sponsors for the Eels back in the mid 80 as well.
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Not sure but WIN used to televise some seperate steeler matches as well as some cowboys games
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WIN and NBN used to collaborate to cover Knights vs Steelers games at both venues, both with the same footage but each station having their own commentary teams.
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Ballarat & Shepparton affiliated In 1987 be become Channel 6 the morning shows was produced from the Ballarat studios.
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2GB were a sleeve sponsor for Wests Magpies in the late 90s too
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One of the biggest challenges post-aggregation in regional markets has neen digital television. Once Seven New England (NEN) and Seven Dubbo (CWN) were receivable in places like Walgett and Lightning Ridge (the latter receiving both station but with a weak signal in Lightning Ridge from CWN) BUT now receives VAST channels instead. CWN also used to scree
in Bourke, but now also under the VAST broadcasting region
Im sure other regions also lost the stations previously serving them and now has to utilise VAST. One would assume there is now a sense of isolation due to lack of local connection.
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The only thing they’d be missing is local news, which is a shame, but as for social isolation, there are more factors besides lack of resonably local TV that comes into account.
Really, the broadcasters and ABT should have ensured that areas that recieved a local service before aggreation were given equal service at the time of aggreation, and not wait for satellite downlink service to be provisioned. This is why we have an idiotic situation where places like Walgett, Lughtling Ridge, Griffith and Mikdura are either solus markets or left out of inclusion in the wider license areas.
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Pre-digital television Walgett received Prime, WIN and SC10
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I don’t think CWN ever had a translator in Bourke, you might be thinking of Cobar? Which still exists, Cobar has the rare distinction of having 6 channels.
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CWN had a translator in Mudgee on VHF-9 and in Cobar on VHF-10.
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I remember on Mid State News in 1987 (pre Prime TV days) they had Bourke on the regions weather. Perhaps it was a fringe town a bit like Tenterfield was to NEN and NRN where DDQ was main broadcaster
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Tenterfield was traditionally NRN territory. Was never officially serviced by DDQ/SDQ though some residents could have easily received the Southern Downs service.
Only a few years ago, the local Tenterfield relay had its feed switched from Lismore to Tamworth due to issues with getting a reliable input feed from the Northern Rivers.
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You can still get local (to the region within an aggregated market) news on VAST, via a separate channel.
But one thing that would be different is advertising. On FTA, advertising would be local (based on regions within an aggregated market) but on VAST, you’d be getting advertising for at least a whole state or territory.
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