Not sure if it’s a new schedule for the noodle markets or if things just got shuffled around due to whatever changes may have been needed with the King’s visit, but there was a local weather update fronted by Daniel Gibson in the first break of The Chase Australia in Canberra today.
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I was in the Central West over the weekend, and saw a weather update with Kirstie a bit after 9.10am Saturday during Weekend Sunrise. It was clear it had been taped the day before.
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Speaking of, here’s some Central West stuff from last Friday:
Updates:
Promo:
Bulletin montage:
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Was able to capture a Newcastle/Central Coast update during a brief period where I got Newcastle channels last night.
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Local weather in the first break of The Chase Australia again today in Canberra. Looks to be permanent, which makes me happy as it’s one of the few times I watch free to air.
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Friday October 25, 2024: Reuben Spargo presented tonight’s bulletins, while Claire Ciantar presented sport for the Border, Central West, Riverina and New England bulletins.
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I’m hearing Studio A is currently under renovations in Canberra to introduce a new set for the regional bulletins. The current set got moved into Studio B.
My sources say GWN now comes from Studio C in Canberra and has been for the past couple months? Satellite links etc have been dismantled at Bunbury?
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Any visual differences between these 2 studios now? (Wide shots etc)
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Not according to their Facebook videos with Noel still presenting from the same setup?
Unless he has moved across the country?
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GWN is still presented from Bunbury
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I doubt it. No disrespect but his no spring chicken and is probably looking at retirement in a couple of years. I highly doubt he’ll uproot his life just to move to Canberra for thirty minutes a day.
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Maybe the plan might be wait till Noel retires, then move it to Canberra, especially since there will be a spare set in Studio B.
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On a positive, Seven seems to be keeping’s Canberra Station going for the short term future.
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Satellite uplink in Bunbury went a few years ago if memory serves. The contribution from Bunbury to Canberra has been IP for quite some time.
Hopefully if it’s true that Canberra is getting a new set, the washed out camel behind Noel in Bunbury gets updated too.
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Would explain what @TV-QLD’s sources might mean when the satellite links are no longer there to control the cameras, etc - doubt they’ve moved it to Canberra though.
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Studio control for the GWN bulletin is done in Canberra as they didn’t bother to build a control room when Bunbury moved from the old studio to the current building, but yes the bulletin is still presented from Bunbury except for the odd occasion where a Canberra-based presenter fills in.
There was one night a few years ago where the GWN bulletin couldn’t air because of an outage on the IP link. The control room in Canberra couldn’t get stable vision from the Bunbury cameras so the bulletin had to be scrapped. Hopefully there’s a diverse backup link now.
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Surely it would make more sense to centralise the WA bulletin to Perth instead of Canberra, if that ever were to happen?
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I guess having the WA bulletin come from Canberra would help justify having a crew do late updates for other regional markets.
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with the time difference, would they need a spare set?
maybe they’re also anticipating having to make local news for SA and NT if the SCA TV sale goes ahead and 7 takes over those stations.
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Given they haven’t launched new bulletins for regions without bulletins that they already operate in, I doubt they would launch new bulletins into the SCA areas.
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