ABS sign-off 1982
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Back when Rock Arena was produced in Adelaide prior to the move to Melbourne.
A very different and far-gone era in TV continuity, when all state ABC TV branches were locally switched from station open to station close.
NRTV signs off the air in 1992- again, didn’t they trust what Ten had overnight?
Similar to their previous closedown, but without the North Coast specific channel listing. They split off the Lifeline mention, but I’m putting it here.
No, they didn’t go 24 hours until 1995.
From when they took the Premier Sports feed of WI v AUS cricket when Pay TV first started.
The only other day i recall NRTV being on air overnight was on their first day, as they first went to air at 12am 31 Dec 1991.
Weird people up there on the Northern Rivers.
There’s weird people everywhere
Except on Planet Media Spy of course. 
Speak for yourself. 
@ElCapitanCranky please explain your statement
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I think that was a joke, Joyce
Exactly. I’m sure you’re all lovely people up on the Northern Rivers, except for one of my ex-bosses who is now a principal up there but was a prick to me. But anyways…
Given that most regional TV stations went 24/7 upon aggregation, NRTV would seem to be an outlier.
Prime didn’t either, only started in 1994.
Weird people up in Tamworth too, eh?
Even WIN didn’t go 24 hours in Orange/Wagga until 1993.
Well…I was only 9 back in 1994. Nor did I live in Orange and Wagga back when I was 8.
WIN had access to Nine’s overnight stuff, why go off overnight in those two markets? Did they not think they’d be capable of 24/7 TV?
No, I have relatives up there, worked up there for a few months, and would love to go back there.
I recall NBN stating they lost money by relaying Nine Sydney overnight saying they did it “as a service to their viewers”.
TV shopping started up here around 94-95 when Pay TV started, thats probably what made going 24/7 viable for all regionals.
I had rellies in Tamworth too, near the golf club in South Tanworth. Nice town (@bacco007 can’t penalty box me now for dissing his town )
Given they were owned by Soul Patts at the time, who would’ve been trying to get as much profit as possible, wouldn’t they have continued closing down in order to, you know, not lose money?
Is that so, Esme?
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The were also periods of time in the 1990s when Capital Television was closed down overnight as shown in this TV guide for Canberra in March 1992. Capital Television was still closing the station overnight in March 1993.
I think Capital was the last of the NSW regional aggregated stations to go 24/7 in all markets, 1996 I think?
regional affiliates have had patchy records of carrying programming overnight, as per numerous examples in this thread. I’d say it would have been for financial reasons. Why pay $$ to keep dozens of transmitters going overnight to few viewers and zero/minimal income?
Even in the early 2000s, Ten Capital still “shut down” between 2 and 4am. Technically they were on-air but not showing the infomercials that Ten was showing in that slot. Presumably Capital wasn’t seeing a cent of that infomercial income so they just showed a slide on-screen for two hours.
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WIN had access to Nine’s overnight stuff, why go off overnight in those two markets? [/quote]
Same with NBN once Aggregation commenced no longer signed off over night. They just took a direct feed from TCN 9 in Sydney. Including all the Sydney ads and promos. Discovered this when taping late night footy games.