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SES/RTS
SES / RTS SES/RTS
SES/RTS, part of the WIN Television network, are Aus-
tralian television stations licensed to, and serving Mount
Gambier and Riverland in South Australia. The station
commenced transmissions on 25 March 1966.
SES: Mount Gambier, South Australia
SES:
History
RTS: Riverland, South Australia
RTS: Riverland, It was originally two individual stations serving different
regions. SES-8 commenced transmissions on 25 March
Branding WIN
1966 serving Mount Gambier and south-east South Aus-
Channels Digital: tralia. RTS-5a began on 26 November 1976 serving Lox-
SES:
SES 32 (UHF) ton, Renmark and the Riverland.
RTS:
RTS 35 (UHF)
In 1999, WIN Television acquired SES and RTS and in-
Affiliations Seven , Nine tegrated them into the WIN Television network.
Prior to 2004, SES/RTS was the only commercial tele-
Network WIN
vision station broadcasting in Mount Gambier and the
Owner WIN Corporation Pty Ltd south east of South Australia. The station broadcast a
(WIN Television SA Pty Ltd)
mixture of programs derived from the Seven Network,
First air date SES 25 March 1966
SES: Nine Network and Network Ten. However in 2004, WIN
RTS 26 November 1976
RTS: Television introduced a sole Network Ten affiliate, WIN
Ten (MGS/LRS), becoming the second commercial tele-
Call letters’ SES:
SES
meaning South vision station in the region. Following this, SES/RTS be-
East came a sole Nine Network affiliate, only sport programs
South Australia (particularly AFL matches) being acquired from the
RTS:
RTS Seven Network.
Riverland
SES and RTS, along with GTS/BKN, switched off its
Television
South Australia analogue signal on 15 December 2010 at 9am. SES and RTS
plan on starting to provide the multichannels GO!, GEM,
Sister MGS/LRS 7TWO, 7mate, One and Eleven, expanding to the south
station(s)
east area from November 11, with other areas to be com-
Former Analog: plete by early 2012.
channel SES:
SES 8 (VHF)
number(s) RTS:
RTS 5A (VHF)
Channel Nine
Former independent (1966-2003) WIN in South Australia, like its services in other states,
affiliations Nine (2004-2007)
was primarily an affiliate of the Nine Network. However,
Transmitter SES
SES: in September 2007, WIN Television announced plans to
power 200 kW convert the station into a sole Seven Network affiliate,
RTS:
RTS due to a disagreement with the Nine Network’s owner,
240 kW
PBL Media, over affiliation advertising revenue.[2]
Height SES
SES: On 7 August 2009, WIN SA announced that a new dig-
379 m ital only service, Channel Nine (or "WIN Nine"), would be
RTS:
RTS starting on 4 October 2009.[3] The channel is a direct feed
180 m[1]
of NWS-9 Adelaide, but with local commercials.
Transmitter SES:
SES After SES’s and RTS’s analogue signal was switched
coordinates 37°36′8″S 140°28′58″E / 37.60222°S off, the three services were rebranded as Seven, WIN and
140.48278°E / -37.60222; 140.48278 (SES)
Ten SA, and WIN News was moved to the Nine digital ser-
RTS:
RTS
34°27′52″S 140°32′1″E / 34.46444°S vice, making Nine the main WIN service again in South
140.53361°E / -34.46444; 140.53361 (RTS) Australia.
Website www.wintv.com.au
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia SES/RTS
WIN News • Nine Network
WIN News produces a regional news bulletin for the com-
bined SES/RTS region each weekday evening at 6.30pm.
References
Reporters and camera crews are based within the area at [1] HAAT estimated from http://www.itu.int/SRTM3/
newsrooms in Mount Gambier and Loxton with the bul- using EHAAT.
letin broadcast from NWS-9’s studios in Adelaide. [2] "WIN turns to Seven". The Australian. 5 September
WIN News South Australia is presented by Stephanie 2007. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/
Boltje, with Stuart Stansfield being the fill-in presenter. story/0,25197,22364267-7582,00.html. Retrieved 5
The chief of staff is Stuart Stansfield, based in Mount September 2007.
Gambier. The reporters are Jack Berketa in Mount Gam- [3] "WIN Launches Third Digital Channel!". WIN
bier and Jessica Stanley & Adam Watherston in Loxton. Television. 7 August 2009.
Up until October 2010, two separate bulletins were http://www.wintv.com.au/renmark_loxton/
produced for the Mount Gambier and Riverland areas.[4] media/item/15491. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
WIN Television said no jobs would be lost as a result of [4] Riverland and South East share TV news, The
the merger. Murray Pioneer, 29 October 2010
See also External links
• WIN Television • WIN Television
• Seven Network • ausTVhistory | WIN SA
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