ALT TV
ALT TV was a New Zealand broadcast, privately owned and operated 24-hour live-to-air music TV, which aired from 2006 to 2009 and was seen on SKY Digital channel 065. In March 2009, the company was placed into liquidation and the channel went off-air.
ALT TV's most recent slogan was 'Know Good Television.' Their previous slogan was 'Actual Music Television.'
Created by Thane Kirby (founder of
ALT TV catered for the alternative demographic which some consider a response to the growing commercialism in other New Zealand Music channels such as
ALT TV supported New Zealand music and featured a high degree of unsigned and amateur content, including interviews, music videos and features of unsigned local bands. ALT TV was known for its intentionally unprofessional and unpolished style which is a common feature amongst most of their volunteer presenters and crew members. ALT TV would play Music Videos and performances sent in by local bands, thus being a launching ground for talent which would otherwise be ignored by commercial radio.
At last count ALT TV had around 424,000 monthly viewers and around 50 live to air shows, the highest number of live content in New Zealand. In March 2008 they began a search for a confident topless news anchor to host their upcoming Marquis Condoms' Naked News Flash show for 3 months. Lisa Lewis became the eventual host and completed her 3-month contract, however ALT TV and Marquis decided not to renew the show.
Former show line up
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07:00 | Playlist | Playlist | Playlist | Playlist | Playlist |
| 19:00 | After work drinks | After work drinks | After work drinks | After work drinks | After work drinks |
| 19:30 | The Uncles | The Uncles | The Uncles | The Uncles | The Uncles |
| 20:00 | Petrol Therapy | The Seen | Greencore | ALT-eroa | What the Heck, America |
| 20:30 | Alt-n-about | Alt-n-about | Alt-n-about | BFM TV | Friday nite live |
| 21:00 | Alt-n-about | Alt-n-about | Alt-n-about | Alt-n-about | Alt-n-about |
| 22:30 | Disruptive TV | World Music | Fire it up | Stereo Deluxe | The 80s show |
| 23:30 | The Uncles | The Uncles | The Uncles | The Uncles | The Uncles |
| 24:00 | Overnight Playlist | Overnight Playlist | Overnight Playlist | Overnight Playlist | Overnight Playlist |
| Saturday | Sunday | |
|---|---|---|
| 07:00 | Comedown | Comedown |
| 08:00 | Playlist | Playlist |
| 15:00 | Playlist | IPW wrestling |
| 16:00 | Playlist | Hangover on Sunday with Adrian Drew & Andrew Ferguson |
| 17:00 | Playlist | The Vinyl Monologues |
| 18:00 | Playlist | Sparkle on Sunday |
| 19:00 | Welcome to the Gun Show | Sunday News Roast |
| 20:00 | Rock 101 | Let's be Frank |
| 21:00 | Rockzilla | Cheese on Toast |
| 22:00 | Grunge Lounge | Ashtray Heart |
| 23:00 | Soundbank | playlist |
Breach of Broadcasting Standards
On 6 February 2007 ALT TV broadcast the Groove in the Park musical event, and viewers could send in text messages which were then shown on screen. ALT TV engaged a censor to moderate the text messages before they were broadcast. However, the censor was drunk and failed to perform this role for five hours during the broadcast. As a result, offensive messages with sexual and racial content were broadcast.[1]
The Broadcasting Standards Authority ruled on 10 October 2007 that ALT TV breached broadcasting standards. As punishment BSA ordered the channel to broadcast an apology and a summary of the BSA decision for five hours on 22 October 2007 instead of its regular programming.[2][3] This was the first time the BSA has made a channel stop broadcasting.[1] The BSA also fined the channel the maximum of $5000.[4]
Following this ALT changed the censorship rating of many of their evening programming to a rating of '16' even when the content was not of an adult nature.[5]
References
- ^ a b "Drunken error leads to TV ban". The Dominion Post. Stuff. 31 January 2009. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ "Barnes and ALT TV Ltd - 2007-029". Broadcasting Standards Authority. 10 October 2007. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- YouTube
- ^ "ALT TV gets 5-hour ban for racist and sexual text messages". New Zealand Herald. 15 October 2007. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- ^ TV3 News[permanent dead link]