TEN (TV station)
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Analog: 10 (VHF) (1965–2013) | |
Call sign meaning | Television Enterprises New South Wales |
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Technical information | |
Licensing authority | Australian Communications and Media Authority |
ERP | 200 kW (analog) 50 kW (digital) |
HAAT | 249 m (analog) 251 m (digital)[1] |
Transmitter coordinates | 33°48′20″S 151°10′51″E / 33.80556°S 151.18083°E |
Links | |
Website | www.10play.com.au |
TEN is Network 10's flagship station in Sydney. It was originally owned and operated by United Telecasters Sydney Limited (UTSL), and began transmission on 5 April 1965 with the highlight of the opening night being the variety special TV Spells Magic. It also serves as the Australian headquarters of Paramount.
History
Ten commenced broadcasting on 5 April 1965 after United Telecasters was granted a
TEN often lagged in the ratings behind the more established commercial channels TCN (Nine) and ATN (Seven) who had dominated viewing habits in Sydney for eight years. The turning point came in 1972 with the premiere of the raunchy soap opera series Number 96 which immediately lifted TEN's overall profile and helped raise the ailing network to No. 1 position by 1973.[citation needed]
TEN launched Australia's first metropolitan nightly one-hour news bulletin in 1975,[
TEN commenced digital television transmission on 1 January 2001, broadcasting on VHF Channel 11 while maintaining analogue transmission on VHF Channel 10.
The analogue signal for TEN was shut off at 9.00am
Since 2021, the Pyrmont premises also houses office facilities for Network 10 sister channels
Digital multiplex
LCN | Service | SD/HD |
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1 | 10 HD
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HD |
10 | 10 | SD |
11 | 10 Peach | SD |
12 | 10 BOLD | HD |
13 | Nickelodeon | SD |
15 | 10 HD
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HD |
16 | TVSN | SD |
17 | Gecko TV | SD |
Studio facilities
TEN's broadcast facilities have been in the inner city suburb of
Current programs produced at Ten's Pyrmont Studios
- 10 News First (Sydney Edition)
- 10 News First (Queensland Edition) (Sep 2020–present)
- 10 News First (Adelaide edition) (2023–present)
- 10 News First (National Weekend Edition)
- 10 News First: Midday (Weekdays, 2023–present)
- The Sunday Project(2017–present, shared with Melbourne studios)
- MotoGPcoverage (2019–2023)
- Ready Steady Cook (2005-2013, 2024-present)
Past productions at Ten's Sydney Studios
- 10 News First (Perth Edition) (2001–2008, Sep 2020–2023)
- Studio 10 (2013–2023)
- Rugby coverage (2019–2020)
- Supercars coverage (1997–2006, 2015–2020)
- Rugby World Cup Live Coverage (1995, 2007, 2019)
- Sports Tonight (1993–2011, 2018–2020)
- Hughesy, We Have a Problem (2018–2021)
- Celebrity Name Game (2019)
- The Loop on 10 Peach (2012–2020)
- The Living Room (2012–2019)
- Pointless (2018–2019)
- Show Me the Movie! (2018–2019)
- Family Feud (2017–2018; 2020)
- Cram! (2017)
- ATV Melbourne2017–2019)
- Formula One coverage (2003–2017)
- Wake Up (2013–2014)
- Ten Eyewitness News Early(2006–2012, 2013–2014)
- Ten Eyewitness News Morning(1980–1990, 1994–2012, 2013–2014)
- Ten Eyewitness News Late(1991–2011, 2012–2014)
- Revealed (2013)
- Wanted(2013)
- The Bachelor Australia: After the Final Rose Special (2013)
- Breakfast (2012)
- 6.30 with George Negus (2011)
- The Game Plan (NRL) (2011–2013)
- World Football News (2009–2011, ONE HD)
- The Pro Shop (2009–2011, ONE HD)
- Overtime (2009–2011, ONE HD)
- MVP (2009–2010, ONE HD)
- Thursday Night Live (2009–2010, ONE HD)
- Friday Night Download(2008)
- The Ronnie Johns Half Hour (2005–2006)
- Big Brother: Uncut(2003–2004)
- Big Brother: The Insider(2003)
- RPM (1997–2008, 2011–2012, 2015–2020)
- Cheez TV (1995–2005)
- Meet the Press (1992–2011, 2013–2014)
- Video Hits (1987–2011)
- Good Morning Australia(1981–1992)
- Number 96 (1972–1977)
- Aweful Movies with Deadly Earnest (1966–1970)
Station slogans
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News and current affairs
TEN-10 produces a 90-minute local news program on weeknights from its studios at Pyrmont. 10 News First Sydney is presented by Sandra Sully on weekdays and Chris Bath on weekends with sport presenters Matt Burke (Monday-Friday) and Scott Mackinnon (Saturday and Sunday), weather presenters Josh Holt (weekdays) and Amanda Jason (weekends) and traffic reporter Vic Lorusso.
The 5pm bulletin was presented for almost eleven years by Ron Wilson and Jessica Rowe, between 1996 and 2005, when Rowe moved to present the Nine Network's Today. She was replaced by the network's US correspondent Deborah Knight from 2006. Wilson anchored the nightly Sydney news until January 2009 when he became a presenter of the national Early News and was replaced by Bill Woods.[3] Knight was replaced by Sully in October 2011 following the axing of the network's long-running late night news program, as a result with Knight's decision to move to the Nine Network.[4] Sully became sole anchor after Woods' departure on 30 November 2012, following the network's decision not to renew his contract.
Fill-in presenters include Scott Mackinnon (Sport) and Amanda Duval or Amanda Hart (Weather).
As of September 2020, TEN-10 also oversees studio production of the Brisbane edition of 10 News First. The Brisbane and Sydney bulletins are presented by Sandra Sully, combining local opt-outs for news, sport and weather with some shared content.[5] For three years TEN-10 also produced the Perth edition for viewers in WA until production returned to Perth in 2023, and instead co-produces the Adelaide edition for audiences in South Australia.
Presenters and reporters
News presenter
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Sports presenter
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Weather presenter
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Fill-in presenters
- Scott Mackinnon (Sport)
- Amanda Duval
- Amanda Hart (Weather)
Reporters
- Melinda Nucifora
- Daniel Sutton
- Kimberley Soekov
- Amanda Hart
- Joe Hill
- Jessica Turner (Health)
- Hannah Maguire
- Angela Bishop (Entertainment)
- Adam Walters
See also
References
- ^ HAAT estimated from http://www.itu.int/SRTM3/ using EHAAT.
- Daily Mirror5 April 1963 page 1
- ^ "Channel Ten news in chaos". Herald Sun. Australia. 10 December 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2008.
- Daily Telegraph, 21 September 2011
- ^ McKnight, Robert (11 August 2020). "BREAKING – REDUNDANCIES AT 10 NEWS AND CHANGES AT STUDIO 10". TV Blackbox. Retrieved 11 August 2020.