SES/RTS, part of the

WIN Television WIN Television is an Australian television network owned by WIN Corporation that is based in Wollongong, New South Wales. WIN commenced transmissions on 18 March 1962 as a single television station covering the Wollongong region. The WIN Netw ...

network, are Australian

television station A television station is a set of equipment managed by a business, organisation or other entity, such as an amateur television (ATV) operator, that transmits video content and audio content via radio waves directly from a transmitter on the eart ...

s licensed to, and serving the rural south-east portion of

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, including

Mount Gambier Mount Gambier is the second most populated city in South Australia, with an estimated urban population of 33,233 . The city is located on the slopes of Mount Gambier, a volcano in the south east of the state, about south-east of the capital Ad ...

, the

Limestone Coast The Limestone Coast is a name used since the early twenty-first century for a South Australian government region located in the south east of South Australia which immediately adjoins the continental coastline and the Victorian border. The ...

and the

Riverland The Riverland is a region of South Australia. It covers an area of along the River Murray from where it flows into South Australia from New South Wales and Victoria downstream to Blanchetown. The major town centres are Renmark, Berri, Loxt ...

. The network began as two separate stations, SES-8 and RTS-5A.

History

It was originally two individual stations serving different regions. SES-8 commenced transmissions on 25 March 1966 serving Mount Gambier and south-east South Australia. RTS-5A began on 26 November 1976 serving Loxton, Renmark and the Riverland. In the 1990s, RTS was bought by SES, but it continued to produce a local news bulletin, and identified on-air as 5A. In 1999,

acquired SES and RTS and integrated them into the

network, with the branding now matching that of the Nine Network. In December 2003, 24-hour transmission commenced. Prior to 2004, SES/RTS were the only commercial

s broadcasting in Mount Gambier and the

south east of South Australia The Limestone Coast is a name used since the early twenty-first century for a South Australian government region located in the south east of South Australia which immediately adjoins the continental coastline and the Victorian border. The ...

, respectively. The stations broadcast a mixture of programs derived from the

Seven Network The Seven Network (commonly known as Channel Seven or simply Seven) is a major Australian commercial free-to-air television network. It is owned by Seven West Media Limited, and is one of five main free-to-air television networks in Australia ...

, Nine Network and Network Ten. However, in 2004,

introduced a sole Network Ten affiliate, WIN Ten (

MGS/LRS MGS and LRS are television stations owned by WIN Corporation in South Australia. Both are relays of ADS (TV station), ADS-10 in Adelaide, and brand as 10 SA. Before 2004, SES/RTS, SES was the only commercial television station broadcasting in M ...

), becoming the second commercial television station in the region. Following this, SES/RTS became sole Nine Network affiliates, only sport programs (particularly AFL matches) being acquired from the

. SES and RTS, along with

GTS/BKN GTS/BKN are Australian regional television stations serving the Spencer Gulf of South Australia and the Broken Hill area of New South Wales. Based in Port Pirie with satellite offices in Broken Hill, Port Augusta, Whyalla and Port Lincoln, and s ...

, switched off its analogue signal on 15 December 2010 at 9am. SES and RTS plan on started providing the multichannels GO!, GEM, 7TWO, 7mate, One and Eleven, expanding to the south east area from 11 November 2011, with other areas completed by early 2012. On 1 July 2016, WIN Seven and WIN Nine aligned with Seven Network and Nine Network, after their program supply agreement through its affiliation with Network Ten to WIN TEN. On July 1 2021, the channels Seven SA, Nine SA and WIN SA were rebranded as Seven SA, Nine SA and 10 SA went aligned with Seven Network, Nine Network and Network 10, after their program supply agreement through its affiliation with Nine Network to Nine SA.

Channel Nine

WIN in South Australia, like its services in other states, was primarily an affiliate of the Nine Network. However, in September 2007, WIN Television announced plans to convert the station into a sole

affiliate, due to a disagreement with the Nine Network's owner, PBL Media, over affiliation advertising revenue. As a result of the switch, alongside the local news updates, WIN SA began broadcasting

Seven News ''7NEWS'' is the television news service of the Seven Network and, as of 2021, the highest-rating in Australia. National bulletins are presented from Seven's high definition studios in Martin Place, Sydney, while flagship 6pm bulletins are ...

and Today Tonight from SAS in Adelaide rather than Nine's, as well as Seven's national newscasts and

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. On 7 August 2009, WIN recommenced broadcasting Channel Nine as a digital only service (callsign SDS in Spencer Gulf and RDS in the Riverland), would be starting on 4 October 2009. The channel is a direct feed of

NWS-9 NWS is an Australian television station based in Adelaide, Australia. It is owned-and-operated by the Nine Network. The station callsign, ''NWS'', is an initialism of The NeWs South Australia. History Origins NWS-9 was the first television ...

Adelaide, but with local commercials. After SES's and RTS's analogue signal was switched off, the three services were rebranded as Seven SA, WIN and Ten SA. On 1 July 2016, they rebranded as Seven SA, Nine SA, and WIN respectively, to represent a change in affiliation within the WIN Network. On 1 July 2021, they rebranded as Seven SA, Nine SA, and 10 SA respectively, to represent a change in affiliation within the WIN Network.

Programming

Seven SA broadcasts programs from the Seven Network, including the Adelaide edition of ''

'' while Nine SA broadcasts programs from the Nine Network, including the Adelaide edition of '' Nine News'' and '' A Current Affair''. The station also carries the Adelaide feeds of 7two,

7mate 7mate is an Australian free-to-air digital television multichannel, which was launched by the Seven Network on 25 September 2010. The channel contains sport and regular programs aimed primarily to a male audience, with programming drawn from a c ...

9Go! 9Go! is an Australian free-to-air digital television multichannel, which was launched by the Nine Network on 9 August 2009, replacing Nine Guide. It is a youthful channel that offers a mix of comedy, reality, general entertainment, movies, ani ...

9Gem 9Gem is an Australian free-to-air digital television multichannel, launched by the Nine Network in September 2010. The channel provides general entertainment and movie programming, from which the original name "GEM" is derived. History Nine N ...

and

9Life 9Life is an Australian free-to-air digital television multichannel owned by Nine Entertainment. The channel airs mostly foreign lifestyle and reality programs, with the channel having a licensing agreement with Discovery Inc. (previously Scripp ...

News output

Up until October 2010, two separate bulletins were produced for the Mount Gambier and Riverland areas.Riverland and South East share TV news
The Murray Pioneer, 29 October 2010 Then until February 2013, ''

WIN News ''WIN News'' is a local television news service in parts of regional Australia, produced by WIN Television. 12 regional bulletins and news update services are presented from WIN's headquarters in Wollongong, and until 2021 included production ...

'' produced and broadcast a regional news bulletin for the combined SES/RTS region each weekday evening. Reporters and camera crews were based within the area at newsrooms in

and Loxton with the bulletin latterly broadcast from NWS-9's studios in Adelaide. The last regional program was broadcast on Friday 15 February 2013 with the news service ceasing operations after the weekend, and ten staff at the Mount Gambier and Loxton newsrooms made redundant. In 2014, WIN introduced short local news updates for the two areas, produced in co-operation with

The Border Watch ''The Border Watch'' is an Australian newspaper based in Mount Gambier, South Australia, as of October 2020 owned by TBW Today Pty Ltd. The paper services Mount Gambier, the South Australian Limestone Coast, and parts of Western Victoria. It is ...

and The Murray Pioneer. The updates, presented by Britt Ditterich, air on all three WIN services during the 6pm timeslot (during

for Seven SA,

10 News First ''10 News First'' is an Australian television newscast, produced by Network 10. The network's ninety-minute long news program airs at 5pm each evening covering local, national and world news, including sport and weather. Weekend editions are ...

and The Project for 10 SA and Nine News for Nine SA). All 3 WIN channels also carry the SA and national editions of news programs of their respective partner networks, plus state and national updates from the latter as well as ''The Project'' (10 SA only).

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