Southern Cross Broadcasting (Australia) Limited was a diversified

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History

Tony Bell was managing director of the business between 1993 and 2007, when it was purchased to become Southern Cross Media Group, and retired from the subsequent company's board of directors in 2014. * September 1998 - Southern Cross Broadcasting announces it will purchase Adelaide's Channel Nine station ( NWS-9) for $98 million, which led to redundancies for nearly half of the station's staff. * May 2001 - It announced a $217 million bid for Telecasters Australia, owner of television stations in regional Queensland, northern New South Wales, Darwin and Remote/Central Australia markets. * April 2002 - It purchased Spencer Gulf Telecasters, owner of regional South Australia's GTS/BKN stations. * 30 May 2007 - It announced its sale of Channel Nine Adelaide to WIN Corporation for A$105 million. * 3 July 2007 - Southern Cross Broadcasting recommended

Macquarie Media Group Southern Cross Media Group (formerly Macquarie Media Group) is one of Australia's major media companies, as the parent company of Southern Cross Austereo. Its headquarters are in South Melbourne. History On 3 July 2007 Southern Cross Broadca ...

's offer of A$1.35 billion, for a takeover of the corporation. The proposed Scheme is subject to approval by SCB shareholders at a Scheme Meeting expected to be held in October 2007. * 3 July 2007 - If the sale to Macquarie Media Group is successful, MMG have a separate arrangement directly with

Fairfax Media Fairfax Media was a media company in Australia and New Zealand, with investments in newspaper, magazines, radio and digital properties. The company was founded by John Fairfax as John Fairfax and Sons, who purchased '' The Sydney Morning Hera ...

to on-sell to them Southern Cross Broadcasting's radio assets, as well as the Southern Star Group, Satellite Music Australia and their digital media businesses. Only Southern Cross's television stations would remain with Macquarie Media Group. Conversely, Fairfax's radio assets would become part of Maquarie. * 5 November 2007 - The company's assets were officially acquired by the

Assets

Television stations

Southern Cross Ten 10 Regional is an Australian television network owned by Southern Cross Austereo that is broadcast in Queensland, New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory, Victoria and South Australia. The network is the primary affiliate of Network 10 i ...

** CTC - Australian Capital Territory/Southern NSW (

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) ** GLV/BCV - Victoria (

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, Gippsland, Albury-Wodonga) ** NRN - Northern NSW/Gold Coast QLD ( Newcastle, Central Coast, North Coast, Northern Rivers, Gold Coast) **

TNQ TNQ is an Australian television station, licensed to, and serving the regional areas of Queensland. The station is owned and operated by Southern Cross 10. History Southern Cross 10 in Queensland began in 1978 as ''North Queensland Television' ...

- Queensland ( Toowoomba, Mackay,

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) ** SGS/SCN - South Australia (

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) * Southern Cross Television ** TNT - Tasmania (

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and Launceston) ** TND - Northern Territory ( Darwin) ** GTS/BKN - South Australia (

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) ** QQQ - Central Australia (Remote Eastern, Southern and Central Australia) * Tasmanian Digital Television (50% share with WIN Corporation) * Channel Nine Adelaide (NWS) (Channel Nine station located in

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) (Purchased by WIN Corporation on 30 May 2007) *

MyTalk MyTalk was a Fairfax Media television channel available to viewers of digital television in Australia. The datacast channel, launched on 13 April 2007, was designed to supplement the Southern Cross Ten and Southern Cross Television digital telev ...

Radio stations

*Talk stations ** 2UE **

3AW 3AW is a talkback radio station based in Melbourne. It broadcasts on 693 kHz AM. It began transmission on 22 February 1932 as Melbourne's fifth commercial radio station. The station is owned and operated by Nine Entertainment Co. Hist ...

4BC 4BC is a radio station in Brisbane, Queensland on 882 kHz AM. 4BC is Brisbane's only commercial talkback station. While the station's broadcasting facility is at Cannon Hill, its transmitting tower is located alongside the Gateway Motorwa ...

** 6PR *Music stations ** 96fm ** Magic 1278 **

4BH 4BH 1116 is the on-air identifier ( ACMA callsign: 4BH) of a radio station in Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia. It broadcasts on a frequency is 1116 kHz in the AM radio band and is simulcasted in DAB+ on channel 9B. It is own ...

Other businesses

* Southern Star Group *Southern Cross Telecommunications *Southern Cross Sales *Southern Cross View *Southern Cross Syndication *Southern Cross SMA * MyTalk.com.au

References

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External links

Southern Cross BroadcastingSouthern Star GroupSatellite Music Australia
Television broadcasting companies of Australia Companies listed on the Australian Securities Exchange Defunct broadcasting companies of Australia