ABC Television in New South Wales comprises national and local programming on the

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in the Australian state of

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, headquartered in Sydney. ABN or ABN-2 was the historic

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of the

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's television station in

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. The very first national public television station in Australia officially launched with a grand opening night ceremony featuring

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at 7:00:00pm Sydney Time on 5 November 1956, with

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introducing the station's inaugural program and

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reading the station's first

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. Its original studios were located in

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and were in use up until March 2004, when they were co-located with ABC Radio,

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, ABC-TV Set Construction and

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at the Corporation's headquarters in the inner city suburb of Ultimo. Its main transmitter, however, remains at Gore Hill. The station can be received throughout the state through a number of relay transmitters, as well as domestic satellite transmission on the

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(formerly

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) platform.

History

The very first national public television station in Australia officially and formally formal full grand opening night ceremony took place by

at stroke of night 7:00:00pm Sydney Time on 5 November 1956 under the call sign

ABN-2 ABC Television in New South Wales comprises national and local programming on the ABC television network in the Australian state of New South Wales, headquartered in Sydney. ABN or ABN-2 was the historic call sign of the Australian Broadcasti ...

with the very first main flagship television presented by

and

reading the very first main flagship television news bulletin with full-time colour broadcasting introduced in March 1975. For more than 40 years, Gore Hill was best known as the location of the ABC's Sydney television studios, which were fully opened in 1958 and which operated until 2002, when the site was closed and sold off. Later, the ABC moved its television operations to its broadcasting centre in Ultimo. The station has also carried a number of programs originally produced at Channel 31 stations in other states (programs such as

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and

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. ABN commenced

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transmission in January 2001, broadcasting on VHF Channel 12 while maintaining analogue transmission on VHF Channel 2. The

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signal for Sydney,

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and surrounding areas was shut off at 9.00am on 3 December 2013. In December 2024, the 7pm

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bulletin moved from Ultimo to the Corporation's new studios in Parramatta.

Programming

Local programming

ABN's schedule is similar to the national ABC schedule, with the exception of some news, current affairs, sport and occasionally, election programming. ''ABC News New South Wales'' is presented by

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(Sunday–Thursday) and Lydia Feng (Friday–Saturday). The weeknight bulletins also incorporate NSW weather forecasts presented by Tom Saunders as well as a national finance segment presented by

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in Melbourne.

Digital multiplex

Relay stations

The following stations relay ABN throughout New South Wales:

Notes

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Abn (Tv Station) Television stations in Sydney Television channels and stations established in 1956 Australian Broadcasting Corporation television stations