First Nations Broadcasting Australia (officially known as First Nations Broadcasting Australia Ltd and formerly Aboriginal Broadcasting Australia) is an Australian television and radio network, based in Darwin. The network is owned and controlled by

Indigenous Australians Indigenous Australians are people with familial heritage from, or recognised membership of, the various ethnic groups living within the territory of contemporary Australia prior to History of Australia (1788–1850), British colonisation. The ...

. The network currently broadcasts eight different television channels, including four radio simulcasts.

History and programming

First Nations Broadcasting currently airs four open narrowcast stations. They are First Nations TV (stylised as FiRST NATiONS TV), Darwin TV, First Nations Tourism TV (stylised as FiRST NATiONS TOURiSM TV) and Business TV. Business TV replaced Education TV around 2023, while TVNT went off-air around the same time. The broadcaster also has four radio stations - First Nations Radio, Darwin FM, First Nations Radio National and Palmerston FM88 - which are all

simulcast Simulcast (a portmanteau of "simultaneous broadcast") is the broadcasting of programs or events across more than one resolution, bitrate or medium, or more than one service on the same medium, at exactly the same time (that is, simultaneously) ...

on television. The stations air a mix of locally produced content, with some programming tailored to

List of television stations

References

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