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29-742: The group was downsized in 2016 and in 2020. Prior to this, it published 33 weekly print titles which were delivered to over 1.4 million homes. In early 2016, it had 569,000 digital unique audience each month. In the early 1850s George Mott arrived in the Colony of Victoria and began work as a journalist with the Melbourne Argus . In 1854 he started publishing newspapers in the Victorian goldfields near Beechworth and Chiltern . George Mott's two sons commenced publishing newspapers in Albury and one brother's branch of

58-487: A conservative newspaper for most of its history, it adopted a left -leaning approach from 1949. The Argus ' s main competitor was David Syme 's more liberal-minded newspaper, The Age . The newspaper was originally owned by William Kerr, who was also Melbourne's town clerk from 1851 to 1856 and had been a journalist at the Sydney Gazette before moving to Melbourne in 1839 to work on John Fawkner 's newspaper,

87-408: A digital simulcast on VHF 8. In 2010 it was announced to public and then staff, that after 54 years at Bendigo Street, GTV-9 would move day-to-day operations including News and commercial sales to 717 Bourke Street, Docklands. On 25 October 2010, it was announced that GTV-9 would begin producing larger scale studio productions, such as The Footy Show, Hey Hey its Saturday, and Millionaire Hotseat from

116-526: A number of subsequent live variety programmes from the station. Ownership has changed over the decades. The station was first licensed to the General Television Corporation Ltd. , a consortium of two newspapers, The Argus and The Age , together with cinema chains Hoyts , Greater Union , Sir Arthur Warner's Electronic Industries, JC William's Theatres, Cinesound Productions, and radio stations 3XY , 3UZ , 3KZ . In early 1957 The Argus

145-521: A subscription, from 6 April with printing suspended due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic . In May 2020, News Corporation announced that it would cease producing seven newspapers even in digital editions from 29 June. Melbourne Argus The Argus was an Australian daily morning newspaper in Melbourne from 2 June 1846 to 19 January 1957, and was considered to be the general Australian newspaper of record for this period. Widely known as

174-603: Is a commercial television station in Melbourne , Australia , owned by the Nine Network . The station is currently based at studios at 717 Bourke Street, Docklands . GTV-9 is the home of the Australian Open tennis coverage. GTV-9 was amongst the first television stations to begin regular transmission in Australia . Test transmissions began on 27 September 1956, introduced by former 3DB radio announcer Geoff Corke , based at

203-464: Is also simulcast on Light FM and streamed online. Nine News national bulletins ( Nine Early Morning News and Nine Morning News ) are produced from Sydney although late newsbreaks at the weekend are produced from Melbourne and presented by Peter Hitchener . In May 2017, the station launched its first local afternoon news bulletin, Nine Afternoon News Melbourne , putting it head to head with rival station HSV-7 's local afternoon news. The bulletin

232-427: Is presented by Brett McLeod . News presenters Sports presenters Weeknights Weekends Weather presenters Reporters Eric Pearce , who was knighted after his retirement, was GTV-9's chief news presenter from the late 1950s until 1974. After his first retirement, the subsequent American style "NewsCentre Nine" presented by Peter Hitchener did not rate well, so Pearce

261-501: Is presented from the GTV studios in Docklands by Alicia Loxley and Tom Steinfort (weeknights) and Peter Hitchener (weekends) with sport presenters Tony Jones (weeknights), Natalie Yoannidis (Saturday) and Clint Stanaway (Sunday) and weather presenters Livinia Nixon (Monday – Thursday) and Madeline Spark (Friday – Sunday). The bulletin is produced locally from Nine's Melbourne studios and

290-474: The Port Phillip Patriot . The first edition was published on 2 June 1846. The paper soon became known for its scurrilous abuse and sarcasm, and by 1853, after he had lost a series of libel lawsuits, Kerr was forced to sell the paper's ownership to avoid financial ruin. The paper was then published by Edward Wilson . By 1855, it had a daily circulation of 13,000. In October 1881, an afternoon edition

319-400: The 1988 season . GTV 9 significantly improved in 1988, winning 14 out of 16 games, however they were defeated in the preliminary final by St Kevin's . GTV 9 player Tony Fox was awarded joint H Section best-and-fairest winner for the 1988 season. The club won five out of 16 games in its final season in 1989 , finishing second last on the H Section ladder. GTV 9 subsequently folded before

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348-630: The Melbourne Evening Star in competition with The Herald newspaper of the Herald & Weekly Times , but ended the venture in 1936 due to poor circulation figures. The company's newspaper operations experienced severe financial losses from 1939 onwards, which would continue through the 1940s and the 1950s due to economic turmoil, increased costs of newsprint, and cut-throat competition for newspaper circulation in Melbourne. In June 1949, The Argus

377-617: The Mount Dandenong transmitter, as the studios in Richmond were not yet ready. The station covered the 1956 Summer Olympics which Melbourne hosted., the 1956 Carols By Candlelight and the Davis Cup tennis as part of its test transmissions. The station was officially opened on 19 January 1957 by Victorian Governor Sir Dallas Brooks from the studios in Bendigo Street, Richmond. GTV-9

406-516: The acquisition of The Herald and Weekly Times by News Corporation later that same year, the Leader Newspaper group became a part of News Limited Community Newspapers with a total of 95 publications throughout Adelaide, Brisbane, Darwin, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney and Tasmania. In 2016, the group ceased producing seven newspapers. In April 2020, News Corporation announced that it would only be producing digital editions of newspapers, which required

435-552: The end of the year. In 2012, no new programming has been produced out of the new studios. The network opted to move A Current Affair and its host Tracy Grimshaw to TCN-9 in Sydney. In May 2012, a lower powered permanent backup DVB-S2 link for their transmission site was re-established on Optus D1 , which requires at least a two-metre solid receiving dish. Locally produced programs by or with GTV-9 Melbourne. 2010s 2000s 1990s 1980s 1970s 1957 – 1960s Nine News Melbourne

464-543: The family until recently (2005) published The Border Mail in that town. The other brother, Decimus Mott, left the Murray area in 1924 and, with his sons, took over the established Northcote and Preston Leader (first published in 1888). From this paper, the Leader Community Newspaper group grew into its present stable of 33 separate mastheads. In 1986 the group was sold to The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd . With

493-492: The final edition of The Argus was published. The paper was discontinued and sold to the Herald and Weekly Times group (HWT), which undertook to re-employ Argus staff and continue publication of selected features, and also made an allocation of shares to the UK owners. The company's other print and broadcasting operations were unaffected. GTV (Australian TV station) GTV

522-449: The formation of the country's first commercially owned television network. Prior to this GTV-9 was affiliated with ATN-7 in Sydney. Son Clyde Packer ran the network for some time, until a falling out led to a handover to younger son Kerry Packer . In the 1980s the network was sold to Alan Bond , but later bought back at a much lower price. Following the death of Kerry Packer , his son James Packer progressively sold down his stake in

551-565: The network. (See also Publishing and Broadcasting Limited .) Along with most Australian TV stations, GTV-9 commenced colour test transmissions in October 1974. The official changeover took place at 12.00am on Saturday 1 March 1975. In 1976, GTV-9 became the first Australian television station to commence permanent 24-hour transmission. In 2001 the station commenced digital television broadcasting, in line with most other metropolitan stations. GTV-9 continued broadcasting in analogue on VHF 9, with

580-480: The new Docklands Studios Melbourne . On 28 February 2011, GTV-9 broadcast its final live program – the 6pm edition of Nine News – from the Richmond Television City studios, and the following day began broadcasting news bulletins from 717 Bourke Street. Also while their new fibre link to their transmission site was being completed, a temporary DVB-S2 link was put up on Optus D1 , which ceased at

609-517: The past by the Wertheim Piano Company (from 1908 to 1935). A cornerstone, now visible from the staff canteen courtyard, was laid when construction of the Piano factory began. Eric Pearce was appointed senior newsreader in the late 1960s, after having been the first newsreader at rival station HSV-7 . He held that position for almost twenty years. In 1957, GTV-9's first large-scale production

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638-509: Was acquired by The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd , and the paper was closed on the same day that GTV-9 officially opened. The Herald in turn sold its interests in the station to Electronic Industries, later acquired by UK television manufacturer Pye , in 1960. Because of the restriction on foreign ownership of television stations, GTV-9 was then sold to Frank Packer 's Australian Consolidated Press , which already owned TCN-9 in Sydney , resulting in

667-510: Was acquired by the London based Daily Mirror newspaper group and, on 28 July 1952, it became the first newspaper in the world to publish colour photographs in a daily paper. The paper also had interests in radio and, from 1956, the new medium of television, being part of the consortium General Telecasters Victoria (GTV) and its television station GTV-9 (now part of the Nine Network ). On 19 January 1957, after 110 years, seven months and 17 days,

696-446: Was formed in 1986 and joined the VAFA the same year, competing in the newly created G Section. The club made finals in its first season, finishing fourth on the ladder before being defeated by Parkside in the first semi-final. The club struggled in its second season in 1987 , winning just three games and finishing 11th on the ladder, resulting in the club's relegation to H Section for

725-636: Was launched, the Evening Mail , edited by Henry Short , but this was a failure, and ceased publication in August 1882. In 1883, newspaper editor and owner Richard Twopeny (1857–1919) regarded The Argus as "the best daily paper published out of England". The paper become a stablemate to the weekly The Australasian , which became the Australasian Post in 1946. During the Depression, in 1933, it launched

754-785: Was persuaded to return in 1976, remaining until 1978. In 1978, former HSV-7 news presenter Brian Naylor joined as GTV-9's chief weeknight news presenter, with Hitchener on weekends. Naylor's association with Nine lasted 20 years – he retired at the end of 1998, with Naylor replaced by then deputy news presenter Peter Hitchener . Jo Hall took over on weekends, with Tony Jones the main weekend fill-in. Other main presenters of Nine News Melbourne included Tracy Grimshaw (1981–1993), and Tracey Curro , who also worked on Nine's 60 Minutes and Jo Hall (1998–2011). Past weekend sport presenters in recent years have included Leith Mulligan (1999–2006), Heath O'Loughlin (2006–2008), Grant Hackett (2008–2009) and Lisa Andrews (2009–2011). Rob Gell

783-460: Was the nightly variety show In Melbourne Tonight ( "IMT" ), hosted by Graham Kennedy . Kennedy was a radio announcer at 3UZ in Melbourne before being 'discovered' by GTV-9 producer Norm Spencer , when appearing on a GTV-9 telethon. Bert Newton moved from HSV-7 to join Kennedy. IMT continued for thirteen years, dominating Melbourne's television scene for most of that time. It set a precedent for

812-529: Was the previous weather presenter he held the position for fifteen years from 1988 to 2004. The GTV 9 Football Club , sometimes stylised as GTV-9 or GTV9 and nicknamed the Gunners , was an Australian rules football club that competed in the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA). The club represented GTV and wore the nine dots that were used in the station's branding. GTV 9

841-515: Was the third television station to launch in Victoria after HSV-7 and ABV-2 , on 19 January 1957. A clip from the ceremony has featured in a number of GTV-9 retrospectives, in which the Governor advises viewers that if they did not like the programs, they could just turn off. The Richmond building, bearing the name Television City , had been converted from a Heinz tinned food factory, also occupied in

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