32-564: RVN can stand for: CBN (Australian TV station) , which had this callsign for its Riverina station until 1991 Registered Veterinary Nurse in the UK Republic of Vietnam , a former state in southern Vietnam Rovaniemi Airport , in Finland Ruud van Nistelrooy , a Dutch footballer Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
64-514: A Regional Station' Logie Award in 1979. Local programming in the 1980s included Focus , Rural Roundup , Early Shift , Weekend Report , Time to Live , Around The Schools , and coverage of local special events. Local sports coverage, especially of tennis and rugby , formed a major part of the schedule in the late 1970s and early 1980s. From 1979, the station sponsored, and telecast the United Permanent Tennis Tournament ,
96-436: A any last minute demands, while others who did not own television sets were invited to view them from shopfronts. The opening night's programming of RVN included an announcement from the area's then local Federal Member, footage of the station's construction, a five minute news bulletin with newsreader Paul Griffiths, the feature film, The Dambusters at 9:05pm and The Jack Benny Program . AMV-4 Albury opened transmission for
128-567: A further 40 in Albury. RVN-AMV was purchased by Paul Ramsay 's Ramcorp Ltd. in 1987, and merged with the MidState Television network, forming Prime Television . RVN and AMV split up in 1989, when Southern New South Wales was aggregated - RVN joined with CBN , as the Seven Network affiliate in the area in competition with Ten Capital and WIN Television . AMV, meanwhile expanded into
160-557: A result RVN and AMV planned to merge to form the Riverina and North East Victoria Television Service Pty Ltd, in 1971. The stations were known on-air as RVN-AMV . Both stations were programmed separately, until 1976 when transmission for both stations was centralised in Wagga Wagga. In 1983, the stations faced a unique situation when New South Wales and Victoria ended daylight saving periods at different times. For three weeks, RVN's output
192-457: Is an Australian television station licensed to, and serving the regions surrounding Orange , Dubbo and central and southern New South Wales . CBN-8 Orange commenced broadcasting on 17 March 1962, licensed to Country Broadcasting Services , owners of local radio station 2GZ . They soon changed their name to Country Television Services . CWN-6 Dubbo began transmission on 1 December 1965. Also owned by Country Television Services, they became
224-684: Is in NSW, just over the border from the Victorian city of Wodonga. AMV takes its programs from Seven Melbourne under the Victoria broadcast market, with Albury much closer to Melbourne than it is to Sydney. Throughout the station's history, local news under various names were produced and broadcast from studios at 570 Union Road in Lavington in Albury's north. In the 2000s, then owner Prime Media began closing most of its regional studios, citing upgrade costs. Albury however
256-536: Is the bulletin's weather presenter. It is followed by a shortened 30-minute version of Seven's main 6pm bulletin from Melbourne at 6:30pm. The new news arrangement took place on 24 February 2014, over a month after Seven News extended its flagship bulletins in Australia's east coast metropolitan markets to a full hour as a result of axing current affairs programme Today Tonight (which the Border sub-market does not carry). Albury
288-535: The Riverina area was being determined, a number of local groups submitted proposals. Young -based radio station 2LF , along with local councils and businesses in the Young- Cootamundra area, Wagga Wagga newspaper The Daily Advertiser and radio station 2WG , together with local Wagga Wagga businessmen, as well as a group of smaller newspapers and some licensed clubs. 2LF's proposal later joined forces with
320-813: The AMV licence. The station celebrated its 50th anniversary in September 2014, at its now former Union Road studios. The station moved to studios in Dean Street, Albury in April 2015. AMV produces and broadcasts a 30-minute Seven News bulletin for the Albury-Wodonga border and North East Victoria regional market each weeknight at 6:00pm co-presented by Madelaine Collignon and Nick Hose in Canberra introducing news and sports reports from Seven's Albury-based reporters. Kirstie Fitzpatrick
352-608: The Advertiser –2WG bid — 2LF would get 10 per cent of the shares, 2WG got 20 per cent and The Advertiser got 15 per cent, with the remaining shares to be offered to local people. After issues at the Australian Broadcasting Control Board enquiry for the license, the 2LF–2WG– Advertiser group (trading as Riverina Television) won the license. The initial board was made up representatives from 2WG, 2LF, The Daily Advertiser , and two local councils. A few days after
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#1732852633952384-584: The Orange and Wagga Wagga markets moved to Seven's Canberra headquarters. The two bulletins alternate between live transmission and being pre-recorded, prior to the addition of the North West and North Coast bulletins on 27 April 2015, due to the closure of the Tamworth broadcast studios on 24 April. On that same day, a renovated news studio was introduced for both bulletins. However, with the centralisation of all bulletins,
416-536: The Victorian market - (excluding Mildura ) - in early 1992, a studio facility and playout centre was constructed in the Ballarat suburb of Mitchell Park. At that time this facility was the playout centre for the Western Victoria, Central Victoria, and Gippsland regions. Playout for the Albury and Shepparton regions was maintained at Prime's Albury studios. The Ballarat centre was and continues to be operated under
448-441: The alternate live-recorded format for southern NSW was displaced to the live North West (and later, the live North Coast) bulletin. CBN is the home network for the statewide 7News at 6:30 service launched for then Prime7 in 2014, and is broadcast from the Canberra studios. Presented by Daniel Gibson , it carries many of the national and international news items from the metropolitan news broadcasts, and only airs in areas served by
480-573: The area until later in the year. In 1991, the Wagga Wagga and Orange licenses were merged into the one license, with RVN taking on the CBN callsign. CBN produces and broadcasts two 30-minute Seven News bulletins (former names include Prime7 News and Prime News ) bulletins for the Central West (Orange/Dubbo) and Wagga Wagga regional markets, each weeknight at 6 pm and is co-presented by Madelaine Collignon and Nick Hose, with Kirstie Fitzpatrick presenting
512-451: The early 1970s, the stations began to run into financial difficulties, and it was decided to enter into a joint programming agreement with MTN-9 of Griffith , resulting in the formation of the Television 6-8-9 network (later Mid State Television ). A 30-minute documentary on the 1978 National Rodeo Titles , called Goin' Down The Road , won the station the 'Outstanding Contribution by
544-417: The expansion in coverage area. When aggregation in southern New South Wales occurred in 1989, CBN and CWN were effectively merged into one station, CBN, branded on-air as Prime Television . The station then moved into the rest of the new license area, competing against WIN Television and 10 Capital . The introduction of the two new stations into Orange was delayed by technical problems, and did not start in
576-466: The facilities remotely. RVN would be the first station to operate their transmitters in this way. The studios were completed in early 1964, after construction started on 31 July 1963. RVN opened transmission on 19 June 1964, at 7pm, to much anticipation by the people of the Riverina and South-West Slopes. Prior to the opening of RVN-2, many in the Riverina needed marketing advice of purchasing their television sets and installing their aerials in advance to
608-459: The first station to completely relay another station's programming, although some station identification, such as test patterns, remained separate and program output for CWN originated from CBN's studios in Orange. In 1968, the stations acquired access to the Postmaster-General 's microwave link, allowing viewers to see national news programs and other major events live for the first time. By
640-575: The first time at 4:55pm on 7 September 1964, with Cohns Cobbers’ Teleclub . Before the official opening at 7:16pm titled Were You There — with AMV , the other programmes were Captain Gallant at 6pm, Calvin and the Colonel at 6:30pm, On Target with Ross Sellars at 6:55pm and ABC News from ABV-2 at 7pm. After the opening, the programs were Bonanza at 8:30pm, the 1954 movie Lucky Me at 9:30pm and Mike Hammer at 11:15pm. The station closed down for
672-524: The license was announced, the chairman and station manager had a disagreement, resulting in the resignation of both. They were replaced by Wal Hucker, who ran a film animation and sound company in Sydney and was also the former chairman's brother-in-law. The former chairman's wife also joined the board, as the Control Board made it clear that 2WG had to remain involved in the station. Bill Marsden, of 2LF, became
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#1732852633952704-435: The night at 11:35pm. As with most stations at the time, news was done by announcing over slides, or read to the camera, combined with the previous night's news film from ATN-7 Sydney . Local programming, including commercials, was broadcast live. RVN was the only station to have made a profit, albeit a small one, in its first year of operation. By the early 1970s, many regional stations faced financial difficulties, and as
736-594: The only tournament of its kind in Australia. With aggregation looming, CBN and CWN were purchased by health care magnate Paul Ramsay 's Ramcorp Ltd in 1987, and merged with RVN/AMV to form Prime Television , in May 1988. Local programming and staff levels were reduced - morale at the time was reported to be at an all time low . Programming schedules began to resemble those of affiliation partner Seven , with new facilities built in Wollongong and Canberra in preparation for
768-477: The rest of Victoria as the state's Seven Network affiliate, in competition with Vic TV and Southern Cross . RVN's callsign ceased to exist in 1991, when the Wagga Wagga and Orange licenses were merged to become only CBN. At the same time, AMV moved from VHF channel 4 to VHF channel 11, in order to allow FM stations to be established without interference from existing television stations (using VHF channels 3, 4, 5 and 5A). In preparation for aggregation of
800-511: The station and its Northern NSW sister NEN that receive a full local Seven News service. AMV (TV station) AMV is an Australian television station licensed to, and serving the regions surrounding Wagga Wagga and Albury-Wodonga in south western New South Wales and north eastern Victoria . The station was, for many years, merged with RVN-2 as the Riverina and North East Victoria Television Service . AMV-4 commenced broadcasting on 7 September 1964. It broadcast programming from
832-565: The station manager. A disagreement with the Wagga Wagga city council over the location of a potential studio site, which would have provided direct line of sight transmission to the Mount Ulandra transmitter, saw a new site rezoned from residential areas. As with most stations launching at that time, the mast would be shared with the local transmitter of the ABC , but not the transmitting facilities, as chief engineer Stuart McDonald wanted to operate
864-417: The station, Albury-Upper Murray TV Limited , was awarded its broadcasting licence on 4 October 1962. Principal shareholders in the company included Amalgamated Wireless Australasia , Hoyts , The Border Morning Mail newspaper and other local businesses — complying with the requirement that at least 50 per cent of the company's shareholding must be locally based. When the commercial television license for
896-709: The three commercial stations in Sydney ( ATN-7 , TCN-9 and TEN-10 ) alongside local programming including coverage of the Albury Gold Cup, the Ovens and Murray Football League Grand Final and the 1988 Miss Australia pageant. The station has continuously produced a half-hour regional news program on weeknights, currently known as Prime7 News , with local news and sports reports produced in Albury but aired in bulletins put together at Prime7's Canberra headquarters. The company to operate
928-457: The title RVN . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=RVN&oldid=1148089858 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages CBN (Australian TV station) CBN
960-514: The weather. As of April 2015, both bulletins are pre-recorded. In the Wollongong and Canberra regional markets, short two-minute updates are presented by Pip Waller, with weather forecasts from Daniel Gibson . For many years, these markets took Sydney's Seven News bulletin for the 6 pm primetime news hour, and formerly had dedicated news bulletins produced and headquartered in their respective areas. Since August 2010, production of Seven News for
992-464: Was not cut and in late 2010 was upgraded to digital equipment. However, just two months after the upgrade, Prime Media announced it would be ending local programming from its Union Road, Albury studios, and instead transfer production to the company's headquarters in Canberra; its final local presentation was produced in March 2011. The studios were converted to a church several years later in 2016, however
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1024-492: Was shown on AMV on a one-hour delay. It was also unusual in that it served audiences in two states, and had to program accordingly. New South Wales viewers in the Riverina received Sydney news and sports, primarily rugby league , while viewers in North East Victoria were shown Melbourne news and sports (mainly Australian Football League [AFL; previously VFL]). By the mid-1980s, 80 people were employed at Wagga, and
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