GLV/BCV

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{{Infobox television station
| callsign = GLV/BCV
| country = AU
| logo = Network 10 logo 2025.svg
| logo_size = 140px
| branding = 10
| digital = [[GLV/BCV#Main Transmitters|see table below]]
| virtual = 5
| affiliations = [[Network 10|10]] ([[Owned-and-operated station|O&O]])
| airdate = '''GLV''': {{Start date and age|df=yes|1961|12|09}} '''BCV''': {{Start date and age|df=yes|1961|12|23}}
| location = Regional [[Victoria, Australia|Victoria]]
| language = English
| callsign_meaning = '''GLV''': '''G'''ippsland '''L'''atrobe Valley '''V'''ictoria '''BCV''': '''B'''endigo '''C'''entral '''V'''ictoria
| former_channel_numbers = '''Analog:''' [[GLV/BCV#Main Transmitters|see table below]]
| owner = [[Paramount Networks UK & Australia]]
| former_affiliations = Independent (9 December 1961 – 31 December 1991, GLV part-time relay of GTV-9 from 1961–1970s) [[Network 10|Ten]] (1 January 1992 – 30 June 2016) [[Nine Network|Nine]] (1 July 2016 – 30 June 2021)
| erp = [[#Main Transmitters|see table below]]
| haat = [[#Main Transmitters|see table below]]
| coordinates = [[#Main Transmitters|see table below]]
| licensing_authority = [[Australian Communications & Media Authority]]

}}

'''GLV''' and '''BCV''' are Australian television stations licensed to serve [[Traralgon]], [[Bendigo]] and the region of [[Victoria, Australia|Victoria]]. The stations are owned and operated by [[Network 10]].

==History==
===Early years===
GLV-10 in [[Traralgon]] was the first regional television station to launch in Australia on 9 December 1961,<ref name="atvh-vic">{{cite web |author=Brooklyn Ross-Hulands |title=Southern Cross Ten: Victoria |url=http://www.austvhistory.com/scten/sctenvic.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071224154247/http://www.austvhistory.com/scten/sctenvic.htm |archive-date=24 December 2007 |access-date=10 September 2007 |publisher=AusTVHistory}}</ref> originally covering the [[Gippsland]] and [[Latrobe Valley]] areas. It was also the first station to completely use Australian-made broadcasting equipment from [[AWA Technology Services|AWA]]. The original transmission equipment consisted of a 10 kW and 2 kW transmitter (standby) which was based on the RCA product and adapted to 230 V 50 Hz by AWA. The [[Melbourne]] pickup was a Rhode and Schwarz off-air receiver with AWA return microwave links to the studio. BCV-8 first went to air two weeks later, on 23 December 1961<ref name="atvh-vic" />(the same day as the launch of [[GMV-6]] [[Shepparton]]), serving [[Bendigo]] and Central Victoria.

On 25 March 1970, BCV-8 was off the air for 45 minutes. The incident was caused by two mice who got into the transmitter's high-voltage cables, [[short circuit|short circuiting]] the main circuit and the switchboard.<ref>{{cite web |date=26 March 1970 |title=MICE BLACK OUT MELBOURNE TV STATION |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19700326-1.2.85.2.3 |access-date=25 September 2023 |website=[[The Straits Times]] (retrieved from NLB)}}</ref>

===Affiliations===
GLV pioneered the use of live, "off-air" relays of television programs from stations in [[Melbourne]], including [[GTV (Australian TV station)|GTV-9's]] hugely popular ''[[In Melbourne Tonight]]''. Since the station had no video recording equipment, engineers needed to rely on picking up the original signal at the transmitter site to relay back to the studio. As the sole commercial television station in the region, GLV's program lineup included local output such as news and children's programs, combined with programs selected from Melbourne's commercial stations – the [[Nine Network]], [[Seven Network]] ([[HSV (TV station)|HSV-7]]), and from 1964, [[Network 10]] ([[ATV (Australian TV station)|ATV-0]]).

An affiliation formed between the two stations and [[STV-8]] [[Mildura]] in the 1970s as the Victorian Broadcasting Network, adopting the name of a former statewide radio network and later as Television Centre of Victoria. In 1982, the three stations merged as the Southern Cross TV8 television network, sharing a common stylised flag logo and programming schedule. Seven years later it was renamed the Southern Cross Network.<ref name="atvh-vic" /> STV-8 split from the network in 1990 when the station joined the then-Television Victoria network, as Mildura was not included in the Victorian aggregation plan.<ref name="atvh-vic" /><ref name="caslon-stv">{{cite web|url= http://www.ketupa.net/win2.htm|title= WIN, Gordon and ENT: chronology|access-date= 10 July 2007|author= Bruce Arnold|publisher= Caslon Analytics|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070621055454/http://www.ketupa.net/win2.htm|archive-date= 21 June 2007|df= dmy-all}}</ref>

===From GLV-10 to GLV-8===
On 17 January 1980, GLV-10 changed frequencies from VHF channel 10 to 8<ref name="atvh-vic" /> to allow neighbouring [[Melbourne]] television station [[ATV (Australian TV station)|ATV-0]] to move to the original frequency three days later to eliminate interference problems on VHF-0. Channels 8 and 10 became Channel 8 as a result of the switch.
[[Image:Southern cross ten echuca.jpg|200px|thumb|A [[Southern Cross Ten]] regional sales office in [[Echuca]]]]

===Aggregation===
When [[Regional television in Australia#Aggregation|aggregation]] in regional Victoria took place between 1992 and 1993,<ref name="tvau-aggregation">{{cite web|url= http://www.televisionau.com/aggregation.htm|title= television.au AGGREGATION|access-date= 10 September 2007|publisher= television.au}}</ref> the Southern Cross Network expanded to [[Shepparton]], [[Ballarat]] and [[Albury]] as an affiliate of [[Network 10]].<ref name="atvh-vic" /> By September 1993, the network had changed its name and logo to SCN TV, and then again in May 1994 to Ten Victoria.<ref name="atvh-vic" /> The latter change coincided with the cancellation of the station's local news service ''SCN News at Six'', the last installment of which aired 26 May 1994,<ref>{{cite news |title=SCN sheds 38 jobs |work=[[Bendigo Advertiser]] |date=21 May 1994 |url=https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/random-tv-history/12489/3168 |quote=As a result, SCN will stop production of its local news bulletins from next Thursday night.}}</ref> before being replaced by [[ATV (Australia)|ATV-10]]'s ''[[Ten News#Melbourne|Ten News at 5]]''.

===21st century developments===
On 1 July 2016, Southern Cross switched its primary affiliation from Network Ten to the Nine Network in Queensland, Southern NSW, ACT, South Australia, and Victoria. The Southern Cross Ten branding was retired and replaced by generic Nine branding.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mumbrella.com.au/nine-entertainment-and-southern-cross-austereo-sign-affiliate-agreement-363377 |title=Nine Entertainment and Southern Cross Austereo sign 'landmark' affiliate agreement |last=Hayes |first=Alex |date=29 April 2016 |publisher=mUmBRELLA |access-date=29 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.smh.com.au/business/media-and-marketing/nine-and-southern-cross-in-multiyear-affiliation-deal-20160428-goha3w.html |title=Nine and Southern Cross in multi-year affiliation deal |last=White |first=Dominic |date=29 April 2016 |work=[[Sydney Morning Herald]]|access-date=29 April 2016}}</ref>

On 1 July 2021, Southern Cross switched back its primary affiliation from the Nine Network to Network 10 and airs programs from [[ATV (Australian TV station)|ATV]] in Melbourne.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NETWORK 10 AND SOUTHERN CROSS MEDIA GROUP CONFIRM AFFILIATION AGREEMENT {{!}} Southern Cross Austereo |url=https://www.southerncrossaustereo.com.au/media/media-releases/network-10-and-southern-cross-media-group-confirm-affiliation-agreement/ |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=[[Southern Cross Austereo]]|language=en-au}}</ref>

On 17 December 2024, Southern Cross Austereo announced the sale of their regional television licenses in Regional Queensland, Southern NSW/ACT and Regional Victoria over to their affiliate [[Network 10]].<ref name="TVsale">{{Cite web |last=Patterson |first=Sarah |date=17 December 2024 |title=SCA to sell 3-Agg television licences to Network 10 |url=https://radiotoday.com.au/sca-to-sell-3-agg-television-licences-to-network-10/ |access-date=19 December 2024 |website=Radio Today |language=en-AU}}</ref> The sale was completed on 1 March 2025.<ref name="FY25results">{{cite news |title=Television assets sold, improved financial results for SCA |url=https://radioinfo.com.au/news/television-assets-sold-improved-financial-results-for-sca/ |access-date=27 February 2025 |work=RadioInfo Australia |date=26 February 2025}}</ref>

==Programming==

===News and current affairs===
GLV/BCV broadcasts [[10 News]] with [[Jennifer Keyte]] from [[ATV-10]].

==== History ====
Between 21 March 2011 and 19 June 2015, viewers in Shepparton and the Goulburn Valley received a trial regional news magazine program called ''Weeknights'' at 6:30pm on weekdays.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 March 2011 |title=SC Ten goes local in Shepparton |url=http://blog.televisionau.com/2011/03/sc-ten-goes-local-in-shepparton.html |access-date=24 May 2023 |website=TalkingTelevision.au}}</ref>

Given its 1 July 2016 affiliate switch to the Nine Network, news updates were upgraded to a full bulletin relaunch as ''Nine Local News'' by March 2017.<ref name="SCA9News">{{cite web|url=http://www.southerncrossaustereo.com.au/media/2016/11/07/nine-news-to-launch-15-regional-news-bulletins|title=Nine News To Launch 15 Regional News Bulletins|date=7 November 2016|publisher=Southern Cross Austereo|access-date=20 November 2016}}</ref> The then Nine affiliation served as the [[Nine News]] regional broadcaster to regional Victoria viewers, with the state and local level news provided by GTV-9 in Melbourne.

The bulletins' formats were stylistically similar to the Nine-owned ''[[Nine News#NBN News|NBN News]]'' bulletin in northern New South Wales as a composite of international, national, and local news.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-07/southern-cross-to-start-regional-bulletins/8002078|title=Southern Cross Austereo and Nine to start regional TV bulletins|date=7 November 2016|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=20 November 2016}}</ref>

On 17 March 2020, production on the composite bulletins, including Victoria, were suspended indefinitely due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], with reporters deployed to the metropolitan bulletins in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2020/03/nine-news-suspends-regional-bulletins.html|title=Nine News suspends regional bulletins|publisher=[[TV Tonight]]|first=David|last=Knox|date=17 March 2020|access-date=17 March 2020}}</ref>

As of 1 July 2021, 10 Regional Victoria broadcasts [[10 News]], broadcast from [[ATV (Australian TV station)|ATV]]'s studios, with Keyte from Melbourne at 5:00pm and ''[[The Project (Australian TV program)|The Project]]'' at 6:30pm on weekdays and Sundays. Since 1 August 2021, [[Sky News Australia]] content has been offered in regional Victoria and on the channel Sky News Regional via GLV/BCV.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mediaweek|date=2021-05-30|title=Sky News Australia and Southern Cross Austereo sign content agreement|url=https://www.mediaweek.com.au/sky-news-australia-and-southern-cross-austereo-sign-content-agreement/|access-date=2022-02-16|website=Mediaweek|language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Meade |first=Amanda |date=2021-03-19 |title=Sky News dumped in the regions as Win welcomes Nine |url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/mar/19/sky-news-dumped-in-the-regions-as-win-welcomes-nine |access-date=2022-02-16 |website=[[The Guardian]]|language=en}}</ref><ref name="SCASkyagreement">{{Cite web |title=Sky News and Southern Cross Austereo Sign Content Agreement |url=https://www.southerncrossaustereo.com.au/media/media-releases/sky-news-australia-and-southern-cross-austereo-sign-content-agreement/ |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=Southern Cross Austereo|language=en-au}}</ref>

==Main transmitters==
The following transmitters use the GLV call sign:
{| class="wikitable"
! Region served
! City
! [[channel (broadcasting)|Channels]] ''([[analog television|Analog]]/ [[digital terrestrial television|Digital]])''
! First air date
! [[effective radiated power|ERP]] ''(Analog/ Digital)''
! [[height above average terrain|HAAT]] ''(Analog/ Digital)''{{Efn|HAAT estimated from http://www.itu.int/SRTM3/ using EHAAT.|name=HAAT}}
! Transmitter Coordinates
! Transmitter Location
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| [[Goulburn Valley]]
| [[Shepparton]]
| 46 ([[ultra high frequency|UHF]]){{Efn|Analogue transmissions ceased as of 5 May 2011 as part of the conversion to digital television.|name=anacess}} 42 ([[ultra high frequency|UHF]])
| 1 January 1992
| 1200 [[kilowatt|kW]] 300 kW
| 377 m 378 m
| {{coord|36|21|29|S|145|41|42|E|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=GLV}}
| [[Mount Major, Victoria|Mount Major]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| [[Latrobe Valley]]
| [[Traralgon]]
| 37 ([[ultra high frequency|UHF]]){{Efn|The Latrobe Valley station was on VHF channel 10 from its 1961 sign-on until 1980, moving to VHF channel 8 in order to accommodate 10 Melbourne's switch from VHF channel 0 to channel 10. It moved to its current channel in November 2000 (it began on 4 September 2000) in order to accommodate Nine Melbourne's digital television signal in Melbourne.}}{{Efn|name=anacess}} 39 ([[ultra high frequency|UHF]])
| 9 December 1961
| 1000 kW 400 kW
| 507 m 487 m
| {{coord|38|23|37|S|146|33|34|E|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=GLV}}
| [[Mount Tassie]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
|}
The following transmitters use the BCV call sign:
{| class="wikitable"
! Region served
! City
! [[channel (broadcasting)|Channels]] ''([[analog television|Analog]]/ [[digital terrestrial television|Digital]])''
! First air date
! [[effective radiated power|ERP]] ''(Analog/ Digital)''
! [[height above average terrain|HAAT]] ''(Analog/ Digital){{Efn|name=HAAT}}''
! Transmitter Coordinates
! Transmitter Location
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| [[Ballarat]]
| [[Ballarat]]
| 39 ([[ultra high frequency|UHF]]){{Efn|name=anacess}} 40 ([[ultra high frequency|UHF]])
| 1 January 1992
| 2000 kW 500 kW
| 663 m 713 m
| {{coord|37|16|57|S|143|14|52|E|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=BCV}}
| [[Lookout Hill]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| [[Bendigo]]
| [[Bendigo]]
| 8 ([[very high frequency|VHF]]){{Efn|The Bendigo station also broadcasts on analogue (UHF) channel 38 with 1200 kW ERP at 508 m HAAT from 30 November 2000 as a countermeasure against interference with Nine Melbourne's digital signal, also on VHF channel 8.}}{{Efn|name=anacess}} 51 ([[ultra high frequency|UHF]])
| 23 December 1961
| 240 kW 1000 kW
| 444 m 496 m
| {{coord|36|59|26|S|144|18|32|E|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=BCV}}
| [[Mount Alexander]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| [[Murray River|Murray Valley]]
| [[Swan Hill]]
| 10 ([[very high frequency|VHF]]){{Efn|The Swan Hill station initially broadcast on VHF channel 11 as the relay of BCV-8 Bendigo from sign-on in 1967 until the early 1990s when it changed to VHF channel 10, to allow [[ABV (TV station)|ABRV]] to move from VHF channel 3 to VHF channel 11.}}{{Efn|name=anacess}} 65 ([[ultra high frequency|UHF]])
| 12 May 1967
| 150 kW 375 kW
| 179 m 201 m
| {{coord|35|28|24|S|143|27|20|E|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=BCV}}
| [[Goschen, Victoria|Goschen]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| [[Western District (Victoria)|Western Victoria]]
| [[Hamilton, Victoria|Hamilton]]
| 31 ([[ultra high frequency|UHF]]){{Efn|name=anacess}} 9A ([[very high frequency|VHF]])
| 1 January 1992
| 200 kW 15 kW
| 335 m 365 m
| {{coord|37|27|32|S|141|54|58|E|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=BCV}} (analog) {{coord|37|27|32|S|141|54|57|E|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=BCV}} (digital)
| [[Mount Dundas]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
|}
== Notes ==
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==References==
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