TEN (TV station)

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = TEN
city =
station_
station_slogan = Seriously Ten
station_branding = Ten
analog = 10 (VHF)
digital = 11 (VHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = Ten (O&O)
network = Ten
founded =
airdate = April 5, 1965
location = Sydney, New South Wales
callsign_meaning = TEn New South Wales
former_callsigns =
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Ten Network Holdings Ltd
licensee = nowrap|Network TEN (Sydney) Pty Ltd
sister_stations =
former_affiliations =
effective_radiated_power = 200 kW (analog)
50 kW (digital)
HAAT = 246 m (analog)
248 m (digital) [HAAT estimated from http://www.itu.int/SRTM3/ using EHAAT.]
class =
facility_id =
coordinates = coord|33|48|20|S|151|10|51|E|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=TEN
homepage = [http://www.ten.com.au/ www.ten.com.au]

TEN is the callsign of Network Ten's flagship Sydney television station. It was originally owned and operated by United Telecasters Sydney Limited (UTSL), and began transmission on 5 April, 1965 with the highlight of the opening night being the variety special "TV Spells Magic".

History

TEN often lagged in the ratings behind the more established commercial channels TCN (Nine) and ATN (Seven) who had dominated viewing habits in Sydney for eight years. The turning point came in 1972 with the premiere of the raunchy soap opera series "Number 96" which immediately lifted TEN's overall profile and helped raise the ailing network to #1 position by 1973.

TEN launched Australia's first metropolitan nightly one hour news bulletin in 1975, which continues today. NBN Television Channel 3 in Newcastle was first to air a one hour News service in Australia in 1972. In 1978, Katrina Lee became only the second female TV newsreader on Australian TV - the first being Margaret Throsby on ABN. The current newsreaders are Ron Wilson and Deborah Knight.

TEN performed strongly in the 1980s, highlighted by the broadcast of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games, top rated game show "Perfect Match", "Eyewitness News" and early high ratings for acquired serial Neighbours starting in 1986. However a decline set in from 1987, when the station, along with ATV-0 in Melbourne, was bought by Frank Lowy's Westfield Group. In 1989, falling ratings and revenue prompted a major relaunch by American TV executive Bob Shanks. The station (and entire network) were rebranded as 10 TV Australia in 1989, however this did little to help Ten's fortunes with the network soon going into receivership. The network began to be turned around in 1991 under the control of Gary Rice, and was relaunced with a new logo and brand, The Entertainment Network. This logo continues to this day. In 1992, Westpac Bank bought Ten out of receivership and later sold the network to a consortium headed by Canadian group CanWest. In 1994, The network was managed in receivership and it was in this period that it sold its North Ryde studios and moved to the city in at a warehouse in Ultimo. TEN-10 began a slow and steady recovery, to the point where now, as the flagship station in the network, TEN-10 is the most profitable of the three Sydney commercial stations.

tudio Facilities

TEN-10's broadcast facilities have been in the inner city suburb of Pyrmont since 2000. These studios feature a large open plan newsroom and news-set where all TEN's national and local Sydney news bulletins are produced. This facility is also the network's head office and broadcasts the network signal to other cities. When TEN-10 opened in 1965, it operated from newly built studio facilities at Macquarie Park, these were sold in the 1990s when the network underwent financial turmoil. The North Ryde complex, which was used by Global Television in recent years was demolished in September 2007. Following the move from Macquarie Park in 1990, TEN relocated to a small warehouse in Ultimo, followed by their final move to the new studios in Pyrmont in May 1997. "Australian Idol Live"'s moved from North Ryde in Mid 2007, then relocated to the new studios in Sydney's Fox Studios.

*Macquarie Park (1965-1990)
*Ultimo (1990-1997)
*Pyrmont (1997-present)

Programming

News and Current Affairs

"Ten News Sydney" is presented by Ron Wilson and Deborah Knight from the station's Pyrmont studios. Sport is presented by Brad McEwan and weather by Tim Bailey. The bulletin also includes traffic updates presented by Vic Lorusso.

The bulletin was presented for almost eleven years by Ron Wilson and Jessica Rowe, between 1996 and 2005, when Rowe moved to present the Nine Network's Today Show. She was replaced by the network's US correspondent Deborah Knight in 2006. Substitute presenters for Ten News Sydney include Bill Woods (News) and/or Sandra Sully (News) and Neil Cordy, Rob Canning or Brad McEwan (sports).

On Good Friday and Christmas Day, every city receives this news bulletin.

Reporters

*Andrew Leahy
*Catherine Kennedy
*Danielle Isdale
*Evan Batten
*Amber Muir
*Eddy Meyer
*James Boyce
*Josh Murphy
*Angela Bishop
*Tim Potter
*Frank Coletta
*Daniel Sutton
*Gabrielle Boyle
*Emily Rice
*Jacqueline Maddock

logans

*1965: Turn To Ten.
*1969-76: MacArthur Park.
*1977: I Like It!
*1979: Come Up, Come Up to TEN.
*1980-83: Star Station Ten.
*1983-84: You're Home When You're Home on Ten.
*1985-88: 10 out of 10 Australia!
*1994: That's Sydney!

ee also

*Television broadcasting in Australia

References