NEN

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = NEN
city =
station_
station_slogan = Bringing It Home
station_branding = Prime
analog = see table below
digital = see table below
other_chs =
affiliations = Seven
network = Prime
founded =
airdate = April 10, 1965
location = northern New South Wales
callsign_meaning = New
England
New South Wales
former_callsigns =
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Prime Television Ltd
licensee = Prime Television (Northern) Pty Ltd
sister_stations =
former_affiliations = independent (1965-1991)
effective_radiated_power = see table below
HAAT = see table below
class =
facility_id =
coordinates = see table below
homepage = [http://www.primetv.com.au/ www.primetv.com.au]

NEN is an Australian television station licensed to, and serving northern New South Wales.

History

NEN9 Tamworth/Upper Namoi commenced transmissions on April 10, 1965, with a relay in Armidale (NEN1, later NEN10) on July 15, 1966. ECN8 Taree/Manning River began on May 27, 1966. At one stage, ECN8 was merged with NRN11 Coffs Harbour (now part of Southern Cross Ten), but they broke away, later merging with NEN9, forming NEN9/ECN8.

Prime Television purchased the station, aligning it with the Seven Network, similarly to CBN in southern New South Wales, whilst changing ECN's call sign to NEN. On December 31, 1991, Prime Television became the Northern NSW affiliate of the Seven Network, in competition with NRTV (now Southern Cross Ten) and NBN.

Main Transmitters

Notes:
*1. HAAT estimated from http://www.itu.int/SRTM3/ using EHAAT.
*2. The Manning River station was an independent station with the callsign ECN from its 1966 sign-on until aggregation in 1991.

ee also

*Regional television in Australia
*Prime Television