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{{short description|Community television station in Perth, Australia}}
{{short description|Community television station in Perth, Western Australia}}
{{Distinguish|West Digital Television}}
{{Use Australian English|date=June 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=June 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2011}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox television channel
{{Infobox television channel
| name = West TV
| name = West TV
| logofile = WTV Perth Logo.svg
| logo = WTV Perth Logo.svg
| logosize = 150px
| logo_size = 150px
| logocaption =
| logo_caption =
| launch_date = {{Start date and age|2010|04|10|df=dmy}}
| launch = 10 April 2010
| closed_date = {{End date and age|2020|02|20|df=dmy}}
| closed date = 20 February 2020
| picture format = [[576i]] ([[Standard-definition television|SDTV]]) [[16:9]]
| picture_format = [[576i]] ([[Standard-definition television|SDTV]]) [[16:9]]
| owner = West TV Ltd
| owner = West TV Ltd
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| country = [[Australia]]
| slogan = ''The only one for me''
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| language = English
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| country = [[Australia]]
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| area = [[Perth]] and surrounding areas<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.acma.gov.au/licplan/defmaps/documents/maps/la_279.pdf |title=West TV licence area |publisher=Australian Community Television Alliance |format=PDF |access-date=19 April 2016}}</ref>
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| language = English
| affiliates =
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| broadcast area = [[Perth]], surrounding areas<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.acma.gov.au/licplan/defmaps/documents/maps/la_279.pdf |title=West TV licence area |publisher=Australian Community Television Alliance |format=PDF |access-date=19 April 2016}}</ref>
| affiliates =
| headquarters =
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| former_names = New Visions 31 (original concept)
| headquarters =
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| replaced = [[Access 31]]
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| former names = New Visions 31 (original concept)
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| website = {{URL|wtvperth.com.au}}
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| replaced by names =
| terr_serv_1 = DVB-T
| website = [http://www.wtvperth.com.au/ wtvperth.com.au]
| terr_chan_1 = 32
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| terr_serv_2 = Freeview ([[virtual channel|virtual]])
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'''West TV''' ('''WTV''', call-sign '''CTW32''') is a free-to-air [[Community television in Australia|community television]] station that began broadcasting in [[standard definition]] digital format on [[Virtual channel|logical channel]] 44 in [[Perth]] on 10 April 2010 at 10 am.<ref name="nc">{{Cite news| title = Community Television in Perth is back!| work = WTV| date = 23 October 2009| url = http://www.wtvperth.com.au/news-Community-Television-Perth-Back.html| accessdate = 2009-10-23 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news| title = March start for community TV | work = Rachel Watts, Southern Gazette| date = 7 November 2009| url = http://inmycommunity.com.au/news-and-views/local-news/West-TV-given-green-light/7540516/| accessdate = 2009-11-07 }}</ref><ref name="facebook.com">https://www.facebook.com/wtvperth</ref>
'''West TV''' ('''WTV''', call-sign '''CTW32''') was a free-to-air [[Community television in Australia|community television]] station that began broadcasting in [[standard-definition digital format]] on [[Virtual channel|logical channel]] 44 in [[Perth]], Western Australia at 10 am on 10 April 2010.<ref name="nc">{{Cite news |date=23 October 2009 |title=Community Television in Perth is back! |work=WTV |url=http://www.wtvperth.com.au/news-Community-Television-Perth-Back.html |access-date=23 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027051449/http://www.wtvperth.com.au/news-Community-Television-Perth-Back.html |archive-date=27 October 2009}}</ref><ref name="Southern Gazette">{{Cite news |last=Watts |first=Rachel |date=7 November 2009 |title=March start for community TV |work=Southern Gazette |url=http://inmycommunity.com.au/news-and-views/local-news/West-TV-given-green-light/7540516/ |access-date=7 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706104955/http://inmycommunity.com.au/news-and-views/local-news/West-TV-given-green-light/7540516/ |archive-date=6 July 2011}}</ref><ref name="facebook.com">https://www.facebook.com/wtvperth {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}</ref>


In February 2020 West TV ceased broadcasting on free-to-air television due to financial difficulties, but will continue with a presence on social media and [[YouTube]].<ref name=wtv2020/>
In February 2020 West TV ceased broadcasting on free-to-air television due to financial difficulties, but will continue with a presence on social media and [[YouTube]].<ref name=wtv2020/>


==History==
==History==
The station was awarded a two-year trial licence by the [[Australian Communications and Media Authority]] after the closure of previous Perth community station licence holder [[Access 31]] in 2008 followed by an apparatus licence at the end of April 2009. On 4 November 2009 Communications Minister [[Stephen Conroy]] approved a digital TV only licence which allows West TV to broadcast with other [[Community television in Australia|community television]] stations which are planning to simulcast their services until the switch to digital-only television in capital cities by 2014.
The station was awarded a two-year trial licence by the [[Australian Communications and Media Authority]] after the closure of previous Perth community station licence holder [[Access 31]] in 2008 followed by an apparatus licence at the end of April 2009. On 4 November 2009 Communications Minister [[Stephen Conroy]] approved a digital TV only licence which allows West TV to broadcast with other [[Community television in Australia|community television]] stations which are planning to simulcast their services until the switch to digital-only television in capital cities by 2014.<ref name="Southern Gazette" />


On 1 April 2010, the first video test was performed, with a testcard and then a promotional video loop going to air.
On 1 April 2010, the first video test was performed, with a testcard and then a promotional video loop going to air.


In September 2014, Australian federal communications minister [[Malcolm Turnbull]] announced that licensing for community television stations would end in December 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=Community TV: Malcolm Turnbull confirms licensing for stations will end in 2015 |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-10/community-television-kicked-off-air-by-federal-government/5733690 |publisher= Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=10 September 2014 |accessdate=26 January 2016}}</ref> In September 2015, Turnbull, now Prime Minister, announced an extension of the deadline to 31 December 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2015/09/community-tv-lifeline-extended-to-2016.html |last=Knox |first=David |title=Community TV lifeline: extended to 2016 |publisher=TV Tonight |date=17 September 2015 |accessdate=26 January 2016 }}</ref> The deadline was further extended twice at the last minute by Minister for Communications Mitch Fifield, first to 30 June 2017,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tvtonight.com.au/2016/12/new-switch-off-date-for-community-tv.html |last=Knox |first=David |title=New switch-off date for Community TV |publisher=TV Tonight |date=15 December 2016 |accessdate=18 December 2016 }}</ref> and later to 31 December 2017.<ref>{{cite news |date=27 June 2017 |title=Channel 31 gets a six-month reprieve on free-to-air TV shutdown |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/channel-31-gets-a-sixmonth-reprieve-on-freetoair-tv-shutdown-20170627-gwzjw3.html |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |location=Sydney |access-date=27 June 2017}}</ref> Fifield made an additional extension to 30 June 2018 as part of the government's deal with the [[Nick Xenophon Team]] to garner support for large-scale media reforms in the [[Australian Senate|Senate]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mumbrella.com.au/devil-detail-deals-government-made-get-media-reforms-across-line-471840 |title=The devil in the detail: The deals the government made to get media reforms across the line |last=Wallbank |first=Paul |date=15 September 2017 |website=Mumbrella |access-date=31 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Harris |first=Rob |date=13 September 2017 |title=Media reform: Government clinches deal with crossbench |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/media-reform-government-clinches-deal-with-crossbench/news-story/9250f66fcebc9fc8e4631e75f51e85ba |work=Herald Sun |location=Melbourne |access-date=31 December 2017}}</ref> while a further extension, announced on 1 June 2018, gave broadcasters an additional two years through 30 June 2020.<ref>{{cite press release |date=1 June 2018 |title=Community television broadcasters granted two year licence extension |url=http://www.minister.communications.gov.au/mitch_fifield/news/community_television_broadcasters_granted_two_year_licence_extension#.WxdVvu6FPZ4 |url-status=live |location=Canberra |agency=Department of Communications and the Arts |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180606033503/http://www.minister.communications.gov.au/mitch_fifield/news/community_television_broadcasters_granted_two_year_licence_extension |archive-date=6 June 2018 |access-date=6 June 2018}}</ref>
In September 2014, Australian federal communications minister [[Malcolm Turnbull]] announced that licensing for community television stations would end in December 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=Community TV: Malcolm Turnbull confirms licensing for stations will end in 2015 |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-10/community-television-kicked-off-air-by-federal-government/5733690 |publisher= Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=10 September 2014 |access-date=26 January 2016}}</ref> In September 2015, Turnbull, now Prime Minister, announced an extension of the deadline to 31 December 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2015/09/community-tv-lifeline-extended-to-2016.html |last=Knox |first=David |title=Community TV lifeline: extended to 2016 |publisher=TV Tonight |date=17 September 2015 |access-date=26 January 2016 }}</ref> The deadline was further extended twice at the last minute by Minister for Communications Mitch Fifield, first to 30 June 2017,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tvtonight.com.au/2016/12/new-switch-off-date-for-community-tv.html |last=Knox |first=David |title=New switch-off date for Community TV |publisher=TV Tonight |date=15 December 2016 |access-date=18 December 2016 }}</ref> and later to 31 December 2017.<ref>{{cite news |date=27 June 2017 |title=Channel 31 gets a six-month reprieve on free-to-air TV shutdown |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/channel-31-gets-a-sixmonth-reprieve-on-freetoair-tv-shutdown-20170627-gwzjw3.html |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |location=Sydney |access-date=27 June 2017}}</ref> Fifield made an additional extension to 30 June 2018 as part of the government's deal with the [[Nick Xenophon Team]] to garner support for large-scale media reforms in the [[Australian Senate|Senate]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mumbrella.com.au/devil-detail-deals-government-made-get-media-reforms-across-line-471840 |title=The devil in the detail: The deals the government made to get media reforms across the line |last=Wallbank |first=Paul |date=15 September 2017 |website=Mumbrella |access-date=31 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Harris |first=Rob |date=13 September 2017 |title=Media reform: Government clinches deal with crossbench |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/media-reform-government-clinches-deal-with-crossbench/news-story/9250f66fcebc9fc8e4631e75f51e85ba |work=Herald Sun |location=Melbourne |access-date=31 December 2017}}</ref> while a further extension, announced on 1 June 2018, gave broadcasters an additional two years through 30 June 2020.<ref>{{cite press release |date=1 June 2018 |title=Community television broadcasters granted two year licence extension |url=http://www.minister.communications.gov.au/mitch_fifield/news/community_television_broadcasters_granted_two_year_licence_extension#.WxdVvu6FPZ4 |url-status=live |location=Canberra |agency=Department of Communications and the Arts |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180606033503/http://www.minister.communications.gov.au/mitch_fifield/news/community_television_broadcasters_granted_two_year_licence_extension |archive-date=6 June 2018 |access-date=6 June 2018}}</ref>


WTV, like other community television stations, later began streaming its channel live on their website, which allowed access to viewers outside of its traditional broadcast area.<ref>{{cite news |last=Turner |first=Adam |date=20 April 2016 |title=Community TV: shift to online begins |url=https://www.smh.com.au/technology/mobiles/community-tv-shift-to-online-begins-20160412-go45mw.html |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |location=Sydney |access-date=20 November 2016}}</ref>
WTV, like other community television stations, later began streaming its channel live on their website, which allowed access to viewers outside of its traditional broadcast area.<ref>{{cite news |last=Turner |first=Adam |date=20 April 2016 |title=Community TV: shift to online begins |url=https://www.smh.com.au/technology/mobiles/community-tv-shift-to-online-begins-20160412-go45mw.html |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |location=Sydney |access-date=20 November 2016}}</ref>


On 20 February 2020 the station announced that it was forced to cease broadcasting on free-to-air television due to financial difficulties. The station will continue to engage with viewers and the community through social media and YouTube however. A [[GoFundMe]] campaign was also launched to try and raise $30,000 for facilities, equipment and administration costs.<ref name=wtv2020>{{cite web |url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2020/02/wtv-off-air-in-perth-until-further-notice.html |last=Knox |first=David |title=WTV off air in Perth “until further notice” |publisher=TV Tonight |date=20 February 2020 |accessdate=6 June 2020}}</ref>
On 20 February 2020 the station announced that it was forced to cease broadcasting on free-to-air television due to financial difficulties. The station will continue to engage with viewers and the community through social media and YouTube however. A [[GoFundMe]] campaign was also launched to try and raise $30,000 for facilities, equipment and administration costs.<ref name=wtv2020>{{cite web |url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2020/02/wtv-off-air-in-perth-until-further-notice.html |last=Knox |first=David |title=WTV off air in Perth "until further notice" |publisher=TV Tonight |date=20 February 2020 |access-date=6 June 2020}}</ref>


==Programming==
==Programming==
West TV featured a broad range of programs broadcast around the clock, seven days a week. The programming reflected the diversity and needs of the Perth community and included documentaries, films, sport, music, education, religion, multicultural, entertainment, leisure and lifestyle programs. While the focus is on WA-based programming, some programs are sourced from interstate community channels and from other professional programme makers world-wide. Local programming included the entertainment show ''Friday Night Live'' and current affairs program ''Undercurrent''. West TV also broadcast classic movies and television shows and also live programming and news bulletins from [[Deutsche Welle]], [[Al Jazeera English]], [[RT (TV network)|RT World News]].
West TV featured a broad range of programs broadcast around the clock, seven days a week. The programming reflected the diversity and needs of the Perth community and included documentaries, films, sport, music, education, religion, multicultural, entertainment, leisure and lifestyle programs. While the focus is on WA-based programming, some programs are sourced from interstate community channels and from other professional programme makers world-wide. Local programming included the entertainment show ''Friday Night Live'' and current affairs program ''Undercurrent''. West TV also broadcast classic movies and television shows and also live programming and news bulletins from [[Deutsche Welle]], [[Al Jazeera English]], [[RT (TV network)|RT World News]].


West TV was given the broadcast rights to the world exclusive concert for UK superstar Sir [[Cliff Richard]] & [[The Shadows]]; the concert was screened in June 2010. West TV also produced local [[outside broadcasting|outside broadcast]]s such as the Tom Hoad Cup VIII international water polo tournament which was held in Melville.
West TV was given the broadcast rights to the world exclusive concert for UK superstar Sir [[Cliff Richard]] & [[The Shadows]]; the concert was screened in June 2010. West TV also produced local [[outside broadcasting|outside broadcast]]s such as the [[Tom Hoad Cup]] VIII international water polo tournament which was held in [[Melville, Western Australia|Melville]].


==See also==
==See also==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.wtvperth.com.au WTV's Homepage]
*[https://wtvperth.com.au WTV's Homepage]
*[https://www.facebook.com/pages/Perth-Australia/WTV/166032087368 WTV's Facebook Page]
*[https://www.facebook.com/pages/Perth-Australia/WTV/166032087368 WTV's Facebook Page]


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Latest revision as of 22:33, 13 October 2023

Not to be confused with West Digital Television.

West TV
CountryAustralia
Broadcast areaPerth and surrounding areas[1]
Programming
Language(s)English
Picture format576i (SDTV) 16:9
Ownership
OwnerWest TV Ltd
History
Launched10 April 2010; 14 years ago (2010-04-10)
ReplacedAccess 31
Closed20 February 2020; 4 years ago (2020-02-20)
Former namesNew Visions 31 (original concept)
Links
Websitewtvperth.com.au
Availability
Terrestrial
DVB-T32
Freeview (virtual)44

West TV (WTV, call-sign CTW32) was a free-to-air community television station that began broadcasting in standard-definition digital format on logical channel 44 in Perth, Western Australia at 10 am on 10 April 2010.[2][3][4]

In February 2020 West TV ceased broadcasting on free-to-air television due to financial difficulties, but will continue with a presence on social media and YouTube.[5]

History

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The station was awarded a two-year trial licence by the Australian Communications and Media Authority after the closure of previous Perth community station licence holder Access 31 in 2008 followed by an apparatus licence at the end of April 2009. On 4 November 2009 Communications Minister Stephen Conroy approved a digital TV only licence which allows West TV to broadcast with other community television stations which are planning to simulcast their services until the switch to digital-only television in capital cities by 2014.[3]

On 1 April 2010, the first video test was performed, with a testcard and then a promotional video loop going to air.

In September 2014, Australian federal communications minister Malcolm Turnbull announced that licensing for community television stations would end in December 2015.[6] In September 2015, Turnbull, now Prime Minister, announced an extension of the deadline to 31 December 2016.[7] The deadline was further extended twice at the last minute by Minister for Communications Mitch Fifield, first to 30 June 2017,[8] and later to 31 December 2017.[9] Fifield made an additional extension to 30 June 2018 as part of the government's deal with the Nick Xenophon Team to garner support for large-scale media reforms in the Senate,[10][11] while a further extension, announced on 1 June 2018, gave broadcasters an additional two years through 30 June 2020.[12]

WTV, like other community television stations, later began streaming its channel live on their website, which allowed access to viewers outside of its traditional broadcast area.[13]

On 20 February 2020 the station announced that it was forced to cease broadcasting on free-to-air television due to financial difficulties. The station will continue to engage with viewers and the community through social media and YouTube however. A GoFundMe campaign was also launched to try and raise $30,000 for facilities, equipment and administration costs.[5]

Programming

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West TV featured a broad range of programs broadcast around the clock, seven days a week. The programming reflected the diversity and needs of the Perth community and included documentaries, films, sport, music, education, religion, multicultural, entertainment, leisure and lifestyle programs. While the focus is on WA-based programming, some programs are sourced from interstate community channels and from other professional programme makers world-wide. Local programming included the entertainment show Friday Night Live and current affairs program Undercurrent. West TV also broadcast classic movies and television shows and also live programming and news bulletins from Deutsche Welle, Al Jazeera English, RT World News.

West TV was given the broadcast rights to the world exclusive concert for UK superstar Sir Cliff Richard & The Shadows; the concert was screened in June 2010. West TV also produced local outside broadcasts such as the Tom Hoad Cup VIII international water polo tournament which was held in Melville.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "West TV licence area" (PDF). Australian Community Television Alliance. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  2. ^ "Community Television in Perth is back!". WTV. 23 October 2009. Archived from the original on 27 October 2009. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
  3. ^ a b Watts, Rachel (7 November 2009). "March start for community TV". Southern Gazette. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
  4. ^ https://www.facebook.com/wtvperth [user-generated source]
  5. ^ a b Knox, David (20 February 2020). "WTV off air in Perth "until further notice"". TV Tonight. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  6. ^ "Community TV: Malcolm Turnbull confirms licensing for stations will end in 2015". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 10 September 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  7. ^ Knox, David (17 September 2015). "Community TV lifeline: extended to 2016". TV Tonight. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  8. ^ Knox, David (15 December 2016). "New switch-off date for Community TV". TV Tonight. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  9. ^ "Channel 31 gets a six-month reprieve on free-to-air TV shutdown". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  10. ^ Wallbank, Paul (15 September 2017). "The devil in the detail: The deals the government made to get media reforms across the line". Mumbrella. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  11. ^ Harris, Rob (13 September 2017). "Media reform: Government clinches deal with crossbench". Herald Sun. Melbourne. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  12. ^ "Community television broadcasters granted two year licence extension" (Press release). Canberra. Department of Communications and the Arts. 1 June 2018. Archived from the original on 6 June 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  13. ^ Turner, Adam (20 April 2016). "Community TV: shift to online begins". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
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