Continuing celebrations of sixty years of program from our local television station, here’s a short clip promoting production facilities at VIC TV captured around 1993-94, at a time where the local news service was an elaborate affair with very high production levels. Following is a timeline of STV8 history outlining the various changes in ownership and identity since transmission began.
Nov 1965 STV8 commences program on November 27th and was owned by Sunraysia Television P/L.
1989 ENT Ltd acquires STV-8 on Dec 4 1989. The stations unify under the “VIC TV – Television Victoria” providing a single programming feed with local news variations. ENT Ltd. (Examiner Northern Television Ltd., Launceston-based media group owning TVT-6 Hobart).
Jan 1992 Aggregation of regional Victoria: VIC TV expands coverage to include Bendigo, Swan Hill and Traralgon. Callsigns were consolidate to VTV-6/8. STV-8 retained its separate callsign. It became the official Nine Network affiliate – the logo updated with “nine dots” symbol.
Oct 1994 Acquisition: WIN Corporation purchases ENT Ltd.’s assets, including VIC TV (Victoria), TasTV (Tasmania), and related radio. VIC TV rebranded as WIN Victoria, integrating into the national WIN Television network. Nine affiliation and “nine dots” retained until 2006.
1995–2000s Expansion under WIN: Network grows with digital rollout (e.g., GO! channel on LCN 88 from 2009). Local news as WIN News; production hub in Wollongong, with Victorian studios in Ballarat/Wodonga.
2010s–Present Ongoing operations: WIN remains Australia’s largest regional TV network – 24 markets, 4.8M+ reach.
