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Channels | |
Branding | Seven |
Programming | |
Affiliations | Seven (O&O) |
Ownership | |
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History | |
First air date | 16 October 1959 |
Former channel number(s) | 7 (VHF) (analog) (1959–2013) |
Independent (1959–1977) | |
Call sign meaning | Television Western Australia |
Technical information | |
Licensing authority | Australian Communications and Media Authority |
ERP | 50 kW (digital) |
HAAT | 280 m (digital)[1] |
Transmitter coordinates | 32°0′30″S 116°5′3″E / 32.00833°S 116.08417°E |
Links | |
Website | 7plus |
TVW is a television station broadcasting in Perth, Western Australia, wholly owned by Seven West Media. It was the first television station in Western Australia, commencing broadcasting on 16 October 1959. It broadcasts a modulated 64-QAM signal of five DVB channels (Seven Network, 7two, 7mate, 7flix and Racing.com).[2] The primary channel was available as a PAL-B modulated simulcast on VHF channel 7 at 182.25 MHz before being discontinued in the first half of 2013; it had been the station's primary signal since its inception. The TVW callsign stands for TV (Television) Western Australia.