GTS/BKN

GTS/BKN
Channels
BrandingSeven Spencer Gulf
Seven Broken Hill
Nine Spencer Gulf
Nine Broken Hill
Programming
LanguageEnglish
AffiliationsGTS/BKN: Seven (O&O)
GDS/BDN: Nine
Ownership
Owner
SGS/SCN
History
First air date
GTS: 1 March 1968 (1968-03-01)
BKN: 16 August 1968 (1968-08-16)
Former channel numbers
Analog:
GTS: 4 (VHF)
BKN: 7 (VHF)
Independent (1968 (1968)–2006 (2006))
Call sign meaning
GTS:
Spencer Gulf
Telecasters
South Australia
BKN:
BroKen Hill
New South Wales
GDS:
GTS
Digital
South Australia
BDN:
BKN
Digital
New South Wales
Technical information
Licensing authority
Australian Communications and Media Authority
ERPGTS:240 kW
BKN:4 kW
HAATGTS:627 m (digital)
BKN:104 m
Transmitter coordinatesGTS:
33°6′14″S 138°9′51″E / 33.10389°S 138.16417°E / -33.10389; 138.16417 (GTS)
BKN:
31°57′5″S 141°26′25″E / 31.95139°S 141.44028°E / -31.95139; 141.44028 (BKN)

GTS and BKN are Australian regional television stations serving the Spencer Gulf of South Australia and the Broken Hill area of New South Wales.

The stations are owned and operated by Southern Cross Media Group and based in Port Pirie with satellite offices in Broken Hill, Port Augusta, Whyalla and Port Lincoln, and playout facilities based in Hobart.

The station's name originates from the Port Pirie and Broken Hill stations' callsigns, GTS Port Pirie and BKN Broken Hill.