LIST OF AUSTRALIAN TELEVISION CALLSIGNS

Callsign suffixes

	State/Territory
'Q'	Queensland
'N'	New South Wales
'C'	Canberra
'V'	Victoria
'T'	Tasmania
'D'	Darwin
'S'	South Australia
'W'	Western Australia

This is a 'list of Australian television callsigns'. When each broadcaster is granted a license, they select a callsign. For commercial networks, these are generally three letters. The first two letters are selected by the licensee; and the third letter indicates the state or territory. Sometimes the third letter is used as part of the acronym or mnemonic to name the station - for example GTV represents 'General TeleVision' or 'General TV', although the V stands for Victoria.
With the onset of aggregation in regional areas, and now digital television, the callsigns do not retain the meaning that they did in the past. Stations will sometimes change frequency, or have different frequencies at different locations, such as re-transmission sites, where the same signal is re-broadcast in a different area. However the three letter codes have generally not changed and are still used within the industry. A list of callsigns is shown below, with original explanations of the callsigns:

Contents

New South Wales/Canberra

Sydney

Regional

Southern NSW & Canberra

Northern NSW

Griffith

Broken Hill

Victoria

Melbourne

Regional

Queensland

Brisbane

Regional

South Australia

Adelaide

Regional

Western Australia

Perth

Regional

Tasmania

Darwin

Other

National

Central and east

West

References

See also

New South Wales/Canberra

Sydney

★ ABN - 'A'ustralian 'B'roadcasting Corporation 'N'ew South Wales

★ TCN - 'T'elevision 'C'orporation 'N'ew South Wales

★ ATN - 'A'malgamated 'T'elevision 'N'ew South Wales

★ TEN - 'Te'n 'N'ew South Wales

Regional

Southern NSW & Canberra

★ ABC - 'A'ustralian 'B'roadcasting Corporation 'C'anberra

★ CBN - 'C'ountry 'B'roadcasting 'N'ew South Wales

★ WIN - 'W'ollongong 'I'llawarra 'N'ew South Wales

★ CTC - 'C'apital 'T'elevision 'C'anberra

Northern NSW

★ NBN - 'N'ewcastle 'B'roadcasting 'N'ew South Wales

★ NEN - 'N'ew 'E'ngland 'N'ew South Wales

★ NRN - 'N'orthern 'R'ivers 'N'ew South Wales

Griffith

★ MTN - 'M'urrumbidgee 'T'elevision 'N'ew South Wales

★ AMN - 'A'lbury 'M'urray 'N'ew South Wales

Broken Hill

★ BKN - 'B'ro'k'en Hill 'N'ew South Wales

★ SCN - 'S'outhern 'C'ross 'N'ew South Wales

Victoria

Melbourne

★ ABV - 'A'ustralian 'B'roadcasting Corporation 'V'ictoria

★ HSV - 'H'erald 'S'un 'V'ictoria

★ GTV - 'G'eneral 'T'elevision 'V'ictoria

★ ATV - 'A'ustarama 'T'elevision 'V'ictoria

Regional

★ AMV - 'A'lbury 'M'urray 'V'ictoria

★ GLV - 'G'ippsland 'L'atrobe 'V'ictoria

★ VTV - 'V'ic 'T'elevision 'V'ictoria

★ STV - 'S'unraysia 'T'elevision 'V'ictoria

★ MDV - 'M'ildura 'D'igital Television 'V'ictoria

Queensland

Brisbane

★ ABQ - 'A'ustralian 'B'roadcasting Corporation 'Q'ueensland

★ QTQ - 'Q'ueensland 'T'elevision 'Q'ueensland

★ BTQ - 'B'risbane 'T'elevision 'Q'ueensland

★ TVQ - 'T'ele'v'ision 'Q'ueensland

Regional

★ STQ - 'S'unshine 'T'elevision 'Q'ueensland

★ RTQ - 'R'ockhampton 'T'elevision 'Q'ueensland

★ TNQ - 'T'elecasters 'N'orth 'Q'ueensland

★ ITQ - Mount 'I'sa 'T'elecasters 'Q'ueensland

South Australia

Adelaide

★ ABS - 'A'ustralian 'B'roadcasting Corporation 'S'outh Australia

★ SAS - 'S'outh 'A'ustralia 'S'outh Australia

★ NWS - 'N'e'w's 'S'outh Australia

★ ADS - 'Ad'elaide 'S'outh Australia

Regional

★ SES - 'S'outh 'E'ast 'S'outh Australia

★ RTS - 'R'iverland 'T'elevision 'S'outh Australia

★ GTS - 'G'ulf 'T'elecasters 'S'outh Australia

★ MGS - 'M'ount 'G'ambier 'S'outh Australia

★ LRS - 'L'oxton 'R'iverland 'S'outh Australia

Western Australia

Perth

★ ABW - 'A'ustralian 'B'roadcasting Corporation 'W'estern Australia

★ STW - 'S'wan 'T'elevision 'W'estern Australia

★ TVW - 'T'ele'v'ision 'W'estern Australia

★ NEW - 'Ne'w 'W'estern Australia

Regional

★ SSW (Albany) - 'S'outh and 'S'outh West 'W'estern Australia

★ VEW (Kalgoorlie) - 'V'i'e'w 'W'estern Australia

★ GTW (Geraldton) - 'G'eraldton 'T'elecasters 'W'estern Australia

Tasmania

★ ABT - 'A'ustralian 'B'roadcasting Corporation 'T'asmania

★ TVT - 'T'ele'V'ision 'T'asmania

★ TNT - 'T'elevision 'N'orthern 'T'asmania

★ TDT - 'T'asmanian 'D'igital Television 'T'asmania

Darwin

★ ABD - 'A'ustralian 'B'roadcasting Corporation 'D'arwin

★ NTD - 'N'orthern 'T'elevision 'D'arwin

★ TND - 'T'elecasters 'N'orthern 'D'arwin

★ DTD - 'D'igital 'T'elevision 'D'arwin

Other

National

★ SBS - 'S'pecial 'B'roadcasting 'S'ervice

Central and east

★ IMP - 'Imp'arja Television

★ QQQ - 'Q'ueensland 'Q'ueensland 'Q'ueensland

West

★ WOW - N/A

★ WAW - 'W'estern 'A'ustralia 'W'estern Australia

References

★ TV broadcasters call signs and IDs

See also

★ Television in Australia

★ Callsigns in Australia

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