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2 Programming  



2.1  Current in-house productions  





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3 AFL season  





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4.1  Presenters  







5 See also  





6 References  














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SAS
Channels
  • Virtual: 7
  • BrandingSeven
    Programming
    AffiliationsSeven (1987–present, O&O)
    Ownership
    Owner
  • (Channel Seven Adelaide Pty Ltd)
  • History

    First air date

    26 July 1965; 58 years ago (1965-07-26)

    Former channel number(s)

    Analog: 10 (1965–1987)
    Analog: 7 (1987–2013)

    Former affiliations

    Ten (1965–1987)

    Call sign meaning

    South
    Australian Telecasters
    South Australia
    Technical information

    Licensing authority

    Australian Communications and Media Authority
    ERP200 kW (analogue)
    50 kW (digital)
    HAAT487 m (analogue)
    485 m (digital)[1]
    Transmitter coordinates34°58′52S 138°42′29E / 34.98111°S 138.70806°E / -34.98111; 138.70806 (SAS)
    Links
    Website7plus.com.au

    SAS, formerly SAS-7 and before that SAS-10, is a television station in Adelaide, South Australia. It is part of the Seven Network.

    History[edit]

    SAS-7 was originally known as SAS-10, an affiliate of what became Network Ten. It commenced broadcasting on 26 July 1965, as SA Telecasters. In the early 1970s the station was bought out by Perth station TVW-7 and thus, on two occasions, shared the same image campaigns as TVW's.[2] On 1982, SAS and TVW were bought by the Bell Group.[3]

    On 27 December 1987, SAS-10 and Seven Network's original affiliate ADS-7 switched broadcast channels and affiliations, ADS moving to channel 10, SAS moving to channel 7. As the television industry was consolidating in Australia, these channels had each become associated by ownership with interstate stations bearing the opposite channel numbers, so to simplify network interaction, they agreed to swap channel assignments and network affiliations in Adelaide. ADS was owned by Kerry Stokes who also owned NEW-10 and Capital Television.[4] As a result, from the last days of 1987 up to 1988, SAS, now on channel 7, adopted the On the Move slogan previously used by WLS-TVinChicago, Illinois in 1984 to mark the change, with a music video made for this purpose.[5]

    In 1988, SAS was sold by the Bell Group to Qintex, bringing the station under common ownership with the Seven stations in the other capital cities.[6]

    The station celebrated 40 years in 2005 with a special television program "Made in Adelaide 40 Years of Television".[citation needed]

    Television shows made during the SAS-10 era include children's shows Fat Cat and Friends, The Early Bird Show, Crackerjack and Romper Room. Music shows included in Time, Trax and Simulrock. Variety talent shows included Adelaide's New Faces and Pot Luck. There was also the long running daytime show Touch of Elegance. SAS 10 employed actor Hedley Cullen as horror host Deadly Earnest, who was also seen in WA.

    From 1973 to 1989 the Christmas Appeal telethon was held each year.[citation needed] For the inaugural Bay to Birdwood classic car run, SAS Channel 10 provided advertising and a documentary after the event.[7]

    SA Telecasters also produced the 45-minute documentary On location with Robbery Under Arms, which achieved a sort of permanency as a "special feature" of the DVD transfer of the film Robbery Under Arms, starring Sam Neill.

    The game show Wheel of Fortune commenced recordings in ADS-7 studios in July 1981 on the Seven Network. It moved to SAS with the 1987 switch, and continued there until July 1996 when the show moved to ATN-7 Sydney where it lasted to its cancellation in 2006.[citation needed]

    Other shows after the changeover included Fat Cat and Friends until 1992 and Trax until 1990.[citation needed]

    Currently[when?] the station produces Discover and Seven News, while between 1995 and 2019, it produced a local edition of Today Tonight, which outrated the national A Current Affair.[citation needed]

    The last edition of Seven News and Today Tonight to be broadcast from the Gilberton studios in North Adelaide took place on 14 December 2007. The station then moved to new premises at Hindmarsh on the corner of Port Road and Adam Street, from where Adelaide versions of Seven News and Today Tonight are produced.[citation needed][when?]

    Programming[edit]

    Current in-house productions[edit]

    Previous in-house productions[edit]

    AFL season[edit]

    During the Australian Football League season, Seven News airs at its regular time on Saturdays or Sundays during Fox Footy broadcast twilight matches involving Adelaide and/or Port Adelaide, formerly, the bulletin was aired at half-time of the telecast, replacing match analysis from Fox Footy. SAS also airs South Australian National Football League Matches during the Season.

    News and current affairs[edit]

    Seven News Adelaide is directed by Chris Salter and presented by Rosanna Mangiarelli and Will Goodings on weeknights and Mike Smithson on weekends from Seven's Adelaide studios, located at Hindmarsh. Sport is presented by Mark Soderstrom on weeknights and Bruce Abernethy on weekends. Weather is presented by Amelia Mulcahy on weeknights and Gertie Spurling on weekends.

    The Adelaide bulletin is simulcast to the regional areas of South Australia on Southern Cross Television GTS/BKN in the Spencer Gulf region and Broken Hill in New South Wales, and through WIN South Australia in the Riverland and Mount Gambier/South East regions of the state.

    From 1989 to 2004 Graeme Goodings presented Seven News Adelaide on weeknights with Doyle until he was diagnosed with bowel cancer. Goodings and Riddell, the then weekend news presenter, agreed to swap roles, allowing for Goodings' rehabilitation. Goodings left Seven News Adelaide in December 2014, after 34 years reading Adelaide's news.

    Prior to 27 December 1987, the presenters and production crew of Seven News Adelaide produced Ten News Adelaide (then known as Ten Eyewitness News). However, as the television industry was consolidating in Australia, these news services had each become associated by ownership with inter-state news services being broadcast on opposite frequencies; therefore, to simplify network interaction, their respective networks agreed to swap channel assignments and network affiliations in Adelaide.

    In December 2007, production of Seven News moved from studios located at Gilberton to a new purpose-built space at Hindmarsh.[8]

    During the AFL season, Seven News Adelaide does not air at the regular time on Saturday or Sunday if there is a twilight match involving Adelaide and/or Port Adelaide, in which case, a shortened edition is broadcast at half time, replacing analysis of the AFL matches broadcast, or a full bulletin is broadcast immediately after the game.

    In 2014, Seven News Adelaide won every single ratings weeknight against the rival Nine News Adelaide,[9] but in 2015 started to lose some nights to Nine as Seven News as a whole suffered its worst ratings figures for over a decade.[10] It clocked up 500 consecutive weekly ratings wins in March 2019, extending a streak which started in August 2006.[11]

    In August 2019, Jane Doyle celebrated 30 years of reading the news on Seven.

    In November 2019, John Riddell announced his retirement and presented his last bulletin on 6 December. Doyle became solo presenter after Ridell's retirement.

    In June 2020, it was announced that Jessica Adamson and Tim Noonan were made redundant. The weekday 4pm bulletin was also retired with Melbourne's bulletin broadcast to the Adelaide market. Rosanna Mangiarelli replaced Adamson on weekends. The bulletin was later reinstated on 26 October, but the axing affected Seven News in the Adelaide ratings, and helped rival Nine News to close the afternoon and evening news gap with Seven ever since.

    In September 2022, it was announced that FIVEAA's Will Goodings will replace Mike Smithson to co-host weekends.[12]

    In November 2022, it was announced that Jane Doyle would retire from television after more than three decades presenting 7NEWS Adelaide.[13] Will Goodings and Rosanna Mangiarelli were announced as her replacement, commencing from January 2023.[14]

    Fill-in presenters include Mike Smithson, Andrea Nicolas and Elspeth Hussey (News), Bruce Abernethy and Andrew Hayes (Sport) and Gertie Spurling and Casey Treloar (Weather). News updates are presented by presenters or fill-in presenters.

    As of 2020, Seven has remained South Australia's number one Adelaide news service for more than a decade.

    Presenters[edit]

    Current presenters
    Role Bulletins
    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
    News Will Goodings (2023–present)
    Rosanna Mangiarelli (2023–present)
    Mike Smithson (2021–22; 2023–present)
    Sport Mark Soderstrom (2020–present) Bruce Abernethy (2020–present)
    Weather Amelia Mulcahy (2013–present) Gertie Spurling (2021–present)

    See also[edit]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ HAAT estimated from http://www.itu.int/SRTM3/ using EHAAT.
  • ^ "Seven Adelaide turns 50". Television.AU. 26 July 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  • ^ "Bell Group, TVW agree to merge". The Canberra Times. 20 November 1982. p. 19. Retrieved 14 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  • ^ "Network Ten Turns 40". Retrieved 2 December 2006.
  • ^ Barrington, James (31 March 2006). "Switching Signals". Intertel. Transdiffusion Broadcasting System. Archived from the original on 22 June 2006. Retrieved 2 December 2006.
  • ^ "Audience limit to be negotiated Skase makes a national network 7". The Canberra Times. 7 April 1988. p. 14. Retrieved 29 January 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  • ^ "Bay to Birdwood Programs 1980–2020: 1980". Bay to Birdwood. 21 September 2020. p. 3. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  • ^ "7News Adelaide closer, 15th December". YouTube. 15 December 2007. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021.
  • ^ Washington, David (27 November 2015). "Adelaide TV news battle turns into staff". In Daily. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  • ^ Perry, Kevin (29 July 2015). "Seven poaches News Director from Nine as shakeup of News Division begins". DeciderTV. Archived from the original on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  • ^ Knox, David (18 March 2019). "Seven News Adelaide wins 500 successive weeks". TV Tonight. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  • ^ "Some Big Career News For Will Goodings!". FiveAA. 26 September 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  • ^ "News royalty to retire: 7NEWS Adelaide host Jane Doyle calls time on decorated media career". 7News. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  • ^ "Rosanna Mangiarelli and Will Goodings to present the 7NEWS Adelaide 6pm weekday bulletin". Seven News. 2 December 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2022.

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