ABV (TV station)

ABV is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's television station in Melbourne, Victoria. The station began broadcasting on 19 November 1956 and is transmitted throughout the state via a network of relay transmitters and also ABV is the second television station in Victoria with HSV-7 which opened at the same month of 1956 as the first TV station in Victoria. The studios are located in Southbank and Elsternwick, and transmitter at Mount Dandenong.

Programming

Local programming

ABV follows a schedule nearly identical to that of other statewide ABC Television stations, allowing for time differences and some local programming - including news, current affairs, sport and state election coverage.

Ian Henderson presents ABC News Victoria on weeknights, with Paul Higgins (weather) and Alan Kohler (national finance, presented from Melbourne). Tamara Oudyn presents weekend bulletins. The main fill-in presenters are Susie Reins, Frances Bell and Beverley O'Connor. ABC News Breakfast's Vanessa O'Hanlon is the main fill in weather presenter.

The weekly local current affairs program, 7.30 Victoria is broadcast each Friday night at 7:30pm and presented by Josie Taylor.

ABV also carries live coverage of Victorian Football League matches on Saturday afternoons during the season and the finals of the TAC Cup.

Networked programming

• ABC News Breakfast
• ABC News 24
• Studio 3 (via ABC3)
• Giggle and Hoot (from Sydney's ABC studios)
• Australia Network News (via Australia Network)
• Insiders
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