STW is an Australian television station owned by the Nine Network that is based in Perth, Western Australia. STW broadcasts from a shared facility transmitter mast located in Carmel. The station callsign, STW, is an acronym of Swan Television, Western Australia.
STW-9 began broadcasting at 5.30pm on Saturday 12 June 1965. Nine Perth turns 50, televisionau.com, 12 June 2015 Broadcasting from a purpose-built studio complex in the Perth suburb of Dianella, the station employed around a hundred staff.
The station was officially opened by the Premier of Western Australia, David Brand, following a documentary film entitled Montage of Perth. Its first night programming included the film Guys and Dolls, an MGM-produced tribute to Cecil B. DeMille called The World's Greatest Showman and a replay of TV Spells Magic, a variety show produced for the opening of TEN-10 in Sydney the preceding April. Classic TV Guides: Saturday 12 June 1965 - Perth, televisionau.com
Upon launch, both STW and rival station TVW launched a joint company entitled TV Facilities to allow the two commercial channels in Perth to share access to networked programs from the east coast.
STW remained independently owned until 1978, when it became affiliated with the Nine Network, allowing direct access to its programming. In 1984, the station was bought by businessman Alan Bond for just under $50 million, becoming part of Bond Media. It became a network owned and operated station when Bond purchased the Nine Network from Kerry Packer.
On 17 April 1984, STW9 became the first station in Perth to commence 24-hour broadcasting. The station also claimed the first hour-long news program in the city, beating TVW, and mirroring Ten's in SA and eastern Australia (Ten did not have a station in the city until NEW-10 launched in 1988).
In 1989, Bond Media sold STW to Sunraysia Television for A$95 million. The deal also involved Bond Media purchasing the Sunraysia owned STV-8 for A$18 million. Bond Media was forced to sell due to the Federal cross-media ownership laws, which restricted the level of national reach for media owners.
In 2013, Nine Entertainment Co. purchased the station from WIN. With control from 30 September, the station returned once again as an owned-and-operated station, although Nine Network now owned all five of its flagship metropolitan stations.
On 19 September 2016, STW began broadcasting from new studios located at 253–267 St Georges Terrace in Perth's CBD, after 51 years at its original location in Dianella.
Since May 2020, Nine News Late has been broadcast from STW on Mondays – Thursdays, presented by Michael Thomson.
Natalia Cooper is the main fill-in presenter for Michael Thomson on weeknights while Natalia Cooper is the main fill-in presenter for Natalia Cooper on weekends. Paddy Sweeney is the main fill-in sport presenter for Dean ‘Clairsy’ Clairs on weeknights.
Weekends
9News Afternoon
Reporters
Since its founding in 1975, Channel Nine Perth's Appealathon has raised in excess of $53.5 million for charity. Appealathon has supported four specific charities with Appealathon funds: the Activ Foundation, Civilian Maimed & Limbless Association, Paraplegic/Quadriplegic Association and Rocky Bay. Many other organisations are helped as well on a yearly basis. Appealathon was involved in over 50 fundraising events and projects across Perth each year, including the City to Surf and the Rottnest Channel Swim.
In 2009, administration of the organisation was handed over to Variety WA. Appealathon change in Perth
Broadcasting details
Digital transport stream frequency (as of 25 June 2013): VHF-8 @ 191.5 MHz (bandwidth: 7 MHz 64-QAM
+Digital channels 9 9 720x576i H.262 video @ 5550 kbit/s
Dolby Digital audio @ 256 kbit/s
MPEG-1 Audio Layer II @ 256 kbit/s90 9HD 1440x1080i HD Lite H.262 video @ 15250 kbit/s video
Dolby Digital audio @ 448 kbit92 9Gem 720x576i H.262 video @ 5550 kbit/s
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MPEG-1 Audio Layer II @ 256 kbit/s93/99 9Go! 720x576i H.262 video
MPEG-1 Audio Layer II @ 256 kbit/s94 9Life 720x576i H.262 video
MPEG-1 Audio Layer II @ 256 kbit/s95 9Gem HD 1440x1080i HD Lite H.262 video
Dolby Digital audio @ 256 kbit/s
MPEG-1 Audio Layer II @ 256 kbit/s96 9Rush 720x576i H.262 video
MPEG-1 Audio Layer II @ 256 kbit/s97 extra 720x576i H.262 video
MPEG-1 Audio Layer II @ 256 kbit/s
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