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WIN News is a local television news service in parts of regional Australia
, produced by WIN Television
. 20 regional bulletins (along with two state-wide bulletins for regional Queensland and southern New South Wales & the ACT) are presented from studios in Wollongong
, Canberra
, Ballarat
, Rockhampton
, Toowoomba
, Mount Gambier
, Hobart
and Perth
.
On 30 January 2006, the network's Tasmania
n news bulletins were moved from separate local and national bulletins to a single, half-hour bulletin featuring local, national and international news. This was reported by The Hobart Mercury
as being due to the previous arrangement's poor ratings. WIN's main competitor in the area, Southern Cross Nightly News, had at the time a 64.9% share of the 6.00pm news audience during the 2005 survey period. In June 2011, WIN axed its Tasmanian weekend bulletins - they were replaced by simulcasts of the Melbourne edition of Nine News.
On 18 August 2006, WIN Television announced that Griffith's
locally produced news bulletin would be axed and merged with Wagga Wagga
's half-hour bulletin. The decision was criticised by the local council and chamber of commerce, who stated that the isolation of the area increased the need for local content and information. The amalgamated Wagga Wagga bulletin is presented and produced from Wollongong
.
In April 2009, two regional bulletins were introduced in Queensland serving Mackay
& the Whitsundays and the Wide Bay
area. In October 2010, two South Australia bulletins serving the Mount Gambier and Riverland areas were merged into a single regional program.
from WIN
's studios in Wollongong.
's studios in Canberra.
The late Peter Leonard
presented the bulletin for sixteen years until his retirement in July 2007. Leonard was succeeded by Jessica Good
, who held the position until August 2010.
The head of news for all bulletins in the ACT and NSW is Chris Rickey.
's studios in Ballarat.
The chief of staff for all WIN News services in Victoria is Jeff Sly. The Victorian News Director is Stephen Marshall.
WIN News bulletins for Toowoomba, Mackay & the Whitsundays and Townsville & North Queensland are presented by Samantha Heathwood with sports presenters Daniel Sercombe (Mackay & Townsvile) and Pat O'Shea (Toowoomba) from WIN's Toowoomba studios.
Weather forecasts are presented by Peter Byrne from the Rockhampton studios.
The news director for all WIN News services in Queensland is Shaun Kelly.
's studios in Mount Gambier. Reporters and camera crews covering the Riverland area are based at a newsroom in Loxton.
with sports presenter Tyson Beattie and weather presenter Angela Tsun from STW
's studios in Perth
. Reporters are based at WIN Television
offices in Albany
, Broome
, Bunbury
, Geraldton
, Kalgoorlie
and Perth
. Prior to 2007, the bulletin was broadcast from WIN's Wollongong studios and presented by either Kerryn Johnston, Amy Taylor or Matt Tinney.
The chief of staff and editor of WIN News Western Australia is Peter Kapsanis.
In regional Queensland, WIN News Late Edition is broadcast at midnight and presented by Paul Taylor (news) & David McLenaghan (news/sport) with weather presenter Peter Byrne from WIN's Rockhampton studios.
In southern New South Wales and the ACT, the bulletin is broadcast at 11:30pm and presented by Matthew Snelson from WIN's Wollongong headquarters.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, produced by WIN Television
WIN Television
WIN Television is an Australian television network owned by the WIN Corporation that is based in Wollongong, New South Wales. WIN commenced transmissions on 18 March 1962 as a single Wollongong-only station, and has since expanded to 24 owned-and-operated stations with transmissions covering a...
. 20 regional bulletins (along with two state-wide bulletins for regional Queensland and southern New South Wales & the ACT) are presented from studios in Wollongong
Wollongong, New South Wales
Wollongong is a seaside city located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. It lies on the narrow coastal strip between the Illawarra Escarpment and the Pacific Ocean, 82 kilometres south of Sydney...
, Canberra
Canberra
Canberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne...
, Ballarat
Ballarat, Victoria
Ballarat is a city in the state of Victoria, Australia, approximately west-north-west of the state capital Melbourne situated on the lower plains of the Great Dividing Range and the Yarrowee River catchment. It is the largest inland centre and third most populous city in the state and the fifth...
, Rockhampton
Rockhampton, Queensland
Rockhampton is a city and local government area in Queensland, Australia. The city lies on the Fitzroy River, approximately from the river mouth, and some north of the state capital, Brisbane....
, Toowoomba
Toowoomba, Queensland
Toowoomba is a city in Southern Queensland, Australia. It is located west of Queensland's capital city, Brisbane. With an estimated district population of 128,600, Toowoomba is Australia's second largest inland city and its largest non-capital inland city...
, Mount Gambier
Mount Gambier, South Australia
Mount Gambier is the largest regional city in South Australia located approximately 450 kilometres south of the capital Adelaide and just 17 kilometres from the Victorian border....
, Hobart
Hobart
Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Founded in 1804 as a penal colony,Hobart is Australia's second oldest capital city after Sydney. In 2009, the city had a greater area population of approximately 212,019. A resident of Hobart is known as...
and Perth
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
.
History
As well as its flagship nightly bulletin, WIN Television has, in the past, produced a number of public affairs programmes at its original Wollongong station, WIN-4, such as community affairs program Roving Eye and Sunday Review, a weekly review of international, national and local stories.On 30 January 2006, the network's Tasmania
Tasmania
Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
n news bulletins were moved from separate local and national bulletins to a single, half-hour bulletin featuring local, national and international news. This was reported by The Hobart Mercury
The Mercury (Hobart)
The Mercury is a daily newspaper, published in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, by Davies Brothers Pty Ltd, part of News Limited and News Corporation...
as being due to the previous arrangement's poor ratings. WIN's main competitor in the area, Southern Cross Nightly News, had at the time a 64.9% share of the 6.00pm news audience during the 2005 survey period. In June 2011, WIN axed its Tasmanian weekend bulletins - they were replaced by simulcasts of the Melbourne edition of Nine News.
On 18 August 2006, WIN Television announced that Griffith's
Griffith, New South Wales
Griffith is a city in south-western New South Wales, Australia. It is also the seat of the City of Griffith local government area. Like the Australian capital, Canberra and the nearby town of Leeton, Griffith was designed by Walter Burley Griffin. Griffith was named after Sir Arthur Griffith the...
locally produced news bulletin would be axed and merged with Wagga Wagga
Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
Wagga Wagga is a city in New South Wales, Australia. Straddling the Murrumbidgee River, and with an urban population of 46,735 people, Wagga Wagga is the state's largest inland city, as well as an important agricultural, military, and transport hub of Australia...
's half-hour bulletin. The decision was criticised by the local council and chamber of commerce, who stated that the isolation of the area increased the need for local content and information. The amalgamated Wagga Wagga bulletin is presented and produced from Wollongong
Wollongong, New South Wales
Wollongong is a seaside city located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. It lies on the narrow coastal strip between the Illawarra Escarpment and the Pacific Ocean, 82 kilometres south of Sydney...
.
In April 2009, two regional bulletins were introduced in Queensland serving Mackay
Mackay, Queensland
Mackay is a city on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, on the Pioneer River. Mackay is nicknamed the sugar capital of Australia because its region produces more than a third of Australia's cane sugar....
& the Whitsundays and the Wide Bay
Division of Wide Bay
The Division of Wide Bay is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election...
area. In October 2010, two South Australia bulletins serving the Mount Gambier and Riverland areas were merged into a single regional program.
New South Wales
WIN News Wollongong, WIN News Orange and WIN News Wagga Wagga are presented by Geoff Phillips and Kerryn Johnston (Wollongong only), with sport presenter Amy TaylorAmy Taylor
Amy Elizabeth Taylor is a retired football player and media personality in Australia.-Football career:...
from WIN
WIN Television
WIN Television is an Australian television network owned by the WIN Corporation that is based in Wollongong, New South Wales. WIN commenced transmissions on 18 March 1962 as a single Wollongong-only station, and has since expanded to 24 owned-and-operated stations with transmissions covering a...
's studios in Wollongong.
Editorial staff
Chiefs of Staff- Chris Rickey (Wollongong)
- Jo Mazzocchi (Wagga Wagga)
- Allan Reeder (Orange)
Canberra
WIN News Canberra is presented by Danielle Post with sport presenter Greg Thomson from WINWIN Television
WIN Television is an Australian television network owned by the WIN Corporation that is based in Wollongong, New South Wales. WIN commenced transmissions on 18 March 1962 as a single Wollongong-only station, and has since expanded to 24 owned-and-operated stations with transmissions covering a...
's studios in Canberra.
The late Peter Leonard
Peter Leonard
Peter Antony Leonard was an Australian journalist and newsreader. He was born in Yass, New South Wales, the son of a Greek immigrant father who died when Peter was 17. He was educated at Yass Primary School then at Canberra Grammar School as a boarder...
presented the bulletin for sixteen years until his retirement in July 2007. Leonard was succeeded by Jessica Good
Jessica Good
Jessica Good is an Australian television journalist and news presenter.Good was originally a reporter at Prime Television in Albury...
, who held the position until August 2010.
The head of news for all bulletins in the ACT and NSW is Chris Rickey.
Victoria
WIN News Ballarat, WIN News Bendigo, WIN News Gippsland, WIN News Goulburn Valley And Northern Victoria (Shepparton), WIN News Sunraysia (Mildura) and WIN News Albury are presented by Bruce Roberts with sport presenter Sean Sowerby and weather presenter Jane Bunn from VTVVTV (TV station)
VTV is an Australian television station broadcasting in regional Victoria in Australia. The network was owned by ENT Ltd., before being purchased by the WIN Corporation.-Network history:...
's studios in Ballarat.
The chief of staff for all WIN News services in Victoria is Jeff Sly. The Victorian News Director is Stephen Marshall.
Regional bulletins
WIN News bulletins in Rockhampton & Central Queensland, the Sunshine Coast, the Wide Bay and Cairns & Far North Queensland are presented by Paul Taylor with sports presenter David McLenaghan from WIN's studios in Rockhampton.WIN News bulletins for Toowoomba, Mackay & the Whitsundays and Townsville & North Queensland are presented by Samantha Heathwood with sports presenters Daniel Sercombe (Mackay & Townsvile) and Pat O'Shea (Toowoomba) from WIN's Toowoomba studios.
Weather forecasts are presented by Peter Byrne from the Rockhampton studios.
Editorial staff
Chiefs of Staff- Corinne Maxwell (Rockhampton)
- TBA (Mackay)
- Rebecca Barr (Townsville)
- Ken Clarke (Cairns)
- James O'Shea (Toowoomba)
- Simon Ward (Sunshine Coast)
- Karen Broardhurst (Wide Bay)
The news director for all WIN News services in Queensland is Shaun Kelly.
Tasmania
WIN News Tasmania is presented by Anna McMahon (news and weather) and Colin McNiff (sport) on weeknights from TVT's studios in Hobart. Weekend news bulletins were produced until July 2011, when they were replaced with a simulcast of Nine News's 6pm Melbourne bulletin.South Australia
WIN News South Australia is presented by Sharny McLean (news and weather) and Stephanie Boltje (sport) with chief of staff Stuart Stansfield as the fill-in presenter, from SESSES/RTS
SES/RTS, part of the WIN Television network, are Australian television stations licensed to, and serving Mount Gambier and Riverland in South Australia. The station commenced transmissions on 25 March 1966.-History:...
's studios in Mount Gambier. Reporters and camera crews covering the Riverland area are based at a newsroom in Loxton.
Western Australia
WIN News Western Australia is presented by Matt TinneyMatt Tinney
Matt Tinney joined Nine News Perth's team in February 2008 as a reporter and weekend news presenter.Tinney began his reporting career at WIN Television’s national headquarters in Wollongong in 2005...
with sports presenter Tyson Beattie and weather presenter Angela Tsun from STW
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's studios in Perth
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
. Reporters are based at WIN Television
WIN Television
WIN Television is an Australian television network owned by the WIN Corporation that is based in Wollongong, New South Wales. WIN commenced transmissions on 18 March 1962 as a single Wollongong-only station, and has since expanded to 24 owned-and-operated stations with transmissions covering a...
offices in Albany
Albany, Western Australia
Albany is a port city in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, some 418 km SE of Perth, the state capital. As of 2009, Albany's population was estimated at 33,600, making it the 6th-largest city in the state....
, Broome
Broome, Western Australia
Broome is a pearling and tourist town in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, north of Perth. The year round population is approximately 14,436, growing to more than 45,000 per month during the tourist season...
, Bunbury
Bunbury, Western Australia
The port city of Bunbury is the third largest city in Western Australia after the State Capital Perth and Mandurah. It is situated south of Perth's central business district...
, Geraldton
Geraldton, Western Australia
Geraldton is a city and port in Western Australia located north of Perth in the Mid West region. Geraldton has an estimated population at June 2010 of 36,958...
, Kalgoorlie
Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Kalgoorlie, known as Kalgoorlie-Boulder, is a town in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, and is located east-northeast of state capital Perth at the end of the Great Eastern Highway...
and Perth
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
. Prior to 2007, the bulletin was broadcast from WIN's Wollongong studios and presented by either Kerryn Johnston, Amy Taylor or Matt Tinney.
The chief of staff and editor of WIN News Western Australia is Peter Kapsanis.
WIN News Late Edition
Two state-wide bulletins are broadcast each weeknight in WIN's New South Wales/ACT and Queensland regions, featuring stories from the various sub-regions.In regional Queensland, WIN News Late Edition is broadcast at midnight and presented by Paul Taylor (news) & David McLenaghan (news/sport) with weather presenter Peter Byrne from WIN's Rockhampton studios.
In southern New South Wales and the ACT, the bulletin is broadcast at 11:30pm and presented by Matthew Snelson from WIN's Wollongong headquarters.
Schedule
WIN News airs at several different times on weekday evenings depending on state.| State | Bulletins | Broadcast time |
| New South Wales New South Wales New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales... |
Wollongong, Orange, Wagga Wagga, Albury | Regional bulletin at 6:30pm State-wide bulletin at 11:30pm |
| Victoria Victoria (Australia) Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively.... |
Ballarat, Bendigo, Gippsland, Golburn Valley and Northern Victoria (Shepparton), Sunraysia (Mildura) | 6:30pm with repeat at midnight |
| Australian Capital Territory Australian Capital Territory The Australian Capital Territory, often abbreviated ACT, is the capital territory of the Commonwealth of Australia and is the smallest self-governing internal territory... |
Region-wide | Regional bulletin at 6:30pm State-wide bulletin at 11:30pm |
| Queensland Queensland Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean... |
Cairns, Rockhampton, Wide Bay, Sunshine Coast, Toowoomba, Townsville, Mackay | Regional bulletin at 6:30pm State-wide bulletin at midnight |
| South Australia South Australia South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland... |
Mount Gambier, Riverland (Loxton) | 6:30pm with repeat at 11.30pm |
| Tasmania Tasmania Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart... |
State-wide covering local, national & international news | 6:00pm |
| Western Australia Western Australia Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east... |
State-wide | 5:30pm with repeat at midnight |