Gold (Australian TV channel)

This article is about the Australian datacast television channel. For other uses, see Gold (disambiguation) and GOLD.

Gold
Logo used since 2012
CountryAustralia
Broadcast areaRegional QLD, Northern NSW & Gold Coast, Southern NSW & ACT, Griffith, Regional VIC, Mildura, Tasmania, Eastern SA
NetworkWIN Television
Programming
Language(s)English
Picture format576i (SDTV) 16:9
Timeshift serviceGold 2
(13 July 2013 – 19 January 2016)
Ownership
OwnerWIN Corporation
Sister channelsWIN Television
WIN HD
9Gem
9Go!
9Life
History
Launched1 May 2012; 12 years ago (2012-05-01)
Former namesWIN Gold (1–5 May 2012)
Links
Websitewintv.com.au/page/gold
Availability
Terrestrial
Freeview WIN regional (virtual)85
Freeiew WIN Northern NSW (virtual)55

Gold (stylised as GOLD) is an Australian advertorial datacasting channel that launched on 1 May 2012 by the WIN Corporation.[1] It is available to homes in most regional WIN Television viewing areas on LCN 85.[2] The channel broadcasts mostly infomercials, as well as education, lifestyle, community programming as well as television classics from the Crawfords library.

History

On 26 April 2012, a test broadcast commenced on LCN 84 with the channel name "TBA".[3] On 30 April 2012, the broadcast changed to a screen informing viewers that WIN Gold (stylised as WIN GOLD) would commence on 1 May 2012. The channel launched at 6am and was initially branded as "WIN Gold",[1][4][5] until it was changed to simply Gold on 5 May 2012.

With the March 2016 revival of WIN HD on LCN 80 (then-occupied by 9Gem) and launch of 9Life on LCN 84 (then-occupied by Gold),[6] WIN's channel listing was reshuffled to mirror Nine's metropolitan listing with 9Gem on LCN 82, 9Go! on LCN 83, 9Life on LCN 84, Extra on LCN 85 and Gold on LCN 86.

On 1 July 2016, WIN switched its primary affiliation from the Nine Network to Network 10. Consequently, WIN's channel listing was reshuffled to place One on LCN 81, Eleven on LCN 82, TVSN on LCN 84 and Gold on LCN 85.[7]

On 1 July 2021, WIN switched back its primary affiliation from Network 10 to the Nine Network. Consequently, WIN's channel listing was reshuffled to place 9Gem on LCN 81, 9Go! on LCN 82 and 9Life on LCN 83, while TVSN and Gold would continue to broadcast on LCN 84 and LCN 85.[8]

Availability

Gold is available in standard definition through WIN's stations: RTQ Queensland, WIN Southern New South Wales & ACT, NRN in Northern New South Wales, VTV Victoria, TVT Tasmania, MTN Griffith, STV Mildura, MGS Mount Gambier and LRS Riverland.

The channel was previously available on WIN's Nine-branded metropolitan stations NWS Adelaide[9] and STW Perth on LCN 94 until 2013 when both stations were bought by the Nine Network, owned by Nine Entertainment.[10][11] In these two cities Gold was replaced by Extra, which is Nine's infomercial datacast channel.

Gold 2

Gold2 logo

WIN launched a second datacasting channel, Gold 2, on 13 July 2013 as a five-hour timeshift of Gold located on LCN 82. It was also shortly available in Perth on LCN 92,[12] as WIN Corporation had control over the station until 30 September 2013, when it was taken over by Nine Entertainment, the owners of the Nine Network. As a result, Gold 2 was replaced by Extra 2 in Perth. NWS in Adelaide did not transmit Gold 2 because the station was already under Nine's control at the time of the channel's launch, but it did launch Nine's counterpart, Extra 2, on 1 July 2013, 12 days before the channel's launch.

Gold 2 was replaced by the Nine Network's metropolitan informercial channel Extra on 19 January 2016. Extra later moved to LCN 85 on WIN's stations.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Knox, David (1 May 2012). "WIN GOLD launches on Channel 84". TV Tonight. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
  2. ^ "About Us – GOLD". WIN Television. Archived from the original on 19 February 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  3. ^ justjbhere (27 April 2012). "What is Channel 84?". Riotact. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  4. ^ Fung, Derek (30 April 2012). "WIN Gold digital station launches, not what it sounds". CNET. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  5. ^ Tennant, Simon (30 April 2012). "Win launches new channel ... or does it?". The Examiner. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  6. ^ Knox, David (10 February 2016). "No 7flix for Prime, new channels "soon" for WIN". TV Tonight. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  7. ^ Joyce, James (26 June 2016). "WIN and Southern Cross: What Canberra viewers need to know about big TV switch". The Canberra Times. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 27 June 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  8. ^ Joyce, James (28 June 2021). "July 1's TV flip: what you need to know". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  9. ^ "Gold digital addition for Channel 9 | Adelaide Now". The Advertiser. 30 April 2012. Archived from the original on 3 May 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2023 – via Adelaide Now - through the Wayback Machine.
  10. ^ Knox, David (3 June 2013). "Nine signs news cricket deal, buys Adelaide affiliate". TV Tonight. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  11. ^ "Nine to buy WIN Perth TV station". The Australian. Australian Associated Press. 3 July 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  12. ^ Knox, David (13 July 2013). "WIN launches GOLD2". TV Tonight. Retrieved 13 July 2013.