AMN (TV station)
| Griffith and the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area | |
|---|---|
| Branding | WIN |
| Slogan | Turn on WIN |
| Channels |
Digital: 30 (UHF) Virtual: 8 |
| Affiliations | Ten |
| Owner |
WIN Corporation Pty Ltd (WIN Television Griffith Pty. Ltd.) |
| First air date | 5 October 1997 |
| Call letters' meaning |
Albury Murray New South Wales |
| Sister station(s) | MTN |
| Former channel number(s) | Analogue: 31 |
| Former affiliations | Nine (2012-16) Seven (1997-2012) |
| Transmitter power | See table below |
| Height | 418 m |
| Transmitter coordinates | See table below |
AMN is a television station licensed to serve Griffith and the surrounding Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area (M.I.A.). The station is owned and operated by WIN Corporation as a Network Ten affiliate, WIN Television.
WIN Television is the sole commercial television broadcaster in the Griffith and M.I.A. area, also providing MTN, a Seven Network affiliate, and Nine Network affiliate MDN, a supplementary station.
The Australian Broadcasting Authority relaxed the rules regarding station ownership in solus markets in the mid-1990s. The changes allowed for one company to operate two stations without competition, provided the Authority did not have reason to believe another company would be interested. MTN applied for a Section 38A licence in 1995, and after being refused once, challenged the Authority, and was successful on appeal – ultimately being granted the second license on 18 July 1996. The second channel launched on 5 October 1997, on UHF channel 31 using the callsign AMN (a variation of Victorian station AMV). It was a direct feed of Prime Television Orange, with the exception of its local news, which AMN replaced with a Network Ten series such as The Simpsons or Seinfeld. Since then, AMN has changed from being a direct feed of Prime7 to being a feed of Seven Network Sydney.
WIN Corporation brought MTN and AMN from then-owner Associated Media Investments on 6 July 1998.
As part of Australia's digital transition, AMN ceased broadcasting in analogue on 5 June 2012.
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