Seven Melbourne
| Melbourne, Victoria | |
|---|---|
| Branding | Seven |
| Slogan | Gottaloveit |
| Channels |
Digital: 6 (VHF) Virtual: 7 |
| Affiliations | Seven (O&O) |
| Owner |
Seven West Media Limited (Channel Seven Melbourne Pty Ltd) |
| First air date | 4 November 1956 |
| Call letters' meaning |
Herald Sun Victoria |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 7(VHF)(1956–2013) |
| Transmitter power | 200 kW (analog) 50 kW (digital) |
| Height | 555 m (both) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 37°50′8″S 145°20′52″E / 37.83556°S 145.34778°E |
| Website | www |
HSV is a television station in Melbourne. It is part of the Seven Network, one of the three main commercial television networks in Australia, and its first and oldest station, having been launched in time for the 1956 Summer Olympic Games in Melbourne. HSV-7 is the home of the AFL coverage.
The HSV building (also known as 'Broadcast Centre Melbourne') is the network's operations hub, where the Master Control Room is located for all metropolitan and regional feeds to be controlled. Programming line-up, advertisement output, feed switching, time zone monitoring and national transmission output are delivered here. All Seven Network owned and operated studios have their LIVE signals relayed here (e.g.) ATN's output is fed to HSV and then transmitted via satellite or fibre optic to the towers around metropolitan Sydney, etc.
The station began test transmissions in July 1956, and became the first 7 station in Australia and the first in Melbourne, commenced broadcasting on 4 November, soon after the Commonwealth Government started issuing television licences. In the opening ceremony, Eric Pearce declared :
"We dedicate this station to the full service of the community. To Australian life – the happy families in the homes – we promise to serve you faithfully and well".
HSV-7 and rival station GTV-9 were formed in time to broadcast the Melbourne Olympics, while Sydney stations TCN-9 and ATN-7 in Sydney relayed the Melbourne coverage. HSV-7 was originally owned by The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd, owners of The Herald and The Sun (now merged as the Herald Sun). These papers gave rise to the call sign HSV (the 'V' stands for Victoria, as is the normal protocol for commercial television call signs to have the third letter indicate the state where the station is licensed, although for publicity purposes HSV was said to stand for Herald Sun Vision)
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