Complex sentence: GLV-10 was the first regional television station to launch in the country, on December 9,1961, originally covering the Gippsland and Latrobe Valley areas, and also the first to use entirely Australian-made broadcasting equipment (from Amalgamated Wireless Australasia).
Split into simpler sentences: GLV-10 was the first regional television station to launch in the country, on December 9,1961, originally covering the Gippsland and Latrobe Valley areas. It was also the first to use entirely Australian-made broadcasting equipment (from Amalgamated Wireless Australasia).