ABC Canberra (TV station)
ABC Television in the ACT comprises national and local programming on the ABC television network in the Australian Capital Territory, which includes the capital city of Australia, Canberra, and broadcasts on a number of channels under the ABC call sign. There is some local programming from the Canberra studio. ABC was the historic name of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's television station in Canberra which launched in 1962, with the "C" in the call sign standing for Canberra. It was also referred to as ABC3 (not to be confused with ABC3 children's channel launched in  2009). History. The station began broadcasting on 18 December 1962 and from studios in Dickson, and was also known as ABC3. The "C" in the call sign stood for Canberra. Its main transmitter was at Black Mountain. Canberra was the first city in Australia in which analogue television was switched off, in 2012, meaning that only digital television services are transmitted. ABC Television in ACT today. there are four transmitters broadcasting ABC channels 8, 36 and 41, with one still situated on Black Mountain. Local programming. "ABC News Canberra" is presented by Dan Bourchier from Sunday to Thursday and Craig  Allen on Friday and Saturday. The weeknight bulletins incorporate a national finance section presented by Alan Kohler in Melbourne. A new studio set was introduced in mid-2014 to match the rest of the ABC News network. The weekly current affairs program, "7.30 ACT" was presented by Chris Kimball until its cancellation in 2014 in a round of severe cuts to the ABC.