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AMN (TV station)

Field	Value
callsign	AMN
logo	Nine Network logo (2008).svg
logo_size	140px
location	Griffith and Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area
country	AU
branding	Nine, WIN
digital	30 (UHF)
virtual	8
network	WIN Television
affiliations	Nine
airdate
language	English
callsign_meaning	Associated Media New South Wales
sister_stations	MTN
former_channel_numbers	Analogue: 31
owner	WIN Corporation Pty Ltd
licensee	WIN Television Griffith Pty. Ltd.
former_affiliations	Seven (1997–2012)
Nine (2012–2016)
Ten (2016–2021)
erp	See table below
haat	418 m
acma_bsl	10104
licensing_authority	ACMA
coordinates	See table below

Note

the television station in Australia

Nine (2012–2016) Ten (2016–2021)

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 Nine Network 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 a Network 10 affiliate MDN, a supplementary station.

History

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. It was a direct feed of Prime Television Orange, with the exception of its local news, which AMN replaced with an alternative program. 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.

On 1 July 2016, to reflect WIN's new affiliation agreement with Network Ten, AMN and MDN swapped affiliates – with AMN becoming a Ten affiliate while MDN became a Nine affiliate.

On 1 July 2021, to reflect WIN's new affiliation agreement with Nine Network, AMN and MDN swapped affiliates – with AMN becoming a Nine affiliate while MDN became a 10 affiliate.

Programming

AMN carries programming from Nine Network, which includes the 9 News Sydney bulletin as well as the southern NSW/Wagga Wagga WIN News bulletin. The station also carries the Sydney feeds of 9Gem, 9Go! and 9Life.

News

WIN News Griffith (formerly MTN9 News) was a local news bulletin broadcast on MTN. The news bulletin premiered the same year as MTN launched, seeing it run for over forty years. WIN News Griffith was axed in August 2006, with WIN Television amalgamating the news bulletins from Griffith and Wagga Wagga into one Riverina bulletin presented from WIN's Wollongong studios The last bulletin aired on 18 August 2006. Following the bulletin's cancellation, WIN maintained a journalist, sport reporter and camera operator in Griffith to produce news stories, however, in 2013 this staff was reduced to a single video journalist, and then in 2015 was removed entirely to be replaced by a roving journalist from the Wagga Wagga station. Following the cancellation of the bulletin, Griffith City Council petitioned regional broadcasters in neighbouring areas to present a local news bulletin. This has since been abandoned.

In November 2025, WIN News relaunched a local news bulletin for the Griffith and MIA region. The bulletin is presented by Bruce Roberts from the networks Wollongong studios.

Channels

The following is a list of channels broadcast on AMN.

AMN–30:

LCN	Channel
8	Nine Network
80	9HD
81	9Gem
82	9Go!
83	9Life
84	TVSN
85	Gold

References

"Register of Radiocommunications Licences". Australian Communications and Media Authority.
[[height above average terrain. HAAT]] estimated from http://www.itu.int/SRTM3/ using EHAAT.
"MTN9 Griffith". Australian TV Archive.
(1996). "Australian Broadcasting Authority: Annual Report 1995–1996".
"Prime Television 1960s–1980s". AusTVHistory.
"Company Profile". Prime TV.
(1999). "Australian Broadcasting Authority: Annual Report 1998–1999". Australian Broadcasting Authority.
Fung, Derek. (29 May 2013). "When will analog TV be turned off in my area?". CNET.
Knox, David. (23 May 2016). "WIN / TEN deal nears; appeal due in 9Now streaming case.". TV Tonight.
Knox, David. (23 May 2016). "WIN and TEN confirm five year affiliate deal". TV Tonight.
Knox, David. (30 June 2016). "Nine, Southern Cross, TEN, WIN: affiliate changes". TV Tonight.
Zappacosta, Dino. "Statement to Media Watch RE: WIN–TV". Media Watch.
(25 September 2006). "Griffith – No WIN News". [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]'s [[Media Watch (TV program).
(18 August 2006). "Griffith disappointed at loss of local WIN service". [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]].
(2 December 2013). "WIN TV Griffith staff levels irk Mayor". The Area News.
(19 February 2015). "Griffith Mayor angered by WIN decision to cut local journalist". [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]].
Perry, Kevin. (2025-11-23). "New-look WIN NEWS bulletins bring back local storytelling power".

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