Editing GLV/BCV (section)

==History==
===Early years===
GLV-10 in [[Traralgon]] was the first regional television station to launch in Australia on 9 December 1961,<ref name="atvh-vic">{{cite web |author=Brooklyn Ross-Hulands |title=Southern Cross Ten: Victoria |url=http://www.austvhistory.com/scten/sctenvic.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071224154247/http://www.austvhistory.com/scten/sctenvic.htm |archive-date=24 December 2007 |access-date=10 September 2007 |publisher=AusTVHistory}}</ref> originally covering the [[Gippsland]] and [[Latrobe Valley]] areas. It was also the first station to completely use Australian-made broadcasting equipment from [[AWA Technology Services|AWA]]. The original transmission equipment consisted of a 10&nbsp;kW and 2&nbsp;kW transmitter (standby) which was based on the RCA product and adapted to 230 V 50&nbsp;Hz by AWA. The [[Melbourne]] pickup was a Rhode and Schwarz off-air receiver with AWA return microwave links to the studio. BCV-8 first went to air two weeks later, on 23 December 1961<ref name="atvh-vic" />(the same day as the launch of [[GMV-6]] [[Shepparton]]), serving [[Bendigo]] and Central Victoria.

On 25 March 1970, BCV-8 was off the air for 45 minutes. The incident was caused by two mice who got into the transmitter's high-voltage cables, [[short circuit|short circuiting]] the main circuit and the switchboard.<ref>{{cite web |date=26 March 1970 |title=MICE BLACK OUT MELBOURNE TV STATION |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19700326-1.2.85.2.3 |access-date=25 September 2023 |website=[[The Straits Times]] (retrieved from NLB)}}</ref>

===Affiliations===
GLV pioneered the use of live, "off-air" relays of television programs from stations in [[Melbourne]], including [[GTV (Australian TV station)|GTV-9's]] hugely popular ''[[In Melbourne Tonight]]''. Since the station had no video recording equipment, engineers needed to rely on picking up the original signal at the transmitter site to relay back to the studio. As the sole commercial television station in the region, GLV's program lineup included local output such as news and children's programs, combined with programs selected from Melbourne's commercial stations – the [[Nine Network]], [[Seven Network]] ([[HSV (TV station)|HSV-7]]), and from 1964, [[Network 10]] ([[ATV (Australian TV station)|ATV-0]]).

An affiliation formed between the two stations and [[STV-8]] [[Mildura]] in the 1970s as the Victorian Broadcasting Network, adopting the name of a former statewide radio network and later as Television Centre of Victoria. In 1982, the three stations merged as the Southern Cross TV8 television network, sharing a common stylised flag logo and programming schedule. Seven years later it was renamed the Southern Cross Network.<ref name="atvh-vic" /> STV-8 split from the network in 1990 when the station joined the then-Television Victoria network, as Mildura was not included in the Victorian aggregation plan.<ref name="atvh-vic" /><ref name="caslon-stv">{{cite web|url= http://www.ketupa.net/win2.htm|title= WIN, Gordon and ENT: chronology|access-date= 10 July 2007|author= Bruce Arnold|publisher= Caslon Analytics|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070621055454/http://www.ketupa.net/win2.htm|archive-date= 21 June 2007|df= dmy-all}}</ref>

===From GLV-10 to GLV-8===
On 17 January 1980, GLV-10 changed frequencies from VHF channel 10 to 8<ref name="atvh-vic" /> to allow neighbouring [[Melbourne]] television station [[ATV (Australian TV station)|ATV-0]] to move to the original frequency three days later to eliminate interference problems on VHF-0. Channels 8 and 10 became Channel 8 as a result of the switch.
[[Image:Southern cross ten echuca.jpg|200px|thumb|A [[Southern Cross Ten]] regional sales office in [[Echuca]]]]

===Aggregation===
When [[Regional television in Australia#Aggregation|aggregation]] in regional Victoria took place between 1992 and 1993,<ref name="tvau-aggregation">{{cite web|url= http://www.televisionau.com/aggregation.htm|title= television.au AGGREGATION|access-date= 10 September 2007|publisher= television.au}}</ref> the Southern Cross Network expanded to [[Shepparton]], [[Ballarat]] and [[Albury]] as an affiliate of [[Network 10]].<ref name="atvh-vic" /> By September 1993, the network had changed its name and logo to SCN TV, and then again in May 1994 to Ten Victoria,<ref name="atvh-vic" /> which coincided with the cancellation of the station's local news service (''SCN TV News at Six''), replaced by [[ATV (Australia)|ATV-10]]'s ''[[Ten News#Melbourne|Ten News at 5]]''.

===21st century developments===
On 1 July 2016, Southern Cross switched its primary affiliation from Network Ten to the Nine Network in Queensland, Southern NSW, ACT, South Australia, and Victoria. The Southern Cross Ten branding was retired and replaced by generic Nine branding.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mumbrella.com.au/nine-entertainment-and-southern-cross-austereo-sign-affiliate-agreement-363377 |title=Nine Entertainment and Southern Cross Austereo sign 'landmark' affiliate agreement |last=Hayes |first=Alex |date=29 April 2016 |publisher=mUmBRELLA |access-date=29 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.smh.com.au/business/media-and-marketing/nine-and-southern-cross-in-multiyear-affiliation-deal-20160428-goha3w.html |title=Nine and Southern Cross in multi-year affiliation deal |last=White |first=Dominic |date=29 April 2016 |work=[[Sydney Morning Herald]]|access-date=29 April 2016}}</ref>

On 1 July 2021, Southern Cross switched back its primary affiliation from the Nine Network to Network 10 and airs programs from [[ATV (Australian TV station)|ATV]] in Melbourne.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NETWORK 10 AND SOUTHERN CROSS MEDIA GROUP CONFIRM AFFILIATION AGREEMENT {{!}} Southern Cross Austereo |url=https://www.southerncrossaustereo.com.au/media/media-releases/network-10-and-southern-cross-media-group-confirm-affiliation-agreement/ |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=[[Southern Cross Austereo]]|language=en-au}}</ref>

On 17 December 2024, Southern Cross Austereo announced the sale of their regional television licenses in Regional Queensland, Southern NSW/ACT and Regional Victoria over to their affiliate [[Network 10]].<ref name="TVsale">{{Cite web |last=Patterson |first=Sarah |date=17 December 2024 |title=SCA to sell 3-Agg television licences to Network 10 |url=https://radiotoday.com.au/sca-to-sell-3-agg-television-licences-to-network-10/ |access-date=19 December 2024 |website=Radio Today |language=en-AU}}</ref> The sale was completed on 1 March 2025.<ref name="FY25results">{{cite news |title=Television assets sold, improved financial results for SCA |url=https://radioinfo.com.au/news/television-assets-sold-improved-financial-results-for-sca/ |access-date=27 February 2025 |work=RadioInfo Australia |date=26 February 2025}}</ref>