Editing GLV/BCV (section)

===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>