Editing Prime7 (section)

===Origins===
Prime Television originally began as a group of separate stations and networks – Midstate Television in [[Orange, New South Wales|Orange]], [[Dubbo]] and [[Griffith, New South Wales|Griffith]]; RVN/AMV in [[Wagga Wagga]] and [[Albury]]; and 9-8 Television in [[Tamworth, New South Wales|Tamworth]] and [[Taree]].<ref name="atvh-60s">{{Cite web |title=Prime Television 1960s–1980s |url=http://www.austvhistory.com/prime/preaggregation.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081214161307/http://www.austvhistory.com/prime/preaggregation.htm |archive-date=14 December 2008 |access-date=17 September 2007 |website=AusTVHistory}}</ref>

[[CBN (Australian TV station)|CBN-8]] Orange first aired on 17 March 1962, followed by [[CBN (Australian TV station)|CWN-6]] Dubbo on 1 December 1965,<ref name="atvh-60s" /> and [[MTN (TV station)|MTN-9]] Griffith began on 15 December 1965. CBN and CWN were both licensed to Country Television Services (also the owner of radio station [[2GZ]] in Orange). CWN was a full-time relay of CBN—the first Australian television station to relay another. The two stations thus formed the country's first regional television network.<ref name="atvh-60s" />

RVN-2 Wagga Wagga began broadcasting on 19 June 1964, while [[AMV (TV station)|AMV-4]] Albury launched on 7 September 1964. The two stations merged in 1971 as the Riverina and North East Victoria Television Service Pty Ltd with the callsign '''RVN/AMV''' on air.<ref name="atvh-60s" />

In northern New South Wales, NEN-9 Tamworth began transmission on 27 September 1965, with a relay in [[Armidale]] (NEN-1, later NEN-10) on 15 July 1966.<ref name="atvh-60s" /> ECN-8 [[Taree]] started on 27 May 1966.<ref name="atvh-60s" /> At one stage, ECN-8 merged with NRN-11 [[Coffs Harbour]] (now owned by [[WIN Corporation]]), however the two stations eventually split. NEN later merged with ECN as 9-8 Television.<ref name="atvh-60s" />