Editing Southern Cross Broadcasting

{{Short description|Defunct Australian media company}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=June 2011}}
{{Infobox company
| name   = Southern Cross Broadcasting<br/>(Australia) Limited
| logo   = Southern Cross Broadcasting.svg
| logo_size = 150px
| type   = [[Public company|Public]]
| foundation     = {{Start date|df=yes|1987|08|20}}
| defunct        = {{End date|df=yes|2007|11|05}}
| location       = [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]]
| key_people     = Tony Bell, [[Managing Director]]<BR/>John Dahlsen, [[Chairman]]
| fate           = Acquired
| successor      = [[Fairfax Media]]<br />[[Macquarie Media Group]]
| industry       = [[Mass media|Media]]
| products       = [[Television]]<br />[[Radio]]
| homepage       = {{URL|www.southerncrossbroadcasting.com.au}}<br/>{{URL|scb.com.au}}
}}

'''Southern Cross Broadcasting (Australia) Limited''' was a diversified [[Australia]]n [[Mass media|media]] [[company (law)|company]], that owned and operated a variety of media businesses, primarily in [[radio]] and [[television]].

==History==
Tony Bell was managing director of the business between 1993 and 2007, when it was purchased to become Southern Cross Media Group, and retired from the subsequent company's board of directors in 2014.

* September 1998 - Southern Cross Broadcasting announces it will purchase Adelaide's Channel Nine station ([[NWS-9]]) for $98 million, which led to redundancies for nearly half of the station's staff.
* May 2001 - It announced a $217 million bid for Telecasters Australia, owner of television stations in regional Queensland, northern New South Wales, Darwin and Remote/Central Australia markets.
* April 2002 - It purchased Spencer Gulf Telecasters, owner of regional South Australia's [[GTS/BKN]] stations.
* 30 May 2007 - It announced its sale of Channel Nine Adelaide to [[WIN Corporation]] for [[A$]]105 million.<ref name="NWS9sale">{{cite web
| url = http://www.theage.com.au/news/Business/Southern-Cross-sells-Ch9-Adelaide-to-WIN/2007/05/30/1180205288805.html
| title = WIN buys Channel 9 Adelaide
| accessdate = 2007-05-30
| date = 2007-05-30
| agency = Australian Associated Press
| work = The Age
}}</ref>
* 3 July 2007 - Southern Cross Broadcasting recommended [[Macquarie Media Group]]'s offer of [[Australian dollar|A$]]1.35 billion, for a takeover of the corporation.<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/07/03/1968580.htm
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071210051124/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/07/03/1968580.htm
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 10 December 2007
| title = Southern Cross Broadcasting sold for $1.35b
| accessdate = 2007-06-03
| date = 2007-06-03
| publisher = abc.net.au
}}</ref> The proposed Scheme is subject to approval by SCB shareholders at a Scheme Meeting expected to be held in October 2007.

* 3 July 2007 - If the sale to Macquarie Media Group is successful, MMG have a separate arrangement directly with [[Fairfax Media]] to on-sell to them Southern Cross Broadcasting's radio assets, as well as the Southern Star Group, Satellite Music Australia and their digital media businesses.<ref>
{{cite web
| url = http://www.southerncrossbroadcasting.com.au/files/announcements/2007.07.19%20-%20Letter%20to%20Shareholders.pdf
| title = Letter to shareholders regarding Macquarie Media Group proposed acquisition
| accessdate = 2007-06-19
| date = 2007-06-19
| publisher = Southern Cross Broadcasting
}}</ref> Only Southern Cross's television stations would remain with Macquarie Media Group. Conversely, Fairfax's radio assets would become part of Maquarie.
* 5 November 2007 - The company's assets were officially acquired by the [[Macquarie Media Group]].<ref name="mmg">{{cite web |url=http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22708729-30540,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071109071025/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22708729-30540,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 November 2007 |title=Southern Cross falls to Mac and Fairfax |access-date=2007-06-03 |date=2007-06-03 |publisher=[[The Australian]]}}</ref>

==Assets==

===Television stations===
*[[Southern Cross Ten]]
**[[CTC (TV station)|CTC]] - Australian Capital Territory/Southern NSW ([[Canberra]])
**[[GLV/BCV]] - Victoria ([[Bendigo]], [[Ballarat]], [[Gippsland]], [[Albury-Wodonga]])
**[[NRN]] - Northern NSW/Gold Coast QLD ([[Newcastle, New South Wales|Newcastle]], [[Central Coast (New South Wales)|Central Coast]], [[North Coast (New South Wales)|North Coast]], [[Northern Rivers, New South Wales|Northern Rivers]], [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]])
**[[TNQ]] - Queensland ([[Toowoomba]], [[Mackay, Queensland|Mackay]], [[Rockhampton]], [[Townsville]], [[Cairns]])
**[[GTS/BKN|SGS/SCN]] - South Australia ([[Spencer Gulf]] region of [[South Australia]] and [[Broken Hill]], [[New South Wales]])
*[[Southern Cross Television]]
**[[TNT (Australian TV station)|TNT]] - Tasmania ([[Hobart]] and [[Launceston, Tasmania|Launceston]])
**[[TND (TV station)|TND]] - Northern Territory ([[Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin]])
**[[GTS/BKN]] - South Australia ([[Spencer Gulf]] region of [[South Australia]] and [[Broken Hill]], [[New South Wales]])
**[[QQQ]] - Central Australia (Remote Eastern, Southern and Central Australia)
* [[Tasmanian Digital Television]] (50% share with [[WIN Corporation]])
* [[NWS (TV station)|Channel Nine Adelaide (NWS)]] (Channel Nine station located in [[Adelaide]]) (Purchased by [[WIN Corporation]] on 30 May 2007)
* [[MyTalk]]

===Radio stations===
*Talk stations
**[[2UE]]
**[[3AW]]
**[[4BC]]
**[[6PR]]
*Music stations
**[[96FM (Perth radio station)|96fm]]
**[[Magic 1278]]
**[[4BH]]

===Other businesses===
*[[Southern Star Group]]
*Southern Cross Telecommunications
*Southern Cross Sales
*Southern Cross View
*Southern Cross Syndication
*Southern Cross SMA
*[[MyTalk|MyTalk.com.au]]

==See also==
*[[Fairfax Media]]
*[[Macquarie Media Group]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.southerncrossbroadcasting.com.au/ Southern Cross Broadcasting]
*[http://www.southernstargroup.com/ Southern Star Group]
*[http://www.sma.net.au/ Satellite Music Australia]

	
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