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The station started broadcasting on 1 June 1961 as the second NZBS/NZBC television station. At launch, it carried two hours of programming per evening. Alan Dunfold was its announcer on opening night.<ref>[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2533981/chtv3-opening-broadcast-original CHTV opening broadcast-original]</ref> In October-November of that year, it aired the talent show ”Time Out for Talent”.<ref>[https://www.kiwitv.org.nz/tv-shows-mainmenu-42/53-musical-variety/2453-time-out-for-talent Time Out for Talent (1961)]</ref> Transmission was reported to be “faulty” during its first year in operation.<ref>[https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19620501.2.50.6?items_per_page=100&query=CHTV3&snippet=true&sort_by=byDA Television]</ref> A mobile transmitter was due early January 1963, installed by Beaths.<ref>[https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19621121.2.39.2?items_per_page=100&query=CHTV3&snippet=true&sort_by=byDA Page 5 Advertisements Column 2]</ref> |
The station started broadcasting on 1 June 1961 as the second NZBS/NZBC television station. At launch, it carried two hours of programming per evening. Alan Dunfold was its announcer on opening night.<ref>[https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2533981/chtv3-opening-broadcast-original CHTV opening broadcast-original]</ref> In October-November of that year, it aired the talent show ”Time Out for Talent”.<ref>[https://www.kiwitv.org.nz/tv-shows-mainmenu-42/53-musical-variety/2453-time-out-for-talent Time Out for Talent (1961)]</ref> Transmission was reported to be “faulty” during its first year in operation.<ref>[https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19620501.2.50.6?items_per_page=100&query=CHTV3&snippet=true&sort_by=byDA Television]</ref> A mobile transmitter was due early January 1963, installed by Beaths.<ref>[https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19621121.2.39.2?items_per_page=100&query=CHTV3&snippet=true&sort_by=byDA Page 5 Advertisements Column 2]</ref> |
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A relay transmitter for [[Timaru]] was approved in July 1963, broadcasting on channel 6, a VHF channel not yet used by NZBC.<ref>[https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19630724.2.116?items_per_page=100&query=CHTV3&snippet=true&sort_by=byDA TV Translator For Timaru Approved]</ref> |
A relay transmitter for [[Timaru]] was approved in July 1963, broadcasting on channel 6, a VHF channel not yet used by NZBC.<ref>[https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19630724.2.116?items_per_page=100&query=CHTV3&snippet=true&sort_by=byDA TV Translator For Timaru Approved]</ref> |
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The Canterbury Rugby Union opposed the ban of a rugby telecast on 15 June 1970 because this would put the station in a conflict with [[DNTV2]], especially when the two station’s coverage areas overlapped.<ref>[https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19700715.2.17?items_per_page=100&page=20&query=CHTV3&snippet=true&sort_by=byDA TV Ban “Nonsensical”]</ref> |
The Canterbury Rugby Union opposed the ban of a rugby telecast on 15 June 1970 because this would put the station in a conflict with [[DNTV2]], especially when the two station’s coverage areas overlapped.<ref>[https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19700715.2.17?items_per_page=100&page=20&query=CHTV3&snippet=true&sort_by=byDA TV Ban “Nonsensical”]</ref> |
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A power cut at the Buller district caused by a near gale caused CHTV3’s transmissions to be interrupted locally for five hours on 4 January 1971.<ref>[https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19710105.2.8?items_per_page=100&page=22&query=CHTV3&snippet=true&sort_by=byDA Power cut from Buller gale]</ref> |
A power cut at the Buller district caused by a near gale caused CHTV3’s transmissions to be interrupted locally for five hours on 4 January 1971.<ref>[https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19710105.2.8?items_per_page=100&page=22&query=CHTV3&snippet=true&sort_by=byDA Power cut from Buller gale]</ref> |
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Revision as of 11:42, 26 January 2026
Local TV station in Dunedin, New Zealand
Television channel
CHTV3 was a television station in Christchurch, New Zealand, established by the then New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation (at the time New Zealand Broadcasting Service) in 1961.
History
The station started broadcasting on 1 June 1961 as the second NZBS/NZBC television station. At launch, it carried two hours of programming per evening. Alan Dunfold was its announcer on opening night.[1] In October-November of that year, it aired the talent show Time Out for Talent.[2] Transmission was reported to be “faulty” during its first year in operation.[3] By June 1962, there were no less than 3,000 television sets.[4] A mobile transmitter was due early January 1963, installed by Beaths.[5]
A relay transmitter for Timaru was approved in July 1963, broadcasting on channel 6, a VHF channel not yet used by NZBC.[6]
In December 1964, it was announced that from March 1965, CHTV3 would increase its facilities and capabilities of producing local programming. Since launch, it resorted to a single studio whose news set was constantly being dismantled. A second continuity suite would be established at the building’s second floor.[7] A second relay transmitter at Sugarloaf Hill (Mount Studholme) opened in October 1965, costing NZ£400,000 and broadcasting on channel 4.[8] There was still no reception in Nelson, as engineers by February 1966 were struggling to increase coverage there.[9] By August, a translator was installed in Kaikoura, broadcasting on channel 7. At the time, the city had 400 television sets.[10]
On 3 April 1967, CHTV moved its start-up time earlier from 5pm to 2pm.[11] Director N. Johnson assisted the first afternoon broadcasts.[12]
An experimental microwave link between CHTV3 and WNTV1 was made on 15 November 1967, lasting for seventeen minutes, using microwave stations from the Post Office.[13] At 11:18am on 4 January 1968, a television set at the station’s control panel burned.[14] On 5 February, three tape recorders, all worth NZ$135, were stolen by a crippled elderly woman. This came after the display case at Manchester Street was broken in the previous weekend.[15]
The Canterbury Rugby Union opposed the ban of a rugby telecast on 15 June 1970 because this would put the station in a conflict with DNTV2, especially when the two station’s coverage areas overlapped.[16]
A power cut at the Buller district caused by a near gale caused CHTV3’s transmissions to be interrupted locally for five hours on 4 January 1971.[17] By March 1971, the region had over 85,000 television sets.[4]
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