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WIN News is a local news service in parts of regional Australia, produced by WIN Television. Nineteen regional bulletins are presented from studios in Wollongong, Canberra, Ballarat, Rockhampton, Toowoomba, Mount Gambier, Hobart and Perth. Mackay is the only city to not have WIN News and it is very unlikely that WIN will launch it's news service in the city.^[1]^[2]

History

As well as its flagship nightly bulletin, WIN Television has, in the past, produced a number public affairs programmes at its original Wollongong station, WIN-4, such as community affairs program Roving Eye, and Sunday Review, a weekly review of international, national and local stories.^[3]

On August 18, 2006 WIN Television announced that Griffith's locally produced news bulletin would be axed and merged with Wagga Wagga's half-hour bulletin.^[4]^[5] The decision was criticised by the local council and chamber of commerce, who stated that the isolation of the area increased the need for local content and information.^[6] The amalgamated Wagga Wagga bulletin is presented and produced from Wollongong.

On January 30, 2006 the network's Tasmanian news bulletins were moved from separate local and national bulletins to a single, half-hour bulletin featuring local, national and international news. This was reported by The Hobart Mercury as being due to the previous arrangement's poor ratings. WIN's main competitor in the area, Southern Cross Nightly News, had, at the time, a 64.9% share of the 6.00pm news audience during the 2005 survey period.^[7]

Regional services

New South Wales

WIN News Wollongong, WIN News Orange and WIN News Wagga Wagga are presented by Geoff Phillips and Kerryn Johnston (Wollongong only), with sport presenter Amy Taylor, at WIN's studios in Wollongong. This news broadcast converted to the widescreen format on Monday 14 January 2008.

Reporters

Illawarra and South Coast

Tim Allan
Samantha Derrick
Claire Dressler
Danielle Post
Matt Snelson

Riverina

Jacelyn Cremasco (Griffith Correspondent)
Luke Testoni
Emily Wheeler
Graeme White
Erin Willing

Central West

Marcus Chapman (Sports Correspondent)
Dimity Clancey
John Ryan
Joanna Woodburn

Editorial staff

Chiefs of Staff

Colin Duffy (Wollongong)
Jo Mazzocchi (Wagga Wagga)
Allan Reeder (Orange)

Producer

Rob Herrick (Wollongong)

Canberra

WIN News Canberra is presented by Jessica Good, with sport presenter Phil Small, at WIN's studios in Canberra. Peter Leonard presented the bulletin with current sport presenter Phil Small until July, 2007, when Jessica Good took over as news presenter. This news broadcast converted to the widescreen format on Monday 14 April 2008.

Reporters

James Glenday
Lachlan Kennedy (Legislative Assembly Correspondent)
Erin Molan

Janene Manwaring
Amanda Powell

The chief of staff is Kylie Yates.

Victoria

WIN News Ballarat, WIN News Bendigo, WIN News Gippsland, WIN News Goulburn Valley And Northern Victoria (Shepparton), WIN News Sunraysia (Mildura) and WIN News Albury are presented by Bruce Roberts, sport presenter Sean Sowerby and weather presenter Jacqueline Taylor, at VTV's studios in Ballarat. These news broadcasts converted to the widescreen format on Monday 14 July 2008.

Reporters

Albury

Tony Cattermole
Andrew Moir
Nathan Motton

Ballarat and Western Victoria

Maya Knight
Justine MacKenzie
Patrick Mitchell
Alyssia Morison
Shane Woodrow

Bendigo and Central Victoria

Jonathon Kendall
David McNamara
Natalie Schenken

Gippsland

Emma Meggs
Brooke Van Nooten
David Woiwod

Goulburn Valley And Northern Victoria

Wes Cusworth
Soraya Lennie
Catherine Sweeney

Sunraysia

Amy Marshall
Nathan Tanti
Gemma Thomas

The head of staff for all WIN News services in Victoria is Jeff Sly.

Queensland

WIN News Central Queensland [Rockhampton], WIN News Cairns & Far North Queensland and WIN News Townsville & North Queensland are presented by Samantha Heathwood (news) and Paul Taylor (News & Sport), and weather presenter Peter Byrne from RTQ's studios in Rockhampton. These news broadcasts converted to the widescreen format on Monday March 23, 2009.

Reporters

Rockhampton and Central Queensland

Aimee Mellican
Carrie-Anne Greenbank
Sam Heathwood
Shaun Kelly
Corinne Maxwell
Casey Devin
Liam Mulry (Sports Correspondent)

Townsville

Jessica Ross
Simon Ward
Alexandria Foley
Claire Robinson
Jason Schwab
Rebecca Barr (Sports Correspondent)

Cairns

Amber Austin-Wright
Renee Ball
Abigail Stanbridge
Laurise Pretty
Nick Curry (Sports Correspondent)

Mackay

Roanne Johnson

Editorial staff

Chiefs of Staff

Steve Marshall (Rockhampton)
Roanne Johnson (Mackay)

WIN News Toowoomba is presented by Marita Ramia and Travis McNamara, with sports presenter Pat O’Shea and weather presenter Davina Smith. These news broadcasts converted to the widescreen format on Monday 15 December 2008.

WIN News Sunshine Coast and WIN News Wide Bay are presented by Marita Ramia (news) and Travis McNamara (news & sport) with weather presenter Davina Smith. This news broadcast converted to the widescreen format on Monday 15 December 2008.

Reporters

Toowoomba

Stephanie Fitzpatrick
Haley Price
Matt Grant
Daniel Sercombe
James O'Shea (Sports Correspondent)

Sunshine Coast

Natalie Gregg
Jessica Turner
John Ross
Teagan George
Davina Smith
Joe Hill
Jo Mackey (Sports Correspondent)

Wide Bay

Sophie Walsh
Laura Demarchelier
Thea Cowie

A state-wide bulletin, WIN News Late Edition, is broadcast at midnight on weekdays and features stories from the six WIN News regions. The bulletin also airs in the Mackay region - the only area not to recieve its own WIN News service in Queensland. WIN News Late Edition is presented by Paul Taylor (News & Sport) and Peter Byrne (Weather).

Tasmania

WIN News Tasmania is presented by John Remess (news and weather) and Colin McNiff (sport) on weekdays with Penny Tame (weekend news, sport and weather), at TVT's studios in Hobart.

Reporters

Anna Bednarek (also bulletin producer)
Brent Costelloe (Sports Correspondent)
Jeff Donne
April Hosking (Political Correspondent)
Sonja Pascho

Stephen Pink (Devenport videojournalist)
Lou Southwell
Jo Stone
Penny Younger

South Australia

Mount Gambier and Riverland

WIN News Mount Gambier and WIN News Riverland are presented by Sharny McLean (news and weather) and Stuart Stansfield (sport), at SES's studios in Mount Gambier.

Reporters

Mount Gambier

Kristy Kenny

Riverland

Jessica Stanley
Adam Watherson

The chiefs of staff are Samantha Regione in Mount Gambier and Alison Martin in Loxton.

Western Australia

WIN News Western Australia is presented by Elaine Jung at STW's studios in Perth. Reporters are based at WIN Television offices in Albany, Broome, Bunbury, Geraldton, Kalgoorlie and Perth. Prior to 2007, the bulletin was broadcast from WIN's Wollongong studios and presented by Kerryn Johnston, Amy Taylor or Matt Tinney.

Reporters

Candice Barnes (Perth)
Christie Bell-Bray (Bunbury)
Emmeline Brockman (Perth)
Xavier Dhalluin (Broome)

Deborah Kennedy
Alison Miller (Albany)
Tiffany Wertheimer (Bunbury)

The chief of staff and editor of WIN News Western Australia is Peter Kapsanis.

Schedule

WIN News airs at several different times depending on state.

State	Bulletins	Broadcast time
New South Wales	Wollongong, Orange, Wagga Wagga, Albury	6:30pm with repeat at midnight
Victoria	Ballarat, Bendigo, Gippsland, Golburn Valley and Northern Victoria (Shepparton), Sunraysia (Mildura)	6:30pm with repeat at midnight
Australian Capital Territory	State-wide	6:30pm with repeat at midnight
Queensland	Rockhampton, Cairns, Townsville, Toowoomba, Sunshine Coast, Wide Bay	Local bulletin at 6:00pm and state-wide bulletin at midnight
	Mackay	State-wide bulletin only at midnight
South Australia	Mount Gambier, Riverland (Loxton)	6:00pm with repeat at 11.00pm
Tasmania	State-wide covering local, national & international news	6:00pm
Western Australia	Region-wide	6:30pm with repeat at midnight

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References

^ "WIN Television Increases News Production Capability". WIN Corporation. Retrieved 2008-03-02.
^ "Local content on regional TV". Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts. 2007-04-11. Retrieved 2007-08-19.
^ "WIN4 Company Records and News Film". University of Wollongong. 2007-07-10. Retrieved 2007-08-18.
^ "Griffith disappointed at loss of local WIN service". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2006-08-18. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ Rowe, Tim (2006-08-19). "Local news hit hard in merger". The Daily Advertiser. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ "Griffith - No WIN News". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2006-09-25. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ Lower, Gavin (2006-01-05). "Jobs on the line as WIN axes local news". The Mercury. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ WIN Television Online TV Guide (accessed 2007-10-08)

[1] "WIN Television Increases News Production Capability". WIN Corporation. Retrieved 2008-03-02.

[newscontent-2] "Local content on regional TV". Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts. 2007-04-11. Retrieved 2007-08-19.

[archive-3] "WIN4 Company Records and News Film". University of Wollongong. 2007-07-10. Retrieved 2007-08-18.

[4] "Griffith disappointed at loss of local WIN service". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2006-08-18. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[5] Rowe, Tim (2006-08-19). "Local news hit hard in merger". The Daily Advertiser. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[6] "Griffith - No WIN News". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2006-09-25. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[7] Lower, Gavin (2006-01-05). "Jobs on the line as WIN axes local news". The Mercury. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[8] WIN Television Online TV Guide (accessed 2007-10-08)

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 ''WIN News Toowoomba'' is presented by Marita Ramia and Travis McNamara, with sports presenter Pat O’Shea and weather presenter Davina Smith. These news broadcasts converted to the widescreen format on Monday 15 December 2008.