Access 31

Access 31 (call sign ATW-31) was a free-to-air community television station based in Perth, Western Australia which operated between 1999 and 2008 before closing due to insolvency.

The station was originally based at the Mt Lawley campus of Edith Cowan University before moving to premises in Belmont in late 2003.

[3] With ramifications for future advertising revenue, combined with a financial situation already compounded by an estimated $600,000 in debts, in June 2008 the station announced that it was in serious danger of closing due to insolvency unless additional funding could be obtained and a guarantee for future access to digital television services from the Federal Government could be secured.

[7][8] Later it was revealed that a total of $1.3 million was required to keep the station operating until December 2009, when it was thought the Federal Government would provide a rescue package.

Then-Premier of Western Australia Geoff Gallop, who had pressured Seven to release the rights to Access 31, made appearances during the broadcast as a guest analyst.

[17] After its closure, a small number of Access 31's locally produced shows secured broadcast slots on Foxtel's Aurora Community Channel.