NWS (TV station)

NWS-9 was the first television broadcaster in Adelaide, beginning on 5 September 1959 from their Tynte Street studios.

The Lamb family sold NWS to Southern Cross Broadcasting for $96 million in 1999, leading to redundancies among almost half of the station's staff.

It was reported on 3 June 2013 that Nine Entertainment Co. would immediately purchase Nine Adelaide (NWS) from WIN Corporation as part of a deal to secure international cricket television rights.

[5] This move saw Nine Adelaide join Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne as Nine Network owned-and-operated metropolitan stations leaving only Perth which was purchased only months later in September.

Throughout the 1990s, Deanna Williams was the main fill-in presenter and state political reporter.

[10] On 22 February 2010, it was announced that senior reporter Michael Smyth would be joining Rob Kelvin at the newsdesk.

However, News Director, Tony Agars announced that Kelvin would continue to present the occasional special report and fill-in a few times a year when required.

This is reflected in the frequent position changes that have taken place at NWS over the years since it last won the local ratings in 2007.