Cry TV was a regional music television station broadcast in Christchurch, New Zealand, between 1993 and 1997.
It broadcast on UHF channel 56 using a 100 Watt transmitter from a shed on Marleys Hill, on the Port Hills, near the Sugarloaf Transmitter. It was started by Christian Birch and Chris Clarkson. Test transmissions consisted of a camera looking at an aquarium 24 hours a day for approximately 1 month during July and August 1993. When the station started regular transmissions, the aquarium was aired during its downtime.
The channel was notable for the launch of the careers of Petra Bagust and Jason Fa'afoi. Cry TV closed in April 1997, two months before TVNZ launched MTV.
References
- Moffett, Julie. "Cry TV – A Music Station Like No Other". Toi Ōtautahi. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- "Petra Bagust is an excellent and very professional M/C". Captive Audience. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
- "Petra Bagust: Ice TV and beyond... | NZ on Screen".
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