 ABV was the second television station founded in Victoria after the first, HSV-7, which opened two weeks earlier, on 4 November.The studios are located in Southbank (although formerly in Elsternwick) with the transmitter at Mount Dandenong.ABV follows a schedule nearly identical to that of other statewide ABC Television stations, allowing for time differences and some local programming – including news, current affairs, sport and state election coverage.