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Lifestyle
Stephanie Gardiner

Golden days of regional television quickly losing shine

Regional TV services are under stress as more Australians turn to streaming services. (Steven Saphore/AAP PHOTOS)

Bob Kovac can vividly remember the day electricity was switched on for the first time at his family's vineyard.

As a four-year-old he watched in awe as workers arrived in trucks and connected power lines to the house on the outskirts of Mildura, in northwest Victoria.

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