A former editor of WIN Television news in Mildura, in north-west Victoria, says the company's withdrawal from the city is a backwards step for the region.

Friday's bulletin was the last to come out of the Mildura bureau after 60 years in the state's north-west.

WIN said it was no longer commercially viable to produce bulletins from Mildura and it was trying to redeploy staff within its network.

Former editor Ian Simpson said it would lead to less local content in television news.

"It seems fairly doubtful unless they're going to have a stringer or someone who can record major stories up here," he said.

"I'd say not a lot of regional news will be circulated into the regional system."

He said there was no chance the company would rethink its decision to pull out of north-west Victoria.

"For the last six to 12 months there's been talk of WIN cutting down on regional news services and I think Mackay [in north Queensland] was mentioned as well as Mildura and I think there's just no chance of it coming back because they've made their decision," he said.