ABQ
| Brisbane, Queensland | |
|---|---|
| Channels | Digital: 12 (VHF) |
| Affiliations | ABC Television |
| Owner | Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
| First air date | 2 November 1959 |
| Call letters' meaning | ABC Queensland |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 2 (VHF) |
| Transmitter power |
200 kW (analog) 50 kW (digital) |
| Height |
336 m (analog) 355 m (digital)[1] |
| Transmitter coordinates | 27°27′52″S 152°56′51″E / 27.46444°S 152.94750°E |
| Website | www.abc.net.au/tv |
ABQ is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's television station in Brisbane, Queensland. It began broadcasting on 2 November 1959 and is based at purpose-built headquarters on Brisbane's South Bank. The station is received throughout the state through a number of relay transmitters, and satellite transmission on the Optus Aurora free-to-view platform. ABQ's schedule largely consists of national ABC Television programming with opt-outs for news and current affairs, rugby league and state election coverage.
For many years, the station was based at studios in the inner-western suburb of Toowong, with a transmitter at Mount Coot-tha. In late 2006, the Toowong studios were abandoned due to an unacceptably high rate of breast cancer at the facility. An independent study examined 10 cases of breast cancer reported at the studios, and found the incidence rate was 11 times higher than the general working community.[2]
Up until January 2012, staff worked from several sites around Brisbane, with ABC Radio based in nearby Lissner Street, Toowong, ABC News staff working from Network Ten's Mount Coot-tha studios, ABC Innovation and Online staff working at QUT Kelvin Grove, and other staff based in locations including Coronation Drive and West End. On 10 January 2012, ABC Brisbane moved into a new facility in South Bank.
Programming
Local programming
ABC News Queensland, is presented by Karina Carvalho on weeknights and John Taylor on weekends. The weeknight bulletins also incorporate state weather forecasts with Jenny Woodward as well as national finance presented by Alan Kohler in Melbourne.
Networked programming
Relay stations
The following stations relay ABQ throughout Queensland:
Notes:
- 1. HAAT estimated from http://www.itu.int/SRTM3/ using EHAAT.
- 2. ABDQ was on VHF channel 3 from its 1963 sign-on until 1993, moving to its current channel in order to accommodate FM radio.
- 3. ABMQ was on VHF channel 4 from its 1967 sign-on until 1988, moving to its current channel in order to accommodate FM radio.
- 4. ABRQ was on VHF channel 3 from its 1963 sign-on until 1988, moving to its current channel in order to accommodate FM radio.
- 5. ABSEQ was on VHF channel 9 from its 1974 sign-on until 1989.
- 6. Analogue transmission ceased on 6 December 2011 as part of the national shutdown of analogue television
Mary Kathleen also had a relay station (ABMKQ channel 9) from 15 December 1971 until the town was abandoned ca. 1982.
See also
References
- ↑ HAAT estimated from http://www.itu.int/SRTM3/ using EHAAT.
- ↑ ABC Toowong to close after cancer scare