channels analog see table below digital see table below affiliations nine owner southern cross austereo regional television pty ltd first air date 1 november 1962 call letters meaning television northern queensland former affiliations seven network 1962 1990 network ten 1990 2016 transmitter power see table below height see table below transmitter coordinates see table below tnq is an australian television station licensed to and serving the regional areas of queensland . the station is owned and operated by southern cross nine . contents 1 history 2 news & current affairs 3 main transmitters 4 see also 5 references history edit southern cross nine in queensland began in 1982 as north queensland television a partnership between two regional stations tnq 7 townsville launched on 1 november 1962 fnq 10 cairns launched on 7 september 1966 in 1984 nqtv adopted a localised version of the just watch us now theme and slogan which had also been used by various metropolitan seven network stations the previous year . the station s the place to be slogan was used from the mid 1980s until 1993 . when aggregation was announced in the late 1980s nqtv was planning to be the nine network affiliate for regional queensland . nqtv had a write in competition for their name and logo . the name qtv was chosen and because of the intended nine affiliation it adopted a logo with the nine dots similar to win and nbn s logos . unfavourable viewer response forced the station to change logos within a few months . the station ran with a nine based identification package in the year leading up to aggregation . however the station faced a crisis in the days leading up to aggregation when win television bought the toowoomba and rockhampton based star television and switched the affiliation from ten to nine in line with win s nsw station . this meant that qtv had to change its logo and affiliation in a hurry . qtv picked up the vacant ten affiliation instead . the station originally broadcast a licence wide one hour bulletin when queensland was aggregated but this was soon axed outside the north queensland television market . the station s owners telecasters north queensland later telecasters australia joined the ten group consortium in 1992 1993 . this led to a change from qtv to ten queensland and they began to use generic ten branding . in 2001 telecasters was purchased by southern cross . in that same year ten local news in north queensland was axed along with ten capital news in canberra and replaced with ten news queensland from brisbane one of the many decisions which led to the local news inquiry by the aba . in 2002 like the other southern cross owned ten affiliates the station was rebranded to southern cross ten . on 1 july 2016 southern cross switched its primary affiliation from network ten to the nine network tnq s supposed affiliate for the region prior to aggregation . the southern cross ten branding was retired and replaced by generic nine branding . 1 2 news & current affairs edit judi hogan hosting state focus a current affairs program broadcast in queensland by tnq . from the 1970s to late 1990s the station maintained regional news coverage through its 5 30pm half hour local news bulletin and later its 6pm one hour news bulletin . in the lead up to aggregation with nqtv which soon after became qtv gearing up to become the nine network affiliate the look and feel of the news was changed to match that of national nine news and became known as qtv news in 1990 . however this was short lived as the station was instead left with network ten affiliation due to win television purchasing a rival station which in turn took the nine network affiliation for the region . the look and feel of qtv news was subsequently changed to reflect that of ten eyewitness news and its name changed to qtv eyewitness news . when queensland was first aggregated qtv broadcast a licence wide one hour bulletin but this was scaled back to north queensland due to low ratings . in 1993 the news service became ten north queensland news after the station was rebranded as ten queensland . in january 2000 ten queensland revamped its news format in response to viewer demand for more local news . the 6pm news bulletin was reduced to 30 minutes and became a solely regional news bulletin with the introduction of ten news brisbane into north queensland and changed its name to ten local news to reflect the new format . at the end of 2001 ten local news in north queensland was finally axed by new owners southern cross broadcasting due to cost cutting measures . as southern cross ten tnq also produced its own public affairs programme state focus tackling issues across the state . local news was reintroduced to the station in 2004 in the form of three minute updates at various times of the day . the updates were produced by southern cross news and were branded as southern cross ten local news until the change of network affiliation to nine in july 2016 when they were rebranded as local news headlines . main transmitters edit region served city channels analog digital first air date erp analog digital haat analog digital 1 transmitter coordinates transmitter location cairns innisfail and mourilyan plus surrounding areas 2 cairns 10 vhf 3 6 vhf 7 september 1966 200 kw 50 kw 1177 m 1190 m 17 15 51 s 145 51 14 e 17.26417 s 145.85389 e 17.26417 ; 145.85389 mount bellenden ker darling downs toowoomba 41 uhf 3 40 uhf 31 december 1990 1300 kw 500 kw 515 m 520 m 26 53 28 s 151 36 18 e 26.89111 s 151.60500 e 26.89111 ; 151.60500 analog 26 53 27 s 151 36 21 e 26.89083 s 151.60583 e 26.89083 ; 151.60583 digital mount mowbullan mackay mackay 33 uhf 3 32 uhf 31 december 1990 1300 kw 360 kw 612 m 630 m 21 1 56 s 148 56 36 e 21.03222 s 148.94333 e 21.03222 ; 148.94333 mount blackwood rockhampton rockhampton 34 uhf 3 36 uhf 31 december 1990 2000 kw 500 kw 523 m 523 m 23 43 48 s 150 32 9 e 23.73000 s 150.53583 e 23.73000 ; 150.53583 mount hopeful southern downs warwick 39 uhf 3 52 uhf 31 december 1990 600 kw 500 kw 301 m 301 m 28 32 9 s 151 49 58 e 28.53583 s 151.83278 e 28.53583 ; 151.83278 passchendaele ridge townsville townsville 7 vhf 3 36 uhf 1 november 1962 200 kw 200 kw 612 m 655 m 19 20 34 s 146 46 56 e 19.34278 s 146.78222 e 19.34278 ; 146.78222 analog 19 20 36 s 146 46 50 e 19.34333 s 146.78056 e 19.34333 ; 146.78056 digital mount stuart wide bay maryborough 33 uhf 3 9 vhf 31 december 1990 1000 kw 60 kw 646 m 646 m 25 25 37 s 152 7 3 e 25.42694 s 152.11750 e 25.42694 ; 152.11750 mount goonaneman notes 1 . haat estimated from http www.itu.int srtm3 using ehaat . 2 . the cairns station was an independent station with the callsign fnq from its 1966 sign on until aggregation in 1990 . 3 . analogue transmissions ceased on 6 december 2011 as part of the national shutdown of analogue television . see also edit television in australia portal television broadcasting in australia southern cross nine references edit hayes alex 29 april 2016 . nine entertainment and southern cross austereo sign landmark affiliate agreement . mumbrella . retrieved 29 april 2016 . white dominic 29 april 2016 . nine and southern cross in multi year affiliation deal . sydney morning herald . retrieved 29 april 2016 . v t e southern cross austereo television southern cross nine southern new south wales australian capital territory regional victoria regional queensland spencer gulf broken hill southern cross ten northern new south wales spencer gulf broken hill southern cross television seven affiliate remote eastern and central australia darwin spencer gulf broken hill tasmania multichannels aspire tv yesshop joint ventures central digital television darwin digital television tasmanian digital television radio queensland stations hit network hit 105 brisbane 97.9 hot fm atherton 103.5 hot fm cairns 94.7 hot fm emerald 100.3 hot fm mackay 102.5 hot fm mount isa 107.9 hot fm rockhampton 95.1 hot fm roma 103.1 hot fm townsville 93.1 sea fm bundaberg 90.9 sea fm gold coast 89.1 hot fm kingaroy 101.9 sea fm maryborough 100.7 hot fm toowoomba 91.9 sea fm sunshine coast triple m local works 104.5 triple m brisbane 92.5 gold fm gold coast 103.5 mix fm maryborough 864 4gr toowoomba 102.3 4to townsville 99.5 sea fm cairns 98.7 sea fm mackay 101.5 sea fm rockhampton 92.7 mix fm sunshine coast new south wales stations hit network 2day fm sydney 106.9 nxfm newcastle 101.3 sea fm gosford central coast 104.9 star fm albury 105.5 star fm coffs harbour 93.5 star fm dubbo 99.7 star fm griffith 105.1 102.3 star fm kempsey port macquarie 105.1 star fm orange 93.1 star fm wagga wagga triple m local works 104.9 triple m sydney 102.9 kofm newcastle 105.7 the river albury 106.3 2cs coffs harbour 107.7 2go gosford central coast 2rg 963 griffith 106.7 100.7 2mc kempsey port macquarie 105.9 2gz orange 1152 2wg wagga wagga victorian stations hit network fox fm melbourne 91.9 star fm bendigo 99.5 star fm mildura 96.9 star fm shepparton 94.3 97.9 star fm warragul gippsland triple m local works 105.1 triple m melbourne 93.5 3bo bendigo 97.9 sun fm mildura 95.3 3sr fm shepparton south australian stations southern cross austereo hit 107 adelaide 104.7 triple m adelaide 963 5se mount gambier 96.1 star fm mount gambier western australian stations hit network hit 92.9 perth 106.5 hot fm albany 100.5 hot fm bridgetown 95.7 hot fm bunbury 97.9 hot fm kalgoorlie 94.9 hot fm katanning 105.1 hot fm merredin 100.5 hot fm narrogin 96.5 hot fm northam triple m local works mix 94.5 perth radiowest 783 albany radiowest 900 bridgetown radiowest 963 bunbury radiowest 981 kalgoorlie radiowest 1071 katanning radiowest 1098 merredin radiowest 918 narrogin radiowest 864 northam other stations tasmanian stations hit 100.9 hobart heart 107.3 hobart joint venture stations hit 104.7 canberra mix 106.3 canberra digital only stations buddha radio national loveland national stardust national triple m classic rock digital sydney melbourne and brisbane triple m modern rock digital adelaide and perth previous digital stations triple m perth perth only radar music national barry national the main stage national choose the hits national high voltage radio national radio gaga national caravan radio national i see red national u20 national v t e television in queensland brisbane abq abc btq seven qtq nine tvq ten sbs 31 ctv regional queensland abq abc stq seven tnq sc9 rtq win sbs mount isa abiq abc itq sctv imp imparja idq ten central sbs remote areas abq abc qqq sctv imp imparja cdt ten central sbs retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title tnq & oldid 741745132 categories television stations in queenslandtelevision channels and stations established in 1962southern cross media grouphidden categories use dmy dates from january 2012use australian english from january 2012all wikipedia articles written in australian english navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article 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