Media
Mackay is served by several radio stations including the Hot FM & Sea FM networks, MY105 FM Hot Country & Legends, 4MK AM, Zinc FM and the ABC's local Tropical North station.
The city receives broadcasts from five television networks - Seven Queensland, WIN (an affiliate of the Nine Network), Southern Cross Ten, ABC TV and SBS One. All networks also provide additional digital only television stations.
Of the three main commercial networks, Seven Queensland and WIN produce 30-minute local news bulletins each weeknight (both produced from local newsrooms, but broadcast from studios elsewhere in the state - Maroochydore and Toowoomba respectively) with WIN also producing a state-wide late news bulletin for regional Queensland. Southern Cross Ten also provides short local news updates throughout the day.
The only daily local newspaper in the city is the The Daily Mercury.
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