Main Transmitters
| Region served | City | Channels (analog/ digital) |
First air date | ERP (analog/ digital) |
HAAT (analog/ digital)1 |
Transmitter coordinates | Transmitter location |
| Cairns | Cairns | 39 (UHF)6 12 (VHF) |
31 December 1990 | 400 kW 50 kW |
1176 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 Downs2 | Toowoomba | 0 (VHF)3 6 46 (UHF) |
13 July 1962 | 300 kW 500 kW |
485 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 | 39 (UHF)6 35 (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 | 7 (VHF)6 12 (VHF) |
7 September 1963 | 200 kW 50 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 Downs4 6 | Warwick | 42 (UHF)5 6 43 (UHF) |
26 February 1966 | 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 | 40 (UHF)6 41 (UHF) |
31 December 1990 | 200 kW 200 kW |
617 m 644 m |
19°20′36″S 146°46′50″E / 19.34333°S 146.78056°E / -19.34333; 146.78056 | Mount Stuart |
| Wide Bay | Maryborough | 39 (UHF)6 10 (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 Darling Downs station was an independent station with the callsign DDQ from its 1962 sign-on until aggregation in 1990.
- 3. The Darling Downs station was on VHF channel 10 from its 1962 sign-on until 1988, swapping frequencies with TVQ Brisbane.
- 4. The Southern Downs station was a relay of DDQ Darling Downs/Toowoomba (with the callsign SDQ) from its 1966 sign-on until aggregation in 1990.
- 5. The Southern Downs station was on VHF channel 4 from its 1966 sign-on until 1991, moving to its current channel in order to accommodate FM radio.
- 6. Analogue transmissions ceased on 6 December 2011 as part of the national shutdown of analogue television.
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