History
The station began as two different operators:
- WBQ-8 Wide Bay/Maryborough, starting on 10 April 1965
- MVQ-6 Mackay, starting on 9 August 1968
WBQ later changed its callsign to SEQ (as in South East Queensland), and its on-air name to "Sunshine Television". MVQ also changed its on air name to "Tropical Television".
When Queensland was aggregated at the end of 1990, SEQ-8 and MVQ-6 operationally merged to become The Sunshine Television Network, and become the regional Queensland affiliate of the Seven Network.
In 1995, Sunshine Television was purchased by Seven, and became Seven Queensland, taking on a generic Seven Network look. With few exceptions, its schedule since then has been virtually identical to that of its metropolitan counterpart, BTQ in Brisbane. Seven Queensland won the annual audience ratings for the first time in 1998.
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