Main Transmitters
Region served | City | Channels (Analog/ Digital) |
First air date | ERP (Analog/ Digital) |
HAAT (Analog/ Digital)1 |
Transmitter Coordinates | Transmitter Location |
Cairns | Cairns | 33 (UHF)4 11 (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 Downs | Toowoomba | 35 (UHF)4 34 (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 |
Mackay2 | Mackay | 6 (VHF)4 9A (VHF) |
9 August 1968 | 360 kW 90 kW |
613 m 613 m |
21°1′56″S 148°56′36″E / 21.03222°S 148.94333°E / -21.03222; 148.94333 | Mount Blackwood |
Rockhampton | Rockhampton | 31 (UHF)4 38 (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 | 33 (UHF)4 51 (UHF) |
31 December 1990 | 600 kW 500 kW |
301 m 316 m |
28°32′9″S 151°49′58″E / 28.53583°S 151.83278°E / -28.53583; 151.83278 | Passchendaele Ridge |
Townsville | Townsville | 34 (UHF)4 38 (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 Bay3 | Maryborough | 8 (VHF)4 7 (VHF) |
10 April 1965 | 200 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. height above average terrain
- 2. The Mackay station was an independent station with the callsign MVQ from its 1968 sign-on until aggregation in 1990.
- 3. The Wide Bay station was an independent station with the callsign WBQ from its 1968 sign-on until 1978, and then SEQ until aggregation in 1990.
- 4. Analogue transmissions ceased on December 6, 2011 as part of the national shutdown of analogue television.
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