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| Brisbane, Queensland | |
| Branding | Nine |
| Slogan | Welcome Home Nine For Queensland |
| Channels | Analog: 9 (VHF) Digital: 8 (VHF) |
| Affiliations | Nine (O&O) |
| Network | Nine |
| Owner | PBL Media Holdings Pty Ltd (Queensland Television Limited) |
| First air date | August 16, 1959 |
| Call letters’ meaning | Queensland Television Queensland |
| Transmitter Power | 200 kW (analog) 50 kW (digital) |
| Height | 327 m (analog)[1] |
| Transmitter Coordinates | 27°28′17″S 152°56′31″E / 27.47139°S 152.94194°E |
| Website | www.ninemsn.com.au |
QTQ is an Australian television station, licensed to, and serving Brisbane, Queensland. It is owned by Publishing and Broadcasting Limited, and is part of the Nine Network. It broadcasts on VHF channel 9 (analog) and VHF channel 8 (digital). QTQ began broadcasting on August 16, 1959, the first of the Brisbane stations to launch. 2009 marks the 50 year anniversary for the station.
The station was an independent member of the network before Alan Bond purchased the station, and integrated it into the Nine Network when he had control of it in the 1980s.
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News
QTQ-9's nightly news program is Nine News Queensland, presented on weeknights by Andrew Lofthouse and Melissa Downes, with Ian Healy presenting sport, and Garry Youngberry presenting the weather.Heather Foord is the weekend presenter, sports presenter Steve Haddan. Paul Burt also presents Surfing and Fishing reports each Thursday, Friday and Saturday evening. Eva Milic presents weather on the weekends
Wally Lewis was the weekday sports presenter until December 2006, when following an on-air incident, it was found he had epilepsy. He returned to presenting sport during the 2007/2008 summer period, and also files sports reports. He occasionally fills in if either Steve Haddan or Ian Healy is unavailable. [2] Chris Bombolas was the weekend sports presenter who preceded Haddan, before resigning to become a politician. John Schluter was the weather presenter until his resignation in September 2006, and now works for rival Seven News Brisbane as the weekday weather presenter.
Mike London was the weekend presenter alongside Heather Foord until his resignation in June 2003 following allegations that he had arrangements for a female fan to complain about weeknight presenter Bruce Paige, who was at the time co-presenting with Jillian Whiting. London had swapped roles with Paige in the mid 1990s following Paige's return to the Nine Network.
Paige and Foord have presented the weekday bulletins together since late 2004. Jillian Whiting preceded Foord after she took up weekend presenting with Mike London in 2002. Foord returned to weeknight presenting in 2005. In December 2008, Foord announced that she will step down from presenting weeknights to spend more time with her family. Weekend newsreader Melissa Downes replaced her with Eva Milic and Andrew Lofthouse replacing Downes as Weekend anchors.
The Brisbane bulletin was the last news program in Australia to use the dual-presenter format on weekends (when London was presenting with Foord), until the Perth bulletin revived it in early 2008.
This bulletin is also shown on Imparja Television as of 2008, however telecast is delayed by 30 minutes.
Other programming
QTQ also produces/produced the following programs:
- Now You See It/Download (1998-2002)
- The Shak
- The Brisbane Footy Show (1994-2002)
- Extra (1991-2009)
- Australia's Funniest Home Video Show (1991)
- The Shak (2006 - present)
- Lab Rats Challenge (2008 - present)
- Riverfire (1998-2004)
Reporters
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Notable Presenters
News anchors
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Sports presenters
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Weather presenters
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- Kathy Davis (1976-1984)
- Annette Allison (1968-1970)
- Jacki MacDonald (1975)
Station Slogans
- 1959-61: The Big Stars Shine on Channel 9!
- 1966-67: Hey, Look Us Over! (borrowed from CBS' 1965 slogan)
- Summer 1976/77: You Can Feel It All Over!
- Summer 1979/80: The Best Picture Show is Here on 9!
- 1982: Shine on Brisbane (used to promote the 1982 Commonwealth Games)
- 1984: 25th Birthday, Join the Party!
- Summer 1984/85: Nine's For You!
- 1985: I Like Nine.
- 1986: You'll Love It! (borrowed from ABC's 1985 slogan)
- Summer 1987/88: Breezin' Thru Summer!
- Winter 1990: It's Cold Outside.
- 1992: Tune in to 9.
- 1996: This is What we Watch.
- 1999: Together For 40 Years!
- June 4, 2008-January 15, 2009: Nine For Queensland.
- January 15-Sept. 27, 2009: First in Queensland. (Used to celebrate 50 Years of QTQ9)
References
- ^ HAAT estimated from http://www.itu.int/SRTM3/ using EHAAT.
- ^ "Lewis making good progress, says wife". AAP (ninemsn). 2007-02-22. http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=67283. Retrieved 2007-04-29.
See also
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