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STQ is an Australian television station
Television station

A television station is a type of broadcast station that Broadcastings both sound and video to television receiver s in a particular area. Traditionally, TV stations made their broadcasts by sending specially-encoded radio signals over the air, called terrestrial television....
, licensed to, and serving the regional areas of Queensland
Queensland

Queensland is a States and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia to the south-west and New South Wales to the south....
. The station is owned and operated
Owned-and-operated station

In the broadcasting industry , an owned-and-operated station usually refers to a television station or radio station that is owned by the television network with which it is associated....
 by the Seven Network
Seven Network

The Seven Network is an Australia Television broadcasting in Australia owned by the Seven Media Group. It dates back to 2 December 1956, when the first stations on the Very high frequency frequency were established in Sydney and Melbourne....
 from studios located in Maroochydore
Maroochydore, Queensland

Maroochydore is a town in the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.Maroochydore contains a popular surf beach. The Maroochy River's southern bank forms a virtually unbroken stretch of parkland and picnic spots in the area....
 on the Sunshine Coast
Sunshine Coast, Queensland

The Sunshine Coast is a coastal region located in South East Queensland, north of the Queensland capital of Brisbane. The Sunshine Coast has recently been united into a single Local Government Areas in Australia, the Sunshine Coast Regional Council....
, using the callsign STQ, which stands for Sunshine Television, Queensland.

station began as two different operators:

WBQ later changed its callsign to SEQ (as in South East Queensland), and its on-air name to "Sunshine Television".






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STQ is an Australian television station
Television station

A television station is a type of broadcast station that Broadcastings both sound and video to television receiver s in a particular area. Traditionally, TV stations made their broadcasts by sending specially-encoded radio signals over the air, called terrestrial television....
, licensed to, and serving the regional areas of Queensland
Queensland

Queensland is a States and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia to the south-west and New South Wales to the south....
. The station is owned and operated
Owned-and-operated station

In the broadcasting industry , an owned-and-operated station usually refers to a television station or radio station that is owned by the television network with which it is associated....
 by the Seven Network
Seven Network

The Seven Network is an Australia Television broadcasting in Australia owned by the Seven Media Group. It dates back to 2 December 1956, when the first stations on the Very high frequency frequency were established in Sydney and Melbourne....
 from studios located in Maroochydore
Maroochydore, Queensland

Maroochydore is a town in the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.Maroochydore contains a popular surf beach. The Maroochy River's southern bank forms a virtually unbroken stretch of parkland and picnic spots in the area....
 on the Sunshine Coast
Sunshine Coast, Queensland

The Sunshine Coast is a coastal region located in South East Queensland, north of the Queensland capital of Brisbane. The Sunshine Coast has recently been united into a single Local Government Areas in Australia, the Sunshine Coast Regional Council....
, using the callsign STQ, which stands for Sunshine Television, Queensland.

History

The station began as two different operators:
  • WBQ-8 Wide Bay
    Division of Wide Bay

    The Division of Wide Bay is an Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives in Queensland. The division was created in 1900 and was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the Australian federal election, 1901....
    /Maryborough
    Maryborough, Queensland

    Maryborough is a city located on the Mary River in South East Queensland, Australia, approximately 300 kilometres north of the state capital, Brisbane....
    , starting on April 10, 1965
  • MVQ-6 Mackay
    Mackay, Queensland

    Mackay is a city on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, on the Pioneer River . Mackay is nicknamed the sugar capital of Australia because its region produces more than a third of Australia's cane sugar....
    , starting on August 9, 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".

The Maryborough studios were the birthplace of Agro , however, he was later moved to the Seven Brisbane
BTQ-7

BTQ is the Brisbane station of the Australian Seven Network. BTQ was the second television station to launch in Brisbane, going to air on 1 November1959, after QTQ launched three months earlier....
 studios and then to Seven Sydney
ATN-7

ATN is the Sydney flagship television station of the Seven Network in Australia. The license, issued to a company named Amalgamated Television Services, a subsidiary of John Fairfax Holdings, was one of the first four licenses to be issued for commercial television stations in Australia....
 before the television program being cancelled.

When Queensland was aggregated
Aggregation

Aggregation may refer to:* Link aggregation, using multiple Ethernet network cables/ports in parallel to increase link speed* Purchasing aggregation, combining multiple users of a specific material or service to increase the purchasing power of the combined group....
 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. Seven Queensland won the annual audience ratings for the first time in 1998.

News

Seven Local News bulletins are broadcast weeknights in Cairns
Cairns, Queensland

Cairns is a regional city in Far North Queensland, Australia. The area upon which the city has been built is known in the local Yidiny language as Gimuy....
, Townsville
Townsville, Queensland

Townsville is a city on the north-eastern coast of Australia, in the state of Queensland. Adjacent to the central section of the Great Barrier Reef, it is in the dry tropics region of Queensland....
, Mackay
Mackay, Queensland

Mackay is a city on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, on the Pioneer River . Mackay is nicknamed the sugar capital of Australia because its region produces more than a third of Australia's cane sugar....
, Wide Bay
Division of Wide Bay

The Division of Wide Bay is an Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives in Queensland. The division was created in 1900 and was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the Australian federal election, 1901....
, and the Sunshine Coast
Sunshine Coast, Queensland

The Sunshine Coast is a coastal region located in South East Queensland, north of the Queensland capital of Brisbane. The Sunshine Coast has recently been united into a single Local Government Areas in Australia, the Sunshine Coast Regional Council....
. They are followed by Seven News Brisbane, in place of Today Tonight
Today Tonight

Today Tonight is an Australian tabloid current affairs program, produced by the Seven Network and shown weeknightly at in direct competition with rival Nine Network program A Current Affair....
.

The local news for all regions are recorded and formatted from the Maroochydore
Maroochydore, Queensland

Maroochydore is a town in the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.Maroochydore contains a popular surf beach. The Maroochy River's southern bank forms a virtually unbroken stretch of parkland and picnic spots in the area....
 studios, with the Sunshine Coast being the only region to receive its news broadcast live. News editing is undertaken by local bureaus in several markets, and sent to the main Maroochydore studios for broadcast. Before 2004, Seven Local News was only broadcast on the Sunshine Coast but as a result of regulations regarding local content on regional television introduced by the Australian Broadcasting Authority
Australian Broadcasting Authority

The Australian Broadcasting Authority was an Government of Australia agency whose main roles were to regulate broadcasting, radiocommunications and telecommunications....
 (now the Australian Communications and Media Authority
Australian Communications and Media Authority

Australian Communications and Media Authority is an Government of Australia agency whose main roles are to regulate broadcasting, radiocommunications and telecommunications, and to represent Australian interests in international communications matters....
) local bulletins commenced in the other markets.

Between 2004 and 2005, the Fraser Coast office/news bureau
News bureau

A News bureau is an office for gathering or distributing news. Similar terms are used for specialized bureaus, often to indicate geographic location or scope of coverage: a Tokyo bureau refers to a given news operation's office in Tokyo, Japan; foreign bureau is a generic term for a news office set up in a country other than the...
 for production and news staff were relocated to a smaller office in Hervey Bay.

On March 5, 2007, Seven Local News bulletins commenced production and broadcasts in a widescreen
Widescreen

A widescreen image is a film, computer or television image with a wider and shorter aspect ratio than the standard Academy frame developed during the classical Hollywood cinema era....
 standard-definition
Standard-definition television

Standard-definition television refers to television systems that have a resolution that meets standards but not considered either Enhanced-definition television or High-definition television....
 digital
Digital television

Digital television is the sending and receiving of moving images and sound by Discrete signal signals, in contrast to the Analog television used by analog TV....
 format. Seven Local News was the first local news bulletin in regional Queensland
Queensland

Queensland is a States and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia to the south-west and New South Wales to the south....
 to convert to widescreen.

The bulletins are hosted by Rob Brough
Rob Brough

Rob Brough is a news presenter and former comp?re on Australian television. He became a household name as the host of the Australian version of the TV show Family Feud....
, with Joanne Desmond joining in Cairns and Townsville. Yvonne Sampson presents the sport with Livio Regano presenting the local weather.

Main Transmitters

Region served City Channels
Channel (broadcasting)

In broadcasting, a channel is a range of frequency assigned by a government for the operation of a particular television station or radio station....

(Analog
Analog television

Analog television encodes television picture and sound information and transmits it as an analog signal: one in which the message conveyed by the broadcast Signal is a function of deliberate variations in the amplitude and/or frequency of the signal....
/
Digital
Digital terrestrial television

Digital Terrestrial Television is an implementation of digital technology to provide a greater number of channels and/or better quality of picture and sound using aerial broadcasts to a conventional Antenna instead of a satellite dish or cable connection....
)		 First air date ERP
Effective radiated power

In radio telecommunications, effective radiated power or equivalent radiated power is a standardized theoretical measurement of Radio frequency energy using the non-International System of Units unit Decibel, and is determined by subtracting system losses and adding system gains....

(Analog/
Digital)		 HAAT
Height above average terrain

Height above average terrain is used extensively in Frequency Modulation radio and television, as it is actually much more important than effective radiated power in determining the range of broadcasts ....

(Analog/
Digital)1		 Transmitter Coordinates Transmitter Location
Cairns
Cairns, Queensland

Cairns is a regional city in Far North Queensland, Australia. The area upon which the city has been built is known in the local Yidiny language as Gimuy....
 Cairns
Cairns, Queensland

Cairns is a regional city in Far North Queensland, Australia. The area upon which the city has been built is known in the local Yidiny language as Gimuy....
 33 (UHF
Ultra high frequency

Ultra high frequency designates a range of Electromagnetic radiation waves with frequency between 300 megahertz and 3 gigahertz . Also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from ten to one decimetres....
)
11 (VHF
Very high frequency

VHF is the radio frequency range from 30 megahertz to 300 megahertz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency ....
)		 December 31, 1990 400 kW
50 kW		 1176 m
Metre

The metre or meter is a Unit of measurement of length. It is the SI base unit of length in the metric system and in the International System of Units , used around the world for general and scientific purposes....

1190 m		 Mount Bellenden Ker
Mount Bellenden Ker

Mount Bellenden Ker is the second highest mountain in Queensland, Australia. It is named after the botanist John Bellenden Ker Gawler. Located 60 km south of Cairns, Queensland, it is adjacent to Mount Bartle Frere, the state's highest peak....
Darling Downs Toowoomba
Toowoomba, Queensland

Toowoomba is a city in South East Queensland Queensland, Australia. It is located west of Queensland's capital city, Brisbane. With an urban population of 95,265, Toowoomba is one of Australia's largest provincial cities....
 35 (UHF
Ultra high frequency

Ultra high frequency designates a range of Electromagnetic radiation waves with frequency between 300 megahertz and 3 gigahertz . Also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from ten to one decimetres....
)
34 (UHF
Ultra high frequency

Ultra high frequency designates a range of Electromagnetic radiation waves with frequency between 300 megahertz and 3 gigahertz . Also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from ten to one decimetres....
)		 December 31, 1990 1300 kW
500 kW		 515 m
520 m		 (digital) Mount Mowbullan
Mackay
Mackay, Queensland

Mackay is a city on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, on the Pioneer River . Mackay is nicknamed the sugar capital of Australia because its region produces more than a third of Australia's cane sugar....
2		 Mackay
Mackay, Queensland

Mackay is a city on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, on the Pioneer River . Mackay is nicknamed the sugar capital of Australia because its region produces more than a third of Australia's cane sugar....
 6 (VHF
Very high frequency

VHF is the radio frequency range from 30 megahertz to 300 megahertz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency ....
)
9A (VHF
Very high frequency

VHF is the radio frequency range from 30 megahertz to 300 megahertz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency ....
)		 August 9, 1968 360 kW
90 kW		 613 m
613 m		 Mount Blackwood
Mount Blackwood

Mount Blackwood is a mountain located within the boundaries of the Mackay, Queensland Regional Council in Central Queensland, Australia and has an elevation of 639m....
Rockhampton
Rockhampton, Queensland

Rockhampton is a regional city and Local Government Areas of Australia located in Queensland, Australia. Rockhampton is the largest urban centre in Central Queensland with the 2006 census recording the Rockhampton Statistical Subdivision population to be 74,530 people....
 Rockhampton
Rockhampton, Queensland

Rockhampton is a regional city and Local Government Areas of Australia located in Queensland, Australia. Rockhampton is the largest urban centre in Central Queensland with the 2006 census recording the Rockhampton Statistical Subdivision population to be 74,530 people....
 31 (UHF
Ultra high frequency

Ultra high frequency designates a range of Electromagnetic radiation waves with frequency between 300 megahertz and 3 gigahertz . Also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from ten to one decimetres....
)
38 (UHF
Ultra high frequency

Ultra high frequency designates a range of Electromagnetic radiation waves with frequency between 300 megahertz and 3 gigahertz . Also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from ten to one decimetres....
)		 December 31, 1990 2000 kW
500 kW		 523 m
523 m		 Mount Hopeful
Southern Downs Warwick
Warwick, Queensland

Warwick is a town in Queensland, Australia, lying 130 km south-west of Brisbane. It is the administrative centre of the Southern Downs Regional Council Local Government Areas in Australia....
 33 (UHF
Ultra high frequency

Ultra high frequency designates a range of Electromagnetic radiation waves with frequency between 300 megahertz and 3 gigahertz . Also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from ten to one decimetres....
)
51 (UHF
Ultra high frequency

Ultra high frequency designates a range of Electromagnetic radiation waves with frequency between 300 megahertz and 3 gigahertz . Also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from ten to one decimetres....
)		 December 31, 1990 600 kW
500 kW		 301 m
316 m		 Passchendaele Ridge
Townsville
Townsville, Queensland

Townsville is a city on the north-eastern coast of Australia, in the state of Queensland. Adjacent to the central section of the Great Barrier Reef, it is in the dry tropics region of Queensland....
 Townsville
Townsville, Queensland

Townsville is a city on the north-eastern coast of Australia, in the state of Queensland. Adjacent to the central section of the Great Barrier Reef, it is in the dry tropics region of Queensland....
 34 (UHF
Ultra high frequency

Ultra high frequency designates a range of Electromagnetic radiation waves with frequency between 300 megahertz and 3 gigahertz . Also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from ten to one decimetres....
)
38 (UHF
Ultra high frequency

Ultra high frequency designates a range of Electromagnetic radiation waves with frequency between 300 megahertz and 3 gigahertz . Also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from ten to one decimetres....
)		 December 31, 1990 200 kW
200 kW		 617 m
644 m		 Mount Stuart
Mount Stuart, Queensland

Mount Stuart is located in Queensland, Australia, overlooking Townsville, Queensland with an elevation of 584 metres.Mount Stuart is used for commercial and ABC Queensland television transmission, as well as a Bureau of Meteorology radar station....
Wide Bay3 Maryborough
Maryborough, Queensland

Maryborough is a city located on the Mary River in South East Queensland, Australia, approximately 300 kilometres north of the state capital, Brisbane....
 8 (VHF
Very high frequency

VHF is the radio frequency range from 30 megahertz to 300 megahertz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency ....
)
7 (VHF
Very high frequency

VHF is the radio frequency range from 30 megahertz to 300 megahertz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency ....
)		 April 10, 1965 200 kW
60 kW		 646 m
646 m		 Mount Goonaneman
Notes:
  • 1. height above average terrain
    Height above average terrain

    Height above average terrain is used extensively in Frequency Modulation radio and television, as it is actually much more important than effective radiated power in determining the range of broadcasts ....
  • 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.


Pre-Network Logos

STQ used many logos throughout its pre-network history.

Note: Post-network logos can be found at the following article; Seven Network
Seven Network

The Seven Network is an Australia Television broadcasting in Australia owned by the Seven Media Group. It dates back to 2 December 1956, when the first stations on the Very high frequency frequency were established in Sydney and Melbourne....
.

See also

  • Seven Network
    Seven Network

    The Seven Network is an Australia Television broadcasting in Australia owned by the Seven Media Group. It dates back to 2 December 1956, when the first stations on the Very high frequency frequency were established in Sydney and Melbourne....