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- For the method of measuring the appeal of television programs, please see Q ScoreQ ScoreThe Q Score is a measurement of the familiarity and appeal of a brand, company, celebrity, or television show used in the United States. The higher the Q Score, the more highly regarded the item or person is among the group that is familiar with them...
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TVQ is the Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
television station
Television station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...
of Network Ten
Network Ten
Network Ten , is one of Australia's three major commercial television networks. Owned-and-operated stations can be found in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, while affiliates extend the network to cover most of the country...
in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
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The channel was allocated channel 0 (the 0 was pronounced as the letter O instead of "zero") on the VHF band and was launched on 1 July 1965 as TVQ-0. Just like its Melbourne equivalent, TVQ-0 was initially owned by Sir Reginald Ansett
Reg Ansett
Sir Reginald Myles "Reg" Ansett KBE was an Australian businessman and aviator; best known for founding Ansett Transport Industries Limited, which owned one of Australia's two leading domestic airlines between 1957 and 2001...
, until the station was taken over in the early 1980s.
On 10 September 1988, Toowoomba
Toowoomba, Queensland
Toowoomba is a city in Southern Queensland, Australia. It is located west of Queensland's capital city, Brisbane. With an estimated district population of 128,600, Toowoomba is Australia's second largest inland city and its largest non-capital inland city...
station DDQ-10
RTQ
RTQ is an Australian television station broadcasting in regional Queensland in Australia. The network was owned by Star Television, before being purchased by the WIN Corporation on 5 October 1988.-Network history:...
switched frequency to DDQ-0, and TVQ-0 also changed frequency to become TVQ-10, in time for the channel's broadcast of the 1988 Summer Olympics
1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an all international multi-sport events celebrated from September 17 to October 2, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics...
, at the same time as its broadcasts of World Expo 88, of which it and the entire Network Ten was the official station.
Station Slogans/Campaigns
- 1965: Channel 0 is on the Go! (Used for TVQ-0's launch on 1 July 1965)
- 1965-67: The Entertaining Channel.
- 1968: Entertaining Brisbane and the Gold Coast.
- 1970: Make Love, Not Revolution.
- 1972-73: ALIVE 0.
- 1973-74: Australia's Action Station, Channel 0!
- 1974-75: Channel 0 - New Dimension in Color. (slogan not used on-air)
- 1974-75: 0 - First in Color c/w MacArthur Park.
- 1976: The Big Parade!
- 1977: I Like It! (based on the song by Silver Convention)
- 1977-78 (Dec-Nov): Keep Your Eye on the 0!
- 1978/79 (Summer): We're Sharing Summer with Channel 0!
- 1979: There's Great Entertainment on Channel 0!
- 1979/80 (Summer): Channel 0, That Summer Feeling!
- 1980: Animated Golden 0.
- 1981: 0, Turn On a Friend. (based on a song by Andrew GoldAndrew GoldAndrew Maurice Gold was an American singer, musician and songwriter. His works include the Top 10 single "Lonely Boy" , as well as the singles "Thank You for Being a Friend" , and "Never Let Her Slip Away" ....
). - 1982-83: Hello Brisbane/Brissy, Hello Channel 0! (unrelated to the Hello News/Say Hello image campaigns by Frank GariFrank GariFrank Gari is a popular singer and songwriter from the late 1950s and early 1960s. His best known songs as a performer are "Utopia" , "Lullaby of Love" and "Princess" , all of which hit the U.S. Top 40 in 1961. He co-wrote with Roger McGuinn the song Beach Ball for Bobby Darin...
, which later was used by HSV-7, ADS-7 and TVW-7, also by TVT-6 and TNT-9 of Tas TV, and DDQ-10, SDQ-4 and Channel 5A of Daring Downs TV GET 10-4-5A, all from 1985-1989) - 1982: Shine on Brisbane (used to promote the 1982 Commonwealth Games)
- 1983-84: TV0, Getting Better all the Time. (first slogan to use the new "TV0" logo)
- 1984-86: Go TV0!
- 1984: This is TV0, Your Olympic Station.
- 1986-January 1988: Stand Up and Tell 'Em Brisbane's Great! (based upon Frank Gari's Turn to... campaign)
- 1986: TV0, The Olympic Station. (used to promote the Brisbane 1992 Olympic Games bid)
- 1986: Made in Brisbane.
- 1986: Your Royal Wedding Station, TV0.
- 1986-88: TV0, The Team for '88. (slogan used to promote Expo '88 and TV0's role as the official broadcaster)
- 1988: Everyone's a Star in My Town. (slogan used to promote TV0 as the official Expo broadcaster)
- 1988 (1–10 September) Come Across to Ten, It's Easy. (used for change of frequency from 0 to 10)
- 1988-89 (10 September – 23 July): Ten, Brisbane Style.
- 1994: That's Queensland! (localised; also used in Sydney and Adelaide [the latter under the "Adelaide Proud" slogan, borrowed from ADS-7's "Say Hello!" in the pre-swap portion of 1987])
- 2001: Seriously Queensland.
Current Production
- Totally WildTotally WildTotally Wild is an Australian children's television series. It has been in production since 1992, airing on Network Ten since day one. It has the format of a news program, and does stories on topics such as Australia's native flora and fauna, action sports, the environment, science, and technology...
(1992-present) - Toasted TVToasted TVToasted TV is the successor to the children's television program Cheez TV, and airs Monday to Saturday on Australia's Network Ten. The show is hosted by Kellyn Morris and Seamus Evans...
(2005-present) - WurrawhyWurrawhyWurrawhy is an Australian pre-school themed TV show for young children. It premiered on 31 January 2011 and airs Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 9:00 am on Network Ten....
(2011-present)
Past Production
- Puzzle PlayPuzzle PlayPuzzle Play was an Australian pre-school themed TV show for young kids. It aired Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 9:00 am on Network Ten. The program premiered on 21 December 2006 replacing the program In the Box. The hosts were Kellyn Morris, Liam Nunan and Patrick MacDonald...
(2006-2011) - H2O: Just Add WaterH2O: Just Add WaterH2O: Just Add Water, also known as H2O, is an Australian television programme for children, pre-teens and teenagers, that is filmed on location at Sea World and other locations on the Gold Coast...
(2006-2010) - Big Brother (2001-2008)
- In the BoxIn the BoxIn the Box was a 30 minute preschoolers' television program which aired in Australia on Network Ten at to , from Monday to Friday. It first aired on 21 December 1998. It was latterly hosted by Brett Annable, Tracey Fleming and Bop, their resident puppet. Previous hosts included Craig McMahon and...
(1998-2006) - Cheez TVCheez TVCheez TV was an Australian children's cartoon show, created by Bill McQueen, that aired on weekday mornings on Network Ten. It began broadcasting on 2 July 1995 and it ended on 31 December 2004 with the presenters leaving. After eight months of being without presenters, it officially ended on 20...
(1995-2005)
News and Current Affairs
TVQ-10 produces a 90-minute local news program on weeknights from its studios at Mt Coot-tha. The Brisbane edition of Ten News at Five is presented by Bill McDonaldBill McDonald
Bill McDonald is an Australian journalist and news presenter.McDonald is currently the presenter of Brisbane's Ten News at Five with Georgina Lewis....
& Georgina Lewis
Georgina Lewis
Georgina Lewis is an Australian journalist and news presenter.Lewis is currently a presenter of Brisbane's Ten News at Five with Bill McDonald....
with sport presenter Peter O'Dempsey, weather presenter Amanda Fitzgerald and traffic reporter Jayce Barker.
In addition, Scott Braby presents a beach report on Fridays while Dave Downie
Dave Downie
David McKenzie Downie was a professional ice hockey player who played 11 games in the National Hockey League. Born in Burk's Falls, Ontario, he played for the Toronto Maple Leafs.- References :*...
presents a fishing report. Ten News Queensland also operates three remote newsrooms on the Gold Coast, the Sunshine Coast and in North Queensland.
Substitute presenters for Ten News Brisbane include Lexy Hamilton-Smith, Emma Dallimore, Max Futcher & Scott Beverage (News), Tony Auden, Summer Burke, Amanda McLeay & Chloe Simmons (Weather) and Mal McIntosh (Traffic).
TVQ-0 did not have a regular news service until 1974 when it launched News Watch. The bulletin later adopted the branding Eyewitness News after rival channel BTQ-7
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 November 1959, after QTQ launched three months earlier....
had relinquished the name. Eyewitness News continued as a nightly half-hour bulletin until 1984 when it was expanded to a one-hour format. The station won a Logie award in 1986
Logie Awards of 1986
The 28th Annual TV Week Logie Awards were presented on Friday 18 April 1986 at the State Theatre in Sydney, and broadcast on the Nine Network...
for Best News Report for its coverage of the siege at Eagle Farm airport the previous year.
Eyewitness News relaunched as Ten News after the channel converted transmission to VHF Channel 10 in 1988. The name changed again to Eyewitness News in July 1989, Ten Evening News in January 1990 and then Ten Eyewitness News in January 1991. In 1994, the Ten News brand was revived.
Newscasts
- Ten Early NewsTen NewsTen News is the national news service of Network Ten in Australia. The majority of its news bulletins are presented from the TEN-10 studios in Pyrmont...
(Monday - Friday 6:00am – 7:00am) (from TEN-10TEN-10TEN is the callsign of Network Ten's flagship Sydney television station. It was originally owned and operated by United Telecasters Sydney Limited , and began transmission on 5 April 1965 with the highlight of the opening night being the variety special TV Spells Magic.-History:TEN often lagged in...
) - Ten Morning NewsTen NewsTen News is the national news service of Network Ten in Australia. The majority of its news bulletins are presented from the TEN-10 studios in Pyrmont...
(Monday - Friday 9:00am – 10:00am) (from TEN-10TEN-10TEN is the callsign of Network Ten's flagship Sydney television station. It was originally owned and operated by United Telecasters Sydney Limited , and began transmission on 5 April 1965 with the highlight of the opening night being the variety special TV Spells Magic.-History:TEN often lagged in...
) - Ten News at Five: QueenslandTen NewsTen News is the national news service of Network Ten in Australia. The majority of its news bulletins are presented from the TEN-10 studios in Pyrmont...
(Monday - Friday 5:00pm – 6:30pm) - Ten News at Five: WeekendTen NewsTen News is the national news service of Network Ten in Australia. The majority of its news bulletins are presented from the TEN-10 studios in Pyrmont...
(Saturday & Sunday 5:00pm - 6:30pm) (from TEN-10TEN-10TEN is the callsign of Network Ten's flagship Sydney television station. It was originally owned and operated by United Telecasters Sydney Limited , and began transmission on 5 April 1965 with the highlight of the opening night being the variety special TV Spells Magic.-History:TEN often lagged in...
) - The Project (Monday - Friday 6:30pm – 7:30pm) (from ATV-10ATV-10ATV is a television station in Melbourne, Australia, part of Network Ten - one of the three major Australian commercial television networks.-History:...
) - The Bolt ReportThe Bolt ReportThe Bolt Report is an Australian Sunday morning political discussion show. Broadcast by Network Ten on Sunday mornings at 10 am and repeated at 4:30 pm, it is hosted by conservative commentator and Herald Sun columnist Andrew Bolt. The programme emphasises a right wing agenda and is consistently...
(Sunday 10:00am - 10:30am) (from ATV-10ATV-10ATV is a television station in Melbourne, Australia, part of Network Ten - one of the three major Australian commercial television networks.-History:...
) - Meet the PressMeet the Press (Australian TV program)Meet the Press, a presentation of Ten News, is an Australian Sunday morning talk show based on the national political agenda. Hosted by Network Ten's Parliament House Bureau Chief and Political Editor Paul Bongiorno, the program has firmly established itself as an agenda-setting forum that attracts...
(Sunday 10:30am - 11:00am) (from TEN-10TEN-10TEN is the callsign of Network Ten's flagship Sydney television station. It was originally owned and operated by United Telecasters Sydney Limited , and began transmission on 5 April 1965 with the highlight of the opening night being the variety special TV Spells Magic.-History:TEN often lagged in...
)
Main anchors
- Bill McDonaldBill McDonaldBill McDonald is an Australian journalist and news presenter.McDonald is currently the presenter of Brisbane's Ten News at Five with Georgina Lewis....
(2004-present)
- Georgina LewisGeorgina LewisGeorgina Lewis is an Australian journalist and news presenter.Lewis is currently a presenter of Brisbane's Ten News at Five with Bill McDonald....
(2007-present)
Reporters
- Amanda Fitzgerald
- Leisa Roles
- Tim Collitis
- Mark Suleau
Past News Presenters
- Brian Cahill (1975-1982)
- Geoff Mullins (1985-2004)
- Marie-Louise TheileMarie-Louise TheileMarie-Louise Theile is a former Australian news presenter. She presented Ten News at Five in Brisbane.Born in Brisbane Theile graduated at the University of Queensland. Theile worked as a reporter for The Sun, before she moved to New York where she worked at Elle magazine. She then spent time in...
(1991 - 1993, 1997 - 2007) - Juanita PhillipsJuanita PhillipsJuanita Phillips , is an Australian journalist and news presenter, currently working for the ABC as main weeknight presenter for the New South Wales edition of ABC News at 7pm and evening presenter for ABC News 24 bulletins....
(1990 - 1993) - Tracey SpicerTracey SpicerTracey Spicer is an Australian journalist, who worked as a national presenter for Network Ten's news bulletins Ten Weekend News, Ten Morning News and Ten Late News - Weekend Edition in the 1990's and 2000's....
(1994 - 1996) - Glenn Taylor (1991 - 1998)
- Kristin Devitt (1993)
- Bruce PaigeBruce PaigeBruce Paige is a newsreader in Brisbane, Australia. He previously co-presented Nine News Queensland alongside Melissa Downes, having paired with Jillian Whiting and Heather Foord previously.-Career:...
(1990) - Anna McMahon (1989)
- Chris CollinsChris CollinsChris Collins may refer to:In the arts:* Chris Collins or K. C. Collins, a Canadian-born American actor* Chris Collins * Chris Collins , a former vocalist for the band now known as Dream Theater...
(1988)
- Rob Readings (1988)
- Mike Higgins (1987)
- Robin Parkin (1982-1985)
- Jacki McDonald (1983)
- Kay McGrathKay McGrathKay McGrath is an award winning journalist who is a presenter of Seven News in Brisbane, Australia, along with Rod Young.Formerly a newsreader at TVQ-0 Kay presented a national breakfast news/finance show called TVAM on the Seven Network in 1988 from Sydney and the following year McGrath joined the...
(1981-1987) - Des McWilliam (1976-1991)
- Jo Pearson (1978-1979)
- Nev Roberts (1974-1975)
Sports Reporters
- Michael VossMichael VossMichael Voss is the senior coach of the Brisbane Lions Australian Football League team and a former professional Australian rules footballer....
(2007-2008) - Peter O'Dempsey (2006-present)
- Brad McEwanBrad McEwanBrad McEwan is an Australian television personality and sports journalist.McEwan is currently sports presenter on Sydney's Ten News at Five and probably best known for his hosting duties on Network Ten's Sports Tonight....
(2004-2006)
- Bill McDonaldBill McDonaldBill McDonald is an Australian journalist and news presenter.McDonald is currently the presenter of Brisbane's Ten News at Five with Georgina Lewis....
(1996-2003) - Billy J Smith (1977-1988)