QCTV

Infobox TV channel
name = QCTV:
Queensland Community Television
logofile = QCTV_logo.png logosize = 195px
logoalt = QCTV Logo
launch = July 31, 1994
picture format = 576i (PAL)
owner =
web = [http://www.qctv.com.au/ www.qctv.com.au]
former names = 31 Brisbane
Briz 31
slogan = "Your Local Television"
broadcast area = Brisbane
terr serv 1 = Analogue
terr chan 1 = "Tuned to 31"

"QCTV" (Queensland Community Television) is a community television station based in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, formerly known as Briz 31 and more recently as 31 Brisbane.Its programming features one locally produced show. It is broadcast on UHF channel 31 at 548.224 MHz, from the ABQ-2 transmitter tower on Mount Coot-tha. In the past, Briz31 offered newcomers to the media an opportunity to gain experience before entering commercial broadcasting, such QUT media students. The station also carries a number of programs originally developed at other Channel 31 stations in other states. Briz31 has always broadcast old movies, classic television shows and programming. News bulletins come from the Queensland University of Technology during the uni semester. "QUT News" is produced by journalism students and broadcast from their Kelvin Grove studio. Outside of the semester bulletins are sourced from Deutsche Welle and Voice of America.

The station commenced transmission from its West End studios on July 31, 1994. The station completed a much welcomed upgrade to its transmitter strength, boosting range and greatly improving quality of reception, a common complaint against the station, in October 2005. However, it is currently not broadcast in digital as it has not been allocated any digital spectrum, but there is a campaign to achieve this outcome.

In July 2008 the ACMA commenced its year long review of community television licenses - in August 2008, two weeks after the review commenced, Station Manager Andrew Carroll resigned from his much-criticised position at 31. Carroll had all but replaced all long standing staff during his two year stint as Station Manager, drawing heavy public criticism along with Board Member Jim Elder (A Labor party member until 2000 when he resigned after The Shepherdson Inquiry forced him to admit electoral fraud) for also dismissing long standing members of the community station and causing widespread public distrust in the once-popular community station. The ACMA invites public comment on community licensing. [http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/HOMEPAGE/PC=HOME]

ee also

*Channel 31
*Television broadcasting in Australia

External links

* [http://qctv.com.au/ QCTV - Queensland Community Television]
* [http://www.31.com.au/digital/ Campaign to go digital]