TNT (TV station)

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station_slogan = Show Me Southern Cross
station_branding = Southern Cross
analog = see table below
digital = see table below
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affiliations = Seven/Ten
network = Southern Cross
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airdate = May 26, 1962
location = Tasmania
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owner = Macquarie Media Group
licensee = Southern Cross Television (TNT9) Pty Ltd
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former_affiliations = independent (1962-1994)
effective_radiated_power = see table below
HAAT = see table below
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TNT Launceston is a television station based in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. Originally broadcasting only to Launceston and Northern Tasmania, it has broadcast to the whole of Tasmania since aggregation of the Tasmanian television market in 1994. It is presently known as Southern Cross Tasmania.

History

* 1962 - Founded as Northern TV Ltd and broadcasts in Launceston and Northern Tasmania
* 1965 - Became part of ENT Ltd (Examiner-Northern TV Ltd)
* 1982 - ENT bought TVT-6 in Hobart - both stations identify on-air as TasTV
* 1989 - ENT sold TNT-9 to Southern Cross Broadcasting, station became part of Southern Cross Network
* 1994 - Aggregation of Tasmanian television market occurs - Southern Cross broadcasts statewide, competing with TasTV
* 1999 - Southern Cross Tasmania, while still a part of Southern Cross Broadcasting, changes logo independently of Southern Cross stations on the mainland.
* 2003 - Southern Cross and WIN Television launch Tasmanian Digital Television, a jointly owned digital only commercial broadcaster based in Hobart.
* 2005 - Southern Cross Broadcasting adapts new logo for all stations it owns. Southern Cross Tasmania loses its Tasmanian Tiger logo to a unified corporate Southern Cross logo. Southern Cross Tasmania (SCTV) is an affiliate of the Seven Network and Network Ten although Tasmanian Digital Television is now the Ten affiliate.It's news service Southern Cross Nightly News is the highest rated news bulletin in Tasmania.

Locally produced shows

Southern Cross Television have made most of the locally produced programs in Tasmania currently airing.

Although, in the past, various birthday specials, telethons and locally produced TV shows have been aired. Quiz Quest (children's game show), The Saturday night show (variety), Down the line (morning talk/local events), Targa Tasmania (annually), The Saturday Morning Fun Show (kids), Tasmanian New Faces (talent), Launceston Cup (OB) and so on.

The series' that Southern Cross produce are listed below.

Hook, Line and Sinker

Hook, Line and Sinker is the most popular Tasmanian-made program currently airing and is broadcast Australia-wide. It is a fishing show hosted by former news journalists Andrew Hart and Nick Duigan.

Renovation Relief

Renovation Relief is a DIY Program hosted by famous wood-chopper David Foster in which he and a team of people from sponsors (i.e. Gunns) renovate a house, most commonly for people who have done something for the community or have enabled children. Renovation Relief is airing at this time.

Targa Torque

For the two weeks in which Targa Tasmania runs, each night Andrew Hart and Nick Duigan share the events of the day in Targa Torque, this usually airs at around 10.30pm.

Holiday at Home

Holiday at Home is Southern Cross's newest Tasmanian-made program. It is a lifestyle program which promotes places to stay and things to do in Tasmania.

Burnie Ten - Ten Week Challenge

For the ten weeks leading up to the Burnie Ten Mark Connelly trains a group of people in a program sponsored by Southern Cross. Each week there are updates given during ad-breaks. In the beginning years of the program people who took part were well known in Tasmania, however in 2006 a Launceston family were trained to run the event.

News & Current Affairs

Southern Cross Tasmania is the stations flagship news bulletin. It is aired live at 6:00 from the Launceston studios seven days a week with updates throughout the day. Today Tonight follows at 6:30. Both the nightly news and Today Tonight are the highest rating programs on a weekly basis.Fact|date=April 2007

Weekday presenters:
*Anchor: Jo Palmer
*Sport: Rob Fairs
*Weather: Peter MurphyWeekend presenters:
*Anchor: Kim Millar
*Sport: Kim Millar
*Weather: Lee Dixon

Outside of this bulletin, Southern Cross Tasmania airs news and current affairs from the Seven Network, including:
*"Seven Early News"
*"Sunrise"
*"Weekend Sunrise"
*"The Morning Show" (since 2008)
*"Seven Morning News"
*"Today Tonight"
*"NBC Today"Southern Cross Tasmania doesn't currently air the Seven Network's 4.30 news bulletin instead it's an episode of Network Ten's Neighbours.

ports coverage

Southern Cross airs most sports coverage from both Seven and Ten Networks, this includes coverage like Australian rules football, tennis and motorsport. In the 1990s Southern Cross aired Ten's Sports Tonight however this was replaced by Seven's Current Affairs Program, Today Tonight.

Southern Cross screens live AFL coverage with no advertisement breaks between goals. Only football games involving matches in Tasmania are delayed. The station promotes extensive coverage of Tasmanian sports in its news coverage including the Victorian Football League, cricket, athletics, netball and basketball.

Locally, coverage of the international road race Targa Tasmania is produced and aired each year. The Launceston and Hobart Cups also get live and local coverage. The annual Boxing Day, Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race receives regular updates throughout the race.

Affiliation

Southern Cross is affiliated with both the metropolitan Seven Network and Network Ten. This originates from the aggregation of the Tasmanian television market in the early 1990s, with TVT-6 (now WIN Television) holding the Nine Network affiliation. This dual affiliation is shared with Southern Cross' sister station in Darwin (TND-34).

The Tasmanian Digital Television (TDT) service, run as a joint venture with WIN, carries a full Network Ten affiliation, carrying programs from Ten's Melbourne station (ATV-10) with local advertisements. (Due to it being a joint venture, TDT does not take on the Southern Cross Ten branding.) It is expected that Southern Cross will eventually become a full Seven Network affiliate if and when take-up of digital television is considered widespread in the state.

Main Transmitters

Notes:
*1. HAAT estimated from http://www.itu.int/SRTM3/ using EHAAT.

ee also

*Southern Cross Television

External links

* [http://austv.hostforweb.com/cgi-bin/cgi2/index.rb?page=TNT9%20Northern%20Tasmania&section=Television%20History%20Reference/TV%20Stations/Other%20Commercial/Defunct/Tasmanian Australian Television Archive page on TNT9]