RTQ

RTQ

regional Queensland
Branding	WIN Television
Slogan	Welcome Home
Network	WIN
Owner	WIN Corporation Pty Ltd (WIN QLD Pty. Ltd[1])
First air date	7 September 1963
Call letters' meaning	Rockhampton Television Queensland
Former affiliations	independent (1963-1990)
Transmitter power	see table below
Height	see table below
Transmitter coordinates	see table below
Website	www.wintv.com.au

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.^[2]

Network history

WIN TV Queensland started out as Darling Downs Television Limited in 1959, and was launched as a television network in 1962, with Queensland's first regional TV station, DDQ-10, being broadcast to the Darling Downs area for the first time. SDQ-4 for the Southern Downs soon launched in 1964, and DDQ 5 was next to air later (it would later be renamed as DDQ 5a) for Toowoomba viewers. The main Rockhampton station, RTQ-7, was launched in 1963 to serve viewers in Rockhampton and its suburbs.

Until the 1980s, Darling Downs TV was sometimes supporting the Nine Network and QTQ-9, its Brisbane station, by broadcasting its newscasts on relay before switching sympathies to Network Ten and TVQ-0 in the early part of the decade, supporting its programs and broadcasting TVQ-0's Channel 0 Eyewitness News (later TV0 Eyewitness News until 1988) on relay. It was part of the short-lived Great Eastland Television system in 1974-1980, together with NRN NRTV 11-8 Television and NEN 9-10 Television (both in New South Wales) as GET 10-4-5a.

Due to its purchase of Ten Brisbane (TVQ-0) in 1987 and its move to Channel 0 the next year (as Vision TV 0-4-5a) to give way to the new Brisbane Ten (TVQ-10), it suddenly became Queensland's strongest regional TV network, even after its TVQ selloff, bringing Ten programs and Brisbane Ten Eyewitness News (later Brisbane Ten News) to the Darling Downs and Southern Downs. RTQ-7 also by then began broadcasting Ten programs in Rockhampton, after its previous commitment to BTQ-7's programs, Seven National News and State Affair.

By 1990, DDQ/SDQ and RTQ joined the aggregation race, merging and becoming Star Television in 1990. It was then purchased by Win Television, then as a Ten affiliate for the state (the Nine affiliation was then by TNQ/FNQ QTV 7-10). But before aggregation would begin, Star TV joined Nine instead (due to WIN being the 9 affiliate for NSW), and QTV joined Ten as its affiliate in its place, reflecting the "affiliation wars" 9 and 10 fought for regional network affiliation in Queensland.

On New Year's Eve 1990, it became Win Television Queensland on the first day of statewide aggregation, with Toowomba and Rockhampton facilities to air statewide WIN News newscasts everyday. New transmitting stations were also built in Townsville, Mt. Stuart, Cairns, Mackay and Maryborough in time for statewide broadcasts even before Star TV turned to the Nine Network as its affiliate.

WIN News

WIN News produces regional news bulletins for the seven regional markets covered by RTQ - Rockhampton, Cairns, Townsville, Toowoomba, the Sunshine Coast, Mackay and Wide Bay.

WIN Television is the only network to provide local news across all seven sub-markets in Queensland, employing 61 full-time journalists and camera staff and a team consisting of ten full-time and back-up presenters.^{[citation needed]} Reporters and camera crews are based within all regions from newsrooms in Rockhampton, Bundaberg, Hervey Bay, Cairns, Mackay, Maroochydore, Toowoomba and Townsville.

Studio presentation for the bulletins originate from studios in Rockhampton and Toowoomba:

• The Rockhampton, Cairns, Wide Bay & Sunshine Coast regional bulletins and the statewide Late Edition are presented from the Rockhampton studios with the Sunshine Coast bulletin broadcast live.
• The Toowoomba, Mackay and Townsville bulletins are presented from the Toowoomba studios with the Townsville bulletin broadcast live.
• Weather forecasts for all seven sub-regions are produced in Rockhampton with the Townsville forecast airing live.

For a two week during the summer, a state-wide Summer Edition produced from Toowoomba replaces the regional bulletins and incorporates news from all seven RTQ markets.

Main anchors

Cairns, Rockhampton, Wide Bay, Sunshine Coast Paul Taylor

Townsville, Mackay, Toowoomba Samantha Heathwood

Queensland Late Edition Paul Taylor & David McLenaghan (Rockhampton studio) Kathryn Doyle (Toowoomba studio)

Sports presenters

Cairns, Rockhampton, Wide Bay, Sunshine Coast David McLenaghan

Townsville, Mackay, Toowoomba Daniel Sercombe (Mackay/Townsville) Pat O'Shea (Toowoomba)

Queensland Late Edition David McLenaghan (Rockhampton studio) James O'Shea (Toowoomba studio)

Weather presenter

• Peter Byrne

Back-up/Summer Edition presenters

Cairns, Rockhampton, Wide Bay & Sunshine Coast Dave McLenaghan (news) Corrine Maxwell (weather)

Townsville, Mackay & Toowoomba Kathryn Doyle (news/weather) James O'Shea (sport)

Summer Edition Samantha Heathwood (news) Peter Byrne (weather)

Reporters

Rockhampton/Central Queensland Courtney Wilson Hayley Webb Corinne Maxwell David McLenaghan (Sports Correspondent) Liam Mulry (Sports Correspondent)

Townsville/North Queensland Kirsty Johansen Andrew Longmire Ellie Sibson Andrew Smith (Sports Correspondent)

Cairns/Far North Queensland Jenna Hudson Tara Harvey Jessica Millward Adam Jackson (Sports Correspondent)

Toowoomba/Darling Downs Jasmine Quarman Lincoln Rothall Kathryn Doyle Daniel Sercombe James O'Shea (Sports Correspondent)

Sunshine Coast Lauren Ritchie Sarah Owens Alexia Osbourne Simon Ward Paul Murphy(Sports Correspondent)

Wide Bay Karen Broadhurst Eve Sharpe Caitlin Holding Josh McLean (Sports Correspondent)

Mackay/Whitsundays Annabelle Carter Jesse Robilliard Pat Hazell (Sports Correspondent)

National Rob Herrick (Federal Political Correspondent)

Chiefs of Staff

Corinne Maxwell (Rockhampton) Jesse Robilliard (Mackay) Andrew Smith (Townsville) Jenna Hudson (Cairns)

James O'Shea (Toowoomba) Karen Broadhurst (Wide Bay) Simon Ward (Sunshine Coast)

The news director for all WIN Television regions in Queensland is Shaun Kelly, the state sub editor in John Graham and the news production manager is Carl Bulwinkel. The general manager for WIN Television in Queensland is Geoff Massey.

Main transmitters

Region served	City	Channels (analog/ digital)	First air date	ERP (analog/ digital)	HAAT (analog/ digital)1	Transmitter coordinates	Transmitter location
Cairns	Cairns	39 (UHF)6 12 (VHF)	31 December 1990	400 kW 50 kW	1176 m 1190 m	17°15′51″S 145°51′14″E / 17.26417°S 145.85389°E / -17.26417; 145.85389	Mount Bellenden Ker
Darling Downs2	Toowoomba	0 (VHF)3 6 46 (UHF)	13 July 1962	300 kW 500 kW	485 m 520 m	26°53′28″S 151°36′18″E / 26.89111°S 151.605°E / -26.89111; 151.605 (analog) 26°53′27″S 151°36′21″E / 26.89083°S 151.60583°E / -26.89083; 151.60583 (digital)	Mount Mowbullan
Mackay	Mackay	39 (UHF)6 35 (UHF)	31 December 1990	1300 kW 360 kW	612 m 630 m	21°1′56″S 148°56′36″E / 21.03222°S 148.94333°E / -21.03222; 148.94333	Mount Blackwood
Rockhampton	Rockhampton	7 (VHF)6 12 (VHF)	7 September 1963	200 kW 50 kW	523 m 523 m	23°43′48″S 150°32′9″E / 23.73°S 150.53583°E / -23.73; 150.53583	Mount Hopeful
Southern Downs4 6	Warwick	42 (UHF)5 6 43 (UHF)	26 February 1966	600 kW 500 kW	301 m 301 m	28°32′9″S 151°49′58″E / 28.53583°S 151.83278°E / -28.53583; 151.83278	Passchendaele Ridge
Townsville	Townsville	40 (UHF)6 41 (UHF)	31 December 1990	200 kW 200 kW	617 m 644 m	19°20′36″S 146°46′50″E / 19.34333°S 146.78056°E / -19.34333; 146.78056	Mount Stuart
Wide Bay	Maryborough	39 (UHF)6 10 (VHF)	31 December 1990	1000 kW 60 kW	646 m 646 m	25°25′37″S 152°7′3″E / 25.42694°S 152.1175°E / -25.42694; 152.1175	Mount Goonaneman

Notes:

• 1. HAAT estimated from http://www.itu.int/SRTM3/ using EHAAT.
• 2. The Darling Downs station was an independent station with the callsign DDQ from its 1962 sign-on until aggregation in 1990.
• 3. The Darling Downs station was on VHF channel 10 from its 1962 sign-on until 1988, swapping frequencies with TVQ Brisbane.
• 4. The Southern Downs station was a relay of DDQ Darling Downs/Toowoomba (with the callsign SDQ) from its 1966 sign-on until aggregation in 1990.
• 5. The Southern Downs station was on VHF channel 4 from its 1966 sign-on until 1991, moving to its current channel in order to accommodate FM radio.
• 6. Analogue transmissions to cease on 6 December 2011 as part of the national shutdown of analogue television.

References

1. ^ http://www.search.asic.gov.au/cgi-bin/gns030c?acn=091_568_973&juris=9&hdtext=ACN&srchsrc=1
2. ^ "Taken over by WIN Properties Pty Limited". deListed. 1988-10-05. http://www.delisted.com.au/Company/7151/. Retrieved 2008-02-06. 

External links

Television in Australia portal

• Official Site
• Corporate Site