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ABQ
Television station in Queensland, Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the Australian television station. For the airport, see Albuquerque International Sunport. For the city, see Albuquerque, New Mexico. For other uses, see ABQ (disambiguation).
ABC Television in Queensland comprises national programming on the ABC television network in or from Brisbane, Queensland which broadcasts on a number of channels under the ABC call sign. There is some local programming from the Brisbane studio.
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Programming | |
Affiliations | ABC Television |
Ownership | |
Owner | Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
History | |
First air date | 2 November 1959; 64 years ago (1959-11-02) |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 2 (VHF) (1959–2013) |
Call sign meaning | ABC Queensland |
Technical information | |
Licensing authority | Australian Communications and Media Authority |
ERP | 200 kW (analog) 50 kW (digital) |
HAAT | 336 m (analog) 355 m (digital)[1] |
Transmitter coordinates | 27°27′52″S 152°56′51″E |
Links | |
Website | www |
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ABQ or ABQ-2 was the historic call sign of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's television station in Brisbane, which began broadcasting on 2 November 1959 as the third television station in Queensland and Brisbane.[2] with the "Q" in the call sign standing for Queensland.
ABC Television in Brisbane is based at a purpose-built headquarters on the South Bank. The station is received throughout the state through a number of relay transmitters.