Media in the City of Thuringowa

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Most of Thuringowa's Media services are Townsville-based such as TV, Radio and Newspaper however Thuringowa does have several small publications.

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[edit] Newspapers

The Sun Newspaper is a free weekly publication distributed to 52,713 homes in the urban and rural suburbs of Thuringowa and Townsville,[1] it is published by News Limited and printed with the Townsville Bulletin's printer. It was Previously called the Twin cities advertiser before being split into The Thuringowa Sun and The Townsville Sun, but after a few years The Thuringowa Sun Merged with the Townsville Sun to form The Sun newspaper of today.[2]

The Townsville Bulletin is a Townsville based daily newspaper that has a distribution covering a large number of towns and cities in North Queensland. the paper's main focus is news and events within the Thuringowa and Townsville area but also covers state, national and world news.

The Express started printing in 1996 and is delivered monthly to homes free in the Townsville and Thuringowa cities. The Express is published by Poinciana Publishing Thuringowa and printed by the North Queensland Newspaper Company. The Express promotes business thought-out the Thuringowa and Townsville region.[3]

The Thuringowan is a monthly publication from the Thuringowa city council that first went to print in May 2005, it covers news and events within the city

[edit] Radio Stations

[edit] Television Stations

[edit] Free to air

[edit] Analogue

[edit] Digital

As for analogue, plus:

  • 04: Digital tv guide channel
  • 11: Ten Video Guide (Ten Program Guide & Weather Channel)
  • 21: ABC2
  • 33: SBS World News Channel
  • 38: SBS Radio 1
  • 39: SBS Radio 2
  • 70: Seven High Definition Demonstration (20 minute loop of HD images with Dolby Digital audio
  • 77: Seven EPG (Seven Program Guide, News Headlines and Weather Channel)
  • 99: Nine EPG (Nine Program Guide, News Headlines and Weather Channel)
  • 200: DIG Radio (A mix of blues, soul, country, roots, world music, jazz, rock
  • 201: DIG JAZZ (Music radio service for jazz)

[edit] Pay TV
  • Austar Digital (via satellite)
  • Select TV

[edit] References

  1. ^ the Sun Newspaper Jan 10 2007 Page 45
  2. ^ http://www.library.jcu.edu.au/Specials/Nqnewspapers/data.shtml
  3. ^ The Express Page 1 and 2