Media in Townsville
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Townsville is the media centre for North Queensland, with 5 commercial radio stations, North Queensland ABC radio station, 3 commercial television stations, one regional daily newspaper and one community weekly newspaper (both owned by News Ltd). There are no local Sunday papers although the Sunday Times (based in Brisbane) does a North Queensland edition, which is printed and distributed from Townsville (throughout Northern Queensland).
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[edit] Print Media
The Townsville Bulletin is the dominant newspaper in North Queensland with daily coverage on local, state, national and world news, plus a wide range of sections and lift outs covering health, real estate, youth, beauty, cars and lifestyle. The Bulletin has a $1.20 cover price on weekdays, increasing to $1.70 for the weekend edition, and is in tabloid format. In 2006 the Bulletin had a readership (average) Monday to Friday of 84 000 (up 15.5% on 2005) and weekend readership (avg) of 104,000 (up 1.96% on 2005)[1] and circulation (avg) of 27 187 Monday to Friday, weekend circulation (avg) of 41 814.[2] The Townsville Bulletin is owned by News Limited, a subsidiary of News Corporation and employs over 100 people.
The Sun Community Newspaper is a free publication distributed weekly to 52,713 homes in the urban and rural suburbs of Townsville [3]. It is published by News Limited and printed with the Townsville Bulletin's printer. Previously called the "Twin Cities Advertiser" it was split into The Townsville Sun and The Thuringowa Sun, but after a few years The Thuringowa Sun Merged with the Townsville Sun to form The Sun newspaper of today.[4]
CityLife Magazine is a monthly glossy corporate magazine which is distributed free to selected suburbs (7 000 households) in Townsville City and through various businesses throughout Townsville and Thuringowa such as hair dressers and coffee shops (9 000 copies). It is also published online[1]. In December 2006 the CityLife Magazine group (Townsville, Cairns, Mackay and the Witsundays) was bought by APN News & Media, Australia's biggest publisher of regional newspapers. [5]
Magnetic Island has two competing small publications, Magnetic Island Community News is printed weekly and Magnetic Times is published on-line[2].
The North Queensland Register[3] is based in Townsville however it services the Queensland rural community from Rockhampton North. Owned by Rural Press Limited it has a distribution of about 5 000.
Northern Services Courier[4] is an independent newspaper for Defence Force personnel stationed in Townsville.
"The Hack" (formerly known as The Bullsheet) is the student community newspaper at James Cook University, published by the JCU Student Association. Outlook is the academic community newspaper at James Cook University and it is published by the University.
DUO Magazine is Townsville and Thuringowa's free 64-page monthly magazine targeted at women aged 25-54 years. DUO is distributed to selected suburbs with the highest numbers of their core demographic. DUO is also distributed via hotels, cafes, restaurants and beauty salons. DUO has the largest print run of any local magazine with a distribution of 15,000 copies. [6]
[edit] Radio
| Station | Frequency | |
|---|---|---|
| 4TO FM | 102.3 FM* | Commercial |
| Sea FM | 100.7 FM | Commercial |
| Mix FM | 106.3 FM | Commercial |
| Hot FM | 103.1 FM | Commercial |
| ABC Townsville | 630 AM | Government funded |
| Classic FM | 101.5 FM | Government funded |
| Radio National | 104.7 FM | Government funded |
| Triple J | 105.5 FM | Government funded |
| 4TCB | 99.9 FM | Community |
| 4TTT | 103.9 FM | Community |
| 4K1G | 107.1 FM | Indigenous |
| 891 AM | 891 AM | Community |
| 98.9 FM | 98.9 FM | Community |
| Live FM | 99.9 FM | Christian |
(*) 4TO is also broadcasted on 774 AM
[edit] Television
- See also: Regional television in Australia
Seven Queensland and WIN Television produce half-hour weeknightly local news bulletins for the area. Southern Cross Ten, as with other areas, provide three-minute local news updates, presented from studios in Canberra. National and international news bulletins are shown on each respective network in place of or following local news - four are produced in Brisbane, with a Queensland focus. Network Ten has a North Queensland reporter based in Townsville covering roughly from the tip of Cape York South to Mackay.
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and Southern Cross Ten produce state current affairs programs, Stateline and State Focus, shown on Friday evenings and Sunday mornings.
| Official Name | Name | Other Info |
|---|---|---|
| ABQ | ABC Queensland | |
| ITQ | Seven Queensland | |
| RTQ | WIN Television | Nine Network affiliate |
| TNQ | Southern Cross Ten | Network Ten affiliate |
| SBS | SBS Television |
[edit] Pay TV
| Company | Satellite/Cable |
|---|---|
| Austar | Satellite |
| SelecTV | Satellite |
[edit] Internet
Currently the only major local producer of online journalism is ABC North Queensland[5][6]. CityLife Magazine reproduces their full content online in a modern and user friendly format[7]. The Townsville Bulletin[8] publishes a small quantity of its content on the internet and WIN Television publish local news headlines online[9], there is also one specialty (Magnetic Island) news website called Magnetic Times[10]. [Aus-Bizlist] [11] provides online classified advertising, business directory and business referral services, their head office is based in the City of Thuringowa, Queensland Australia.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ Roy Morgan Research cited by Australian Press Council State of the News Print Media in Australia Report 2006. Retrieved on 2007-01-12.
- ^ Audit Bureau of Circulation, Jan-June 2006 cited by Townsville Bulletin - Advertising. Retrieved on 2007-01-12.
- ^ the Sun Newspaper Jan 10 2007 Page 45
- ^ JCU - North Queensland Newspapers
- ^ Linda Cooper Editor's life CityLife published January 2007 p4
- ^ DUO Magazine : OUT NOW : Townsville & Thuringowa, Queensland, Australia
- ^ Aus-Bizlist | Contact Us
