QTQ
 | |
| Brisbane, Queensland | |
|---|---|
| Branding | Nine |
| Slogan |
Welcome Home Loving Queensland |
| Channels | Digital: 8 (VHF) |
| Affiliations | Nine (O&O) |
| Network | Nine |
| Owner |
Nine Entertainment Co. Holdings Pty Ltd (Queensland Television Limited) |
| First air date | 16 August 1959 |
| Call letters' meaning |
Quality Television for Queensland |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 9 (VHF) |
| Transmitter power |
200 kW (analog) 50 kW (digital) |
| Height | 327 m (analog)[1] |
| Transmitter coordinates | 27°28′17″S 152°56′31″E / 27.47139°S 152.94194°E |
| Website | www.ninemsn.com.au |
QTQ is an Australian television station, licensed to, and serving Brisbane, Queensland. It is owned by the Nine Entertainment Co., and is part of the Nine Network. It broadcasts on VHF channel 9 (analog) and VHF channel 8 (digital). QTQ began broadcasting on 16 August 1959, the first of the Brisbane stations to launch. 2009 marked the 50 year anniversary for the station.
The station was an independent member of the network before Alan Bond purchased the station, and integrated it into the Nine Network when he had control of it in the 1980s.
News
QTQ-9's nightly news program is Nine News Queensland, presented on weeknights by Andrew Lofthouse and Melissa Downes, with Wally Lewis presenting sport, and Garry Youngberry presenting the weather. Eva Milic is the weekend presenter with Ian Healy presenting sport. Paul Burt also presents Surfing and Fishing reports each Friday and Saturday evening. Paul Burt presents weather on the weekends
Wally Lewis was the weekday sports presenter until December 2006, when following an on-air incident, it was publicly revealed he had epilepsy. He returned to presenting sport during the 2007/2008 summer period, and also files sports reports.[2] Chris Bombolas was the weekend sports presenter who preceded Haddan, before resigning to become a politician. John Schluter was the weather presenter until his resignation in September 2006, and now works for rival Seven News Brisbane as the weekday weather presenter.
Mike London was the weekend presenter alongside Heather Foord until his resignation in June 2003 following allegations that he had arrangements for a female fan to complain about weeknight presenter Bruce Paige, who was at the time co-presenting with Jillian Whiting. London had swapped roles with Paige in the mid 1990s following Paige's return to the Nine Network.
Paige and Foord have presented the weekday bulletins together since late 2004. Jillian Whiting preceded Foord after she took up weekend presenting with Mike London in 2002. Foord returned to weeknight presenting in 2005. In December 2008, Foord announced that she will step down from presenting weeknights to spend more time with her family. Weekend news presenter Melissa Downes replaced her with Eva Milic and Andrew Lofthouse replacing Downes as Weekend news presenters.
The Brisbane bulletin was the last news program to date in Australia to use the dual-presenter format on weekends (when London was presenting with Foord), until the Perth bulletin revived it in early 2008.
This bulletin is also shown on Imparja Television as of 2008.
Programming
Current in-house productions
- Nine News (Brisbane Edition)
- Big Brother Australia (2012–present) Queensland Production
- Now You See It/Download (1998–2002)
- The Shak (2006–2010)
- The Brisbane Footy Show (1994–2002)
- Extra (1991–2009)
- Australia's Funniest Home Video Show (Late 1990-1991) (production moved to Sydney: 1992-1999; Melbourne 2000-2004; Sydney again: 2005–present)
- Lab Rats Challenge (2008)
- Riverfire (1998–2006) (2010–present)
Main Presenters
|
News presenters
|
Sports presenters
|
Weather presenters
|
Fill-ins
|
Reporters
|
|
Notable Presenters
Former News Presenters
|
|
Sports Presenters
|
Weather Presenters
|
|
Station slogans
- 1959-61: The Big Stars Shine on Channel 9!
- 1964: Brisbane People are Sold on QTQ9.
- 1965-66: The Stars Shine Bright on QTQ9!
- 1966-67: Hey, Look Us Over! (borrowed from CBS' 1965 slogan)
- 1970: QTQ9, Brisbane's Own.
- 1971: This is QTQ9.
- 1973: First in Queensland.
- Summer 1976/77: You Can Feel It All Over!
- Summer 1979/80: The Best Picture Show is Here on 9!
- 1981: The Stars Always Shine on Nine.
- 1982: We're Doing It For You, We're Channel Nine! (used to promote the 1982 Commonwealth Games)
- 1984: 25th Birthday, Join the Party!
- Summer 1984/85: Nine's For You!
- 1985: I Like Nine.
- 1985: STEREOVISION.
- 1986: You'll Love It! (borrowed from ABC's 1985 slogan)
- Summer 1987/88: Breezin' Thru Summer!
- Winter 1988: Keeping You Cozy.
- Winter 1989: Come and Feel the Warm.
- Winter 1990: It's Cold Outside.
- 1991: You Gotta See Us Now! (used to remind viewers of the upgraded service on UHF45 and UHF58 on the Gold Coast)
- 1992: Tune in to 9.
- 1993-94: Brisbane's Channel Nine.
- 1996: This is What we Watch.
- 1999: Together For 40 Years!
- 4 June 2008 – 15 January 2009: Nine For Queensland.
- 15 January – 27 September 2009: First in Queensland. (Used to celebrate 50 Years of QTQ9)
- Summer 2011/12–present: Loving Queensland. (based on Here's Looking at You by Paul and Storm)
See also
References
- ↑ HAAT estimated from http://www.itu.int/SRTM3/ using EHAAT.
- ↑ "Lewis making good progress, says wife". AAP (ninemsn). 22 February 2007. Retrieved 29 April 2007.
External links
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||