ABT (TV station)
ABT (TV station)
| Hobart, Tasmania | |
|---|---|
| Channels | Digital: 8 (VHF) Virtual: 2 |
| Affiliations | ABC Television |
| Owner | Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
| First air date | 4 June 1960 |
| Call letters’ meaning | ABCTasmania |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 2 (VHF)(1960-2013) |
| Transmitter power | 200 kW (analog) 50 kW (digital) |
| Height | 1024 m (analog) 1042 m (digital)[1] |
| Transmitter coordinates | 42°53′51″S 147°14′10″E[3] |
| Website | www.abc.net.au/tv[4] |
ABTis the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s television station in Hobart,Tasmania. It began broadcasting on 4 June 1960, with studios in inner city Hobart and transmitter at Mount Wellington.
The analogue signal for ABT was shut off at 9.00am AEST, Tuesday, 9 April 2013.
| Hobart, Tasmania | |
|---|---|
| Channels | Digital: 8 (VHF) Virtual: 2 |
| Affiliations | ABC Television |
| Owner | Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
| First air date | 4 June 1960 |
| Call letters’ meaning | ABCTasmania |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 2 (VHF)(1960-2013) |
| Transmitter power | 200 kW (analog) 50 kW (digital) |
| Height | 1024 m (analog) 1042 m (digital)[1] |
| Transmitter coordinates | 42°53′51″S 147°14′10″E[3] |
| Website | www.abc.net.au/tv[4] |
Programming
Local programming
ABC News Tasmaniais presented Guy Stayner from Monday to Thursday and Angela Ross from Friday to Sunday. Weather is presented by Simon McCulloch on weeknights. The weeknight bulletins also incorporate national finance segment presented by Alan Kohler in Melbourne.
Network programming
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Collectors
Relay stations
The following stations relay ABT throughout Tasmania:
| Call | Region served | City | Channels *(Analog/ digital)* |
First air date | 3rd letter’s meaning |
ERP *(Analog/ digital)* |
HAAT *(Analog/ digital)*1 |
Transmitter coordinates | Transmitter location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABKT | King Island | King Island | 11 (VHF)3 57 (UHF) |
14 January 1972 | King Island | 2.6 kW 6.5 kW |
190 m 198 m |
40°2′11″S 144°1′0″E[5] | Gentle Annie |
| ABNT | North Eastern Tasmania | Launceston | 32 (UHF)3 41 (UHF) |
29 July 1963 | North Eastern | 2000 kW 1250 kW |
847 m 847 m |
41°23′30″S 147°25′36″E[6] | Mount Barrow |
Notes:
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- HAAT estimated from http://www.itu.int/SRTM3/[7]using EHAAT.
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- ABNT was on VHF channel 3 from its 1963 sign-on until 2002, moving to its current channel in order to accommodate FM radio.
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- Analogue television services ceased operation April 9, 2013 as part of the national conversion to digital television
See also
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Television broadcasting in Australia
References
[1]
Citation Linkwww.itu.intHAAT estimated from http://www.itu.int/SRTM3/ using EHAAT.
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