ABT (TV station)
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| ABT | |
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| Hobart, Tasmania | |
| Channels | Analog: 2 (VHF) |
| Affiliations | ABC Television |
| Network | ABC Television |
| Owner | Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
| First air date | June 4, 1960 |
| Call letters’ meaning | ABC Tasmania |
| Transmitter Power | 200 kW (analog) 50 kW (digital) |
| Height | 1024 m (analog) 1042 m (digital)[1] |
| Transmitter Coordinates | |
| Website | www.abc.net.au/tv |
ABT is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's television station in Hobart, Tasmania. It began broadcasting on June 4, 1960, with studios in inner city Hobart and transmitter at Mount Wellington.
ABC News Tasmania is presented by Peter Gee from Hobart. Weather is presented by Simon McCulloch, while finance is presented nationally by Alan Kohler and sport Peter Wilkins.
Barbara Pongratz presents news, sport and weather on weekends. Stateline, a locally produced current affairs program, is presented by Airlie Ward.
[edit] 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) NA |
January 14, 1972 | King Island | 2.6 kW | 190 m | Gentle Annie | |
| ABNT | North Eastern Tasmania | Launceston | 32 (UHF) 41 (UHF) |
July 29, 1963 | North Eastern | 2000 kW 1250 kW |
847 m 847 m |
Mount Barrow |
Notes:
- 1. HAAT estimated from http://www.itu.int/SRTM3/ using EHAAT.
- 2. ABNT was on VHF channel 3 from its 1963 sign-on until 2002, moving to its current channel in order to accommodate FM radio.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ HAAT estimated from http://www.itu.int/SRTM3/ using EHAAT.
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