ABQ

This article is about the Australian television station. For the city, see Albuquerque, New Mexico. For other uses, see ABQ (disambiguation).

ABQ

Brisbane, Queensland
Channels	Digital: 12 (VHF)
Affiliations	ABC Television
Owner	Australian Broadcasting Corporation
First air date	2 November 1959
Call letters' meaning	ABC Queensland
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 2 (VHF)
Transmitter power	200 kW (analog) 50 kW (digital)
Height	336 m (analog) 355 m (digital)
Transmitter coordinates
Website	www.abc.net.au/tv

ABQ is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's television station in Brisbane, Queensland. It began broadcasting on 2 November 1959 and is based at purpose built headquarters on Brisbane's South Bank. The station is received throughout the state through a number of relay transmitters, and satellite transmission on the Optus Aurora free-to-view platform. ABQ's schedule largely consists of national ABC Television programming with opt outs for news & current affairs, rugby league and state election coverage.

For many years, the station was based at studios in the inner-western suburb of Toowong, with a transmitter at Mount Coot-tha. In late 2006, the Toowong studios were abandoned due to an unacceptably high rate of breast cancer at the facility. An independent study examined 10 cases of breast cancer reported at the studios, and found the incidence rate was 11 times higher than the general working community.

Up until January 2012, staff worked from several sites around Brisbane, with ABC Radio based in nearby Lissner Street, Toowong, ABC News staff working from Network Ten's Mount Coot-tha studios, ABC Innovation and Online staff working at QUT Kelvin Grove, and other staff based in locations including Coronation Drive and West End. On 10 January 2012, ABC Brisbane moved into a new facility in South Bank.

Programming

Local programming

ABC News Queensland, is presented by Karina Carvalho on weeknights and John Taylor on weekends. The weeknight bulletins also incorporate state weather forecasts with Jenny Woodward as well as national finance presented by Alan Kohler in Melbourne.

Networked programming

• Australian Story
• Landline

Relay stations

The following stations relay ABQ throughout Queensland:

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
ABAQ	Alpha	Alpha	8 (VHF) NA	19 December 1974	Alpha	0.021 kW	88 m		Alpha
ABAAQ	Augathella	Augathella	11 (VHF) NA	8 March 1974	AugathellA	0.021 kW	51 m		Augathella
ABBQ	Barcaldine	Barcaldine	10 (VHF) 7 (VHF)	19 December 1974	Barcaldine	0.02 kW 0.005 kW	61 m 61 m		Barcaldine
ABBLQ	Blackall	Blackall	9 (VHF) 7 (VHF)	19 December 1974	BlackalL	0.2 kW 0.05 kW	61 m 66 m		Blackall
ABCAQ	Cunnamulla	Cunnamulla	10 (VHF) NA	8 March 1974	CunnamullA	0.026 kW	41 m		Cunnamulla
ABCEQ	Charleville	Charleville	9 (VHF) 11 (VHF)	8 March 1974	CharlevillE	0.26 kW 0.065 kW	99 m 99 m		Charleville
ABCLQ	Cloncurry	Cloncurry	7 (VHF) 6 (VHF)	17 March 1971	CLoncurry	0.2 kW 0.05 kW	115 m 115 m		Mount Avarice
ABCTQ	Clermont	Clermont	10 (VHF) 54 (UHF)	19 December 1974	ClermonT	0.1 kW 0.2 kW	89 m 80 m		Clermont
ABDQ	Darling Downs	Toowoomba	32 (UHF)2 6 37 (UHF)	16 December 1963	Darling Downs	1600 kW 500 kW	570 m 549 m		Mount Mowbullan
ABDIQ	Dirranbandi	Dirranbandi	7 (VHF) NA	8 March 1974	DirranbandI	0.016 kW	65 m		Dirranbandi
ABEQ	Emerald	Emerald	11 (VHF) 9 (VHF)	21 December 1973	Emerald	2 kW 0.625 kW	92 m 92 m		Emerald
ABGQ	Goondiwindi	Goondiwindi	6 (VHF) 56 (UHF)	9 July 1973	Goondiwindi	0.5 kW 0.625 kW	41 m 49 m		Goondiwindi
ABHQ	Hughenden	Hughenden	9 (VHF) 8 (VHF)	30 June 1971	Hughenden	0.2 kW 0.125 kW	80 m 80 m		Hughenden
ABIQ	Mount Isa	Mount Isa	6 (VHF) 7 (VHF)	21 December 1970	Mount Isa	1.6 kW 0.4 kW	72 m 75 m		DCA Hill
ABJQ	Julia Creek	Julia Creek	10 (VHF) NA	20 April 1971	Julia Creek	0.2 kW	65 m		Julia Creek
ABLQ	Longreach	Longreach	6 (VHF) 10 (VHF)	19 December 1974	Longreach	0.7 kW 0.175 kW	69 m 69 m		Longreach
ABMQ	Mackay	Mackay	8 (VHF)3 6 10 (VHF)	21 December 1967	Mackay	360 kW 90 kW	611 m 613 m		Mount Blackwood
ABMLQ	Mitchell	Mitchell	6 (VHF) 12 (VHF)	8 March 1974	MitchelL	0.2 kW 0.05 kW	149 m 149 m		Mitchell Escarpment
ABMNQ	Morven	Morven	7 (VHF) NA	8 March 1974	MorveN	0.13 kW	133 m		Morven
ABMSQ	Miles	Miles	9 (VHF) 63 (UHF)	30 November 1973	MileS	0.32 kW 0.8 kW	132 m 132 m		Miles Hill
ABNQ	Cairns	Cairns	9 (VHF)6 8 (VHF)	25 July 1966	North	200 kW 50 kW	1190 m 1190 m		Mount Bellenden Ker
ABRQ	Rockhampton	Rockhampton	9 (VHF)4 6 11 (VHF)	21 December 1963	Rockhampton	160 kW 50 kW	495 m 495 m		Mount Hopeful
ABRAQ	Roma	Roma	7 (VHF) 8 (VHF)	14 December 1973	RomA	2 kW 0.5 kW	103 m 105 m		Timbury Hills
ABRDQ	Richmond	Richmond	6 (VHF) 7 (VHF)	4 June 1971	RichmonD	0.2 kW 0.05 kW	70 m 70 m		Richmond
ABSQ	Southern Downs	Warwick	1 (VHF)6 45 (UHF)	4 July 1966	Southern Downs	200 kW 500 kW	255 m 316 m		Passchendaele Ridge
ABSEQ	Springsure	Springsure	8 (VHF)5 46 (UHF)	19 December 1974	SpringsurE	0.8 kW 2 kW	280 m 283 m		Roddas Lookout
ABSGQ	St. George	St. George	8 (VHF) 12 (VHF)	8 March 1974	St. George	0.13 kW 0.033 kW	63 m 64 m		St. George
ABTQ	Townsville	Townsville	3 (VHF)6 31 (UHF)	21 September 1964	Townsville	160 kW 200 kW	635 m 644 m		Mount Stuart
ABWQ	Wide Bay	Maryborough	6 (VHF)6 9A (VHF)	8 October 1965	Wide Bay	240 kW 60 kW	601 m 646 m		Mount Goonaneman
ABWNQ	Winton	Winton	8 (VHF) 7 (VHF)	15 November 1974	WintoN	1.6 kW 0.4 kW	97 m 94 m		Rangelands

Notes:

• 1. HAAT estimated from http://www.itu.int/SRTM3/ using EHAAT.
• 2. ABDQ was on VHF channel 3 from its 1963 sign-on until 1993, moving to its current channel in order to accommodate FM radio.
• 3. ABMQ was on VHF channel 4 from its 1967 sign-on until 1988, moving to its current channel in order to accommodate FM radio.
• 4. ABRQ was on VHF channel 3 from its 1963 sign-on until 1988, moving to its current channel in order to accommodate FM radio.
• 5. ABSEQ was on VHF channel 9 from its 1974 sign-on until 1989.
• 6. Analogue transmission ceased on 6 December 2011 as part of the national shutdown of analogue television

Mary Kathleen also had a relay station (ABMKQ channel 9) from 15 December 1971 until the town was abandoned ca. 1982.

See also

• Television broadcasting in Australia