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TNT (Australian TV station)

December 02, 2023

This article is about the Australian TNT station. For other uses, see TNT (disambiguation).

TNT is an Australian TV station based in Hobart, Tasmania, owned by Southern Cross Austereo. Originally broadcasting to northern Tasmania, it has broadcast to the whole of Tasmania since aggregation of the Tasmanian television market in 1994.

TNT
Channels
BrandingSeven
Programming
AffiliationsSeven
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
26 May 1962
Former channel number(s)
Analog: 9 (VHF) (1962–2013)
Independent (1962–1994)
TasTV (1985–1989)
Southern Cross Network (1989–1994)
Network Ten (1994–2008)
Call sign meaning
Television
Northern
Tasmania
Technical information
Licensing authority
Australian Communications and Media Authority
ERPsee table below
HAATsee table below
Transmitter coordinatessee table below

History edit

  • 1962 – Founded as Northern TV Ltd and broadcasts in Launceston and Northern Tasmania
  • 1965 – Became part of ENT Ltd (Examiner-Northern TV Ltd)
  • 1980 – adopts a custom version of the Nine Network's "9 Dots" logo
     
    TNT-9's logo from 1980 to 1989, the dots are replaced by stars in the Nine Network logo.
  • 1982 – ENT bought TVT-6 in Hobart
  • 1985 – TNT and TVT officially relaunched as TasTV, callsigns remain for both stations
  • 1989 – ENT sold TNT-9 to Tricom Corporation, which subsequently became Southern Cross Broadcasting; station became known on-air as Southern Cross Network
  • 1994 – Aggregation of Tasmanian television market occurs – Southern Cross broadcasts statewide, competing with TasTV
  • 1999 – Southern Cross Tasmania, while still a part of Southern Cross Broadcasting, changes logo independently of Southern Cross stations on the mainland.
  • 2003 – Southern Cross and WIN Television launch Tasmanian Digital Television, a jointly owned digital-only commercial station based in Hobart relaying Network Ten content.
  • 2005 – Southern Cross Broadcasting adapts new logo for all stations it owns. Southern Cross Tasmania loses its Tasmanian Tiger logo to a unified corporate Southern Cross logo.
  • 2018 – Southern Cross Tasmania became Seven Tasmania as local branding is replaced by network branding.

Local programming edit

TNT produces the market's number one news bulletin daily plus local lifestyle and sports programming.

Previous local programmes produced by TNT-9 include Sports Club (weekly sports review), Quiz Quest (children's game show), The Saturday Night Show (variety), Down the Line (morning talk/local events), The Saturday Morning Fun Show (kids), Tasmanian New Faces (talent) and annual coverage of Targa Tasmania and The Launceston Cup.

News edit

The station produces its flagship news program, Nightly News (formerly Southern Cross News), broadcast live every night at 6:00pm and presented from the Launceston and Hobart studios. Short news updates are also produced and broadcast throughout the day alongside the national Seven News Updates. The bulletin is consistently the highest rating television program in Tasmania. A shortened version of the day's bulletin is upload by the station's YouTube channel, featuring only local news and sport reports alongside weather forecasts.

The station originally planned to retitle the bulletin Seven News Tasmania on 1 July 2018 to coincide with the station's rebrand as Seven Tasmania. But the relaunch was delayed without any notice given. When asked by ABC's Media Watch, the CEO of SCA Grant Blackley stated that the Seven Network did not want their name featured on any output they do not control, so SCA was coming up with a new brand.[1] On 3 December 2018, the bulletin changed its title to Nightly News, a brand the station formerly used from the 1990s up to the early 2000s.

Outside of this bulletin, Seven Tasmania airs national news and current affairs output from the Seven Network, including:

TNT simulcasts the weekday edition of Seven News at 4 from HSV-7 in Melbourne, along with Seven Morning News at 11.30 on weekdays and Seven News at 5 on weekends from ATN-7 in Sydney.

Current presenters edit

Main anchors
  • Kim Millar (Weeknights & Fills)
  • Louise Houbaer (Weekends & Fills)
Sport presenter
  • Nick Kelly


Weather presenters
  • Peter Murphy (Weeknights & Fills)
  • Victoria Eastoe
  • Kiah Wicks
  • Chelsea Freestone
  • Carmen Wilkin
  • Jackie Harvey

Non-news output edit

Hook, Line and Sinker edit

The fishing show Hook, Line and Sinker is the most popular Tasmanian-made program airing and is broadcast Australia-wide. The program is hosted by former news journalists Andrew Hart and Nick Duigan.

Renovation Relief edit

Renovation Relief is a DIY Program hosted by famous wood-chopper David Foster in which he and a team of people from sponsors (i.e. Gunns) renovate a house, most commonly for people who have done something for the community or have enabled children.

Targa Torque edit

Broadcast every night during Targa Tasmania fortnight, Andrew Hart and Nick Duigan report and review the events of the day.

Holiday at Home edit

Holiday at Home is a lifestyle program which promotes places to stay and things to do in Tasmania.

Burnie Ten – Ten Week Challenge edit

For the ten weeks leading up to the Burnie Ten, Mark Connelly trains a group of people in a program sponsored by Seven Tasmania. Weekly updates are broadcast during commercial breaks. In the early years of the program, people who took part were well known in Tasmania, however in 2006, a Launceston family were trained to run the event.

Sports coverage edit

Seven Tasmania airs sports coverage from Seven Network, which includes Australian Rules Football, Horse racing, cricket, tennis, golf and motorsport. In the 1990s, the station aired Network Ten's daily sports program Sports Tonight as part of its dual-affiliation, however this was eventually replaced by Seven's current affairs program, Today Tonight.

The station airs three AFL games per round courtesy of its affiliation with Seven. Matches held in Tasmania are broadcast on delay. The station promotes extensive coverage of Tasmanian sports in its news coverage including cricket, athletics, netball and basketball. The station's previous sports reporters were Chris Rowbottom, Alicia Muling, and Trent Dann.

Local sport edit

Locally, coverage of the international road race Targa Tasmania is produced and aired each year. The station also produces live coverage of the Launceston and Hobart Cup. Regular updates on the annual Boxing Day Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race are broadcast during the duration of the race.

Affiliation edit

The station is affiliated with the metropolitan Seven Network and also broadcasts most of Seven's sub-channels (7TWO, 7mate, SBN, and Racing.com). Rival Tasmanian stations TVT-6 (WIN Television) is affiliated with the metropolitan Nine Network and TDT (SCA 10 is also affiliated with the metropolitan Network 10.

Following aggregation in 1994, the station was a combined Seven and Ten affiliate, however the Ten content was gradually removed from the schedule in the late 2000s following the launch of digital-only station TDT in 2003. TDT is a joint-venture between Southern Cross Austereo and WIN.

Main transmitters edit

Region served City Channels
(Analog/
Digital) 		First air date ERP
(Analog/
Digital) 		HAAT
(Analog/
Digital)1		 Transmitter Coordinates Transmitter Location
Hobart Hobart 31 (UHF)
10 (VHF) 		30 April 1994 1300 kW
50 kW 		1061 m
1030 m 		42°53′51″S 147°14′10″E / 42.89750°S 147.23611°E / -42.89750; 147.23611 (TNT) (analog)
42°53′42″S 147°14′10″E / 42.89500°S 147.23611°E / -42.89500; 147.23611 (TNT) (digital) 		Mount Wellington
North Eastern Tasmania Launceston 9 (VHF)
45 (UHF) 		26 May 1962 300 kW
600 kW 		809 m
839 m 		41°23′27″S 147°25′29″E / 41.39083°S 147.42472°E / -41.39083; 147.42472 (TNT) (analog)
41°23′27″S 147°25′28″E / 41.39083°S 147.42444°E / -41.39083; 147.42444 (TNT) (digital) 		Mount Barrow

Notes:

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Not Seven news". Media Watch. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2018.

External links edit

  • Official website of 7 Tasmania's Nightly News
  • TNT9 at Television.AU

December 02, 2023
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6BrandingSevenProgrammingAffiliationsSevenOwnershipOwnerSouthern Cross Austereo Southern Cross Television Pty Ltd HistoryFirst air date26 May 1962Former channel number s Analog 9 VHF 1962 2013 Former affiliationsIndependent 1962 1994 TasTV 1985 1989 Southern Cross Network 1989 1994 Network Ten 1994 2008 Call sign meaningTelevisionNorthernTasmaniaTechnical informationLicensing authorityAustralian Communications and Media AuthorityERPsee table belowHAATsee table belowTransmitter coordinatessee table below Contents 1 History 2 Local programming 2 1 News 2 1 1 Current presenters 2 2 Non news output 2 2 1 Hook Line and Sinker 2 2 2 Renovation Relief 2 2 3 Targa Torque 2 2 4 Holiday at Home 2 2 5 Burnie Ten Ten Week Challenge 3 Sports coverage 3 1 Local sport 4 Affiliation 5 Main transmitters 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksHistory edit1962 Founded as Northern TV Ltd and broadcasts in Launceston and Northern Tasmania 1965 Became part of ENT Ltd Examiner Northern TV Ltd 1980 adopts a custom version of the Nine Network s 9 Dots logo nbsp TNT 9 s logo from 1980 to 1989 the dots are replaced by stars in the Nine Network logo 1982 ENT bought TVT 6 in Hobart 1985 TNT and TVT officially relaunched as TasTV callsigns remain for both stations 1989 ENT sold TNT 9 to Tricom Corporation which subsequently became Southern Cross Broadcasting station became known on air as Southern Cross Network 1994 Aggregation of Tasmanian television market occurs Southern Cross broadcasts statewide competing with TasTV 1999 Southern Cross Tasmania while still a part of Southern Cross Broadcasting changes logo independently of Southern Cross stations on the mainland 2003 Southern Cross and WIN Television launch Tasmanian Digital Television a jointly owned digital only commercial station based in Hobart relaying Network Ten content 2005 Southern Cross Broadcasting adapts new logo for all stations it owns Southern Cross Tasmania loses its Tasmanian Tiger logo to a unified corporate Southern Cross logo 2018 Southern Cross Tasmania became Seven Tasmania as local branding is replaced by network branding Local programming editTNT produces the market s number one news bulletin daily plus local lifestyle and sports programming Previous local programmes produced by TNT 9 include Sports Club weekly sports review Quiz Quest children s game show The Saturday Night Show variety Down the Line morning talk local events The Saturday Morning Fun Show kids Tasmanian New Faces talent and annual coverage of Targa Tasmania and The Launceston Cup News edit The station produces its flagship news program Nightly News formerly Southern Cross News broadcast live every night at 6 00pm and presented from the Launceston and Hobart studios Short news updates are also produced and broadcast throughout the day alongside the national Seven News Updates The bulletin is consistently the highest rating television program in Tasmania A shortened version of the day s bulletin is upload by the station s YouTube channel featuring only local news and sport reports alongside weather forecasts The station originally planned to retitle the bulletin Seven News Tasmania on 1 July 2018 to coincide with the station s rebrand as Seven Tasmania But the relaunch was delayed without any notice given When asked by ABC s Media Watch the CEO of SCA Grant Blackley stated that the Seven Network did not want their name featured on any output they do not control so SCA was coming up with a new brand 1 On 3 December 2018 the bulletin changed its title to Nightly News a brand the station formerly used from the 1990s up to the early 2000s Outside of this bulletin Seven Tasmania airs national news and current affairs output from the Seven Network including Sunrise Weekend Sunrise The Morning Show Seven News Early News Morning News Afternoon News at 4 Weekend Afternoon News at 5 The Latest TNT simulcasts the weekday edition of Seven News at 4 from HSV 7 in Melbourne along with Seven Morning News at 11 30 on weekdays and Seven News at 5 on weekends from ATN 7 in Sydney Current presenters edit Main anchorsKim Millar Weeknights amp Fills Louise Houbaer Weekends amp Fills Sport presenterNick Kelly Weather presentersPeter Murphy Weeknights amp Fills Victoria Eastoe Kiah Wicks Chelsea Freestone Carmen Wilkin Jackie HarveyNon news output edit Hook Line and Sinker edit The fishing show Hook Line and Sinker is the most popular Tasmanian made program airing and is broadcast Australia wide The program is hosted by former news journalists Andrew Hart and Nick Duigan Renovation Relief edit Renovation Relief is a DIY Program hosted by famous wood chopper David Foster in which he and a team of people from sponsors i e Gunns renovate a house most commonly for people who have done something for the community or have enabled children Targa Torque edit Broadcast every night during Targa Tasmania fortnight Andrew Hart and Nick Duigan report and review the events of the day Holiday at Home edit Holiday at Home is a lifestyle program which promotes places to stay and things to do in Tasmania Burnie Ten Ten Week Challenge edit For the ten weeks leading up to the Burnie Ten Mark Connelly trains a group of people in a program sponsored by Seven Tasmania Weekly updates are broadcast during commercial breaks In the early years of the program people who took part were well known in Tasmania however in 2006 a Launceston family were trained to run the event Sports coverage editSeven Tasmania airs sports coverage from Seven Network which includes Australian Rules Football Horse racing cricket tennis golf and motorsport In the 1990s the station aired Network Ten s daily sports program Sports Tonight as part of its dual affiliation however this was eventually replaced by Seven s current affairs program Today Tonight The station airs three AFL games per round courtesy of its affiliation with Seven Matches held in Tasmania are broadcast on delay The station promotes extensive coverage of Tasmanian sports in its news coverage including cricket athletics netball and basketball The station s previous sports reporters were Chris Rowbottom Alicia Muling and Trent Dann Local sport edit Locally coverage of the international road race Targa Tasmania is produced and aired each year The station also produces live coverage of the Launceston and Hobart Cup Regular updates on the annual Boxing Day Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race are broadcast during the duration of the race Affiliation editThe station is affiliated with the metropolitan Seven Network and also broadcasts most of Seven s sub channels 7TWO 7mate SBN and Racing com Rival Tasmanian stations TVT 6 WIN Television is affiliated with the metropolitan Nine Network and TDT SCA 10 is also affiliated with the metropolitan Network 10 Following aggregation in 1994 the station was a combined Seven and Ten affiliate however the Ten content was gradually removed from the schedule in the late 2000s following the launch of digital only station TDT in 2003 TDT is a joint venture between Southern Cross Austereo and WIN Main transmitters editRegion served City Channels Analog Digital First air date ERP Analog Digital HAAT Analog Digital 1 Transmitter Coordinates Transmitter LocationHobart Hobart 31 UHF 10 VHF 30 April 1994 1300 kW50 kW 1061 m1030 m 42 53 51 S 147 14 10 E 42 89750 S 147 23611 E 42 89750 147 23611 TNT analog 42 53 42 S 147 14 10 E 42 89500 S 147 23611 E 42 89500 147 23611 TNT digital Mount WellingtonNorth Eastern Tasmania Launceston 9 VHF 45 UHF 26 May 1962 300 kW600 kW 809 m839 m 41 23 27 S 147 25 29 E 41 39083 S 147 42472 E 41 39083 147 42472 TNT analog 41 23 27 S 147 25 28 E 41 39083 S 147 42444 E 41 39083 147 42444 TNT digital Mount BarrowNotes 1 HAAT estimated from http www itu int SRTM3 using EHAAT See also editSeven Southern Cross Austereo References edit Not Seven news Media Watch Australian Broadcasting Corporation 9 July 2018 Retrieved 3 December 2018 External links editOfficial website of 7 Tasmania s Nightly News TNT9 at Television AU Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title TNT Australian TV station amp oldid 1183090717, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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