ABD (TV station)
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Darwin, Northern Territory | |
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City | Darwin, Northern Territory |
Channels | Digital: 30 (UHF) Virtual: 2 |
Programming | |
Affiliations | ABC Television |
Ownership | |
Owner | Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
ABC TV Plus ABC Me ABC Kids ABC News | |
History | |
First air date | 13 August 1971 |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 6 (VHF)(1971-2013) |
Call sign meaning | ABC Darwin |
Technical information | |
ERP | 80 kW (analog) 85 kW (digital) |
HAAT | 80 m (analog) 147 m (digital)[1] |
Transmitter coordinates | 12°26′55″S 130°50′12″E / 12.44861°S 130.83667°E (analog) 12°24′52″S 130°58′9″E / 12.41444°S 130.96917°E (digital) |
Links | |
Website | www.abc.net.au/tv |
ABD is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's television station in Darwin, Northern Territory. The station was the first to go to air in Darwin, on 13 August 1971. Its studios are located in the inner city of Darwin, with (now defunct) analog transmitter owned by the Nine Network on Blake Street in The Gardens and digital transmitter on Deloraine Road. The station is received throughout the territory through a number of relay transmitters, as well as by satellite on the Optus Aurora platform.
Programming[]
ABD follows a schedule similar to the ABC's statewide stations, opting out regularly for local news, current affairs, and sports programming.
ABC Darwin also produced its own 7:30 segment until December 2014, when Quentin Dempster announced the final episode of the state editions would be the following week (Friday 5 December 2014), corresponding with his departure from the public broadcaster.
ABD previously aired live coverage of Northern Territory Football League matches every Saturday afternoon during the season. However, the ABC lost rights to SBS, which now broadcasts its coverage on NITV in the Northern Territory.
The station also broadcasts local Anzac Day services such as the local dawn service and march, as well as the Bombing of Darwin commemorations and NT General Election specials.
The analog signal for ABD was shut off at 9.00 am CST, Tuesday, 30 July 2013, along with NTD and other stations.
ABC News NT[]
ABC Darwin produces a local news bulletin nightly from the Cavenagh Street studios in Darwin City. The bulletin has a duration of 30 minutes on Monday to Saturday, and 40 minutes on Sunday. The bulletin contains coverage of local stories, national, international, and a Friday segment featuring ABC Radio Darwin's Country Hour host Matt Brann - covering local events in the agricultural industry. The weeknight bulletins also incorporate a national finance segment, presented by Alan Kohler in Melbourne.
The bulletin is presented by Eleni Roussos (every Monday to Thursday) and Amy Culpitt (every Friday to Sunday).
ABC News NT is the only program produced by the network and is the only local news bulletin that is presented locally in Darwin (NTD produces its own Darwin news bulletin, but it is presented live from QTQ in Brisbane). However, they are known to contribute heavily to the daytime program Landline. The network previously produced programs Stateline and 7:30 on weeknights, however, ABC axed the local production of these programs Australia wide and re-introduced it as a National edition.
Presenters[]
- Eleni Roussos (Monday to Thursday)
- Amy Culpitt (Friday to Sunday)
Reporters[]
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Relay stations[]
The following stations relay ABD throughout the Northern Territory:
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 |
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ABAD | Alice Springs | Alice Springs | 7 (VHF) 8 (VHF) |
16 December 1972 | Alice Springs | 0.5 kW 0.125 kW |
205 m 205 m |
23°43′20″S 133°51′24″E / 23.72222°S 133.85667°E | |
ABKD | Katherine | Katherine | 7 (VHF) 8 (VHF) |
21 December 1974 | Katherine | 1.2 kW 0.3 kW |
32 m 32 m |
14°28′20″S 132°16′45″E / 14.47222°S 132.27917°E | Katherine |
ABTD | Tennant Creek | Tennant Creek | 9 (VHF) 9A (VHF) |
21 December 1974 | Tennant Creek | 2 kW 0.5 kW |
110 m 114 m |
19°38′3″S 134°13′25″E / 19.63417°S 134.22361°E | Tennant Creek |
Notes:
- 1. HAAT estimated from http://www.itu.int/SRTM3/ using EHAAT.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ HAAT estimated from http://www.itu.int/SRTM3/ using EHAAT.
Coordinates: 12°27′51.32″S 130°50′39.93″E / 12.4642556°S 130.8444250°E
- Television stations in the Northern Territory
- Television stations in Darwin, Northern Territory
- Television channels and stations established in 1971
- Television stations in Alice Springs
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation television stations