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45-515: RTQ is an Australian television station broadcasting in regional Queensland in Australia. The network was owned by Star Television, before being purchased by the WIN Corporation on 5 October 1988. WIN Television Queensland started out as Darling Downs Television Limited in 1959, which was launched as a television network in 1962 as Queensland's first regional TV station, DDQ-10, broadcasting to

90-502: A Nine News broadcaster, switched news affiliations with the Seven Network and BTQ 's local newscasts via microwave relay. Due to its purchase of Ten Brisbane (TVQ-0) in 1987 and its move to Channel 0 the next year (as Vision TV) to give way to the new Brisbane Ten (TVQ-10), it suddenly became Queensland's strongest regional TV network, even after its TVQ selloff, bringing Ten programs and Eyewitness News (later Brisbane Ten News ) to

135-576: A barter in some cases. Peter Byrne (weather presenter) Peter Alexander Byrne is an Australian television presenter and meteorologist. Byrne was most notable for being a weather presenter for WIN Television from 1990 until 2012. Peter was born in Mackay, Queensland and worked with the Australian Bureau of Meteorology for over 37 years. After graduating from a high school in Mackay, Byrne

180-738: A Sunshine Coast edition of WIN News , the network decided to once again use the DDQ studio at the Toowoomba station to produce news bulletins. From then on, the studio was used by Toowoomba-based newsreaders to read bulletins for both Toowoomba and the Sunshine Coast, while the RTQ studio in Rockhampton continued to produce bulletins for the Rockhampton, Townsville and Cairns regions. Those arrangements continued until WIN Television introduced additional bulletins for both

225-415: A much shorter wavelength, and thus requires a shorter antenna, but also higher power. North American stations can go up to 5000 kW ERP for video and 500 kW audio, or 1000 kW digital. Low channels travel further than high ones at the same power, but UHF does not suffer from as much electromagnetic interference and background "noise" as VHF, making it much more desirable for TV. Despite this, in

270-547: A new agreement with the network. From 2021 onwards, RTQ alongside the other WIN stations in Queensland are now once more Nine Network affiliates. WIN Television broadcasts its programming from Nine including their regional signals. WIN also broadcasts news, current affairs and sport programs such as Today Extra , Nine News , A Current Affair , Nine's Wide World of Sports , The NRL Sunday Footy Show , Sports Sunday and Today throughout this region. RTQ simulcasts

315-467: A statewide weather report upon the introduction of the Queensland edition of WIN Late News in 2001. Byrne retired from his post at the Rockhampton office of the Bureau of Meteorology in 2001, but continued his work as a weather presenter with WIN Television in Rockhampton. In 2012, Byrne made news when he used his weather reports to criticise reports made by metropolitan television stations, particularly on

360-425: A variety of ways to generate revenue from television commercials . They may be an independent station or part of a broadcasting network , or some other structure. They can produce some or all of their programs or buy some broadcast syndication programming for or all of it from other stations or independent production companies. Many stations have some sort of television studio , which on major-network stations

405-496: Is non-commercial educational (NCE) and considered public broadcasting . To avoid concentration of media ownership of television stations, government regulations in most countries generally limit the ownership of television stations by television networks or other media operators, but these regulations vary considerably. Some countries have set up nationwide television networks, in which individual television stations act as mere repeaters of nationwide programs . In those countries,

450-470: Is broadcast via terrestrial radio waves. A group of television stations with common ownership or affiliation are known as a TV network and an individual station within the network is referred to as O&O or affiliate , respectively. Because television station signals use the electromagnetic spectrum, which in the past has been a common, scarce resource, governments often claim authority to regulate them. Broadcast television systems standards vary around

495-792: Is often used for newscasts or other local programming . There is usually a news department , where journalists gather information. There is also a section where electronic news-gathering (ENG) operations are based, receiving remote broadcasts via remote pickup unit or satellite TV . Outside broadcasting vans, production trucks , or SUVs with electronic field production (EFP) equipment are sent out with reporters , who may also bring back news stories on video tape rather than sending them back live . To keep pace with technology United States television stations have been replacing operators with broadcast automation systems to increase profits in recent years. Some stations (known as repeaters or translators ) only simulcast another, usually

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540-405: The broadcast range , or geographic area, that the station is limited to, allocates the broadcast frequency of the radio spectrum for that station's transmissions, sets limits on what types of television programs can be programmed for broadcast and requires a station to broadcast a minimum amount of certain programs types, such as public affairs messages . Another form of television station

585-534: The electricity bill and emergency backup generators . In North America , full-power stations on band I (channels 2 to 6) are generally limited to 100 kW analog video ( VSB ) and 10 kW analog audio ( FM ), or 45 kW digital ( 8VSB ) ERP. Stations on band III (channels 7 to 13) can go up by 5 dB to 316 kW video, 31.6 kW audio, or 160 kW digital. Low-VHF stations are often subject to long-distance reception just as with FM. There are no stations on Channel 1 . UHF , by comparison, has

630-500: The Darling Downs and Southern Downs. DDQ-10 became DDQ-0 on 10 September 1988 and its network name became Vision TV. Reflecting this was a reformat of its newscasts and news studio to that of Ten's. RTQ-7 also by then began broadcasting Ten programs in Rockhampton, after its previous commitment to BTQ-7's programs, Seven National News and State Affair . By 1989, DDQ/SDQ joined the aggregation race, becoming Star Television. RTQ joined

675-492: The Darling Downs area for the first time. SDQ-4 for the Southern Downs soon launched in 1964, and DDQ-5 was next to air later (it would later change frequencies to 5A) for Toowoomba viewers. Rockhampton station, RTQ-7, was launched by Rockhampton Television Ltd on 7 September 1963 to serve viewers in Rockhampton and its suburbs. Between 1968 and 1971, RTQ's viewing audience across Central Queensland considerably increased with

720-479: The Nine Network regional partner for regional viewers in Queensland. Due to the affiliation switch, WIN Television's news service was required to be rescheduled from 7p.m. where it previously aired following Nine News Queensland , to its more traditional timeslot of 6p.m. where it was sandwiched between Ten Eyewitness News and The Project . in 2021, WIN Television switched back to the Nine Network, having signed

765-695: The Toowoomba edition. New transmitting stations were also built in Townsville, Mt. Stuart, Cairns, Mackay and Maryborough in time for statewide broadcasts even before Star TV turned to the Nine Network as its affiliate, even as parts of the news service were done in Coffs Harbour in NSW, part of a failed plan to bring both Star TV and NRTV, the Ten partner for Northern NSW, together as one network for viewers in their respective areas. In 1998, when WIN Television decided to introduce

810-627: The U.S., the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is taking another large portion of this band (channels 52 to 69) away, in contrast to the rest of the world, which has been taking VHF instead. This means that some stations left on VHF are harder to receive after the analog shutdown . Since at least 1974, there are no stations on channel 37 in North America for radio astronomy purposes. Most television stations are commercial broadcasting enterprises which are structured in

855-641: The WIN Television studio in North Rockhampton to begin recording his weather reports for the various news bulletins. While he was employed at WIN Television, his role expanded to being the weather presenter on all the local editions of WIN News weeknightly, delivering individual weather reports for the Cairns , Townsville , Mackay , Rockhampton , Wide Bay–Burnett , Toowoomba and Sunshine Coast regions of Queensland. Additionally, Byrne also began presenting

900-461: The Wide Bay-Burnett and Mackay regions in 2010. The RTQ studio in Rockhampton was then used to produce bulletins for the Rockhampton, Mackay, Cairns and Sunshine Coast regions, while the DDQ studio in Toowoomba was used for the presentation of the local Toowoomba, Wide Bay-Burnett and Townsville bulletins. In December 2011, RTQ's analogue signals in regional Queensland were turned off as part of

945-425: The breakfast programs such as Sunrise and Today relating to weather conditions in Queensland. In one weather report, Byrne said: The southern media are at it again... more unprofessional claptrap on what they portray as breakfast television. Imagine the repercussions if, on national television, I forecast 200km/h winds for Sydney or Melbourne! Hooley, Dooley! Queensland deserves and demands better. Give us

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990-414: The factual information, not the nonsensical gobbledygook transmitted out of Sydney. Give us a break! It just makes me so angry. How do they get away with it?! Following his on-air outburst, there were reports that Byrne had clashed his WIN Television management which led him to storm out of the television station, which may have led to his absence on WIN News for the succeeding two nights following

1035-420: The highest point available in the transmission area, such as on a summit , the top of a high skyscraper , or on a tall radio tower . To get a signal from the master control room to the transmitter, a studio/transmitter link (STL) is used. The link can be either by radio or T1 / E1 . A transmitter/studio link (TSL) may also send telemetry back to the station, but this may be embedded in subcarriers of

1080-545: The incident. Byrne later said that while management still weren't happy with him, the issue had been reconciled and his colleagues had even handed him a "Storm in a Teacup" award after the incident, which consisted of a cut-out of a Melbourne Storm player in an actual teacup. Byrne also alluded to not having a job at WIN for much longer, which was likely referring to the imminent closure of the WIN Television studio facilities in Rockhampton. In May 2012, WIN Television closed their Rockhampton studio facilities as they centralised

1125-409: The installation of transmitters at Cracow, Blackwater and Gladstone. RTQ-7 began colour transmissions on 1 March 1975. Prior to aggregation, RTQ-7 produced a considerable amount of local content with programs such as The Morning Show , Feminine Touch , Claire's Corner , Wedmaier's Walkabout , Seven Days , Holiday Fun & Games , Racing Roundup and its local news service all being presented from

1170-472: The last minute decision, but eventually joined Network Ten as its affiliate in Nine's place. The shock exchange of affiliation came within a week before aggregation took effect. On New Year's Eve 1990, it became WIN Television Queensland on the first day of statewide aggregation, with the network's Rockhampton facilities used to produce local editions of WIN News newscasts across some markets every day, including

1215-417: The local Rockhampton weather presenter, prior to the station becoming part of the WIN Television network. By his own admission, Byrne was reluctant to move into television. Byrne had already declined an offer from news director Phil Smith to fill in for the regular RTQ7 weather presenter while they were on holidays. Some months later, new news director Alastair Frew extended another invitation to Byrne to join

1260-412: The local news service RTQ provided for the Mackay region was axed. In 2016, WIN Television switched to Network Ten after strained affiliation relations with Nine which ended WIN and Nine's 27-year partnership and their 25-year partnership for regional Queensland. With RTQ returning to Ten affiliation after 25 years on 1 July 2016, the switch effectively reversed the 1990 decision as TNQ returned to being

1305-400: The local television station has no station identification and, from a consumer's point of view, there is no practical distinction between a network and a station, with only small regional changes in programming, such as local television news . To broadcast its programs, a television station requires operators to operate equipment, a transmitter or radio antenna , which is often located at

1350-419: The main broadcast. Stations which retransmit or simulcast another may simply pick-up that station over-the-air , or via STL or satellite. The license usually specifies which other station it is allowed to carry. VHF stations often have very tall antennas due to their long wavelength , but require much less effective radiated power (ERP), and therefore use much less transmitter power output , also saving on

1395-1123: The media. His job as a forecaster took him Byrne to Townsville where he worked for nine years. During his time in Townsville, Byrne was heavily involved with the Royal Australian Air Force and the United States Air Force as they researched the behaviour of cyclones. In his time with the Bureau he worked in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands and many regional centres, including Cairns , Mackay , Cloncurry, Brisbane , Townsville and some time in Mount Isa before finally settling in Yeppoon in 1986 where he made numerous appearances on RTQ7's local news, being regularly interviewed about storms and for other weather-related stories. Byrne joined RTQ7 in Rockhampton in February 1990 as

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1440-555: The network in mid-1990 and thus merged it with the Darling Downs stations. Star Television was then purchased by WIN Television, then as a Ten affiliate for the state as it had already been decided that TNQ /FNQ (QTV 7-10) would be the Nine affiliate. However, prior to aggregation, a deal with Nine was reached with Star TV's owners WIN Television which aligned Star TV Queensland with WIN's existing affiliation with Nine in southern NSW. This decision effectively overturned Nine's prior arrangements with QTV, which struggled with complexity of

1485-704: The nightly and weekday afternoon Melbourne editions of Nine News from QTQ 9 in Brisbane , along with the national bulletins and current affairs programs from TCN 9 in Sydney and STW 9 in Perth. WIN News produces regional news bulletins for five of the seven regional markets covered by RTQ – ( Sunshine Coast & Maroochydore ), ( Rockhampton & Central Queensland ), ( Cairns & Far North Queensland ), ( Toowoomba ) and ( Townsville & North Queensland ). Reporters and camera crews are based in newsrooms throughout

1530-458: The north and snow-capped mountains to the south. Byrne undertook more training in Melbourne and after receiving the relevant qualifications in 1971, he went from being a weather observer that collected and collated information to a fully-fledged forecaster. His new role as a forecaster required him to chart and analyse information to make forecasts. His role now also included briefing pilots - and

1575-683: The production of news bulletins to a new studio complex on the Sunshine Coast. While the news anchor and sports presenter relocated to commence work at WIN's new production facilities at Maroochydore, Byrne decided to stay in the local area effectively ending his relationship with 22-year relationship with WIN Television. On his final night on 4 May 2012, WIN Television aired a special package featuring tributes from former colleagues that had previously worked at WIN Television in Rockhampton such as Karl Stefanovic , Leila McKinnon and Davina Smith . Soon after leaving WIN Television, Channel 7 approached Byrne to do some work for them without having to leave

1620-476: The programmes seen on its owner's flagship station, and have no television studio or production facilities of their own. This is common in developing countries . Low-power stations typically also fall into this category worldwide. Most stations which are not simulcast produce their own station identifications . TV stations may also advertise on or provide weather (or news) services to local radio stations , particularly co-owned sister stations . This may be

1665-1138: The regions of the Sunshine Coast, Rockhampton, Cairns, Wide Bay, Toowoomba and Townsville. All bulletins were produced from WIN's studios in Maroochydore, however production has moved to WIN's Wollongong headquarters in July 2017. Between April 2009 and May 2015, the network also produced a local news service for Mackay and the Whitsundays. In June 2019, The Network also axed the Wide Bay-Burnett Bulletin. Sunshine Coast, Rockhampton, Cairns, Toowoomba, Townsville Sunshine Coast, Rockhampton, Cairns, Toowoomba, Townsville Sunshine Coast Rockhampton/Central Queensland Cairns/Far North Queensland Bundaberg/Wide Bay Toowoomba/Darling Downs Townsville/North Queensland Notes: Television station The Fernsehsender Paul Nipkow ( TV Station Paul Nipkow ) in Berlin , Germany ,

1710-535: The remaining staff to an office in the Rockhampton CBD, WIN Television abandoned the former RTQ site in North Rockhampton in late 2012, a site which was once WIN Television's administrative and technical headquarters for the network in Queensland. As the old building lays dormant, it has succumbed to vandals with a quarter of the building sustaining damage when a suspicious fire broke out at the site in June 2016. In 2015,

1755-534: The station as their permanent weather presenter. After some consideration, Byrne accepted the offer. However, Byrne had to seek the approval from Rex Falls, the regional director of the Bureau of Meteorology. Falls agreed to Byrne's new television commitments but it meant Byrne had to begin work at the Bureau of Meteorology earlier. This meant Byrne now had to leave his Yeppoon home at 2:45am each morning to start his shift in Rockhampton, and then drive back to Yeppoon after work for some sleep before driving back up to

1800-538: The studio in North Rockhampton. The other programming aired by RTQ-7 was "cherry-picked" by station management from all three metropolitan networks. Until the 1980s, Darling Downs TV sometimes supported the Nine Network and QTQ -9, its Brisbane station, by broadcasting its newscasts on relay. However, the station switched sympathies to Network Ten and TVQ -0 in the early part of the decade, supporting its programs and broadcasting TVQ-0's Eyewitness News on relay. It

1845-410: The switchover to digital television. In May 2012, WIN Television closed its news production studios in Rockhampton and once again ceased using the Toowoomba station for news production, making Rockhampton-based weather presenter Peter Byrne and Toowoomba sports presenter Pat O'Shea redundant. WIN Television centralised all news production to its new Sunshine Coast studio facilities. After relocating

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1890-455: The world. Television stations broadcasting over an analog system were typically limited to one television channel , but digital television enables broadcasting via subchannels as well. Television stations usually require a broadcast license from a government agency which sets the requirements and limitations on the station. In the United States, for example, a television license defines

1935-458: Was appointed as a junior weather observer at the Bureau of Meteorology. Byrne then went on to complete meteorological training in Brisbane and Melbourne for 18 months before being posted to Brisbane. After his marriage to a Townsville school teacher, Byrne was posted to Madang on the north coast of Papua New Guinea which Byrne described as a "weather man's dream" as there was a smoking volcano to

1980-552: Was part of the Great Eastland Television network in 1975–1987, together with NRN NRTV 11-8 Television and NEN 9-8 Television (both in New South Wales ) as GET 10-4-5a. In 1976, Darling Downs TV became the first regional TV network in Australia to adopt electronic news gathering for its news service within a year after it became a colour station. This was the same case for RTQ during those years as after having been

2025-674: Was the first regular television service in the world. It was on the air from 22 March 1935, until it was shut down in 1944. The station was named after Paul Gottlieb Nipkow , the inventor of the Nipkow disk . Most often the term "television station" refers to a station which broadcasts structured content to an audience or it refers to the organization that operates the station. A terrestrial television transmission can occur via analog television signals or, more recently, via digital television signals. Television stations are differentiated from cable television or other video providers as their content

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