Media in Townsville
Encyclopedia
Townsville is the media centre for North Queensland, with 5 commercial radio stations, North Queensland ABC radio station, 3 commercial television stations, one regional daily newspaper and one community weekly newspaper (both owned by News Ltd). There are no local Sunday papers although the Sunday Mail (based in Brisbane) does a North Queensland edition, which is printed and distributed from Townsville (throughout Northern Queensland). Townsville also has extensive outdoor and indoor advertising mediums, ranging from taxi advertising to large format billboards.
is the dominant newspaper in North Queensland with daily coverage on local, state, national and world news, plus a wide range of sections and lift outs covering health, real estate, youth, beauty, cars and lifestyle. The Bulletin has a $1.20 cover price on weekdays, increasing to $1.80 for the weekend edition, and is in tabloid format. In 2006 the Bulletin had a readership (average) Monday to Friday of 84 000 (up 15.5% on 2005) and weekend readership (avg) of 104,000 (up 1.96% on 2005) and circulation (avg) of 27 187 Monday to Friday, weekend circulation (avg) of 41 814. The Townsville Bulletin is owned by News Limited
, a subsidiary of News Corporation
and employs over 100 people.
The Sun Community Newspaper is a free publication distributed weekly to 55,113 homes in the urban and rural suburbs of Townsville. It is published by News Limited. Previously called the "Twin Cities Advertiser" it was split into The Townsville Sun and The Thuringowa Sun, but after a few years The Thuringowa Sun Merged with the Townsville Sun to form The Sun newspaper of today.
CityLife Magazine is a monthly glossy corporate magazine which is distributed free to selected suburbs (7 000 households) in Townsville City and through various businesses throughout Townsville and Thuringowa such as hair dressers and coffee shops (9 000 copies). It is also published online http://www.citylifemagazine.com.au/Townsville/index.html. In December 2006 the CityLife Magazine group (Townsville, Cairns, Mackay
and the Whitsundays) was bought by APN News & Media
, Australia's biggest publisher of regional newspapers.
Magnetic Island has two competing small publications, Magnetic Island Community News is printed weekly and Magnetic Times is published on-line http://www.magnetictimes.com.
The North Queensland Register http://nqr.farmonline.com.au/home.asp is based in Townsville however it services the Queensland rural community from Rockhampton
North. Owned by Rural Press Limited it has a distribution of about 5 000.
Northern Services Courier http://www.nscnews.com/ is an independent newspaper for Defence Force personnel stationed in Townsville.
"The Hack" (formerly known as The Bullsheet) is the student community newspaper at James Cook University
, published by the JCU Student Association. Outlook is the academic community newspaper at James Cook University and it is published by the University.
DUO Magazine is Townsville and Thuringowa's free 64-page monthly magazine
targeted at women aged 25–54 years. DUO is distributed to selected suburbs with the highest numbers of their core demographic. DUO is also distributed via hotels, cafes, restaurants and beauty salons.
DUO has the largest print run of any local magazine with a distribution of 15,000 copies.
THE PLACE street press is a free, monthly tabloid size newspaper targeted at the music, arts and entertainment markets. The main readership demograpchic is 16 - 35yo's, 10 000 copies are distributed to hotels, retail, cafes, venues and many other locations through Townsville, Ayr, Magnetic Is, Ingham, Home Hill and Airlie Beach. North Queenslands most comprehensive gig guide can be found in the back pages of the publication as well as online at myspace.com/theplacestreetpress or facebook group 'THE PLACE street press'. The publication is known as Nth QLD's FREE music, arts & entertainment mag
(*) 4TO also broadcasts on 774 AM
Primary Printing Companies
Digital Business Technology http://www.digitalbusiness.com.au/
Xerox http://www.xrx.com.au/
Think Office Technology http://www.thinkoffice.com.au/
Kwik Kopy http://www.kwikkopy.com.au/
, as with other areas, also provides three-minute local news updates, presented from studios in Canberra
.
National and international news bulletins are shown on each respective network in place of or following local news - four are produced in Brisbane
, with a Queensland focus (ABC, Seven, Nine and Ten). Network Ten in Brisbane also has a North Queensland reporter based in Townsville, covering roughly from the tip of Cape York South to Mackay. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) also produces a weekly state edition of current affairs programme 7.30
on Friday evenings.
New channels broadcast by all the networks in addition to the ones listed above are available on the digital service called Freeview Australia
to viewers in Townsville and the surrounding region. These channels include ABC2
, ABC3
, ABC News 24
, SBS Two, One HD, Eleven
, 7Two
, 7mate
, GEM HD and GO!
.
is ABC North Queensland http://www.abc.net.au/northqld/http://www.abc.net.au/news/australia/qld/townsville/.
CityLife Magazine reproduces their full content online in a modern and user friendly format http://www.citylifemagazine.com.au/Townsville/index.html. The Townsville Bulletin
http://townsvillebulletin.news.com.au/sectionindex3/0,6674,News%5Etop%5ETEXT%5Etownsvillebulletin,00.html publishes a small quantity of its content on the internet and WIN Television publish local news headlines online http://www.winnet.com.au/index_new.php?regid=19, there is also one specialty (Magnetic Island) news website called Magnetic Times http://www.magnetictimes.com/. It is run by chief operating officer Jamie Cunningham.
Blogging Townsville http://bloggingtownsville.blogspot.com/ provides regular critique and commentary on local media and issues of local and national interest.
Print Media
The Townsville BulletinTownsville Bulletin
The Townsville Bulletin is a daily newspaper published in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It is the only daily paper that serves the northern Queensland region. The paper has a print edition, a free World Wide Web edition, and a subscription digital edition.The newspaper is published by The...
is the dominant newspaper in North Queensland with daily coverage on local, state, national and world news, plus a wide range of sections and lift outs covering health, real estate, youth, beauty, cars and lifestyle. The Bulletin has a $1.20 cover price on weekdays, increasing to $1.80 for the weekend edition, and is in tabloid format. In 2006 the Bulletin had a readership (average) Monday to Friday of 84 000 (up 15.5% on 2005) and weekend readership (avg) of 104,000 (up 1.96% on 2005) and circulation (avg) of 27 187 Monday to Friday, weekend circulation (avg) of 41 814. The Townsville Bulletin is owned by News Limited
News Limited
News Limited is one of Australia's largest diversified media companies. The publicly listed company's interests span newspaper and magazine publishing, Internet, Pay TV, National Rugby League, market research, DVD and film distribution, and film and television production trading assets.News Limited...
, a subsidiary of News Corporation
News Corporation
News Corporation or News Corp. is an American multinational media conglomerate. It is the world's second-largest media conglomerate as of 2011 in terms of revenue, and the world's third largest in entertainment as of 2009, although the BBC remains the world's largest broadcaster...
and employs over 100 people.
The Sun Community Newspaper is a free publication distributed weekly to 55,113 homes in the urban and rural suburbs of Townsville. It is published by News Limited. Previously called the "Twin Cities Advertiser" it was split into The Townsville Sun and The Thuringowa Sun, but after a few years The Thuringowa Sun Merged with the Townsville Sun to form The Sun newspaper of today.
CityLife Magazine is a monthly glossy corporate magazine which is distributed free to selected suburbs (7 000 households) in Townsville City and through various businesses throughout Townsville and Thuringowa such as hair dressers and coffee shops (9 000 copies). It is also published online http://www.citylifemagazine.com.au/Townsville/index.html. In December 2006 the CityLife Magazine group (Townsville, Cairns, Mackay
Mackay, Queensland
Mackay is a city on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, on the Pioneer River. Mackay is nicknamed the sugar capital of Australia because its region produces more than a third of Australia's cane sugar....
and the Whitsundays) was bought by APN News & Media
APN News & Media
APN News & Media Limited is an Australian and New Zealand media company. Divisions include newspaper publishing, online publishing, broadcast radio and outdoor advertising in Australia and New Zealand...
, Australia's biggest publisher of regional newspapers.
Magnetic Island has two competing small publications, Magnetic Island Community News is printed weekly and Magnetic Times is published on-line http://www.magnetictimes.com.
The North Queensland Register http://nqr.farmonline.com.au/home.asp is based in Townsville however it services the Queensland rural community from Rockhampton
Rockhampton
Rockhampton can refer to:* Rockhampton, Queensland is a city in Queensland, Australia* Rockhampton City, Queensland, a suburb of Rockhampton, Queensland* Electoral district of Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia...
North. Owned by Rural Press Limited it has a distribution of about 5 000.
Northern Services Courier http://www.nscnews.com/ is an independent newspaper for Defence Force personnel stationed in Townsville.
"The Hack" (formerly known as The Bullsheet) is the student community newspaper at James Cook University
James Cook University
James Cook University is a public university based in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. The university has two Australian campuses, located in Townsville and Cairns respectively, and an international campus in Singapore. JCU is the second oldest university in Queensland—proclaimed in 1970—and the...
, published by the JCU Student Association. Outlook is the academic community newspaper at James Cook University and it is published by the University.
targeted at women aged 25–54 years. DUO is distributed to selected suburbs with the highest numbers of their core demographic. DUO is also distributed via hotels, cafes, restaurants and beauty salons.
DUO has the largest print run of any local magazine with a distribution of 15,000 copies.
THE PLACE street press is a free, monthly tabloid size newspaper targeted at the music, arts and entertainment markets. The main readership demograpchic is 16 - 35yo's, 10 000 copies are distributed to hotels, retail, cafes, venues and many other locations through Townsville, Ayr, Magnetic Is, Ingham, Home Hill and Airlie Beach. North Queenslands most comprehensive gig guide can be found in the back pages of the publication as well as online at myspace.com/theplacestreetpress or facebook group 'THE PLACE street press'. The publication is known as Nth QLD's FREE music, arts & entertainment mag
Radio
| Station | Frequency | |
|---|---|---|
| ABC News Radio ABC News Radio ABC News Radio is the radio service of ABC News, a division of the ABC Television Network. Formerly known as ABC Radio News, ABC News Radio feeds, through Cumulus Media Networks, newscasts on the hour to its more than 2,000 affiliates... |
94.3 FM and 93.5 FM | Government funded |
| Lush FM www.lushfm.com.au | 95.1 FM | Dance/Narrowcast |
| Suburban FM Suburban FM Suburban FM is a commercial Australian podcast and radio station based in Townsville, Queensland owned by Townsville Podcasting. The station first commenced broadcasting in 2008 on the web and then finally moved to the airwaves. In 2009, Suburban FM commenced a weekly radio show... |
88.2 FM | Commercial |
| Vision Radio Network | 98.1 FM | Christian/Narrowcast |
| KIX Country | 98.9 FM | Country/Narrowcast |
| Live FM | 99.9 FM | Commercial |
| Zinc Rocks Poo | 100.7 FM | Commercial |
| ABC Classic FM ABC Classic FM ABC Classic FM is a classical music radio station available in Australia, and internationally online. It is operated by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation . It was established in 1976 as "ABC-FM", and later for a short time was known as "ABC Fine Music" , before adopting its current name... |
101.5 FM and 95.9 FM | Government funded |
| 4TO FM 4TO FM 4TO FM is a commercial Australian station based in Townsville, Queensland owned by Southern Cross Media Group. The station first commenced broadcasting in 1931 on the 774 AM frequency. In 1999, 4TO-FM commenced broadcasting on 102.3 FM... |
102.3 FM* | Commercial |
| Hot FM Hot FM (Australian radio network) Hot FM is an Australian radio network, consisting of stations in north and central Queensland and Western Australia.The brand was created by DMG Radio Australia, before they sold their regional stations to Macquarie Regional RadioWorks in 2004.Hot 91.1 is not owned by Southern Cross Austereo; DMG... |
103.1 FM | Commercial |
| 4TTT | 103.9 FM | Community |
| ABC Radio National | 104.7 FM and 96.7 FM | Government funded |
| Triple J Triple J triple j is a nationally networked Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners between the ages of 18 and 30. The government-funded station is a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation... |
105.5 FM and 97.5 FM | Government funded |
| Mix-FM Mix-FM Mix FM is a commercial Australian station based in Townsville, Queensland owned by Prime Media Group Limited.-Programming:... |
106.3 FM | Commercial |
| 4K1G 4K1G 4K1G is an Indigenous Australian radio station based in Townsville, Queensland.-Programming:The station is aimed at the Aboriginal and Tores Strait Island people but plays a wide selection of music, news, sport and talk radio that appeals to the whole community.... |
107.1 FM | Indigenous |
| ABC North Queensland ABC North Queensland 630 ABC North Queensland is an ABC Local Radio station based in Townsville broadcasting to North Queensland. This includes the towns of Bowen, Charters Towers, Ingham and Ayr.... |
630 AM | Government funded |
| RadioTAB | 891 AM | Racing/Narrowcast |
(*) 4TO also broadcasts on 774 AM
Primary Printing Companies
Digital Business Technology http://www.digitalbusiness.com.au/
Xerox http://www.xrx.com.au/
Think Office Technology http://www.thinkoffice.com.au/
Kwik Kopy http://www.kwikkopy.com.au/
Television
Seven Queensland and WIN Television produce half-hour local news bulletins for the area on weeknights, both produced from newsrooms in the city and broadcast from studios outside the area (in Maroochydore and Toowoomba respectively). Southern Cross TenTNQ
TNQ is an Australian television station, licensed to, and serving the regional areas of Queensland. The station is owned and operated by Southern Cross Ten.-History:...
, as with other areas, also provides three-minute local news updates, presented from studios in Canberra
Canberra
Canberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne...
.
National and international news bulletins are shown on each respective network in place of or following local news - four are produced in Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
, with a Queensland focus (ABC, Seven, Nine and Ten). Network Ten in Brisbane also has a North Queensland reporter based in Townsville, covering roughly from the tip of Cape York South to Mackay. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) also produces a weekly state edition of current affairs programme 7.30
7.30
7.30 is an Australian nightly television current affairs programme ABC1 and ABC News 24 at , Monday to Friday. A national edition screens from Monday to Thursday, produced at the ABN studios in Ultimo, Sydney and presented by Leigh Sales and Chris Uhlmann. A local edition with a focus on state...
on Friday evenings.
| Official Name | Name | Other Info |
|---|---|---|
| ABQ | ABC Queensland ABC Television ABC Television is a service of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation launched in 1956. As a public broadcasting broadcaster, the ABC provides four non-commercial channels within Australia, and a partially advertising-funded satellite channel overseas.... |
( Now known as ABC1 ABC1 ABC1 was a United Kingdom based television channel from Disney using the branding of the Disney owned American network, ABC.The channel initially launched exclusively on the British digital terrestrial television platform Freeview on 27 September 2004. On 10 December 2004 it was launched on... ) |
| STQ | Seven Queensland Seven Queensland Seven Queensland is an Australian television station, licensed to, and serving the regional areas of Queensland. The station is owned and operated by the Seven Network from studios located in Maroochydore on the Sunshine Coast, using the callsign STQ, which stands for Sunshine Television,... |
Owned and operated by Seven Network Seven Network The Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach... . |
| RTQ | WIN Television WIN Television WIN Television is an Australian television network owned by the WIN Corporation that is based in Wollongong, New South Wales. WIN commenced transmissions on 18 March 1962 as a single Wollongong-only station, and has since expanded to 24 owned-and-operated stations with transmissions covering a... |
Nine Network Nine Network The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia... affiliate |
| TNQ | Southern Cross Ten Southern Cross Ten Southern Cross Ten is an Australian television channel broadcast by the Macquarie Media Group in Queensland, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria and South Australia. The channel is owned by the Macquarie Media Group as is affiliated to Network Ten... |
Network Ten Network Ten Network Ten , is one of Australia's three major commercial television networks. Owned-and-operated stations can be found in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, while affiliates extend the network to cover most of the country... affiliate |
| SBS | SBS Television | (Now known as SBS One ) |
New channels broadcast by all the networks in addition to the ones listed above are available on the digital service called Freeview Australia
Freeview
DTV Services, trading as Freeview, is the name for the collection of free-to-air services on the Digital Terrestrial Television platform in the UK. The service is jointly run by its five equal shareholders, BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Sky and transmitter operator Arqiva. DTV Services is designed to market...
to viewers in Townsville and the surrounding region. These channels include ABC2
ABC2
ABC2 is a national public television channel in Australia. Launched on 7 March 2005, it is the responsibility of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's television division, and is available nationally to digital television viewers in Australia...
, ABC3
ABC3
-Future shows:Programming confirmed for future broadcast will include:* After School Care * Bindi's Boot Camp * Bushwacked! * Dance Academy * Dancing Down Under...
, ABC News 24
ABC News 24
ABC News 24 is an Australian 24-hour news channel launched and owned by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The channel replaced the former ABC High Definition simulcast of ABC1 and commenced broadcasting at 7:30pm 5:30 on Thursday, 22 July 2010.-Pre-launch:The ABC announced in January 2010...
, SBS Two, One HD, Eleven
Eleven (TV channel)
Eleven is an Australian free-to-air standard definition digital television channel, which was launched by ElevenCo, on 11 January 2011.-Joint venture:...
, 7Two
7Two
7TWO is an Australian free-to-air standard definition digital television channel which was launched by the Seven Network on Sunday 1 November 2009 at 12pm....
, 7mate
7mate
7mate is an Australian free-to-air high definition digital television channel, which was launched by the Seven Network on 25 September 2010.The network stated that 7mate would contain sport and regular programs aimed primarily at a male audience, with programming drawn from a combination of new...
, GEM HD and GO!
Go! (Australian TV channel)
GO! is an Australian free-to-air standard definition digital television channel launched by the Nine Network on Sunday 9 August 2009.-Origins:...
.
Pay TV
| Company | Satellite/Cable |
|---|---|
| Austar Austar Austar is an Australian telecommunications company. Its main business activity is Subscription Television but it is also involved with internet access and mobile phones... |
Satellite |
| SelecTV | Satellite |
Internet
Currently the only major local producer of online journalismOnline journalism
Online journalism is defined as the reporting of facts when produced and distributed via the Internet.As of 2009, audiences for online journalism continue to grow...
is ABC North Queensland http://www.abc.net.au/northqld/http://www.abc.net.au/news/australia/qld/townsville/.
CityLife Magazine reproduces their full content online in a modern and user friendly format http://www.citylifemagazine.com.au/Townsville/index.html. The Townsville Bulletin
Townsville Bulletin
The Townsville Bulletin is a daily newspaper published in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It is the only daily paper that serves the northern Queensland region. The paper has a print edition, a free World Wide Web edition, and a subscription digital edition.The newspaper is published by The...
http://townsvillebulletin.news.com.au/sectionindex3/0,6674,News%5Etop%5ETEXT%5Etownsvillebulletin,00.html publishes a small quantity of its content on the internet and WIN Television publish local news headlines online http://www.winnet.com.au/index_new.php?regid=19, there is also one specialty (Magnetic Island) news website called Magnetic Times http://www.magnetictimes.com/. It is run by chief operating officer Jamie Cunningham.
Blogging Townsville http://bloggingtownsville.blogspot.com/ provides regular critique and commentary on local media and issues of local and national interest.