Seven Queensland is an Australian television station

Television station

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, licensed to, and serving the regional areas of Queensland

Queensland

Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...

. The station is owned and operated

Owned-and-operated station

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 by the 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...

 from studios located in Maroochydore on the Sunshine Coast

Sunshine Coast, Queensland

The Sunshine Coast is an urban area in South East Queensland, north of the state capital of Brisbane on the Pacific Ocean coastline. Although it does not have a central business district, by population it ranks as the 10th largest metropolis in Australia and the third largest in...

, using the callsign STQ, which stands for Sunshine Television, Queensland.

History

The station began as two different operators:

• WBQ-8 Wide Bay
  Wide Bay-Burnett
  Wide Bay-Burnett is a region of the Australian state of Queensland, located between 170 and 400 kilometres north of the state capital, Brisbane. The area's population growth has exceeded the state average over the past 20 years, and it is forecast to grow to more than 430,000 by 2031...
  
  /Maryborough
  Maryborough, Queensland
  Maryborough is a city located on the Mary River in South East Queensland, Australia, approximately north of the state capital, Brisbane. The city is serviced by the Bruce Highway, and has a population of approximately 22,000 . It is closely tied to its neighbour city Hervey Bay which is...
  
  , starting on 10 April 1965
• MVQ-6 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....
  
  , starting on 9 August 1968

WBQ later changed its callsign to SEQ (as in South East Queensland), and its on-air name to "Sunshine Television". MVQ also changed its on air name to "Tropical Television".

When Queensland was aggregated at the end of 1990, SEQ-8 and MVQ-6 operationally merged to become The Sunshine Television Network, and become the regional Queensland affiliate of the Seven Network. All Network revenue is sourced through advertising revenue,sold by The Seven Network's subsidiary Prime Media Group (Seven Affiliate Sales)

In 1995, Sunshine Television was purchased by Seven, and became Seven Queensland, taking on a generic Seven Network look. Seven Queensland won the annual audience ratings for the first time in 1998.

News

Seven Local News bulletins are broadcast each weeknight in Cairns, Townsville, 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....

, Central Queensland

Central Queensland

Central Queensland is an ambiguous geographical division of Queensland that centres on the eastern coast, around the Tropic of Capricorn. Its major regional centre is Rockhampton and the Capricorn Coast and the area extends west to the Central Highlands at Emerald, north to the Mackay Regional...

, Wide Bay

Wide Bay-Burnett

Wide Bay-Burnett is a region of the Australian state of Queensland, located between 170 and 400 kilometres north of the state capital, Brisbane. The area's population growth has exceeded the state average over the past 20 years, and it is forecast to grow to more than 430,000 by 2031...

, and the Sunshine Coast

Sunshine Coast, Queensland

The Sunshine Coast is an urban area in South East Queensland, north of the state capital of Brisbane on the Pacific Ocean coastline. Although it does not have a central business district, by population it ranks as the 10th largest metropolis in Australia and the third largest in...

. They are followed by Seven News Brisbane, in place of Today Tonight

Today Tonight

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.

The local news for all regions are recorded and formatted from the Maroochydore studios, with the Sunshine Coast being the only region to receive its news broadcast live. News editing is undertaken by local bureaus in several markets, and sent to the main Maroochydore studios for broadcast.

Between 2004 and 2005, the Fraser Coast office/news bureau

News bureau

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 for production and news staff were relocated to a smaller office in Hervey Bay.

On 5 March 2007, Seven Local News bulletins commenced production and broadcasts in a widescreen

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 standard-definition

Standard-definition television

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 digital

Digital television

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 format. Seven Local News was the first local news bulletin in regional Queensland

Queensland

Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...

 to convert to widescreen.

On 22 November 2010, Seven Local News launched a sixth bulletin into the Rockhampton and Central Queensland region.

Seven Local News is directed by Rex Clark and Sally Young with bulletins presented by Rob Brough

Rob Brough

Rob Brough is a news presenter and former compère on Australian television.He became a household name as the host of the Australian version of the TV show Family Feud...

. Joanne Desmond co-anchors the Cairns, Townsville and 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...

 bulletins. Nathan Spurling presents sport with Livio Regano presenting the local weather.

News Team

Cairns

• News Reporters: Michelle Rattray, Brent O'Halloran
• Sports Reporter: Luke McGarry
• Producer: Trent Evans

Townsville

• News Reporters: Grace Tobin, Nick Price
• Sports Reporter: Veronica Eggleton
• Producer: Melissa Mallett

Mackay and the Whitsundays

• News Reporters: Adam Gleeson & Anita Theodorou
• Sports Reporter: Nathan Ferguson
• Producer: Matt Adams

Wide Bay

• News Reporters: Kate Limon, Sophie Bennett
• Sports Reporter: Lincoln Bertoli
• Producer: Justine Northey

Sunshine Coast

• News Reporters: Laura Dymock, Jennifer Nichols, Sigrid Brown
• Sports Reporter: Nathan Spurling, Aislin O'Connor
• Producer: Katie Toney

Central Queensland

• News Reporters [Rockhampton]: Anna McManamey, Sally Prosser
• News Reporters [Gladstone]: Emily Fardoulys
• Sports Reporters: Nathan Brooks
• Producer: Sally Prosser

Main Transmitters

Region served	City	Channels Channel (broadcasting) In broadcasting, a channel is a range of frequencies assigned by a government for the operation of a particular radio station, television station or television channel. In common usage, the term also may be used to refer to the station operating on a particular frequency.-See also:*Broadcast... (Analog Analog television Analog television is the analog transmission that involves the broadcasting of encoded analog audio and analog video signal: one in which the message conveyed by the broadcast signal is a function of deliberate variations in the amplitude and/or frequency of the signal... / Digital Digital terrestrial television Digital terrestrial television is the technological evolution of broadcast television and advance from analog television, which broadcasts land-based signals... )	First air date	ERP Effective radiated power In radio telecommunications, effective radiated power or equivalent radiated power is a standardized theoretical measurement of radio frequency energy using the SI unit watts, and is determined by subtracting system losses and adding system gains... (Analog/ Digital)	HAAT Height above average terrain Height above average terrain is used extensively in FM radio and television, as it is actually much more important than effective radiated power in determining the range of broadcasts... (Analog/ Digital)1	Transmitter Coordinates	Transmitter Location
Cairns	Cairns	33 (UHF Ultra high frequency Ultra-High Frequency designates the ITU Radio frequency range of electromagnetic waves between 300 MHz and 3 GHz , also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from one to ten decimetres... )4 11 (VHF Very high frequency Very high frequency is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency... )	31 December 1990	400 kW 50 kW	1176 m 1190 m	17°15′51"S 145°51′14"E	Mount Bellenden Ker Mount Bellenden Ker Mount Bellenden Ker is the second highest mountain in Queensland, Australia. It is named after the botanist John Bellenden Ker Gawler. Located 60 km south of Cairns near Babinda, it is adjacent to Mount Bartle Frere, the state's highest peak, part of the Bellenden Ker Range which is also...
Darling Downs	Toowoomba Toowoomba, Queensland Toowoomba is a city in Southern Queensland, Australia. It is located west of Queensland's capital city, Brisbane. With an estimated district population of 128,600, Toowoomba is Australia's second largest inland city and its largest non-capital inland city...	35 (UHF Ultra high frequency Ultra-High Frequency designates the ITU Radio frequency range of electromagnetic waves between 300 MHz and 3 GHz , also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from one to ten decimetres... )4 34 (UHF Ultra high frequency Ultra-High Frequency designates the ITU Radio frequency range of electromagnetic waves between 300 MHz and 3 GHz , also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from one to ten decimetres... )	31 December 1990	1300 kW 500 kW	515 m 520 m	26°53′28"S 151°36′18"E (analog) 26°53′27"S 151°36′21"E (digital)	Mount Mowbullan
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.... 2	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....	6 (VHF Very high frequency Very high frequency is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency... )4 9A (VHF Very high frequency Very high frequency is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency... )	9 August 1968	360 kW 90 kW	613 m 613 m	21°1′56"S 148°56′36"E	Mount Blackwood Mount Blackwood Mount Blackwood is a mountain located within the boundaries of the Mackay Regional Council in Central Queensland, Australia and has an elevation of 639m...
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...	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...	31 (UHF Ultra high frequency Ultra-High Frequency designates the ITU Radio frequency range of electromagnetic waves between 300 MHz and 3 GHz , also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from one to ten decimetres... )4 38 (UHF Ultra high frequency Ultra-High Frequency designates the ITU Radio frequency range of electromagnetic waves between 300 MHz and 3 GHz , also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from one to ten decimetres... )	31 December 1990	2000 kW 500 kW	523 m 523 m	23°43′48"S 150°32′9"E	Mount Hopeful Mount Hopeful Mount Hopeful is a peak standing 1.5 nautical miles north of the head of King George Bay and 1.5 nautical miles southeast of Rea Peak on King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands...
Southern Downs	Warwick Warwick, Queensland Warwick is a town in Queensland, Australia, lying south-west of Brisbane. It is the administrative centre of the Southern Downs Local Government Area. In 2006 the town of Warwick had a population of 12,562....	33 (UHF Ultra high frequency Ultra-High Frequency designates the ITU Radio frequency range of electromagnetic waves between 300 MHz and 3 GHz , also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from one to ten decimetres... )4 51 (UHF Ultra high frequency Ultra-High Frequency designates the ITU Radio frequency range of electromagnetic waves between 300 MHz and 3 GHz , also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from one to ten decimetres... )	31 December 1990	600 kW 500 kW	301 m 316 m	28°32′9"S 151°49′58"E	Passchendaele Ridge
Townsville	Townsville	34 (UHF Ultra high frequency Ultra-High Frequency designates the ITU Radio frequency range of electromagnetic waves between 300 MHz and 3 GHz , also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from one to ten decimetres... )4 38 (UHF Ultra high frequency Ultra-High Frequency designates the ITU Radio frequency range of electromagnetic waves between 300 MHz and 3 GHz , also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from one to ten decimetres... )	31 December 1990	200 kW 200 kW	617 m 644 m	19°20′36"S 146°46′50"E	Mount Stuart Mount Stuart, Queensland .Mount Stuart is located in Queensland, Australia, overlooking Townsville with an elevation of 584 metres.It was named for Clarendon Stuart , from 1859 Townsville's first district surveyor....
Wide Bay3	Maryborough Maryborough, Queensland Maryborough is a city located on the Mary River in South East Queensland, Australia, approximately north of the state capital, Brisbane. The city is serviced by the Bruce Highway, and has a population of approximately 22,000 . It is closely tied to its neighbour city Hervey Bay which is...	8 (VHF Very high frequency Very high frequency is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency... )4 7 (VHF Very high frequency Very high frequency is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency... )	10 April 1965	200 kW 60 kW	646 m 646 m	25°25′37"S 152°7′3"E	Mount Goonaneman

Notes:

• 1. height above average terrain
  Height above average terrain
  Height above average terrain is used extensively in FM radio and television, as it is actually much more important than effective radiated power in determining the range of broadcasts...
  
  
• 2. The Mackay station was an independent station with the callsign MVQ from its 1968 sign-on until aggregation in 1990.
• 3. The Wide Bay station was an independent station with the callsign WBQ from its 1968 sign-on until 1978, and then SEQ until aggregation in 1990.
• 4. Analogue transmissions to cease on December 6, 2011 as part of the national shutdown of analogue television.

Pre-Network Logos

STQ used many logos throughout its pre-network history.

1991–1995

Note: Post-network logos can be found at the following article; Seven Network.

See also

• 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...