Hobart, Tasmania | |
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Channels | Digital: 2 (VHF) |
Affiliations | ABC Television |
Owner | Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
First air date | 4 June 1960 |
Call letters' meaning | ABC Tasmania |
Former channel number(s) | 2 (VHF)(analog) |
Transmitter power | 200 kW (analog) 50 kW (digital) |
Height | 1024 m (analog) 1042 m (digital) |
Transmitter coordinates | 42°53′51″S 147°14′10″E / 42.89750°S 147.23611°E |
Website | www.abc.net.au/tv |
ABT is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's television station in Hobart, Tasmania. It began broadcasting on 4 June 1960, with studios in inner city Hobart and transmitter at Mount Wellington.
The analogue signal for ABT was shut off at 9.00am AEST, Tuesday, 9 April 2013.
ABC News Tasmania is presented by Peter Gee on weeknights with weather presenter Simon McCulloch. Weekend bulletins are presented by Angela Ross. The weeknight bulletins also incorporate national finance segment presented by Alan Kohler in Melbourne.
7.30 Tasmania, a locally produced current affairs program, airs every Friday night at 7:30 pm and is presented by Airlie Ward.
The following stations relay ABT throughout Tasmania:
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