QTQ9
| Brisbane, Queensland | |
|---|---|
| Branding | Nine |
| Channels | Digital: 8 (VHF) |
| Affiliations | Nine (O&O) |
| Owner |
Nine Entertainment Co. (Queensland Television Ltd) |
| First air date | 16 August 1959 |
| Call letters' meaning |
Quality Television for Queensland |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 9 (VHF) |
| Transmitter power | 200 kW (analog) 50 kW (digital) |
| Height | 327 m (analog) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 27°28′17″S 152°56′31″E / 27.47139°S 152.94194°E |
| Website | 9now.com.au |
QTQ is an Australian television station, licensed to, and serving Brisbane, Queensland. It is owned by the Nine Entertainment Co., and is part of the Nine Network. It broadcasts on VHF channel 9 (analog) and VHF channel 8 (digital). QTQ began broadcasting on 16 August 1959, the first of the Brisbane stations to launch. 2009 marked the 50 year anniversary for the station.
The station was an independent member of the network before Alan Bond purchased the station, and integrated it into the Nine Network when he had control of it in the 1980s.
QTQ-9's nightly news program is Nine News Queensland, presented on weeknights by Andrew Lofthouse and Melissa Downes, with Wally Lewis presenting sport, and Garry Youngberry presenting the weather. Darren Curtis and Alison Ariotti are the weekend presenters, with Sam Squiers presenting sport and Luke Bradnam presenting weather. Luke Bradnam also presents Beach and Fishing reports each Friday and Saturday evening.
Regular fill-in presenters for the bulletins include news presenters Darren Curtis, Alison Ariotti ad Eva Milic and sports presenters Sam Squiers and Tom Mitchell.
The bulletin is simulcast in Brisbane on commercial radio station River 94.9, across regional Queensland on WIN Television and throughout remote eastern and central Australia on Imparja Television.
Since 2014, QTQ-9 has produced local editions of Nine Morning News and Nine Afternoon News on weekdays. These are presented by Eva Milic (Monday – Thursday) and Alison Ariotti (Friday), sport is presented by Sam Squiers or Tom Mitchell and Garry Youngberry on weather.
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