A television station is a set of equipment managed by a business, organisation or other entity such as an amateur television (ATV) operator, that transmits video content and audio content via radio waves directly from a transmitter on the earth's surface to any number of tuned receivers simultaneously.
41-589: MVQ-6 (Mackay) STQ 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 . The callsign STQ stands for S unshine T elevision, Q ueensland . The station began in the 1960s as two different operators: The licence to operate
82-405: A barter in some cases. 7flix 7flix is an Australian free-to-air digital television multichannel, which was launched by the Seven Network on 28 February 2016. 7flix targets a variety of viewers and offers drama, comedy, reality, docusoap, and movies. On 18 December 2015, a test pattern began broadcasting on channel 76, reading "New Channel Coming Soon". Seven acknowledged
123-400: A competing service publicly stating that it would beat Seven in the ratings within six months. At the end of the 1998 ratings season, after a new station head (Laurie Patton) had overseen a comprehensive re-vamping of the program and its external promotions, Seven Local News had actually increased its audience share by six ratings points. In early 2004, Seven Local News was re-introduced in
164-486: A deal with Fox . 7flix aired content from the defunct 7food network channel until 1 December 2020. The network also has ongoing content new and classic film and television brands from 20th Century Studios , Walt Disney Pictures , Marvel Studios , Lucasfilm , Sony Pictures and Universal Pictures . Source: 7flix is controlled from Broadcast Centre Melbourne and then transmitted via MediaHub in Sydney . 7flix
205-415: 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
246-881: A sixth edition for the Rockhampton/Gladstone and Central Queensland region. On 2 November 2015, Seven Local News launched a seventh edition for the Toowoomba and the Darling Downs region. With the said launch, Seven News became the only news service to cover all regional centres of Queensland since the axing of WIN News in the Mackay region in May 2015. This lasted until July 2017, when rival Nine News began to roll out local composite bulletins for their statewide affiliate Southern Cross Television (which carried Nine programming from July 2016 until July 2021). When
287-425: 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
328-402: A week and within two years this had increased to 45 hours per week, including extended hours on Wednesday afternoons. Although MVQ-6 was launched on 9 August 1968, its history dates back to March 1960, when Mackay Television Development Pty Ltd was formed. Maitland Low, general manager of local radio station 4MK , was appointed company manager. Mackay Television Development Pty Ltd was granted
369-606: A week to make sure all was working before the official opening a week later. WBQ changed its callsign in 1977 to SEQ (as in S outh E ast Q ueensland ), and its on-air name to " SEQ Sunshine Television ", with its slogan Leading the Way . MVQ also changed its on-air name in 1982 to " Tropical Television ". The stations were long time broadcaster of Seven Network programs, as well as of Brisbane's Seven News edition on BTQ . In 1987, after earlier buying SEQ-8, Christopher Skase ‘s Qintex Limited , made an offer to buy MVQ-6 which
410-483: A young female audience. In July 2020, the Seven Network unveiled its new rebranding of 7flix, with a new purple ribbon-like design and text and on air graphics to coincide with the revamp of its multichannel stations. The launch titles for 7flix included new episodes of US series Once Upon A Time , The Muppets , The Mindy Project , Cougar Town , and The Amazing Race , which had previously debuted on
451-496: 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,
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#1732783446206492-672: Is available in MPEG-2 standard definition digital in metropolitan areas and regional Queensland through Seven Network's owned-and-operated stations including ATN Sydney , HSV Melbourne , BTQ Brisbane , SAS Adelaide , TVW Perth , STQ Queensland and NEN northern New South Wales /Gold Coast, CBN southern New South Wales/ACT, AMV Victoria and PTV Mildura / Sunraysia . 7flix became available to Foxtel cable subscribers with iQ3, iQ2 and iQ1.5 set top boxes on Channel 187 from 24 March 2016. At launch in February 2016,
533-479: Is broadcast live, but may also exchange it to any of the six pre-recorded regions at certain circumstances (e.g., cyclone coverage in the nearest region of immediate concern). News editing is undertaken by the local newsrooms, and sent to the main Maroochydore studios for transmission. The most successful edition of Seven Local News is broadcast on the Sunshine Coast . In early 1998, WIN Television launched
574-470: 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
615-792: 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
656-438: Is on 10 Peach . 7flix initially aired a variety of children's series from Disney including Austin & Ally , Dog with a Blog , I Didn't Do It , Jessie , Kirby Buckets , Lab Rats and Mighty Med . The daytime schedule for the channel consists of classic sitcoms such as Benson , Bewitched , Good Times , I Dream of Jeannie and Who's The Boss? 7flix also airs encores of local programmes from
697-412: The Seven Network . Premiere series such as Black-ish , Grandfathered , Galavant and Agent Carter debuted at a later date. Throughout 2016, new episodes of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. , Grey's Anatomy , How to Get Away with Murder , Quantico and Scandal aired exclusively on the channel. Also featured on the channel were marathons of The Big Bang Theory , but this series now
738-696: The Seven News brand. Formerly, there were two bureaus located in Hervey Bay and Gladstone covering their respective regions, but they were closed due to budget reasons. Fill-in Weather Presenter Rosanna Natoli left the Seven Network after getting elected Mayor of Sunshine Coast Region on 16 March 2024. Notes: Television station The Fernsehsender Paul Nipkow ( TV Station Paul Nipkow ) in Berlin , Germany ,
779-405: 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
820-534: 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
861-522: The Cairns, Townsville, Rockhampton and Toowoomba editions. Sport is presented by Nathan Spurling and weather is presented by Livio Regano. Fill-in presenters include Luke McGarry (sport), TBD (weather). Reporters and camera crews are based at newsrooms in each of the seven regions with studio presentation for the Cairns, Townsville, Mackay, Darling Downs, Rockhampton and Wide Bay bulletins pre-recorded in Maroochydore . The Sunshine Coast edition of Seven News
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#1732783446206902-422: The Seven Network, including House Rules and First Dates . In 2017, US drama The Astronaut Wives Club debuted, along with the premieres of comedy series Marry Me , Bad Teacher , Dr. Ken and The Real O'Neals . Australian comedy short form series Bent 101 also made its debut on the channel. How I Met Your Mother was added to 7flix in 2018, returning to the Seven Network as part of
943-612: The Townsville and Cairns sub-markets as a result of regulations regarding local content on regional television introduced by the Australian Broadcasting Authority . On 5 March 2007, Seven Local News bulletins commenced production and broadcasts in a widescreen standard-definition digital format. Seven Local News was the first regional news service in regional Queensland to convert to widescreen. On 22 November 2010, Seven Local News launched
984-647: 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
1025-668: The broadcast, and director of programming, Angus Ross, formally announced on 1 February 2016 that Seven was launching a new channel, and more details would be released soon. During the ad-break of miniseries Molly on 7 February 2016, Seven announced that channel 76 would be named 7flix , and would be launched on 28 February 2016. The "New Channel" test pattern then was replaced with a continuous promo loop for 7flix. 7flix began broadcasting at 6am on 28 February 2016 in MPEG-4. The channel airs movies in its prime time slots with television series and other entertainment at other times. 7flix
1066-433: The channel switched to MPEG-2. On 3 August 2017, 18 months after launching in metropolitan areas, Prime7 announced that it would carry 7flix to regional stations in northern and southern New South Wales , regional Victoria and Mildura . The channel launched at 6:00 am on 3 September on digital channel 66, in an MPEG-4 format. In December 2019, the Seven Network announced that 7flix would rebrand in 2020 to target
1107-642: The commercial television service for the Wide Bay-Burnett region, was awarded to Wide Bay-Burnett Television in October 1962. The company's shareholders included local radio and print media outlets as well as theatre owners Birch, Carroll and Coyle . The station's studios in the Maryborough suburb of Granville housed three studios plus an outdoor space for special presentations. At the time of its launch, WBQ-8 scheduled around 36 hours of programming
1148-571: The company which was rejected by Sunshine's board. A revised offer of $ 105 million was lodged and backed by Sunshine's chairman Trevor Kennedy, however RG Capital's plans were halted when News Corp then purchased a 15% stake in Sunshine Television. Another Seven affiliate, Prime Television , then snapped up 19.9% of Sunshine Television before the Seven Network made a full offer which was successful. This led to Sunshine Television Network changing its name to Seven Queensland and taking on
1189-449: The composite Nine News bulletins for Mackay and Toowoomba/Darling Downs were axed on 15 February 2019, Seven News once again became the only news service to cover all regional centres of Queensland. From 11 July 2016, these editions are consolidated with the Seven News branding, though the openers of these editions remained to address as Seven Local News . The Local News branding was completely phased out on 5 September 2016 in favour of
1230-420: 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
1271-556: The licence in September 1963. The Mackay licence was one of twenty commercial licences granted as part of the fourth stage of the nationwide rollout of commercial television. The station was based at studios in Victoria Street, Mackay, and incorporated into new premises planned for radio 4MK. MVQ-6 aired its first test pattern transmissions on the evening of Friday 2 August 1968, giving the station's engineers and local viewers
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1312-400: 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
1353-419: 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
1394-476: 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
1435-591: The regional Queensland affiliate of the Seven Network. Sunshine changed the call sign to STQ and adopted its new slogan Love You Queensland with a matching jingle that was based on BTQ's Love You Brisbane from the 1980s. Sunshine also reformatted its news service to match its partner network and a new logo also debuted with the on-air presentation similar to Seven's. The collapse of Christopher Skase 's Qintex empire then saw Sunshine Television Network transfer ownership to Gosford Communications in 1992. In 1995, Reg Grundy's RG Capital lodged an initial $ 89million bid for
1476-507: The same logo and on-air look as the Seven Network. With a few exceptions, its schedule since then has been virtually identical to that of its metropolitan counterpart, BTQ in Brisbane . Seven Queensland won the annual audience ratings for the first time in 1998 against WIN and Southern Cross Ten and has consistently dominated the ratings since. Prior to August 2017, Seven Queensland was the only regional broadcaster to broadcast 7flix . This
1517-462: 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
1558-682: Was accepted by the MVQ shareholders. Skase was in the process of selling TVQ-0 in Brisbane as he had also just bought the Seven Network stations in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. This gave MVQ-6 and its new sister station, SEQ-8, access to the Seven Network. When the regional Queensland television market was aggregated at the end of 1990, SEQ-8 and MVQ-6 operationally merged to become the Sunshine Television Network , and thus became
1599-495: Was added to Seven's live-streaming service, PLUS7 Live , upon its launch. On 13 April 2016, it was announced the channel would amend its schedule, shifting its focus from movies to more American dramas. This change began in the weeks prior, when Grey's Anatomy premiered at 8:30pm, which was initially designated as a "movie-exclusive" time slot. The change also saw the addition of repeats of Criminal Minds to Thursday nights. On 3 June 2016, 7flix became available on more TVs as
1640-479: Was due to Seven West Media owning the network. On 26 November 2018, STQ switched the main channel from SD to MPEG-2 HD. Seven News broadcast local bulletins each weeknight at 6 pm, in all seven regional areas: Cairns , Townsville , Mackay , Wide Bay , Toowoomba , the Sunshine Coast and Rockhampton . They are followed by a shortened 30-minute version of Seven News Brisbane . The bulletins are presented by Rob Brough , with Joanne Desmond co-anchoring
1681-678: 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