ABD
Darwin, Northern Territory
Channels	Analog: 6 (VHF) Digital: 30 (UHF)
Affiliations	ABC Television
Network	ABC Television
Owner	Australian Broadcasting Corporation
First air date	August 13, 1971
Call letters’ meaning	ABC Darwin
Transmitter Power	80 kW (analog) 85 kW (digital)
Height	80 m (analog) 147 m (digital)[1]
Transmitter Coordinates	12°26′55″S 130°50′12″E / 12.44861°S 130.83667°E / -12.44861; 130.83667 (ABD) (analog) 12°24′52″S 130°58′9″E / 12.41444°S 130.96917°E / -12.41444; 130.96917 (ABD) (digital)
Website	www.abc.net.au/tv

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ABD is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's television station in Darwin, Northern Territory. The station was the first to go to air in Darwin, on August 13, 1971. Its studios are located in the inner city of Darwin, with analog transmitter on Blake Street and digital transmitter on Deloraine Road. The station is received throughout the territory through a number of relay transmitters, as well as by satellite on the Optus Aurora platform.

Contents 1 Local programming 2 Relay Stations 3 See also 4 References

[edit] Local programming

ABD follows a schedule similar to the ABC's state-wide stations, opting out regularly for local news, current affairs and sport programming.

The nightly 7pm state news bulletin ABC News Northern Territory is presented by Michael Coggan on weeknights and Margie Smithurst on weekends. The weeknight bulletins also incoprorate national finance and sport segements presented by Alan Kohler in Melbourne and Peter Wilkins in Sydney respectively.

Stateline Northern Territory, is a weekly current affairs program broadcast at 7:30pm on Friday nights and presented by Margie Smithurst.

ABD also airs live coverage of Northern Territory Football League matches every Saturday afternoon during the season and the grand final of the Tiwi Islands Football League, simulcast nationally with ABC2.

[edit] Relay Stations

The following stations relay ABD throughout the Northern Territory:

Call	Region served	City	Channels (Analog/ Digital)	First air date	3rd letter’s meaning	ERP (Analog/ Digital)	HAAT (Analog/ Digital)1	Transmitter Coordinates	Transmitter Location
ABAD	Alice Springs	Alice Springs	7 (VHF) 8 (VHF)	December 16, 1972	Alice Springs	0.5 kW 0.125 kW	205 m 205 m	23°43′20″S 133°51′23″E / 23.72222°S 133.85639°E / -23.72222; 133.85639 (ABAD)	West Gap
ABKD	Katherine	Katherine	7 (VHF) 8 (VHF)	December 21, 1974	Katherine	1.2 kW 0.3 kW	32 m 32 m	14°28′20″S 132°16′45″E / 14.47222°S 132.27917°E / -14.47222; 132.27917 (ABKD)	Katherine
ABTD	Tennant Creek	Tennant Creek	9 (VHF) NA	December 21, 1974	Tennant Creek	2 kW	110 m	19°38′3″S 134°13′25″E / 19.63417°S 134.22361°E / -19.63417; 134.22361 (ABTD)	Tennant Creek

Notes:

• 1. HAAT estimated from http://www.itu.int/SRTM3/ using EHAAT.

[edit] See also

• Television broadcasting in Australia

[edit] References

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v • d • e Television in the Northern Territory Darwin ABD (ABC1/ABC2) · TND (SC TV) · NTD (Nine)(HD) · DTD (Ten)(HD) · SBS Remote areas ABD (ABC) · IMP (Imparja) · QQQ (SC TV) · SBS

Coordinates: 12°27′51.32″S 130°50′39.93″E / 12.4642556°S 130.844425°E / -12.4642556; 130.844425

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