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ABT
Hobart, Tasmania
Channels	Analog: 2 (VHF) Digital: 8 (VHF)
Affiliations	ABC Television
Network	ABC Television
Owner	Australian Broadcasting Corporation
First air date	June 4, 1960
Call letters’ meaning	ABC Tasmania
Transmitter Power	200 kW (analog) 50 kW (digital)
Height	1024 m (analog) 1042 m (digital)[1]
Transmitter Coordinates	42°53′51″S 147°14′10″E / 42.8975°S 147.23611°E / -42.8975; 147.23611 (ABT)
Website	www.abc.net.au/tv

ABT is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's television station in Hobart, Tasmania. It began broadcasting on June 4, 1960, with studios in inner city Hobart and transmitter at Mount Wellington.

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

[edit] Local programming

The nightly 7pm state news bulletin ABC News Tasmania is presented by Peter Gee on weeknights with weather presenter Simon McCulloch. Weekend bulletins are presented by Barbara Pongratz. The weeknight bulletins also incorporate national finance and sport segements presented by Alan Kohler in Melbourne and Peter Wilkins in Sydney respectively.

Stateline Tasmania, a locally produced current affairs program, airs every Friday night at 7:30pm and is presented by Airlie Ward.

[edit] Relay Stations

The following stations relay ABT throughout Tasmania:

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
ABKT	King Island	King Island	11 (VHF) 57 (UHF)	January 14, 1972	King Island	2.6 kW 6.5 kW	190 m 198 m	40°2′11″S 144°1′0″E / 40.03639°S 144.016667°E / -40.03639; 144.016667 (ABKT)	Gentle Annie
ABNT	North Eastern Tasmania	Launceston	32 (UHF) 41 (UHF)	July 29, 1963	North Eastern	2000 kW 1250 kW	847 m 847 m	41°23′30″S 147°25′36″E / 41.39167°S 147.42667°E / -41.39167; 147.42667 (ABNT)	Mount Barrow

Notes:

• 1. HAAT estimated from http://www.itu.int/SRTM3/ using EHAAT.
• 2. ABNT was on VHF channel 3 from its 1963 sign-on until 2002, moving to its current channel in order to accommodate FM radio.

[edit] See also

• Television broadcasting in Australia

[edit] References

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