ABC (TV station)

This article is about the local Canberra based studio. For the national television network, see ABC Television.

ABC

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Channels	Analog: 9 (VHF) Digital: 9A (VHF)
Translators	Analog: ABC49 Conder ABC55 Mount Taylor ABC56 Fraser ABC60 Tuggeranong Hill Digital: ABC59 Mount Taylor and Tuggeranong Hill
Affiliations	ABC Television
Network	ABC Television
Owner	Australian Broadcasting Corporation
First air date	18 December 1962
Call letters' meaning	Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Former channel number(s)	3 (1962-1996)
Transmitter power	160 kW (analog) 50 kW (digital)
Height	349 m (analog) 362 m (digital)
Transmitter coordinates	35°16′32″S 149°5′52″E
Website	www.abc.net.au/tv

ABC is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's television station in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. The station began broadcasting on 18 December 1962 and broadcasts from studios in Dickson and its main transmitter is at Black Mountain.

ABC Canberra studios

Local programming

In the ACT, the ABC produces a nightly 7pm state news bulletin ABC News Canberra, presented by Virginia Haussegger on weeknights and Craig Allen on weekends. Weeknight weather forecasts are presented by Mark Carmody and weekend sport bulletins are presented by Chris Kimball. The weeknight bulletins also incoprorate a national finance presented by Alan Kohler in Melbourne.

The weekly current affairs program, 7.30 ACT airs on Friday nights at 7:30pm, presented by Chris Kimball.