ABT (TV station)

ABT

Hobart, Tasmania
Channels	Digital: 8 (VHF) Virtual: 2
Programming
Affiliations	ABC Television
Ownership
Owner	Australian Broadcasting Corporation
History
First air date	June 4, 1960 (1960-06-04)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 2 (VHF) (1960-2013)
Call sign meaning	ABC Tasmania
Technical information
ERP	200 kW (analog) 50 kW (digital)
HAAT	1024 m (analog) 1042 m (digital)
Transmitter coordinates	42°53′51″S 147°14′10″E
Links
Website	www.abc.net.au/tv

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

The analogue signal for ABT was shut off at 9.00am AEST, Tuesday, 9 April 2013.

Programming

Local programming

ABC News Tasmania is presented Guy Stayner from Monday to Thursday and Angela Ross from Friday to Sunday. Weather is presented by Simon McCulloch on weeknights. The weeknight bulletins also incorporate national finance segment presented by Alan Kohler in Melbourne.

Network programming

• Collectors

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)3 57 (UHF)	14 January 1972	King Island	2.6 kW 6.5 kW	190 m 198 m	40°2′11″S 144°1′0″E	Gentle Annie
ABNT	North Eastern Tasmania	Launceston	32 (UHF)3 41 (UHF)	29 July 1963	North Eastern	2000 kW 1250 kW	847 m 847 m	41°23′30″S 147°25′36″E	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.
• 3. Analogue television services ceased operation April 9, 2013 as part of the national conversion to digital television

See also

• Television broadcasting in Australia