ABT (TV station)

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ABT is a television station in Hobart, Tasmania. It is affiliated with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The station began broadcasting on 4 June, 1960. Its studios are in the inner city of Hobart and transmitter at Mount Wellington. The station is transmitted throughout the state via a series of relay transmitters, and via satellite to areas that cannot receive normal terrestrial television signals.

The schedule is similar to the national schedule, with some exceptions.

News/Current Affairs

ABC News: Tasmania

Weekdays: Peter Gee

Finance: Alan Kohler

Sport: Peter Wilkins

Weather: Jaci Brown

Weekends: Barbara Pongratz (news, sport and weather)

STATELINE: Tasmania

Stateline Tasmania is a locally produced a current affairs program. It is presented by Airlie Ward

Transmitters

Main transmitters

Region	Call	Transmitter	Coordinates	Started
Hobart	ABT-2	Mount Wellington	42°53′56″S 147°14′05″E	4 June 1960
King Island	ABKT-11	Gentle Annie	40°02′15″S 144°00′54″E	14 January 1972
Launceston	ABNT-32	Mount Barrow	41°23′36″S 147°25′30″E	29 July 1963 on ch. 3
Queenstown	ABT-56	Mount Owen	42°05′36″S 145°36′17″E

See also

• ABC Tasmania