RTQ

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RTQ is an Australian television station broadcasting in regional Queensland in Australia. The network was owned by Star Television, before being purchased by the WIN Corporation on October 5, 1988.

WIN News

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WIN News Rockhampton with Paul Taylor and Samantha Heathwood.

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WIN News Toowoomba with Marita Ramia.

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WIN Weather Cairns with Peter Byrne.

WIN News produces regional news bulletins for the seven regional markets covered by RTQ - Rockhampton, Cairns, Townsville, Toowoomba, the Sunshine Coast and Wide Bay. Reporters and camera crews are based within all regions from newsrooms in Rockhampton, Bundaberg, Cairns, Mackay, Maroochydore, Toowoomba and Townsville.

Studio presentation for the Rockhampton, Mackay and Cairns bulletins are pre-recorded from RTQ's Rockhampton studios. The Townsville and Sunshine Coast bulletins are broadcast live from the Rockhampton and Toowoomba studios, with weather for the Toowoomba and Wide Bay bulletins pre-recorded from Rockhampton. The Toowoomba and Wide Bay bulletins are pre-recorded from the Toowoomba studios.

WIN News Rockhampton & Central Queensland, WIN News Mackay, WIN News Townsville & North Queensland and WIN News Cairns & Far North Queensland are presented by Samantha Heathwood (news) and Paul Taylor (news & sport) with weather presenter Peter Byrne from the Rockhampton studios of WIN Television.

These news brodcasts converted to widescreen format on Monday, March 23, 2009.

WIN News Toowoomba is presented by Marita Ramia and Travis McNamara with sports presenter Pat O' Shea and weather presenter Peter Byrne.

WIN News Sunshine Coast and WIN News Wide Bay are presented by Marita Ramia (news) and Travis McNamara (news & sport) with weather presenter Davina Smith for the Sunshine Coast bulletin and weather presenter Peter Byrne for the Wide Bay bulletin.

These news broadcasts converted to the widescreen format on December 14, 2008.

WIN News Late Edition is a Queensland statewide edition bulletin, which incorporates stories from the seven WIN News markets. This bulletin is presented at midnight from Rockhampton's RTQ studios by Paul Taylor (news & sport) and Peter Byrne (weather).

Reporters

Rockhampton

• Aimee Mellican
• Carrie-Anne Greenbank
• Samantha Heathwood
• Shaun Kelly
• Corinne Maxwell
• Casey Devin
• Liam Mulry (Sports Correspondent)

Townsville

• Jessica Ross
• Simon Ward
• Alexandria Foley
• Claire Robinson
• Jason Schwab
• Rebecca Barr (Sports Correspondent)

Cairns

• Renee Ball
• Abigail Stanbridge
• Laurise Pretty
• Nick Curry (Sports Correspondent)

Toowoomba

• Stephanie Fitzpatrick
• Haley Price
• Matt Grant
• Daniel Sercombe
• James O'Shea (Sports Correspondent)

Sunshine Coast

• John Ross
• Jessica Turner
• Tegan George
• Davina Smith
• Amber Austin-Wright
• Jo Mackey (Sports Correspondent)

Wide Bay

• Sophie Walsh
• Laura Demarchelier
• Thea Cowie

Mackay

• Roanne Johnson

Main Transmitters

Region served	City	Channels (Analog/ Digital)	First air date	ERP (Analog/ Digital)	HAAT (Analog/ Digital)1	Transmitter Coordinates	Transmitter Location
Cairns	Cairns	39 (UHF) 12 (VHF)	December 31, 1990	400 kW 50 kW	1176 m 1190 m	17°15′51″S 145°51′14″E	Mount Bellenden Ker
Darling Downs2	Toowoomba	0 (VHF)3 46 (UHF)	July 13, 1962	300 kW 500 kW	485 m 520 m	26°53′28″S 151°36′18″E (analog) 26°53′27″S 151°36′21″E (digital)	Mount Mowbullan
Mackay	Mackay	39 (UHF) 35 (UHF)	December 31, 1990	1300 kW 360 kW	612 m 630 m	21°1′56″S 148°56′36″E	Mount Blackwood
Rockhampton	Rockhampton	7 (VHF) 12 (VHF)	September 7, 1963	200 kW 50 kW	523 m 523 m	23°43′48″S 150°32′9″E	Mount Hopeful
Southern Downs4	Warwick	42 (UHF)5 43 (UHF)		600 kW 500 kW	301 m 301 m	28°32′9″S 151°49′58″E	Passchendaele Ridge
Townsville	Townsville	40 (UHF) 41 (UHF)	December 31, 1990	200 kW 200 kW	617 m 644 m	19°20′36″S 146°46′50″E	Mount Stuart
Wide Bay	Maryborough	39 (UHF) 10 (VHF)	December 31, 1990	1000 kW 60 kW	646 m 646 m	25°25′37″S 152°7′3″E	Mount Goonaneman

Notes:

• 1. HAAT estimated from http://www.itu.int/SRTM3/ using EHAAT.
• 2. The Darling Downs station was an independent station with the callsign DDQ from its 1962 sign-on until aggregation in 1990.
• 3. The Darling Downs station was on VHF channel 10 from its 1962 sign-on until 1988, swapping frequencies with TVQ Brisbane.
• 4. The Southern Downs station was a relay of DDQ Darling Downs/Toowoomba (with the callsign SDQ) from its 1960s sign-on until aggregation in 1990.
• 5. The Southern Downs station was on VHF channel 4 from its 1960s sign-on until 1991, moving to its current channel in order to accommodate FM radio.

External links

• Official Site
• Corporate Site