ABT (TV station)


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

The following stations relay ABT throughout Tasmania:
CallRegion servedCityChannels
'
First air date3rd letter's
meaning
ERP
'
HAAT
'1
Transmitter coordinatesTransmitter location
ABKTKing IslandKing Island11 3
57
14 January 1972King Island2.6 kW
6.5 kW
190 m
198 m
Gentle Annie
ABNTNorth Eastern TasmaniaLaunceston32 3
41
29 July 1963N'''orth Eastern2000 kW
1250 kW
847 m
847 m
Mount Barrow

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