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[ElCapitanCranky]

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Yes. Regional ABC stations essentially relayed the capital city station but would opt out for regional news. (and occasionally for other programming, such as test cricket in summer months, which ABC did not air in capital cities as Nine would cover those markets)

I don’t remember these bulletins all that well but AFAIK they were very basic rip-and-read news bulletins and no filmed reports. They were presented from the capital city and sent out on the links to the regional stations.

The only ABC regionals that I am aware of that had their own presentation etc was ABRQ3 Rockhampton and ABTQ3 Townsville which were established before the existence of microwave links between them and Brisbane. In all other cases the regional ABC station was a relay of their capital city.

As demonstrated and mentioned here:

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