Opener for SEQ news
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What number replaced 10 in or around 1988? I heard somewhere it was 0, like DDQ10 was
I think SEQ10 went to UHF
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SEQ 10 ent to UHF 60 specifically sometimes known as SUN60
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Going to UHF makes more sense than 0, given less chance of interference from channel 1 and other lower frequencies
Yep it definitely went UHF after 10 on the Sunshine Coast.
10 (and then 60) was from Dulong Lookout near Nambour, right? When did Bald Knob become a TX site? Was that post-aggregation or when the metros started up on the Coast?
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Dulong was the site because the original relays were to serve Nambour - ABC was 5a.
When the Sunshine Coast relays came on line they and the Brisbane relays were from Bald Knob with the Nambour relays continuing.
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When GMV-6’s translators in Alexandra and Eildon came online in 1969 it identified as just “GMV”. When colour TV came in 1975 they changed their logo as “GMV Channel 6” looking like the BTV Channel 6 original logo but in voice overs still referred to as “GMV” until 1977 when the 6 on a rainbow TV screen became the logo for both BTV and GMV and identifying as “Channel 6”, continuing until the change to VIC TV in 1989.
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We moved to Bundaberg in late 1974 and it was still WBQ. I had a “WBQ TeleClub” badge. It then became SEQ 8-1-5 and before it became “Sunshine Television ” .. 10 was added, which was the extension to the Sunshine Coast.
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SEQ local news only began in the early 1980s. It was read by Melissa Davis who was also the host of the children’s program, TeleClub.
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That’s it. Always hated that logo on the wall behind Melissa !
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Ah the wood (or wood like) panelled sets.
The 80s.. get me a DeLorean with a flux capacitator and take me back NOW!
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Isn’t that just the interior of your house? 
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I wish!
And I want a car with velour seats too, none of this “pleather” stuff thank you.
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If the government had of listened to regional networks instead of the likes of the owners of Seven, Nine and 10, most if not all regional areas would of had a 2 station aggregation model instead of 3. Canberra, Wollongong and Newcastle would have been the only markets big enough for 3 stations IMO given Gold Coast already had the metro feeds from Brisbane.
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Melissa is an absolute legend. A lovely lady still highly regarded in Maryborough/Hervey Bay.
I did high school work experience at SEQ in 1984 and stayed back one night to watch her do the local news. She was amazing and seemed to do everything from writing and editing the stories to actually reading the news. She was also very funny and was cracking jokes in the commercial breaks. But as soon as the camera was back on she just went into newsreader mode. I was in awe.
She apparently had offers to go to Brisbane but wouldn’t leave Maryborough.
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Yes it’s important to note that when the Nambour relays began there wasn’t really much to the “Sunshine Coast” apart from holiday shacks and a few shops. Nambour was the main population centre by far. Even the local radio station was 4NA to reflect that. It later became 4SS as the Sunshine Coast overtook Nambour in importance.
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