ATV-10 started on 20 January 1980, and was allowed to simulcast with 0 for a short period (a couple of weeks) so people could re-tune their sets etc. This was because the 0 frequency was not immediately being re-allocated as had happened in Brisbane, but it did get re-assigned later in the year for what is now SBS
I Can remember seeing this happen, I was visiting my Rello's in Toowoomba & they had TV reception from Both Toowoomba & Brisbane. In the week leading up both stations would close for the day & then test there new frequencies. They were communicating with each other well I must say because within seconds of Transmission close, Up would pop a Text pattern from the other one :-)
I wasn't there myself, but by the looks of it its was the point when TVQ-0 stopped broadcasting. It seems that they switched the audio and then video signals from 0 to 10 as seen in the video (0:31 is when the audio switched off, 0:48 it is switched on, but it would have been immediately after the other in real time, same with video).
I think the only significance was the date "10". The date was probably also picked because it was the last weekend before the 1988 Olympic Games, so viewers had a week to make sure they could tune to 10 to see the Games, and the Olympics also would have allowed lots of promotion of the relaunched channel.
Forward to September 10, 2008, TVQ newsroom: "Is it 20 years today? Really? No one knows about it here, hasn't come up in any of morning discussions" Need I say more? Says it all. At least we care about heritage here, no wonder mainstream TV viewing is decreasing, probably a better montage of memories here than what a TV station could hack together.
The problem with the changeover was that TVQ-0 had fantastic signal propagation (low frequency), but as you correctly pointed out poor picture quality due to the fact most TV antennas (even back then) didn't have an element long enough to receive 49MHz with decent signal clarity (just under 5' in length, more than 1' longer than to receive ABQ-2). TVQ-10 solved this problem, at the expense of signal range.
i imagine the SEQ10 transmitter was changed prior to the TVQ/DDQ and in the overall scheme of things the SEQ10 signal was probably only a minor transmitter site. Similar thing happened in Melbourne, as GMV6 had a translator station (10) in Alexandra which had to be changed to 11 prior to ATV10 starting in Melbourne
aah amazing what a bit of research can find :) The Courier-Mail's TV guide for the Friday evening showed the movie Helter Skelter scheduled to begin at 12.10am (Sat.morning). So yes it was a schedule change at the last minute it seems.
if i recall correctly, the "extended" version of the soundtrack was played after the Sunday night movie where they would announce the movies coming up the following week
Just driving around Gympie yesterday and noticed a lot of old towers with band III phased arrays aimed back to Brisbane and old band I (channel 0) aimed for Toowoomba and also band III phased arrays mounted vertical to what I guess would have been channel 8 in Maryborough ? All completely defunct (unless some of them are still picking up band III signals from Brisbane ??)
Would be great to see the DDQ switchover ie. the reverse from 10 to 0. Any Toowoomba/Darling Downs viewers from 1988? Any DDQ staffers with the video? Love to see that uploaded.
I think we worked out that they were off air at the time. Since WIN Toowoomba had bought out TVQ a year earlier (video on YT as well) it was easily co-ordinated.
You realise that Rob Readings and indeed the crew required for news broadcast crew were actually working live to midnight as that's when the changeover took place. So let's recap, Brisbane, Brisbane-only TV news service was live, present and working for a late night news bulletin at a midnight. As it should be, but sadly not these days.
i've got the TV guide for the week leading up to the switch (which is when the midnight tests happened) but there is no mention of that movie anywhere, but I can only assume that there was a late schedule change that didn't get captured in the TV listings
I can then assume DDQ was off the air at the time - either closed down for the night or shut down temporarily - otherwise there would need to be computerised or very sharp human co-ordination.
This had nothing to do with aggregation, both DDQ and TVQ would've survived quite alright. Aggregation only happened in regional areas (DDQ) whilst TVQ (cap city) was not aggregated naturally.
ATV-10 started on 20 January 1980, and was allowed to simulcast with 0 for a short period (a couple of weeks) so people could re-tune their sets etc. This was because the 0 frequency was not immediately being re-allocated as had happened in Brisbane, but it did get re-assigned later in the year for what is now SBS
I Can remember seeing this happen, I was visiting my Rello's in Toowoomba & they had TV reception from Both Toowoomba & Brisbane. In the week leading up both stations would close for the day & then test there new frequencies. They were communicating with each other well I must say because within seconds of Transmission close, Up would pop a Text pattern from the other one :-)
I wasn't there myself, but by the looks of it its was the point when TVQ-0 stopped broadcasting. It seems that they switched the audio and then video signals from 0 to 10 as seen in the video (0:31 is when the audio switched off, 0:48 it is switched on, but it would have been immediately after the other in real time, same with video).
I think the only significance was the date "10". The date was probably also picked because it was the last weekend before the 1988 Olympic Games, so viewers had a week to make sure they could tune to 10 to see the Games, and the Olympics also would have allowed lots of promotion of the relaunched channel.
Forward to September 10, 2008, TVQ newsroom:
"Is it 20 years today? Really? No one knows about it here, hasn't come up in any of morning discussions"
Need I say more? Says it all.
At least we care about heritage here, no wonder mainstream TV viewing is decreasing, probably a better montage of memories here than what a TV station could hack together.
Jacki's TV career actually began at Channel QTQ-9 in 1972, followed by Channel 7 and then TVQ-0
The problem with the changeover was that TVQ-0 had fantastic signal propagation (low frequency), but as you correctly pointed out poor picture quality due to the fact most TV antennas (even back then) didn't have an element long enough to receive 49MHz with decent signal clarity (just under 5' in length, more than 1' longer than to receive ABQ-2). TVQ-10 solved this problem, at the expense of signal range.
i imagine the SEQ10 transmitter was changed prior to the TVQ/DDQ and in the overall scheme of things the SEQ10 signal was probably only a minor transmitter site. Similar thing happened in Melbourne, as GMV6 had a translator station (10) in Alexandra which had to be changed to 11 prior to ATV10 starting in Melbourne
aah amazing what a bit of research can find :) The Courier-Mail's TV guide for the Friday evening showed the movie Helter Skelter scheduled to begin at 12.10am (Sat.morning). So yes it was a schedule change at the last minute it seems.
if i recall correctly, the "extended" version of the soundtrack was played after the Sunday night movie where they would announce the movies coming up the following week
Just driving around Gympie yesterday and noticed a lot of old towers with band III phased arrays aimed back to Brisbane and old band I (channel 0) aimed for Toowoomba and also band III phased arrays mounted vertical to what I guess would have been channel 8 in Maryborough ?
All completely defunct (unless some of them are still picking up band III signals from Brisbane ??)
Would be great to see the DDQ switchover ie. the reverse from 10 to 0.
Any Toowoomba/Darling Downs viewers from 1988?
Any DDQ staffers with the video?
Love to see that uploaded.
I think we worked out that they were off air at the time. Since WIN Toowoomba had bought out TVQ a year earlier (video on YT as well) it was easily co-ordinated.
I don't know why Brisbane didn't get channel 10 from day one when TV first came to Australia in the 50's like Sydney did.
You realise that Rob Readings and indeed the crew required for news broadcast crew were actually working live to midnight as that's when the changeover took place.
So let's recap, Brisbane, Brisbane-only TV news service was live, present and working for a late night news bulletin at a midnight.
As it should be, but sadly not these days.
Not only did DDQ change freqs but WBQ/SEQ's Nambour translator was also on channel 10.
i've got the TV guide for the week leading up to the switch (which is when the midnight tests happened) but there is no mention of that movie anywhere, but I can only assume that there was a late schedule change that didn't get captured in the TV listings
No, I can understand why they did it. Gives the event a sense of occasion.
This may not have been the permanent changeover, rather one of the test transmissions that was done before the switch.
now i wanna watch helter skelter .... argh
Also love the Brisbane Ten Ident too. Plenty of hot babes in it :D
I can then assume DDQ was off the air at the time - either closed down for the night or shut down temporarily - otherwise there would need to be computerised or very sharp human co-ordination.
Rob Readings is the newsreader in the intro
Great clip! Just curious what time did this go to air? As the movie Helter Skelter was not scheduled on the date that TVQ changed from 0 to 10.
Currently based on Mt Cootha if thats what you mean.
And to reciprocate, what will WIN Toowoomba do for their flipside of the changegover?
Yeah bloody typical. Shame that such a historical event's anniversary went by without a mention. Yeah here on RUclips we care about Aussie TV History.
I just came back to this video to see if there was any acknowlegment. But seems it went past without anything. Sad really
When did they start letting puppies into dance clubs?
Are you sure Rob did that live, I thought it was done earlier that evening?
This had nothing to do with aggregation, both DDQ and TVQ would've survived quite alright.
Aggregation only happened in regional areas (DDQ) whilst TVQ (cap city) was not aggregated naturally.
So was the switchover just like that? Or was it phased in?
"Brisbane Style" - doesn't that mean red-necked bogans in thongs and stubbies?
what about atv 10 switch over
With aggrigation it probably would've happened anyway
Ten is the worst channel on Freetv