Media in Townsville
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Townsville is a city on the north-eastern coast of Queensland, Australia, with four commercial radio stations, four narrowcast radio stations, three community radio stations, five Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) radio stations, three commercial television stations, a regional daily newspaper and a community weekly newspaper. There are no local Sunday papers although the Sunday Mail (based in Brisbane) publishes a North Queensland edition, which is printed and distributed from Townsville (throughout Northern Queensland). Townsville also has extensive outdoor and indoor advertising media, ranging from taxi advertising to large-format billboards.
The Townsville Bulletin is the only newspaper in Townsville, with daily coverage on local, state, national and world news, with sections and liftouts on health, real estate, youth, beauty, cars and lifestyle. The Bulletin is in tabloid format.
HUXLEY Press is a regional online music, arts and creative culture street press.[1] 5,000 copies (with a readership of approximately 15,000[citation needed]) are distributed via galleries, theatres, performing arts groups, retail outlets, hotels, secondary and tertiary education campuses in Townsville, Hinchinbrook, Charters Towers and the Shire of Burdekin.
Magnetic Island has two competing small publications; Magnetic Island Community News is printed weekly and Magnetic Times is published online.
The North Queensland Register is based in Townsville. However, it services the Queensland rural community from Rockhampton North. Owned by Rural Press Limited, it has a distribution of about 5,000.[citation needed]
Northern Services Courier is an independent newspaper for Australian Defence Force personnel stationed in Townsville.
The Hack (formerly known as The Bullsheet) is the student community newspaper at James Cook University, published by the JCU Student Association. Outlook is the academic community newspaper at the university and it is published by the University.
Radio
| Station | Frequency | |
|---|---|---|
| ABC North Queensland | 630 AM | Government funded |
| RadioTAB | 891 AM | Racing/Narrowcast |
| Classic Gold FM | 87.6 FM | Oldies/Narrowcast |
| Vision Radio Network | 88.0 FM | Christian/Narrowcast |
| ABC News Radio | 94.3 FM and 93.5 FM | Government funded |
| Hot Country | 98.9 FM | Country/Narrowcast |
| Live FM[2] | 99.9 FM | Community |
| Power100 | 100.7 FM | Commercial |
| ABC Classic FM | 101.5 FM and 95.9 FM | Government funded |
| Triple M Townsville | 102.3 FM | Commercial |
| Hit 103.1 | 103.1 FM | Commercial |
| 4TTT | 103.9 FM | Community |
| ABC Radio National | 104.7 FM and 96.7 FM | Government funded |
| Triple J | 105.5 FM and 97.5 FM | Government funded |
| Star 106.3 | 106.3 FM | Commercial |
| 4K1G | 107.1 FM | Indigenous/Community |
| Townsvillerocks.com[3] | townsvillerocks.com | Online |