from TV Week-Country Queensland edition
FNQ FNQ10 Cairns
RTQ RTQ7 Rockhampton (and 10 Gladstone)
MVQ MVQ6 Mackay (and 8 Nebo, 11 Collinsville/Moranbah)
TNQ TNQ7 Townsville (and 1 Nebo, 9 North Ward; FNQ and TNQ formed the North Queensland Television network)
WBQ WBQ8 Wde Bay (and 1 Sunshine Coast, 5 Monto)
DDQ DDQ10 Toowoomba/SDQ4 Southern Downs (and DDQ5 Toowoomba city)
ITQ ITQ8 Mount Isa
ABC ABC Queensland (on 1 Southern Downs, Monto; 3 Rockhampton, Darling Downs, Townsville; 4 Gympie, Mackay; 6 North Longreach; 7 Wide Bay, Mount Isa, Richmond, Hughenden; 8 Alpha; 9 Cairns, Blackall; 10 Cloncurry, Ward, Julia Creek, Clermont, Barlcaldine; and 11 Emerald)
Ratings Key
(A) Adult
(AO) Adults Only
Afternoon
noon
ABC Countdown
1.30
ABC This Day Tonight
2.00
ABC Sportsview (coverage of lawn bowls, squash, motorcycle racing, Rugby League, and soccer)
2.25
DDQ Meditation
2.30
DDQ Primus
2.55
DDQ H.R. Pufnstuf
3.20
DDQ Dusty's Trail
3.45
DDQ Cartoons
3.55
WBQ Billboard
4.00
RTQ This Week Has Seven Days (bw; produced at HSV7 Melbourne and re-edited into various lengths for regional stations, the Melbourne version ran 2 and a half hours)
WBQ Arthur of the Britons
DDQ Yelllow House
4.30
WBQ Superfriends
4.55
WBQ Wotsaname Show
5.00
FNQ-TNQ Star Soccer
MVQ International Wrestling (also aired Sun 2.25pm on DDQ; the NQTV stations aired the Brisbane version of World Championship Wrestling Sundays at 4)
DDQ Young Talent Time
5.30
RTQ Robin Hood (bw)
WBQ Follyfoot
ITQ Marvel Superheroes
5.35
ABC Yak
5.45
ABC Magic Roundabout (bw)
5.50
FNQ-TNQ Suzanne Shoes
ABC Little Big Time
Evening
6.00
FNQ-RTQ-MVQ-TNQ-WBQ-DDQ National News (from QTQ9 Brisbane, I believe)
ITQ Petticoat Junction
6.15
ABC Grasshopper Island
6.20
DDQ Sports Review
6.25
DDQ Weather Report
6.30
FNQ-TNQ A Current Affair
RTQ Travelin' Out West (Host John Williamson is a legendary Aussie country singer, the nearest North American counterpart would be Canada's Stompin' Tom Connors)
MVQ Point of View
WBQ-DDQ A Country Affair
ITQ Addams Family
ABC One Northern Summer
6.40
MVQ A Country Affair
6.55
ABC Weather
7.00
FNQ-TNQ-WBQ-DDQ Travelin' Out West
ITQ TBA
ABC News
7.15
ABC Sports Review
7.30
RTQ Studio Nine (from QTQ9)
ABC Harry Secombe
7.35
MVQ An Evening with "Hoges" (Paul Hogan)
8.00
FNQ-TNQ On the Buses
WBQ Homicide
DDQ M*A*S*H
ITQ Owen Marshall
8.15
ABC Four Corners
8.30
FNQ-TNQ Movie "Owen Marshall" (A; sign-off 10.30)
RTQ Movie "Secret of the Incas" (A)
MVQ Dick Emery
DDQ The Box (get your minds out of the gutter
-this was set at a TV station)
9.00
MVQ Movie "Trial Run" (AO)
WBQ Movie "Sands of the Kalahari" (A)
ITQ Movie "The Pleasure of His Company" (A; sign-off 10.55)
ABC Avengers (A)
9.30
DDQ Streets of San Francisco (A)
9.50
ABC Movie "Any Second Now" (A; sign-off 11.25)
10.15
RTQ Movie "King and Country" (AO; sign-off 11.40)
10.30
DDQ Meditation (sign-off 10.35)
10.45
MVQ Just a Minute (sign-off 10.50)
11.05
WBQ Epilogue (sign-off 11.10)
FNQ FNQ10 Cairns
RTQ RTQ7 Rockhampton (and 10 Gladstone)
MVQ MVQ6 Mackay (and 8 Nebo, 11 Collinsville/Moranbah)
TNQ TNQ7 Townsville (and 1 Nebo, 9 North Ward; FNQ and TNQ formed the North Queensland Television network)
WBQ WBQ8 Wde Bay (and 1 Sunshine Coast, 5 Monto)
DDQ DDQ10 Toowoomba/SDQ4 Southern Downs (and DDQ5 Toowoomba city)
ITQ ITQ8 Mount Isa
ABC ABC Queensland (on 1 Southern Downs, Monto; 3 Rockhampton, Darling Downs, Townsville; 4 Gympie, Mackay; 6 North Longreach; 7 Wide Bay, Mount Isa, Richmond, Hughenden; 8 Alpha; 9 Cairns, Blackall; 10 Cloncurry, Ward, Julia Creek, Clermont, Barlcaldine; and 11 Emerald)
Ratings Key
(A) Adult
(AO) Adults Only
Afternoon
noon
ABC Countdown
1.30
ABC This Day Tonight
2.00
ABC Sportsview (coverage of lawn bowls, squash, motorcycle racing, Rugby League, and soccer)
2.25
DDQ Meditation
2.30
DDQ Primus
2.55
DDQ H.R. Pufnstuf
3.20
DDQ Dusty's Trail
3.45
DDQ Cartoons
3.55
WBQ Billboard
4.00
RTQ This Week Has Seven Days (bw; produced at HSV7 Melbourne and re-edited into various lengths for regional stations, the Melbourne version ran 2 and a half hours)
WBQ Arthur of the Britons
DDQ Yelllow House
4.30
WBQ Superfriends
4.55
WBQ Wotsaname Show
5.00
FNQ-TNQ Star Soccer
MVQ International Wrestling (also aired Sun 2.25pm on DDQ; the NQTV stations aired the Brisbane version of World Championship Wrestling Sundays at 4)
DDQ Young Talent Time
5.30
RTQ Robin Hood (bw)
WBQ Follyfoot
ITQ Marvel Superheroes
5.35
ABC Yak
5.45
ABC Magic Roundabout (bw)
5.50
FNQ-TNQ Suzanne Shoes
ABC Little Big Time
Evening
6.00
FNQ-RTQ-MVQ-TNQ-WBQ-DDQ National News (from QTQ9 Brisbane, I believe)
ITQ Petticoat Junction
6.15
ABC Grasshopper Island
6.20
DDQ Sports Review
6.25
DDQ Weather Report
6.30
FNQ-TNQ A Current Affair
RTQ Travelin' Out West (Host John Williamson is a legendary Aussie country singer, the nearest North American counterpart would be Canada's Stompin' Tom Connors)
MVQ Point of View
WBQ-DDQ A Country Affair
ITQ Addams Family
ABC One Northern Summer
6.40
MVQ A Country Affair
6.55
ABC Weather
7.00
FNQ-TNQ-WBQ-DDQ Travelin' Out West
ITQ TBA
ABC News
7.15
ABC Sports Review
7.30
RTQ Studio Nine (from QTQ9)
ABC Harry Secombe
7.35
MVQ An Evening with "Hoges" (Paul Hogan)
8.00
FNQ-TNQ On the Buses
WBQ Homicide
DDQ M*A*S*H
ITQ Owen Marshall
8.15
ABC Four Corners
8.30
FNQ-TNQ Movie "Owen Marshall" (A; sign-off 10.30)
RTQ Movie "Secret of the Incas" (A)
MVQ Dick Emery
DDQ The Box (get your minds out of the gutter
-this was set at a TV station)9.00
MVQ Movie "Trial Run" (AO)
WBQ Movie "Sands of the Kalahari" (A)
ITQ Movie "The Pleasure of His Company" (A; sign-off 10.55)
ABC Avengers (A)
9.30
DDQ Streets of San Francisco (A)
9.50
ABC Movie "Any Second Now" (A; sign-off 11.25)
10.15
RTQ Movie "King and Country" (AO; sign-off 11.40)
10.30
DDQ Meditation (sign-off 10.35)
10.45
MVQ Just a Minute (sign-off 10.50)
11.05
WBQ Epilogue (sign-off 11.10)