DDQ-10 Toowoomba/Darling Downs
1962–1966
DDQ-10 Toowoomba/Darling Downs began transmission on 13 July 1962 as a branch of Darling Downs Television Limited. The callsign stood for Darling Downs Queensland.
Television 10-4
1966–1970
On 26 February 1966, relay station SDQ-4 Warwick/Southern Downs began transmission. DDQ/SDQ would be known on-air as Television 10-4. The callsign stood for Southern Downs Queensland.
Television 10-4-5
1970–1976
In 1970, DDQ's signal was enhanced with the opening of relay station DDQ-5 Toowoomba. The station was rebranded on air to Television 10-4-5.
1976–1982
Great Eastland Television
1975–1987
On 19 October 1975, DDQ-10/DDQ-5a Toowoomba, in partnership with NRN-11 Coffs Harbour, SDQ-4 Warwick, RTN-8 Lismore, NEN-9 Tamworth and ECN-8 Taree renamed themselves to the Great Eastland Television Network. DDQ/SDQ would be branded on-air as GET 10-4-5a.
Darling Downs TV Limited
1982–1988
In 1982, Television 10-4-5 was rebranded to Darling Downs TV Limited.
Vision TV
1988–1990
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On 10 September 1988, DDQ-10 Toowoomba moved to channel 0. DDQ's change of signal plus the upcoming move of DDQ-5a and SDQ-4 to the UHF band (DDQ-65 and SDQ-42 respectively) led to the station changing its name to Vision TV. At the same time, TVQ-0 changed frequency and became Brisbane TEN (TVQ-10).
RTQ-7 Rockhampton
1963–1971
RTQ-7 Rockhampton began transmission on 7 September 1963. The callsign stood for Rockhampton Television Queensland.
1971–1976
This logo was also used by the Seven Network from 1969 to 1976.
1976–1988
RTQ Television
1988–1989
Star Television
1989-1990
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In August 1989, DDQ/SDQ joined the aggregation race and became Star Television. RTQ-7 Rockhampton joined the network in 1990 and merged it with the Darling Downs stations.
WIN Queensland
1990–2000
On 31 December 1990, RTQ-7 became WIN Queensland on the first day of statewide aggregation, with the network's Rockhampton facilities used to produce local editions of newscasts from WIN News across some markets every day, including the Toowoomba edition.
On the same day, it expanded to Cairns on VHF-12, Mackay on UHF-35, Townsville on UHF-41 and Wide Bay/Maryborough on VHF-10. In 1991, SDQ-4 moved to its current channel in order to accomodate FM radio.
2001–2006
2006–2008
2008–2009
2009–2012
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2012–2016
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2016–2018
After failing to sue Nine for violating their contract by opening 9Now, RTQ switched affiliation from Nine Network to Network 10 on 1 July 2016. TNQ switched to Nine as a result.
2018-present
Television in Queensland
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