ABD is the

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's television station in Darwin,

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. The station was the first to go to air in Darwin, on 13 August 1971. Its studios are located in the inner city of Darwin, with (now defunct) analog transmitter owned by the Nine Network on Blake Street in The Gardens and digital transmitter on Deloraine Road. The station is received throughout the territory through a number of relay transmitters, as well as by satellite on the

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platform.

Programming

ABD follows a schedule similar to the ABC's statewide stations, opting out regularly for local news, current affairs, and sports programming. ABC Darwin also produced its own edition of '' 7.30'' until December 2014, when

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announced the final episode of the state editions would be the following week (Friday 5 December 2014), corresponding with his departure from the public broadcaster. ABD previously aired live coverage of

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matches every Saturday afternoon during the season. However, the ABC lost rights to SBS, which now broadcasts its coverage on

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in the Northern Territory. The station also broadcasts local Anzac Day services such as the local dawn service and march, as well as the

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commemorations and NT General Election specials. The analog signal for ABD was shut off at 9.00 am CST, Tuesday, 30 July 2013, along with NTD and other stations.

''ABC News NT''

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's ''The Country Hour'' host Matt Brann - covering local events in the agricultural industry. The weeknight bulletins also incorporate a national finance segment, presented by

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. The bulletin is presented by Jessica Randell (every Sunday to Thursday) and Melissa Mackay (every Friday and Saturday). ''ABC News NT'' is the only program produced by the network and is the only local news bulletin that is presented locally in Darwin (NTD produces its own Darwin news bulletin, but it is presented live from

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in Brisbane). However, they are known to contribute heavily to the daytime program ''

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''. The network previously produced programs '' Stateline'' and '' 7.30 NT'', however, ABC axed the local production of these programs Australia wide.

Presenters

* Jessica Randell (Sunday to Thursday) * Melissa Mackay (Friday and Saturday)

Reporters

* Dijana Aleksandrovic * Mitchell Abram * Jane Bardon * Jano Gibson * Melissa Mackay * Kristy O'Brien * Matt Garrick * Lauren Roberts * Jacqueline Breen * Felicity James * Henry Zwartz * Kate Ashton * Kathleen Ferguson * Matt Brann * Steve Vivian

Relay stations

The following stations relay ABD throughout the Northern Territory: Notes: *1.

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estimated from http://www.itu.int/SRTM3/ using EHAAT.

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