TNT (Australian TV station)
TNT is an Australian TV station based in Hobart, Tasmania, owned by Southern Cross Austereo. Originally broadcasting to northern Tasmania, it has broadcast to the whole of Tasmania since aggregation of the Tasmanian television market in 1994. Local programming. TNT produces the market's number one news bulletin daily plus local lifestyle and sports programming. Previous local programmes produced by TNT-9 include "Sports Club" (weekly sports review), "Quiz Quest" (children's game show), "The Saturday Night Show" (variety), "Down the Line" (morning talk/local events), "The Saturday Morning Fun Show" (kids), "Tasmanian New Faces" (talent) and  annual coverage of "Targa Tasmania" and "The Launceston Cup". News. The station produces its flagship news program, "Nightly News" (formerly "Southern Cross News"), broadcast live every night at 6:00pm and presented from the Launceston studios. Short news updates are also produced and broadcast throughout the day alongside the national Seven News Updates. The bulletin is consistently the highest rating television program in Tasmania. A shortened version of the day's bulletin is upload by the station's YouTube channel, featuring only local news and sport reports alongside weather forecasts. The station originally planned to retitle the bulletin "Seven News Tasmania  on 1 July 2018 to coincide with the station's rebrand as Seven Tasmania. But the relaunch was delayed without any notice given. When asked by ABC's Media Watch", the CEO of SCA Grant Blackley stated that the Seven Network did not want their name featured on any output they do not control, so SCA was coming up with a new brand. On 3 December 2018, the bulletin changed its title to "Nightly News", a brand the station formerly used from the 1990s up to the early 2000s. Outside of this bulletin, Seven Tasmania airs national news and current  affairs output from the Seven Network, including: TNT simulcasts the weekday edition of "Seven News at 4" from HSV-7 in Melbourne, along with "Seven Morning News" at 11.30 on weekdays and "Seven News at 5" on weekends from ATN-7 in Sydney. Non-news output. Hook, Line and Sinker. The fishing show "Hook, Line and Sinker" is the most popular Tasmanian-made program airing and is broadcast Australia-wide. The program is hosted by former news journalists Andrew Hart and Nick Duigan. Renovation Relief. "Renovation Relief" is a DIY Program hosted by famous wood-chopper David Foster in which he and  a team of people from sponsors (i.e. Gunns) renovate a house, most commonly for people who have done something for the community or have enabled children. Targa Torque. Broadcast every night during Targa Tasmania fortnight, Andrew Hart and Nick Duigan report and review the events of the day. Holiday at Home. "Holiday at Home" is a lifestyle program which promotes places to stay and things to do in Tasmania. Burnie Ten – Ten Week Challenge. For the ten weeks leading up to the Burnie Ten, Mark Connelly trains a group of people in a program sponsored by Seven Tasmania. Weekly updates  are broadcast during commercial breaks. In the early years of the program, people who took part were well known in Tasmania, however in 2006, a Launceston family were trained to run the event. Sports coverage. Seven Tasmania airs sports coverage from Seven Network, which includes Australian Rules Football, tennis and motorsport. In the 1990s, the station aired Network Ten's daily sports program Sports Tonight as part of its dual-affiliation, however this was eventually replaced by Seven's current affairs program, Today Tonight. The station airs three AFL games per round courtesy of its affiliation with Seven. Matches held  in Tasmania are broadcast on delay. The station promotes extensive coverage of Tasmanian sports in its news coverage including cricket, athletics, netball and basketball. The station's previous sports reporters were Chris Rowbottom, Alicia Muling, and Trent Dann. Local sport. Locally, coverage of the international road race Targa Tasmania is produced and aired each year. The station also produces live coverage of the Launceston and Hobart Cup. Regular updates on the annual Boxing Day Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race are broadcast during the duration of the race. Affiliation. The station is affiliated with the metropolitan Seven Network and also broadcasts  most of Seven's sub-channels (7TWO, 7mate, 7flix, Openshop, and Racing.com). Rival Tasmanian station TVT-6 (WIN Television) is affiliated with the metropolitan Nine Network. Following aggregation in 1994, the station was a combined Seven and Ten affiliate, however the Ten content was gradually removed from the schedule in the late 2000s following the launch of digital-only station TDT in 2003. TDT is a joint-venture between Southern Cross Austereo and WIN. Main transmitters. Notes: