The company's shareholders included local radio and print media outlets as well as theatre owners Birch, Carroll and Coyle.

[2] Although MVQ-6 was launched on 9 August 1968, its history dates back to March 1960, when Mackay Television Development Pty Ltd was formed.

Sunshine also reformatted its news service to match its partner network and a new logo also debuted with the on-air presentation similar to Seven's.

The collapse of Christopher Skase's Qintex empire then saw Sunshine Television Network transfer ownership to Gosford Communications in 1992.

In 1995, Reg Grundy's RG Capital lodged an initial $89million bid for the company which was rejected by Sunshine's board.

Seven News broadcast local bulletins each weeknight at 6 pm, in all seven regional areas: Cairns, Townsville, Mackay, Wide Bay, Toowoomba, the Sunshine Coast and Rockhampton.

The bulletins are presented by Rob Brough, with Joanne Desmond co-anchoring the Cairns, Townsville, Rockhampton and Toowoomba editions.

Reporters and camera crews are based at newsrooms in each of the seven regions with studio presentation for the Cairns, Townsville, Mackay, Darling Downs, Rockhampton and Wide Bay bulletins pre-recorded in Maroochydore.

In early 1998, WIN Television launched a competing service publicly stating that it would beat Seven in the ratings within six months.

Formerly, there were two bureaus located in Hervey Bay and Gladstone covering their respective regions, but they were closed due to budget reasons.

Fill-in Weather Presenter Rosanna Natoli left the Seven Network after getting elected Mayor of Sunshine Coast Region on 16 March 2024.