TNT (Australian TV station)

TNT is an Australian TV station based in Launceston, Tasmania, owned by Southern Cross Austereo.

ENT bought TVT-6 in Hobart in 1982[1] and in 1985, TNT and TVT were officially relaunched as TasTV, with the callsigns remaining for both stations.

On 30 March 1988, ENT sold TNT-9 to Tricom Corporation, the second largest regional television broadcaster in Australia at the time, for $40 million, after buying a parcel worth 19.9% in shares.

[6] TNT produces the market's number one news bulletin daily plus local lifestyle and sports programming.

[7] 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 fishing show Hook, Line and Sinker is the most popular Tasmanian-made program airing and is broadcast Australia-wide.

Broadcast every night during Targa Tasmania fortnight, Andrew Hart and Nick Duigan report and review the events of the day.

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.

Seven Tasmania airs sports coverage from Seven Network, which includes Australian Rules Football, Horse racing, cricket, tennis, golf and motorsport.

The station's previous sports reporters were Chris Rowbottom, Alicia Muling, and Trent Dann.

TNT-9's logo from 1980 to 1989, the dots are replaced by stars in the Nine Network logo.