[3][4] After News Limited acquired a controlling stake in Ansett, it was required to sell TVQ due to restrictions on the number of television stations one organisation could own.
[8] On 17 September 1987, Darling Downs Telecasters, owner of DDQ10 Toowoomba, purchases TVQ for $123 million, and announces plans to convert the station to the Channel 10 frequency.
Eyewitness News continued as a nightly half-hour bulletin until 1984 when it was expanded to a one-hour format (the last Network Ten station at that time to convert to the one hour newscast used in other major Australian cities save for Perth).
The station won a Logie award in 1986 for Best News Report for its coverage of the siege at Eagle Farm Airport the previous year.
[10] On 15 August 2024, it was announced that the standalone Queensland bulletin would return to Mount Coot-tha from 2 September, to be presented by Sharyn Ghidella.