BTQ7, Brisbane’s second commercial station, is officially opened.
ABC station ABQ2 is opened the following night.
TV At 60: TV comes to Brisbane [2019]
Source: TV Week, 31 October 1959 (Supplied by Robert Copeman)
| BTQ7 | QTQ9 | |
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| 3PM | 3.30pm Susie | |
| 4PM | 4pm Religious 4.30 The Burning Question |
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| 5PM | 5pm Roy Rogers | |
| 6PM | 6pm Official Opening BTQ7. Sir Alan Mansfield, Deputy Governor and Chief Justice of Queensland 6.15 News. Brian Cahill, Nancy Knudsen 6.30 Disneyland |
6pm News Digest 6.30 Victory At Sea |
| 7PM | 7.30 Robin Hood | 7pm Fury 7.30 Leave It To Beaver |
| 8PM | 8pm ACI Theatre: Casablanca. 1942 [IMDB] | 8pm Caltex-Wills Theatre: High Noon [IMDB] |
| 9PM | 9.45 Meet The Press | 9.30 Alfred Hitchcock Presents |
| 10PM | 10.15 PME Playhouse 10.45 News Headlines. Brian Cahill, Sybil Francis 10.50 Epilogue |
10pm News, Weather 10.15 Close |
| 11PM | 11pm Close | |
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