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Stateline (TV program)

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Stateline
GenreNews, current affairs
Presented byQuentin Dempster (NSW)
Josie Taylor (VIC)
Jessica van Vonderen (QLD)
Ian Henschke (SA)
Eliza Blue (WA)
Laetitia Lemke (NT)
Airlie Ward (TAS)
Chris Kimball (ACT)
Country of originAustralia
Original release
NetworkABC1
ABC News 24 (2010)
ABC iview
Release16 February 1996 (1996-02-16) –
4 March 2011 (2011-03-04)
1 January 2024 (2024-01-01)[citation needed]
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Stateline is a brand used by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for in-depth local and state-based news stories and interviews. Some of the stories feature on a monthly program called Stateline, which airs on the ABC News Channel and is available on ABC iview. It is hosted by James Glenday.

[1] Stateline was previously a weekly, Friday night television current affairs program. It provided analysis of state and municipal politics as well as insight into state and regional issues in a current affairs journalistic style. The program was known for its interviews with politicians, and for its coverage of important regional issues.

The program premiered on 16 February 1996 at 6 pm.[2] It moved to 7:30 pm in February 2001, which resulted in The 7.30 Report being removed from Fridays.[3][4]

The ABC announced in December 2010 that the state-based current affairs program Stateline would be folded into a new 7.30 brand from March 2011.[5] The change saw 7.30 extended to five nights a week, although Friday editions were to be presented locally and focus on state affairs.[5] The Friday state-based editions of 7.30 were eventually axed in December 2014.[6]

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It is broadcast on ABC TV, ABC News and ABC iview on Sundays during the state-based news bulletins, with eight separate state and territory specific editions.[citation needed] It was also broadcast on the new digital channel ABC2 after its launch in March 2005.[7]

With the launch of ABC News 24 in 2010, each local version of Stateline was also broadcast nationally on the channel over the weekend.[citation needed]

As of 2024 the Stateline brand name is in use by the ABC again.[8] Local presenters of state news bulletins anchor episodes of Stateline.

Former presenters of Stateline until 2011 include:

State/Territory Presenter
New South Wales Quentin Dempster
Victoria Josie Taylor
Queensland Jessica van Vonderen
Western Australia Eliza Blue
South Australia Ian Henschke
Tasmania Airlie Ward
Australian Capital Territory Chris Kimball
Northern Territory Laetitia Lemke

References

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  1. ^ Knox, David (2 August 2023). "ABC backflips on national Sunday bulletin plan, retains state-based news". TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 12 June 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2024. In June also announced digital-first Stateline to be broadcast on Friday nights as part of an extended 40 minute bulletin, produced out of state and territory newsrooms and anchored by local 7pm presenters.
  2. ^ Whelan, Judith (11 March 1996). "Affairs of State". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 54. Retrieved 22 October 2023 – via Newspapers.com.[better source needed]
  3. ^ Banham, Cynthia; Robinson, Mark (15 December 2000). "7.30 Report cut back as States get ABC airtime". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 3. Retrieved 22 October 2023 – via Newspapers.com.[better source needed]
  4. ^ Wilmoth, Peter (15 December 2000). "State affairs back on ABC's 7.30 slot". The Age. p. 3. Retrieved 22 October 2023 – via Newspapers.com.[better source needed]
  5. ^ a b Washbrook, Cyril (3 December 2010). "Sales and Uhlmann will front revamped 7.30". The Spy Report. Media Spy. Archived from the original on 15 December 2010. Retrieved 3 December 2010.
  6. ^ Meade, Amanda; Davidson, Helen; Alcorn, Gay (6 December 2014). "ABC cuts: state 7.30 programs broadcast emotional final episodes". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 12 June 2024. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  7. ^ "ABC2 launched at Parliament House". ABC New Media & Digital Services. dba.org.au. 11 March 2005. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 31 March 2007 – via Digital Broadcasting Australia. ABC2 was officially launched by the Minister for Communications, Senator The Hon Helen Coonan, at Parliament House Canberra yesterday. Demonstrating Federal Government support for the ABC's new free to view digital tv channel, Senator Coonan congratulated the ABC board and the ABC New Media team for using digital tv technology to provide a new broad-appeal television service. She was particularly pleased with the programming time on the new digital tv station dedicated to regional issues though Australia Wide, Landline and Stateline.
  8. ^ "Stateline". ABC iview. Archived from the original on 12 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
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