The 19th annual Kuttsywood's Couch guide to DST delays

 To think, we’ve been doing this for 19 years.

Welcome, to this year’s DST Guide being published at the end of Content Survey Live’s World Championships this year (with Boston taking out the inaugural gong last Saturday).

This year, we’ll let you know of two things off the bat.

1. At the kwNetwork Select on Boxing Day, we will announce the date for the DST Guide’s twentieth anniversary celebration. It’s a milestone, for a series that has been our longest running and most important staple: and it deserves to be celebrated… before the significant parts that are being delivered as part of Project Blackjack really get into gear.

And, two: you also realise that this year’s guide is being posted on a Sunday (in reality, it went live at 6pm on Saturday night). At the same time this post is going live: Veritas on KW on Sunday (over at the Veritas on KW Substack), we are going to go into extreme detail concerning Content Survey Live Brittania and Content Survey Live The Ashes, that are coming in 2027.

Now, let’s get on to the guide.

9Gem (SEQ (Metro): 92 (95 HD), GC (regional): 82 (85 HD): Rest of QLD: 81 (no HD), Foxtel 164 (264 HD, metro only)

This service will be airing on Queensland time.

9GO: (SEQ (Metro): 93/99, GC (regional): 83/88, Rest of QLD: 82, Foxtel 162)

This service will be airing on Queensland time.

9Life: (SEQ (Metro): 94, GC (regional): 84, Rest of QLD: 83, Foxtel: 163

This service will be airing on Queensland time.

9Rush: (SEQ (Metro): 96, unavailable to GC (regional), Rest of QLD and on Foxtel)

This service will be airing on Queensland time.

9 Main channel (SEQ (Metro): 9 (90 HD), GC (regional): 8 (80 HD), Rest of QLD: 8 (80 HD), Foxtel 100 (209 HD)

-News/Public Affairs:

Nine’s locally produced 4pm, 6pm and 5:30 Gold Coast bulletins (all streaming on 9 Now) will air live into Queensland, however ACA, Today/Today Extra and late night news programming will be delayed by one hour unless major news breaks.

-Sport:

The Melbourne Cup will be live into Queensland.

Sydney to Hobart coverage will also be live into Queensland

It's absolutely given, that the 2027 Australian Open will be airing live into Queensland in January.

-Programming:

Christmas programming (including the newly acquired by Nine: Carols in the Domain) will air one hour behind the southern states.

Stripped out programming such as the climax for the 2026 season of The Block, and the 2027 edition of Married at First Sight will also be airing in Queensland one hour behind the southern states, for the entire DST period.

ABC

ABC News Channel (Statewide FTA: 24, Foxtel: 642)

This service will be airing on Sydney time for all platforms.

ABC Entertains: (Statewide FTA: 23, Foxtel: 153)

This service will be airing on Queensland time, unless you have a pre-iQ3 Foxtel setup or a iQ3/iQ4/iQ5 that is not connected to a FTA antenna: where it will run on NSW time.

ABC Family (i.e. the Bluey channel): (Statewide FTA: 22, Foxtel: 152)

This service will be airing on Queensland time, unless you have a pre-iQ3 Foxtel setup or a iQ3/iQ4/iQ5 that is not connected to a FTA antenna: where it will run on NSW time.

ABC TV (Statewide FTA: 2 (21 HD), Foxtel: 102 (202 HD)

This service will be airing on Queensland time with Queensland content (local ABC News at 7pm), unless you have a pre-iQ3 Foxtel setup or a iQ3/iQ4/iQ5 that is not connected to a FTA antenna: where it will run on NSW time and with a NSW 7pm ABC bulletin (airing at 6pm QLD time).

Sydney NYE: Tune into Sydney City Council's official website for the 2026 event (which includes a live stream) and Veritas on KW on Bluesky (as well as our Veritas on KW: On Sunday column on Substack) for updates as we get closer to the end of 2026.

SBS

SBS World Movies: (Statewide FTA: 32 (HD only), Foxtel: 432 (HD), 433 (SD)

This service will be airing on Queensland time, unless you have a pre-iQ3 Foxtel setup or a iQ3/iQ4/iQ5 that is not connected to a FTA antenna: where it will run on NSW time and with NSW advertising.

SBS 2: (Statewide FTA: 31 (HD only), Foxtel: 170 (SD) 270 (HD)

This service will be airing on Queensland time, unless you have a pre-iQ3 Foxtel setup or a iQ3/iQ4/iQ5 that is not connected to a FTA antenna: where it will run on NSW time and with NSW advertising.

SBS Food: (Statewide FTA: 33, Foxtel: 171)

This service will be airing on Queensland time, unless you have a pre-iQ3 Foxtel setup or a iQ3/iQ4/iQ5 that is not connected to a FTA antenna: where it will run on NSW time and with NSW advertising.

NITV: (Statewide FTA: 34, Foxtel: 172)

This service will be airing on Queensland time, unless you have a pre-iQ3 Foxtel setup or a iQ3/iQ4/iQ5 that is not connected to a FTA antenna: where it will run on NSW time and with NSW advertising.

SBS: (Statewide FTA: 3 (30 HD), Foxtel: 104 (204 HD)

This service will be airing on Queensland time, unless you have a pre-iQ3 Foxtel setup or a iQ3/iQ4/iQ5 that is not connected to a FTA antenna: where it will run on NSW time and with NSW advertising.

7Flix (SEQ (Metro): 76, GC (Regional): 66 , SC (Regional): 66, Rest of QLD: 77, Foxtel: 158)

This service will be airing on Queensland time.

7Mate (SEQ (Metro): 73 (74 HD), GC (Regional): 63 (No HD) , SC (Regional): 63 (64 HD), Rest of QLD: 73 (74 HD), Foxtel: 157 (257 HD).

This service will be airing on Queensland time.

7Bravo (SEQ (Metro): 75, GC (Regional) 65, SC (Regional) 65, Rest of Queensland: 75, unavailable on Foxtel.

This service will be airing on Queensland time.

7Two (SEQ (Metro): 72, GC (Regional): 62, SC (Regional): 62, Rest of QLD: 72 , Foxtel: 156)

This service will be airing on Queensland time.

Seven (SEQ (Metro): 7 (70 HD), GC (Regional): 6 (60 HD), SC (Regional): 6 (60 HD), Rest of QLD: 7 (70 HD), Foxtel: 107 (207HD)

News/Public Affairs:

Seven’s Brisbane-produced 4pm and 6pm news services (of which the Brisbane 6pm bulletin is edited drastically in regional Queensland), and Maroochydore produced 6pm local news services for regional QLD will air live. The Latest, Sunrise and the Morning Show, will be delayed into Queensland… unless major news breaks.

Sport:

The summer of cricket (sans-a-Brisbane test this year, although we’ve got the Sesquicentenary Test against England in March in Melbourne), final stages of the V8 Supercar season (with the traditional Mt Panorama 1000k race in it’s traditional early October slot) and the 2026 AFLW season from Round 8 onward, will be airing live into Queensland.

Programming:

Programming on 7 for early 2027 that will be affected by DST-related delays, will be communicated via the Veritas on KW: on Sunday column on Substack running after Seven’s 2027 upfronts happen on October 22.

Meanwhile, 7’s Christmas programming stocking in our view after the loss of the Domain Carols in Sydney, is looking so far more like a empty plate of roast chicken, than palatable viewing if you aren't a cricket fan.

Nickelodeon Australia (formerly known as 10 Shake) (SEQ (Metro): 13, GC (Regional): unavailable as of posting, Rest of QLD: 54, Foxtel iQ3-5, 168).

This service will be airing on Queensland time.

10 Comedy (SEQ (Metro): 11, GC (Regional): 52, Rest of QLD: 52, Foxtel: 167)

This service will be airing on Queensland time.

10 Drama (SEQ (Metro): 12, GC (Regional): 51, Rest of QLD: 53, Foxtel: 166)

This service will be airing on Queensland time.

However: A-League Women’s, Matildas games and A-League Men’s coverage will most likely be live.

10 (SEQ (Metro): 10 (1/15 HD), GC (Regional): 5 (50 HD), Rest of QLD: 5 (50 HD), Foxtel 110 (210 HD)

News/Public Affairs:

10’s sole Brisbane news bulletin will be live into Queensland during the DST time period, while 10 News+ will be delayed into Queensland, provided it is not axed at years end... although, it’s jacaranda season after all.

(Yes, we recycled the gag from last year)

Sport:

What main channel sport, 10?

Programming:

The second season of the  return of Big Brother to 10 will be airing in Queensland one hour behind the southern states during the DST period, despite it being produced at Murrarie.

Information on programming beyond BB will be communicated via Veritas on KW: on Sunday columns over at Substack, after Paramount Australia/New Zealand 2027 upfronts are held later this year (the lack of announcements at this time surely are pissing off potential advertisers).

10+1 (SEQ (Metro: 14) GC/Rest of QLD unknown at this time.

All your favorite shows: on two hour delay in Queensland during summer (except for Sharyn at six).

News24: (GC (regional): 53 , Rest of QLD: 56 , Foxtel (which is actual News24) 103)

This service will be airing on Sydney time for all platforms.

The 2006 Federal Cabinet Papers release, will also be on Sydney time (glasses chinking in a house in Sunnybank Hills, although is this gag applicable to Cannon Hill once more?).

Mark Levy Morning Show (from 2GB)

A full relay is taken by the following stations:

-4GR Toowoomba (SCA-owned Triple M station on AM band, formerly took SCA-produced Australia Today): most likely takes 2GB Mornings live.

“Yes, the gag is applicable to Cannon Hill once more” Morning Show (from 4BC)

-4BC Brisbane (part of Tapt’s radio division: 882AM) is live into Brisbane.

-4K1G Townsville (indigenous community station) Takes Sunnybank Hills glass chinker live.

-4RO Rockhampton (ARN-owned AM talkback station) Takes Sunnybank Hills glass chinker live.

It is unknown at time of press whether the following stations (all owned by Resonate Broadcasting): 4HI (Emerald 1143 AM and is further relayed to: Dysart 945 AM, Moranbah 1215 AM, Blair Athol 88.1 FM, BHP Blackwater Mine 103.7 FM, Clermont 102.1 FM, Peak Downs 106.9 FM, Goonyella North 92.5 FM, Goonyella Riverside 93.7 FM, Rolleston 100.1 FM, Minerva 104.9 FM), 4LG (Longreach 1098 AM), 4LM (Mt Isa 666 AM, Cloncurry 693 AM), 4SB (Kingaroy, 1071 AM), 4GC (Charters Towers 828 AM), 4VL (918 AM in Charleville and further relayed to 96.5 FM in Cunnamulla, 98.7 FM in Tambo, 93.9 FM in Wyandra, 104.5 FM in Quilpie and 106.1 FM in Augathella), 4ZR (1476 AM in Roma and is further relayed to 104.5 FM in Mitchell and 105.3 FM in St George) 4DB/4EM (branded as Hot Country QLD, 1629 AM in Kingaroy, 1611 AM in Dalby, Emerald, Goondiwindi, Roma and St George) still remain with a 2GB mornings feed or eventually will switch to 4BC mornings.

SCA:

Hit Network Breakfast outside Brisbane (SEA FM GC, Hit Fraser Coast, Mackay and The Whitsundays, Tablelands, South Burnett, Mt Isa, Maranoa, Townsville, Emerald, Darling Downs, Cairns and CQ and the Listnr app) will be delayed a hour unless you choose to listen to a Hit Network regional station online from outside Queensland, where it’ll be live.

Hit Network Drive (4-6pm, airing on B105 Brisbane, SEA FM GC, Hit Fraser Coast, Mackay and The Whitsundays, Tablelands, South Burnett, Mt Isa, Maranoa, Townsville, Emerald, Darling Downs, Cairns and CQ and the Listnr app) Terrestrial radio will be on Queensland time: however Listnr feed will be live (if you choose to listen to a out of state Hit station): unless you choose to listen on demand.

Triple M Drive (4-6pm, airing on 4MMM Brisbane, Gold FM GC Triple M Fraser Coast, Mackay and the Whitsundays, Townsville, CQ, Bundaberg and Cairns, 4GR Toowoomba (Dobbo and Elliot from Brisbane), and the Listnr app. Terrestrial radio and Listnr feed will be live (dependent on which QLD MMM station you are listening to): unless you choose to listen on demand.

NOVA

Repackaged Ricki Lee and Tim (6-7pm Nova 106.9 Brisbane): due to the nature of it being a repackaged product: it won’t necessarily be live, as it consists of highlights of Nova Sydney breakfast.

Nova Network Drive with Fitzy and Wippa (3-6pm Nova 106.9 Brisbane) Terrestrial radio will be on Queensland time: however online feed will be live (if you choose to listen to a out of state Nova station): unless you choose to listen on demand.

ARN:

KIIS/MIX Network Drive (4-6pm, KIIS 97.3 Brisbane, 5-7pm Star 101.9 Mackay/Whitsundays, Star 102.7 Cairns, Star 106.3 Townsville, Hitz 93.9 Bundaberg (ARN), 4AK Toowoomba (Super Radio Network)

Terrestrial radio will be on Queensland time: however iHeartRadio feed will be live (if you choose to listen to a out of state KIIS/MIX station): unless you choose to listen on demand.

Christian O’Connell Show (5-6pm 4MK 1026 AM Mackay, 4CC Gladstone (with repeaters as far north as Rockhampton), 4BU Bundaberg, 4CA Cairns, Zinc 96.1 Sunshine Coast)

As this is a highlight reel of GOLD FM Melbourne/Sydney brekky, and is also available on DAB+ in Brisbane, it won’t necessarily be live.

In addition: Christian O’Connell breakfast and Jonesy and Amanda drive product that air on DAB+ in Brisbane, both will be delayed into Queensland.

RADIO INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE (it's "killing season" in the industry after all.)

Well, that’s it for this year’s DST Guide.

And, that's nineteen down. see you in 2027, (date to be revealed on Boxing Day), same place, for a celebration of how far we've come since 2008, back when many of us still had analogue telly, slow internet and expensive Foxtel plans for just one room in the house.

And, perhaps: there is a surprise up our sleeves to mark that milestone. Because... it's been a long way to the top.

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