Great Eastland Television
| Company type | Alliance of regional television stations |
|---|---|
| Industry | Television broadcasting |
| Founded | 1975 |
| Defunct | 1987 |
Area served | Northern New South Wales and South East Queensland, Australia |
| Products | Television programming and broadcasting |
Great Eastland Television (GET) operated as an alliance of regional television stations from 1975 until 1987, covering northern New South Wales and South East Queensland. This network unified three pairs of broadcasters across Queensland’s Darling and Southern Downs areas, as well as the New England, Manning River, and North Coast zones of northern New South Wales.
The stations encompassed within the network were:
- DDQ-10 and DDQ-5a Toowoomba/Darling Downs
- SDQ-4 Southern Downs
- NRN-11 Coffs Harbour
- RTN-8 Lismore
- NEN-9 Tamworth
- ECN-8 Taree
While each station maintained independent ownership, they collaborated on programming and branding under the GET banner—for instance, DDQ/SDQ operated under the GET 10-4-5a identity. The formation of this network was a strategic response to escalating content costs faced by regional broadcasters during the 1970s.
By the end of the 1980s, the alliance disbanded; nonetheless, NRN/RTN and DDQ/SDQ came under common ownership. There was a short-lived plan to relocate DDQ’s operations to Coffs Harbour before its eventual integration into Queensland’s RTQ licence.
Today, these stations function within larger media groups connected to metropolitan networks. DDQ/SDQ and NRN/RTN now transmit WIN Television’s services for Queensland and Northern New South Wales (with DDQ and SDQ merged into RTQ), whereas NEN and ECN represent the Seven Network in this region. The RTN and ECN call signs have since been replaced by NRN and NEN respectively.