edition of Nine News Darwin aired on 8 September 2017. The bulletin returned on Monday 11 September 2017, in a new regional hub in Brisbane. The changes were heavily criticised by the public, with 12 employees at the network being made redundant or offered redeployment in other locations. After the initial cuts, the newsroom was left with a chief of staff, four reporters and four camera operators filing reports interstate. Subsequent cuts further reduced the newsroom with a chief of staff, three reporters and three camera operators. In April 2019, the network made the announcement that they will be decommissioning the Blake Street studios to move to a newer site in the Darwin CBD on Mitchell Street. NTD moved to the new facility in December 2019. It spans across two floors with general offices, a newsroom and a studio. It is expected the former site will be sold, demolished and replaced with residential high-rises. Programming Nine News Darwin The station's local news service, Nine News Darwin, airs at 6:00pm each weeknight. The news reports are filed from the NTD newsroom in Darwin and the bulletin is aired live from the QTQ studios in Brisbane. Reporters and camera crews covering the Darwin area are based locally at the NTD studios. Afternoon and weekend bulletins are a delayed broadcast of Nine Afternoon News Sydney and Nine News Queensland, with no local opt-outs, respectively. The weeknight bulletin is simulcasted on radio on 104.1 Territory FM, and also airs on Imparja GEM as a delayed broadcast for viewers outside of NTD's broadcasting area. Nine News Darwin was launched on 18 October 1982 as Eight News at Seven, alongside a current affairs program entitled Spectrum. The news service was later rebranded to Eight National News in the late 1980s. On New Year's Day 2003, the news service was revamped following the change of branding to Nine Darwin across the station. The service became National Nine News on weeknights from 6:00pm with local news and weather opt-outs during the Sydney bulletin on weekends. In July 2011, the station debuted a new look for their news service including a new set to match those used in the metropolitan bulletins. This also included the implementation of locally produced weekend news bulletins for the Darwin area, presented by Amy Culpitt. In April 2016, Nine News Darwin expanded to one hour between 6:00pm and 7:00pm nightly. In September 2017, the