Licence Area Plan Ballarat (Radio) August 1997 (Cth)
LICENCE AREA PLAN
BALLARAT
(RADIO)
AUGUST 1997
LICENCE AREA PLAN - BALLARAT
DETERMINATION
The Australian Broadcasting Authority hereby makes this plan for broadcasting services in the Ballarat area of Victoria, under subsection 26(1) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.
Three national radio broadcasting services, three commercial radio broadcasting services and one open narrowcasting radio broadcasting service are to be available in the Ballarat area described at Attachment 1.1 to this Determination with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the services that are to be available in the area described at Attachment 1.1 are set out in the Schedule One and Attachments 1.2 - 1.9 to this Determination.
Two community radio broadcasting service is to be available in the area described at Attachment 2.1 to this Determination with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the services that are to be available in the area described at Attachment 2.1 are set out in Schedule Two and Attachments 2.2 - 2.3 to this Determination.
Determined by the Australian Broadcasting Authority on 8 August 1997
SCHEDULES
Each of the Schedules sets out:
the category of each of the services that are to be available in that area (column one),
the service licence number which has been allocated to the service, if appropriate (column two); N/A = Not Applicable, as the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 only requires service licences for Commercial and Community services.
the number of transmitters required to transmit the service,
the transmitter specification number which has been allocated to each transmitter (column three),
the identifying number of the attachment where the technical specifications for each transmitter are described (column four). (Each set of technical specifications referred to in the Schedules is an attachment to this determination).
the general area served by each transmitter (column five).
SCHEDULE ONE
Licence Area Plan - Ballarat - (Radio) - Final - August 1997
Licence Area : Ballarat RA1
| Category of Service | Service Licence No: | Transmitter Specification No: | Technical Specifications | General Area Served by Transmitter |
| National | N/A | TS10003795 | See Attachment 1.2 | Ballarat (Lookout Hill) |
| National | N/A | TS10003796 | See Attachment 1.3 | Ballarat (Lookout Hill) |
| National | N/A | TS10003794 | See Attachment 1.4 | Ballarat (Lookout Hill) |
| Commercial | SL10365 | TS10003792 | See Attachment 1.5 | Ballarat |
| TS10005966 | See Attachment 1.6 | Daylesford | ||
| Commercial | SL10364 | TS10005653 | See Attachment 1.7 | Ballarat (Warrenheip) |
| Commercial | SL10284 | TS10005184 | See Attachment 1.8 | Ballarat (Warrenheip) |
SCHEDULE TWO
Licence Area Plan - Ballarat - (Radio) - Final - August 1997
Licence Area : Ballarat RA2
| Category of Service | Service Licence No: | Transmitter Specification No: | Technical Specifications | General Area Served by Transmitter |
| Community | SL10285 | TS10003798 | See Attachment 2.2 | Ballarat (Warrenheip) |
| Community | SL1150001 | TS10005655 | See Attachment 2.3 | Ballarat (Warrenheip) |
ATTACHMENT 1.1
LICENCE AREA FOR SERVICE LICENCE NUMBERS: SL10365, SL10364 and SL10284 COMMERCIAL RADIO BALLARAT VIC
The licence area, in terms of areas defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics at the Census of 6 September 1991, is:
| Area Description | Persons |
| Ballaarat (C) | 34530 |
| Ballan (S) | 4645 |
| Ballarat (S) | 18802 |
| Bungaree (S) | 4579 |
| Buninyong (S) | 12138 |
| Creswick (S) | 4835 |
| Grenville (S) | 8111 |
| Lexton (S) | 1312 |
| Ripon (S) | 3468 |
| Sebastopol (B) | 7529 |
| Talbot & Clunes (S) | 2449 |
| Vic CD 072303 | 262 |
| Vic CD 072304 | 798 |
| Vic CD 072305 | 101 |
| Vic CD 072307 | 209 |
| Vic CD 061105 | 380 |
| Vic CD 061106 | 297 |
| Vic CD 061107 | 467 |
| Vic CD 061108 | 472 |
| Vic CD 061109 | 502 |
| Vic CD 061110 | 309 |
| Vic CD 061111 | 487 |
| Vic CD 061112 | 416 |
| Vic CD 061113 | 317 |
| Vic CD 061114 | 382 |
| Vic CD 060407 | 391 |
| Vic CD 060408 | 630 |
| Vic CD 080204 | 348 |
| Total Persons | 109166 |
Note: Standard terminology used by the Australian Bureau of Statistics:
(C) = City
(CD) = Collection District
(S) = Shire
Attachment 1.2
LICENCE AREA PLAN : Ballarat
Category : National
General Area Served : Ballarat (Lookout Hill) (VIC)
Service Licence Number : Not applicable
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio
Specification Number : TS10003795
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal location : NTA Tower LOOKOUT HILL
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 54 699150 5871250
Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines
Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM
Carrier Frequency : 107.9 MHz
Polarisation Mixed
Maximum antenna height 120 m
Output Radiation Pattern :-
| Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) | Maximum ERP |
| 0°T - 110°T | 50 kW |
| 110°T - 350°T | 100 kW |
| 350°T - 360°T | 50 kW |
Attachment 1.3
LICENCE AREA PLAN : Ballarat
Category : National
General Area Served : Ballarat (Lookout Hill) (VIC)
Service Licence Number : Not applicable
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio
Specification Number : TS10003796
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal location : NTA Tower LOOKOUT HILL
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 54 699150 5871250
Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines
Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM
Carrier Frequency : 107.1 MHz
Polarisation Mixed
Maximum antenna height 120 m
Output Radiation Pattern :-
| Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) | Maximum ERP |
| 0°T - 110°T | 50 kW |
| 110°T - 350°T | 100 kW |
| 350°T - 360°T | 50 kW |
Attachment 1.4
LICENCE AREA PLAN : Ballarat
Category : National
General Area Served : Ballarat (Lookout Hill) (VIC)
Service Licence Number : Not applicable
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio
Specification Number : TS10003794
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal location : NTA Tower LOOKOUT HILL
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 54 699150 5871250
Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines
Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM
Carrier Frequency : 105.5 MHz
Polarisation Mixed
Maximum antenna height 120 m
Output Radiation Pattern :-
| Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) | Maximum ERP |
| 0°T - 110°T | 50 kW |
| 110°T - 350°T | 100 kW |
| 350°T - 360°T | 50 kW |
Attachment 1.5
LICENCE AREA PLAN : Ballarat
Category : Commercial
General Area Served : Ballarat (VIC)
Service Licence Number : SL10365
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - AM Radio
Specification Number : TS10003792
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal location : Ballarat 7.3km WSW of Town
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 54 745101 5841401
Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines
Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode MF-AM
Carrier Frequency : 1314 kHz
Output Radiation Pattern :-
| Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) | Elevation | Maximum CMF |
| 0°T - 60°T | 0 | 1.1 kV |
| 60°T - 180°T | 0 | 560 V |
| 63°T | 0 | 100 V |
| 103°T | 0 | 530 V |
| 180°T - 360°T | 0 | 1.1 kV |
| 301°T | 0 | 920 V |
| 321°T | 0 | 950 V |
Attachment 1.6
LICENCE AREA PLAN : Ballarat
Category : Commercial
General Area Served : Daylesford (VIC)
Service Licence Number : SL10365
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio
Specification Number : TS10005966
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal location : Daylesford Town
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 55 247600 5863100
Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines
Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM
Carrier Frequency : 98.7 MHz
Polarisation Mixed
Maximum antenna height 30 m
Output Radiation Pattern :-
| Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) | Maximum ERP |
| At all angles of azimuth | 100 W |
Attachment 1.7
LICENCE AREA PLAN : Ballarat
Category : Commercial
General Area Served : Ballarat (Warrenheip) (VIC)
Service Licence Number : SL10364
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio
Specification Number : TS10005653
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal location : Ballarat Communal Tower MT WARRENHEIP
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 54 761130 5836860
Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines
Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM
Carrier Frequency : 102.3 MHz
Polarisation Mixed
Maximum antenna height 50 m
Output Radiation Pattern :-
| Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) | Maximum ERP |
| 0°T - 100°T | 10 kW |
| 100°T - 260°T | 3 kW |
| 260°T - 360°T | 20 kW |
Attachment 1.8
LICENCE AREA PLAN : Ballarat
Category : Commercial
General Area Served : Ballarat (Warrenheip) (VIC)
Service Licence Number : SL10284
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio
Specification Number : TS10005184
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal location : Ballarat Communal Tower MT WARRENHEIP
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 54 761130 5836860
Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines
Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM
Carrier Frequency : 103.1 MHz
Polarisation Mixed
Maximum antenna height 50 m
Output Radiation Pattern :-
| Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) | Maximum ERP |
| 0°T - 100°T | 10 kW |
| 100°T - 260°T | 3 kW |
| 260°T - 360°T | 20 kW |
Attachment 1.9
LICENCE AREA PLAN : Ballarat
Category : Open Narrowcasting
General Area Served : Ballarat (Warrenheip) (VIC)
Service Licence Number : Not applicable
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio
Specification Number : TS10007001
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal location : MT Warrenheip BALLARAT
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 54 761100 5836800
Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines
Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM
Carrier Frequency : 97.5 MHz
Polarisation Vertical
Maximum antenna height 30 m
Output Radiation Pattern :-
| Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) | Maximum ERP |
| 0°T - 85°T | 400 W |
| 85°T - 95°T | 80 W |
| 95°T - 360°T | 400 W |
ATTACHMENT 2.1
LICENCE AREA FOR SERVICE LICENCE NUMBER: SL10285 AND SL1150001
COMMUNITY RADIO BALLARAT VIC
The licence area, in terms of areas defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics at the Census of 6 September 1991, is:
| Area Description | Persons |
| Ballarat (C) | 34530 |
| Ballarat (S) | 18802 |
| Bungaree (S) | 4579 |
| Buninyong (S) | 12138 |
| Grenville (S) - Pt A | 5713 |
| Sebastopol (B) | 7529 |
| Vic CD 061201 | 364 |
| Vic CD 061202 | 377 |
| Vic CD 061203 | 634 |
| Vic CD 061206 | 1057 |
| Vic CD 061207 | 524 |
| Vic CD 061208 | 459 |
| Vic CD 061209 | 252 |
| Vic CD 072504 | 391 |
| Vic CD 072505 | 488 |
| Vic CD 072506 | 360 |
| Vic CD 080402 | 252 |
| Vic CD 080403 | 507 |
| Vic CD 080404 | 280 |
| Vic CD 080902 | 575 |
| Vic CD 080903 | 507 |
| Vic CD 080904 | 304 |
| Vic CD 080905 | 486 |
| Vic CD 080906 | 632 |
| Vic CD 080907 | 559 |
| Vic CD 080908 | 572 |
| Vic CD 080909 | 629 |
| Vic CD 080910 | 266 |
| Vic CD 082303 | 671 |
| Vic CD 082306 | 216 |
| Total Persons | 94653 |
Note: Standard terminology used by the Australian Bureau of Statistics:
(C) = City
Attachment 2.2
LICENCE AREA PLAN : Ballarat
Category : Community
General Area Served : Ballarat (Warrenheip) (VIC)
Service Licence Number : SL10285
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio
Specification Number : TS10003798
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal location : Ballarat Communal Tower MT WARRENHEIP
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 54 761130 5836860
Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines
Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM
Carrier Frequency : 103.9 MHz
Polarisation Mixed
Maximum antenna height 50 m
Output Radiation Pattern :-
| Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) | Maximum ERP |
| At all angles of azimuth | 3 kW |
Attachment 2.3
LICENCE AREA PLAN : Ballarat
Category : Community
General Area Served : Ballarat (Warrenheip) (VIC)
Service Licence Number : SL1150001
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio
Specification Number : TS10005655
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal location : Ballarat Communal Tower MT WARRENHEIP
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 54 761130 5836860
Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines
Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM
Carrier Frequency : 99.9 MHz
Polarisation Mixed
Maximum antenna height 50 m
Output Radiation Pattern :-
| Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) | Maximum ERP |
| At all angles of azimuth | 3 kW |
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