Licence Area Plan Bathurst (Radio) Variation December 2004 (Cth)

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VARIATION TO LICENCE AREA PLAN

BATHURST – DECEMBER 2004

As set out below, under subsection 26(2) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992, the Australian Broadcasting Authority hereby varies the licence area plan (LAP) for radio services in the Bathurst region of NSW, which was determined on 15 May 1997.

Service Category Service Licence No. Technical Specification No. Frequency Attach No. Area Served Status
National N/A TS10014310 98.3 MHz 1.11 Bathurst City Add
Commercial SL10248 TS10001355 99.3 MHz 1.3.1 Bathurst Vary
Commercial SL10248 TS10013964 89.3 MHz 1.8 Blayney Add
Commercial SL10248 TS10013961 88.1 MHz 1.9 Burraga Add
Commercial SL10248 TS10013957 90.1 MHz 1.10 Sofala Add

The variation also redefines the existing commercial and community radio licence areas in Bathurst using 2001 Census boundaries.

The descriptions of the updated licence areas are at Attachments 1.1.1, 2.1.1 and 3.1.1.

(Determined by the Australian Broadcasting Authority on 16 December 2004)


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 status of the service (column two) does not form part of the licence area plan decision and is included for reference only.

  • the frequency for each transmitter (column three) does not form part of the licence area plan decision and is included for reference only.

  • the service licence number which has been allocated to the service, if appropriate (column four);  N/A = Not Applicable, as the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 only requires service licences for Commercial and Community services.

  • the transmitter specification number which has been allocated to each transmitter (column five),

  • the identifying number of the attachment where the technical specifications for each transmitter are described (column six).  (Each set of technical specifications referred to in the Schedules is an attachment to this determination).

  • the general area served by each transmitter (column seven).

Status Column

Licensed:         service is already licensed

Available:        new licence available for allocation

Proposed:        transmitter for existing broadcasting service licence

Alternative:      alternative channel proposed for licensed service

Reserved:capacity reserved for a national or community service in accordance with Ministerial notification

Frequency Column

The frequency shown is the centre frequency of the channel.

The information in the frequency column is provided as additional information to the licence area plan, and is accurate as at the date of publication.


For ease of reference, the schedule affected by this variation to the LAP has been updated to reflect the draft variation to this plan.

Schedule One of the Bathurst LAP prior to this variation is reproduced below

Schedule One

Licence Area Plan : Bathurst Radio – May 1997

Licence Area : BATHURST RA1

Service Category Status Channel/ Frequency Service Licence No Transmitter Specification No Attach No Area Served
Commercial Licensed 1503 kHz SL10248 TS10004208 1.2 Bathurst
Commercial Licensed 99.3 MHz SL10276 TS10001355 1.3 Bathurst
National Licensed Reserved 95.9 MHz N/A TS10007024 1.4 Bathurst (City)
National Licensed Reserved 96.7 MHz N/A TS10001819 1.5 Bathurst (City)
National Licensed Reserved 97.5 MHz N/A TS10007025 1.6 Bathurst (City)
Open Narrowcasting Licensed 100.9 MHz N/A TS10001353 1.7 Bathurst

The updated schedule to the LAP affected by this variation is as follows:

Schedule One

Licence Area Plan : Bathurst Radio – Variation – December 2004

Licence Area : BATHURST RA1

Service Category Status Channel/ Frequency Service Licence No Transmitter Specification No Attach No Area Served
Commercial Licensed 1503 kHz SL10248 TS10004208 1.2 Bathurst
Commercial Proposed 89.3 MHz SL10248 TS10013964 1.8 Blayney
Commercial Proposed 88.1 MHz SL10248 TS10013961 1.9 Burraga
Commercial Proposed 90.1 MHz SL10248 TS10013957 1.10 Sofala
Commercial Licensed 99.3 MHz SL10276 TS10001355 1.3.1 Bathurst
National Licensed Reserved 95.9 MHz N/A TS10007024 1.4 Bathurst (City)
National Licensed Reserved 96.7 MHz N/A TS10001819 1.5 Bathurst (City)
National Licensed Reserved 97.5 MHz N/A TS10007025 1.6 Bathurst (City)
National Proposed Reserved 98.3 MHz N/A TS10014310 1.11 Bathurst (City)
Open Narrowcasting Licensed 100.9 MHz N/A TS10001353 1.7 Bathurst

Attachment        1.1.1

Variation to Licence Area - BATHURST RA1

Commercial Radio Service Licence numbers:  SL10248, SL10276

The licence area, in terms of areas defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics at the Census of 5 August 2001, is: 


Area Description
Bathurst (C) (LGA)
Evans (A) - Pt A (SLA)
NSW CD 140501
NSW CD 140502
NSW CD 141101
NSW CD 141102
NSW CD 141103
NSW CD 141104
NSW CD 141105
NSW CD 141106
NSW CD 141107
NSW CD 141108
NSW CD 141204
NSW CD 141301
NSW CD 141302
NSW CD 141303
NSW CD 141304
NSW CD 141305
NSW CD 141501
NSW CD 141502
NSW CD 141503
NSW CD 141504
NSW CD 141505
NSW CD 141506
NSW CD 141507
NSW CD 141508
NSW CD 141509
NSW CD 141510
NSW CD 142001
NSW CD 142002
NSW CD 142003
NSW CD 142004
NSW CD 142005
NSW CD 142006
NSW CD 142007
NSW CD 142010

Note: 

Standard terminology used by the Australian Bureau of Statistics: 

(C)       =  City

(LGA)    =  Local Government Area

(SLA)     =  Statistical Local Area

(A)       =  NSW Local Government Area (excluding Cities)

(CD)     =  Collection District


Attachment        1.3.1

LICENCE AREA PLAN :   Bathurst Radio - Variation – December 2004

Category :  Commercial

General Area Served :  Bathurst (NSW)

Service Licence Number :  SL10276

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio

Specification Number :  TS10001355

Transmitter Site :-

Nominal location :  Broadcast Site  OVENS RANGES

Australian Map Grid :  Zone     Easting     Northing
Reference  55         760758     6297185

Site Tolerance :  Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines

Emission :-

Frequency Band & Mode  VHF-FM

Carrier Frequency :  99.3 MHz

Polarisation  Mixed

Maximum antenna height  45 m

Output Radiation Pattern :-

Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) Maximum ERP
At all angles of azimuth 10 kW

Attachment        1.11

LICENCE AREA PLAN :   Bathurst Radio - Variation – December 2004

Category :  National

General Area Served :  Bathurst (City) (NSW)

Service Licence Number :  Not applicable

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio

Specification Number :  TS10014310

Transmitter Site :-

Nominal location :  Broadcast Site  MOUNT PANORAMA

Australian Map Grid :  Zone     Easting     Northing
Reference  55         736650     6295750

Site Tolerance :  Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines

Emission :-

Frequency Band & Mode  VHF-FM

Carrier Frequency :  98.3 MHz

Polarisation  Mixed

Maximum antenna height  20 m

Output Radiation Pattern :-

Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) Maximum ERP
At all angles of azimuth 200 W

Attachment        1.8

LICENCE AREA PLAN :   Bathurst Radio – Variation – December 2004

Category :  Commercial

General Area Served :  Blayney (NSW)

Service Licence Number :  SL10248

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio

Specification Number :  TS10013964

Transmitter Site :-

Nominal location :  Church Hill  BLAYNEY

Australian Map Grid :  Zone     Easting     Northing
Reference  55         708969     6288551

Site Tolerance :  Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines

Emission :-

Frequency Band & Mode  VHF-FM

Carrier Frequency :  89.3 MHz

Polarisation  Mixed

Maximum antenna height  30 m

Output Radiation Pattern :-

Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) Maximum ERP
0°T - 50°T 10 W
50°T - 80°T 100 W
80°T - 90°T 250 W
90°T - 100°T 500 W
100°T - 180°T 1 kW
180°T - 190°T 500 W
190°T - 200°T 250 W
200°T - 230°T 100 W
230°T - 360°T 10 W

Attachment        1.9

LICENCE AREA PLAN :   Bathurst Radio – Variation – December 2004

Category :  Commercial

General Area Served :  Burraga (NSW)

Service Licence Number :  SL10248

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio

Specification Number :  TS10013961

Transmitter Site :-

Nominal location :  Evans Shire Council Hut  Mt Ryan Triangle            Flat via  ABERCROMBIE

Australian Map Grid :  Zone     Easting     Northing
Reference  55         726726     6251735

Site Tolerance :  Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines

Emission :-

Frequency Band & Mode  VHF-FM

Carrier Frequency :  88.1 MHz

Polarisation  Mixed

Maximum antenna height  30 m

Output Radiation Pattern :-

Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) Maximum ERP
0°T - 10°T 1 kW
10°T - 25°T 1.45 kW
25°T - 115°T 2 kW
115°T - 130°T 1.45 kW
130°T - 150°T 1 kW
150°T - 170°T 500 W
170°T - 200°T 320 W
200°T - 300°T 80 W
300°T - 330°T 320 W
330°T - 350°T 500 W
350°T - 360°T 1 kW

Attachment        1.10

LICENCE AREA PLAN :   Bathurst Radio - Variation – December 2004

Category :  Commercial

General Area Served :  Sofala (NSW)

Service Licence Number :  SL10248

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio

Specification Number :  TS10013957

Transmitter Site :-

Nominal location :  Monkey Hill via Sofala  Council Site          SOFALA

Australian Map Grid :  Zone     Easting     Northing
Reference  55         741100     6342000

Site Tolerance :  Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines

Emission :-

Frequency Band & Mode  VHF-FM

Carrier Frequency :  90.1 MHz

Polarisation  Mixed

Maximum antenna height  30 m

Output Radiation Pattern :-

Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) Maximum ERP
0°T - 95°T 10 W
95°T - 125°T 40 W
125°T - 145°T 60 W
145°T - 165°T 125 W
165°T - 180°T 180 W
180°T - 270°T 250 W
270°T - 285°T 180 W
285°T - 305°T 125 W
305°T - 325°T 60 W
325°T - 355°T 40 W
355°T - 360°T 10 W

Attachment        2.1.1

Variation to Licence Area - BATHURST RA2

Community Radio Service Licence number:  SL10281

The licence area, in terms of areas defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics at the Census of 5 August 2001, is: 


Area Description
Bathurst (C) (LGA)
Orange (C) (LGA)
Cabonne (A) - Pt A (SLA)
NSW CD 140109
NSW CD 140202
NSW CD 140203
NSW CD 140306
NSW CD 140401
NSW CD 140402
NSW CD 140403
NSW CD 141102
NSW CD 141103
NSW CD 141104
NSW CD 141202
NSW CD 141301
NSW CD 141302
NSW CD 141402
NSW CD 141502
NSW CD 141505
NSW CD 141509

Note: 

Standard terminology used by the Australian Bureau of Statistics: 

(C)       =  City

(LGA)    =  Local Government Area

(SLA)     =  Statistical Local Area

(A)       =  NSW Local Government Area (excluding Cities)

(CD)     =  Collection District


Attachment        3.1.1

Variation to Licence Area - BATHURST RA3

Community Radio Service Licence number:  SL10275

The licence area, in terms of areas defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics at the Census of 5 August 2001, is: 


Area Description
Bathurst (C) (LGA)
Evans (A) - Pt A (SLA)
NSW CD 140501
NSW CD 140502
NSW CD 141101
NSW CD 141102
NSW CD 141103
NSW CD 141104
NSW CD 141105
NSW CD 141106
NSW CD 141107
NSW CD 141108
NSW CD 141204
NSW CD 141301
NSW CD 141302
NSW CD 141303
NSW CD 141305
NSW CD 141501
NSW CD 141502
NSW CD 141503
NSW CD 141504
NSW CD 141505
NSW CD 141506
NSW CD 141507
NSW CD 141508
NSW CD 141509
NSW CD 141510
NSW CD 142001
NSW CD 142003
NSW CD 142004
NSW CD 142005
NSW CD 142006
NSW CD 142007
NSW CD 142010

Note: 

Standard terminology used by the Australian Bureau of Statistics: 

(C)       =  City

(LGA)    =  Local Government Area

(SLA)     =  Statistical Local Area

(A)       =  NSW Local Government Area (excluding Cities)

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