Licence Area Plan Northam (Radio) August 1996 (Cth)
LICENCE AREA PLAN
NORTHAM
(RADIO)
AUGUST 1996
LICENCE AREA PLAN - NORTHAM
DETERMINATION
The Australian Broadcasting Authority hereby makes this plan for broadcasting services in the Northam area of
Four national radio broadcasting, two commercial radio broadcasting services and one open narrowcasting radio broadcasting service are to be available in the Northam 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 - 1.8 to this Determination.
One 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 is set out in Schedule Two and Attachment 2.2 to this Determination.
One community radio broadcasting service is to be available in the area described at Attachment 3.1 to this Determination with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the service that is to be available in the area described at Attachment 3.1 is set out in Schedule Two and Attachment 3.2 to this Determination
(Determined by the Australian Broadcasting Authority on 27 August 1996.)
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 - Northam - (Radio) - August 1996
| Category of | Service Licence No: | Transmitter Specification No: | Technical | General Area Served by Transmitter |
| National | N/A | TS002342 | See attachment 1.2 | Northam |
| National | N/A | TS000031 | See attachment 1.3 | Central Agricultural |
| National | N/A | TS000033 | See attachment 1.4 | Central Agricultural |
| National | N/A | TS000032 | See attachment 1.5 | Central Agricultural |
| Commercial | SL010385 | TS002341 | See attachment 1.6 | Northam |
| Commercial | SL010045 | TS005399 | See attachment 1.7 | Northam |
| Open Narrowcasting | N/A | TS002224 | See attachment 1.8 | Northam |
SCHEDULE TWO
Licence Area Plan - Northam - (Radio) - August 1996
| Category of | Service Licence No: | Transmitter Specification No: | Technical | General Area Served by Transmitter |
| Community | SL010085 | TS001871 | See attachment 2.2 | Northam |
SCHEDULE THREE
Licence Area Plan - Northam - (Radio) - July 1996
| Category of | Service Licence No: | Transmitter Specification No: | Technical | General Area Served by Transmitter |
| Community | SL010349 | TS005358 | See attachment 3.2 | |
Attachment 1.1
LICENCE AREA FOR SERVICE LICENCE NUMBERS: SL010385 and SL010045
COMMERCIAL RADIO NORTHAM WA
The licence area, in terms of areas defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics at the Census of 6 August 1991, is:
| Area Description | Persons |
| Beverley (S) | 1431 |
| Chittering (S) | 1922 |
| Cunderdin (S) | 1384 |
| Dowerin (S) | 881 |
| Goomalling (S) | 108 |
| Northam (T) | 6546 |
| Northam (S) | 2886 |
| Quairading (S) | 1148 |
| Tammin (S) | 497 |
| Toodyay (S) | 2473 |
| | 1096 |
| Wongan-Ballidu (S) | 1686 |
| York (S) | 2506 |
| Total Persons | 25539 |
Note:
Standard terminology used by the Australian Bureau of Statistics:
(S) = Shire
(T) = Town
Attachment 1.2
LICENCE AREA PLAN : Northam
Category : National
General Area Served : Northam (WA)
Service Licence Number : Not applicable
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - AM Radio
Specification Number : TS002342
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal location : NORTHAM
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 50 469700 6496900
Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines
Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode MF-AM
Carrier Frequency : 1215 kHz
Output Radiation Pattern :-
| Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) | Elevation | Maximum CMF |
| At all angles of azimuth | 0° | 212 V |
Notes:-
The CMF at all elevations is not to exceed the specified CMF at 0 degrees elevation for all angles of azimuth.
Attachment 1.3
LICENCE AREA PLAN : Northam
Category : National
General Area Served : Central Agricultural (WA)
Service Licence Number : Not applicable
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio
Specification Number : TS000031
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal location : Mawson Trig
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 50 517800 6461100
Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines
Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM
Carrier Frequency : 98.1 MHz
Polarisation Mixed
Maximum antenna height 155 m
Output Radiation Pattern :-
| Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) | Maximum ERP |
| At all angles of azimuth | 80 kW |
Attachment 1.4
LICENCE AREA PLAN : Northam
Category : National
General Area Served : Central Agricultural (WA)
Service Licence Number : Not applicable
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio
Specification Number : TS000033
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal location : Mawson Trig
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 50 517800 6461100
Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines
Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM
Carrier Frequency : 98.9 MHz
Polarisation Mixed
Maximum antenna height 155 m
Output Radiation Pattern :-
| Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) | Maximum ERP |
| At all angles of azimuth | 80 kW |
Attachment 1.5
LICENCE AREA PLAN : Northam
Category : National
General Area Served : Central Agricultural (WA)
Service Licence Number : Not applicable
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio
Specification Number : TS000032
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal location : Mawson Trig
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 50 517800 6461100
Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines
Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM
Carrier Frequency : 99.7 MHz
Polarisation Mixed
Maximum antenna height 155 m
Output Radiation Pattern :-
| Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) | Maximum ERP |
| At all angles of azimuth | 80 kW |
Attachment 1.6
LICENCE AREA PLAN : Northam
Category : Commercial
General Area Served : Northam (WA)
Service Licence Number : SL10385
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - AM Radio
Specification Number : TS002341
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal location : 7km SW of NORTHAM
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 50 463000 6495300
Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines
Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode MF-AM
Carrier Frequency : 864 kHz
Output Radiation Pattern :-
| Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) | Elevation | Maximum CMF |
| At all angles of azimuth | 0° | 424 V |
Notes:-
The CMF at all elevations is not to exceed the specified CMF at 0 degrees elevation for all angles of azimuth.
Attachment 1.7
LICENCE AREA PLAN : Northam
Category : Commercial
General Area Served : Northam (WA)
Service Licence Number : SL010045
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio
Specification Number : TS005399
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal location : 7km SW of NORTHAM
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 50 463000 6495300
Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines
Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM
Carrier Frequency : 96.5 MHz
Polarisation Mixed
Maximum antenna height 80 m
Output Radiation Pattern :-
| Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) | Maximum ERP |
| At all angles of azimuth | 10 kW |
Attachment 1.8
LICENCE AREA PLAN : Northam
Category : Open Narrowcasting
General Area Served : Northam (WA)
Service Licence Number : Not applicable
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - AM Radio
Specification Number : TS002224
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal location : NORTHAM
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 50 462900 6495500
Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines
Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode MF-AM
Carrier Frequency : 1323 kHz
Output Radiation Pattern :-
| Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) | Elevation | Maximum CMF |
| At all angles of azimuth | 0° | 370 V |
Notes:-
The CMF at all elevations is not to exceed the specified CMF at 0 degrees elevation for all angles of azimuth.
Special Conditions:-
This service is permitted to operate with a maximum cymomotive force (CMF) of 670 V, at all angles of azimuth, from one after local sunrise until one hour before local sunset.
Attachment 2.1
LICENCE AREA FOR SERVICE LICENCE NUMBER: SL010085
COMMUNITY RADIO, TOWN OF
The licence area, in terms of areas defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics at the Census of 6 August 1991, is:
| Area Description | Persons |
| WA CD 041201 | 676 |
| WA CD 041202 | 483 |
| WA CD 041203 | 792 |
| WA CD 041204 | 579 |
| WA CD 041205 | 410 |
| WA CD 041206 | 579 |
| WA CD 041207 | 352 |
| WA CD 041208 | 835 |
| WA CD 041209 | 112 |
| WA CD 041210 | 694 |
| WA CD 041211 | 597 |
| WA CD 041212 | 437 |
| Total Persons | 6546 |
Note:
Standard terminology used by the Australian Bureau of Statistics:
(S) = Shire
(C) = City
Attachment 2.2
LICENCE AREA PLAN : Northam
Category : Community
General Area Served : Northam (WA)
Service Licence Number : SL010085
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - AM Radio
Specification Number : TS001871
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal location : NORTHAM
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 50 462900 6495500
Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines
Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode MF-AM
Carrier Frequency : 954 kHz
Output Radiation Pattern :-
| Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) | Elevation | Maximum CMF |
| At all angles of azimuth | 0 ° | 212 V |
Notes:-
The CMF at all elevations is not to exceed the specified CMF at 0 degrees elevation for all angles of azimuth.
Attachment 3.1
LICENCE AREA FOR SERVICE LICENCE NUMBER: SL010349
COMMUNITY RADIO,
The licence area, in terms of areas defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics at the Census of 6 August 1991, is:
| Area Description | Persons |
| WA CD 041601 | 167 |
| WA CD 041602 | 330 |
| WA CD 041603 | 177 |
| WA CD 041604 | 351 |
| WA CD 041605 | 245 |
| WA CD 041606 | 274 |
| WA CD 041607 | 689 |
| WA CD 041608 | 273 |
| Total Persons | 2506 |
Note:
Standard terminology used by the Australian Bureau of Statistics:
(CD) = Collection District
Attachment 3.2
LICENCE AREA PLAN : Northam
Category : Community
General Area Served : York (WA)
Service Licence Number : SL010349
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio
Specification Number : TS005358
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal location : Mt Bakewell
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 50 477300 6475800
Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines
Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM
Carrier Frequency : 101.3 MHz
Polarisation Mixed
Maximum antenna height 20 m
Output Radiation Pattern :-
| Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) | Maximum ERP |
| At all angles of azimuth | 100 W |
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