Variation to Licence Area Plan – Goulburn Radio – 2019 (No. 1) (Cth)

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Variation to Licence Area Plan – Goulburn Radio – – 2019 (No. 1)

The Australian Communications and Media Authority makes the following instrument under subsection 26(2) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.

Dated: 24 May 2019

Nerida O’Loughlin

[signed]

Member

Linda Caruso

[signed]

Member/General Manager

Australian Communications and Media Authority

1  Name

This is the Variation to Licence Area Plan – Goulburn Radio – 2019 (No. 1).

2  Commencement

This instrument commences at the start of the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.

Note:    The Federal Register of Legislation may be accessed at Authority

This instrument is made under subsection 26(2) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.

4  Amendments

The Licence Area Plan – Goulburn Radio (F2005B00637) is varied as follows:

(a)     on page 3, under the heading “Licence Area Plan – Goulburn Radio”:

(i)    in paragraph (4), omit “Attachment 3.2”, substitute “Attachments 3.2 and 3.3”;

(ii)   omit paragraph (5), substitute:

“(5)   In this plan, unless the contrary intention appears:

(a)     a reference to a schedule or an attachment is a reference to a schedule or an attachment to this plan; and

(b)     a reference to a legislative instrument is a reference to that instrument as in force from time to time; and

(c)     a reference to any other kind of instrument or writing is a reference to that other kind of instrument or writing as in force or in existence at the time the reference was included in this plan.

Note 1: For references to Commonwealth Acts, see section 10 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901; and see also subsection 13(1) of the Legislation Act 2003 for the application of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 to legislative instruments.

Note 2:    All Commonwealth Acts and legislative instruments are registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.”

(b)     repeal Schedules One and Three, substitute Schedules One and Three as set out in Schedule 1 to this instrument;

(c)     in Attachment 1.1:

(i)      omit “Licence Area ID – 369”;

(ii)     after “SL411” and before “SL10313”, omit “,” and insert “ and”;

(d)     in Attachment 1.2:

(i)      for the Nominal location, after “Broadcast” and before “Site”, insert “Australia”;

(ii)     omit the heading “Special Conditions :-” and the text that follows that heading.

(e)     in Attachment 1.3:

(i)      for the Nominal location, after “Broadcast” and before “Site”, insert “Australia”;

(ii)     omit the heading “Special Conditions -:” and the text that follows that heading, substitute:

Availability of TS10003417:

TS10003417 ceases to be available on the commencement of a service transmitted by TS12000515 in accordance with the specifications for TS12000515 as set out at Attachment 1.3A.”;

(f)     after Attachment 1.3, insert new Attachment 1.3A as set out in Schedule 2 to this instrument;

(g)     in Attachment 1.4:

(i)      for the Nominal location, insert “Radio Goulburn Site” before “River Street GOULBURN”;

(ii)     after the Output Radiation Pattern table, insert:

Special Condition :-

The CMF at all elevations is not to exceed the specified CMF at 0 degrees elevation for all angles of azimuth.”

(h)     for each of the Attachments 1.5, 1.6 and 1.7, in the General Area Served, omit “(town)”, substitute “(Town)”;

(i)      in Attachment 1.8:

(i)      for the Nominal location, before “River Street GOULBURN”, insert “Radio Goulburn Site”;

(ii)     for the two numbered paragraphs of text that follow the heading “Special Conditions :-”, omit the paragraph numbers “1” and “2” and, at the end of the text, insert:

The CMF at all elevations is not to exceed the specified CMF at 0 degrees elevation for all angles of azimuth.

Availability of TS4112001:

TS4112001 ceases to be available for SL4112 28 days after the first day on which the service provided under SL4112 is transmitted by transmitter TS12000224 in accordance with the specifications set out at Attachment 1.8A.”;

(j)      after Attachment 1.8, insert new Attachment 1.8A as set out in Schedule 2 to this instrument;

(k)     in Attachment 1.9:

(i)      for the Specification Number, omit “TS10008313”, substitute “TS12000439”;

(ii)     for the Nominal location, after “Broadcast Site” and before “MT GILLAMATONG”, insert “2.8 km SW of Braidwood”;

(iii)    for the Carrier Frequency, omit ’96.1 MHz”, substitute “95.3 MHz”;

(l)      in Attachment 1.10:

(i)      for the Nominal location, after “Broadcast” and before “Site Wades Hill CROOKWELL”, insert “Australia”;

(ii)     omit the heading “Special Conditions :-” and the text that follows that heading, substitute:

Advisory Note :-

Any transmission in accordance with this technical specification is planned on the basis that it will be protected to a minimum median field strength level of 66 dBuV/m against interference from other broadcasting services.”;

(m)    in Attachment 1.12:

(i)      for the Specification Number, omit “TS10008312”, substitute “TS12000332”;

(ii)     for the Nominal location, after “Broadcast Site”, and before “MT GILLAMATONG”, insert “2.8 Km SW of Braidwood”;

(iii)    for the Carrier Frequency, omit “95.3 MHz”; substitute “93.1 MHz”;

(n)     in Attachment 1.13:

(i)      for the Nominal location, after “Broadcast” and before “Site Wades Hill CROOKWELL”, insert “Australia”;

(ii)omit the heading “Special Conditions :-” and the text that follows that heading, substitute:

Advisory Note :-

Any transmission in accordance with this technical specification is planned on the basis that it will be protected to a minimum median field strength level of 66 dBuV/m against interference from other broadcasting services.”;

(o)     in Attachment 1.14:

(i)      in the General Area Served, omit “(town)”, substitute “(Town)”;

(ii)     omit the heading “Special Conditions :-” and the text that follows that heading, substitute:

Advisory Note :-

The coverage area of this transmission is a circle of radius 10 km measured from a point with the following AMG66 co-ordinates: Zone 55; Easting 752849; Northing 6150221. This point is the same as the nominal transmitter location.”;

(p)     in Attachment 1.15, omit the heading “Special Conditions :-” and the text that follows that heading, substitute:

Advisory Notes :-

The coverage area of this transmission is a circle of radius 12 km measured from a point with the following AMG66 co-ordinates: Zone 55; Easting 752849; Northing 6150221. This point is the same as the nominal transmitter location.

Any transmission in accordance with this specification is planned on the basis that it will be protected to a minimum field strength of 66 dBuV/m against interference from other broadcasting services.”;

(q)     in Attachment 1.16:

(i)      in the General Area Served, omit “(town)” substitute “(Town)”;

(ii)     omit the heading “Special Conditions :-” and the text that follows that heading, substitute:

Advisory Note :-

This service has been planned on an interference limited basis. Field strengths below the planned minimum median field strength level are likely to suffer interference from other broadcasting services.

Any transmission in accordance with this specification is planned on the basis that it will be protected to a minimum median field strength level of 66 dBuV/m against interference from other broadcasting services.”;

(r)      in Attachment 2.1, omit “Licence Area ID – 1407”;

(s)     in Attachment 3.1:

(i)      omit “Licence Area ID – 1240”;

(ii)     under the heading “Community Radio Service Licence Number: SL1150816”: omit “8 August 2006”, substitute “9 August 2016”;

(iii)    under the heading “Area Description”, omit “NSW CD 170702” and “NSW CD 170704”;

(iv)    under the heading “Note:”, omit “CD = Collection District”, substitute “SA2 = Statistical Area Level “2””;

(t)      in Attachment 3.2:

(i)      for the Nominal location, after “Broadcast Site” and before “MT GILLAMATONG”, insert “2.8 km SW of Braidwood”;

(ii)     omit the heading “Special Conditions :-” and the text that follows that heading, substitute:

Availability of TS10013016:

TS10013016 ceases to be available for SL1150816 on the commencement of a service provided under SL1150816 and transmitted by transmitter TS2000323 in accordance with the specifications set out at Attachment 3.3.

Advisory Notes :-

This service has been planned on an interference limited basis. Field strengths below the planned minimum median field strength level are likely to suffer interference from other broadcasting services.

Any transmission in accordance with this specification is planned on the basis that it will be protected to a minimum median field strength level of 66 dBuV/m against interference from other broadcasting services.”;

(u)     after Attachment 3.2, insert new Attachment 3.3 as set out in Schedule 2 to this instrument; and

(v)     for each of Attachments 1.2 to 1.16 and 2.2:

(i)      after “Australian Map Grid”, omit “:”; and

(ii)     after “Reference”, insert “:”.

Schedule 1 – Replacement schedules

(paragraph 4(b))

Schedule One

Licence Area Plan : Goulburn Radio

Licence Area : GOULBURN RA1

Service Category Channel/ Frequency Service Licence No Transmitter Specification No Attach No Area Served
National 106.9 MHz N/A TS10003421 1.2 Crookwell
National 107.7 MHz N/A TS10003417 1.3 Crookwell
National 104.5 MHz N/A TS12000515 1.3A Crookwell
National 1098 kHz N/A TS1550001 1.4 Goulburn
National 88.7 MHz N/A TS3999002 1.5 Goulburn Town
National 89.5 MHz N/A TS10007720 1.6 Goulburn Town
National 90.3 MHz N/A TS7632001 1.7 Goulburn Town
National 99.9 MHz N/A TS10008597 1.16 Goulburn Town
Commercial 1368 kHz SL4112 TS4112001 1.8 Goulburn
107.7 MHz SL4112 TS12000224 1.8A Goulburn
95.3 MHz SL4112 TS12000439 1.9 Braidwood
106.1 MHz SL4112 TS10009495 1.10 Crookwell
Commercial 93.5 MHz SL10313 TS10004710 1.11 Goulburn
93.1 MHz SL10313 TS12000332 1.12 Braidwood
103.7 MHz SL10313 TS10009496 1.13 Crookwell
Open Narrowcasting 100.7 MHz N/A TS10008339 1.14 Goulburn Town
Open Narrowcasting 94.3 MHz N/A TS10008394 1.15 Goulburn

Schedule Three

Licence Area Plan : Goulburn Radio

Licence Area : BRAIDWOOD RA1

Service Category Channel/ Frequency Service Licence No Transmitter Specification No Attach No Area Served
Community 94.5 MHz SL1150816 TS10013016 3.2 Braidwood
Community 88.9 MHz SL1150816 TS12000323 3.3 Braidwood

Schedule 2– New attachments

(paragraphs 4(f), 4(j) and 4(u)).

Attachment 1.3A

LICENCE AREA PLAN :    Goulburn Radio

Category :   National

General Area Served :   Crookwell (NSW)

Service Licence Number :   Not applicable

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio

Specification Number :   TS12000515

Transmitter Site :-

Nominal location :   Broadcast Australia Site  Wades Hill 
   CROOKWELL

Australian Map Grid   Zone      Easting     Northing
Reference :   55          724172     6184481

Site Tolerance :   Refer to Broadcasting Services
   (Technical Planning) Guidelines 2017

Emission :-

Frequency Band & Mode :   VHF-FM

Carrier Frequency :   104.5 MHz

Polarisation :   Mixed

Maximum antenna height :   18 m

Output Radiation Pattern :-

Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) Maximum ERP
At all angles of azimuth           100 W

Attachment  1.8A

LICENCE AREA PLAN :    Goulburn Radio

Category :   Commercial

General Area Served :   Goulburn (NSW)

Service Licence Number :   SL4112

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio

Specification Number :   TS12000224

Transmitter Site :-

Nominal location :   Radio Goulburn Broadcast Tower  MT GRAY

Australian Map Grid   Zone      Easting     Northing
Reference :   55          752799     6150081

Site Tolerance :   Refer to Broadcasting Services
   (Technical Planning) Guidelines 2017

Emission :-

Frequency Band & Mode :   VHF-FM

Carrier Frequency :   107.7 MHz

Polarisation :   Mixed

Maximum antenna height :   25 m

Output Radiation Pattern :-

Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) Maximum ERP
0°T - 20°T 8.75 kW
20°T - 50°T 3.5 kW
50°T - 95°T 8.75 kW
95°T - 115°T 17.5 kW
115°T - 145°T 35 kW
145°T - 190°T 17.5 kW
190°T - 250°T 35 kW
250°T - 290°T 17.5 kW
290°T - 315°T 35 kW
315°T - 360°T 17.5 kW

Availability of TS12000224 :-

TS12000224 is only available for the transmission of a service under licence SL4112 when the transmission of a service under licence SL4112 by transmitter TS10003417 has ceased.

Attachment  3.3

LICENCE AREA PLAN :    Goulburn Radio

Category :   Community

General Area Served :   Braidwood (NSW)

Service Licence Number :   SL1150816

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio

Specification Number :   TS12000323

Transmitter Site :-

Nominal location :   Broadcast Site  2.8 km SW of Braidwood
   MT GILLAMATONG

Australian Map Grid :   Zone      Easting     Northing
Reference   55          751468     6072745

Site Tolerance :   Refer to Broadcasting Services
   (Technical Planning) Guidelines 2017

Emission :-

Frequency Band & Mode :   VHF-FM

Carrier Frequency :   88.9 MHz

Polarisation :   Mixed

Maximum antenna height :   30 m

Output Radiation Pattern :-

Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) Maximum ERP
At all angles of azimuth           2 kW

Availability of TS12000323 :-

TS12000323 is only available for the transmission of a service under licence SL1150816 when the transmission of a service under licence SL1150816 by transmitter TS10013016 has ceased.

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