Variation to Licence Area Plan – Gunnedah Radio – 2016 (No. 1) (Cth)

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Variation to Licence Area Plan – Gunnedah Radio – 2016 (No.1)

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

Date               4 July 2016

Richard Bean
[signed]
Member

Brendan Byrne
[signed]
Member/General Manager

1. Name of Instrument

This instrument is the Variation to Licence Area Plan – Gunnedah Radio – 2016 (No. 1).

2. Commencement

This instrument commences on the day after it is registered.

Note: An instrument is registered when it is recorded on the Federal Register of Legisation (FRL) in electronic form: see the Legisation Act 2003, s4 (definition of register). The FRL may be accessed at Variation

The Licence Area Plan - Gunnedah (Radio) – July 1998 (F2005B00614) determined by the Australian Broadcasting Authority on 9 July 1998, is varied as follows:

(a)rename the instrument as the “Licence Area Plan – Gunnedah Radio”;

(b)amend the heading on the title page so that it reads “Licence Area Plan – Gunnedah Radio”;

(c)on the first page of the instrument:

(i)amend the heading so that it reads “Licence Area Plan – Gunnedah Radio”;

(ii)number the four paragraphs as clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) consecutively; and

(iii)omit clauses (1) – (4) and substitute the following clauses:

“(1) This plan for broadcasting services in the Gunnedah area of New South Wales is made under subsection 26(1) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.

(2)        Two commercial radio broadcasting services and one open narrowcasting radio services are to be available in the area described at Attachment 1.1 to this plan 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 Schedule One and Attachments 1.2 – 1.6 to this plan.

(3)        One community radio service is to be available in the area described at Attachment 2.1 to this plan 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 2.1 are set out in Schedule Two and Attachment 2.2 to this plan.

(4)        One community radio service is to be available in the area described at Attachment 3.1 to this plan 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 are set out in Schedule Three and Attachment 3.2 to this plan.

(5)        A reference in this plan to a schedule or an attachment includes reference to that schedule or attachment as amended from time to time.”;

(d)immediately before Schedule One:

(i)omit the heading “SCHEDULES”;

(ii)omit the words “Each of the Schedules sets out:” and all eight paragraphs marked with dot points that follow;

(e)omit all Schedules and substitute all Schedules of this instrument; and

(f)omit all Attachments and substitute all Attachments of this instrument.

Schedule One

Licence Area Plan : Gunnedah Radio

Licence Area : GUNNEDAH RA1

Service Category Channel/ Frequency Service Licence No Transmitter Specification No Attach No Area Served
Commercial 97.5 MHz SL10317 TS10004785 1.2 Gunnedah
104.1 MHz SL10317 TS1136775 1.3 Coonabarabran
Commercial 1080 kHz SL4123 TS4123001 1.4 Gunnedah
103.3 MHz SL4123 TS1136774 1.5 Coonabarabran
Open Narrowcasting 95.9 MHz N/A TS10008271 1.6 Gunnedah

Schedule Two

Licence Area Plan : Gunnedah Radio

Licence Area : GUNNEDAH RA2

Service Category Channel/ Frequency Service Licence No Transmitter Specification No Attach No Area Served
Community 104.7 MHz SL1150101 TS10008159 2.2 Gunnedah (Town)

Schedule Three

Licence Area Plan : Gunnedah Radio

Licence Area : NARRABRI RA1

Service Category Channel/ Frequency Service Licence No Transmitter Specification No Attach No Area Served
Community 91.3 MHz SL1150088 TS10008103 3.2 Narrabri

Attachment        1.1

Licence Area - GUNNEDAH RA1

Licence Area ID - 376

Commercial Radio Service Licence numbers:  SL4123, SL10317

The licence area, in terms of areas defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics at the Census of 6 August 1991, is: 

Area Description
Gunnedah (S)
NSW CD 1042208
NSW CD 1040803
NSW CD 1041209
NSW CD 1041211
NSW CD 1041008
NSW CD 1041205
NSW CD 1041001
NSW CD 1041002
NSW CD 1050910
NSW CD 1041206
NSW CD 1041201
NSW CD 1040805
NSW CD 1042203
NSW CD 1041207
NSW CD 1041202
NSW CD 1041204
NSW CD 1050904
NSW CD 1050911
NSW CD 1041108
NSW CD 1041210
NSW CD 1050905
NSW CD 1040804
NSW CD 1041208
NSW CD 1050912
NSW CD 1041212
NSW CD 1041109
NSW CD 1040811
NSW CD 1041105
NSW CD 1040801
NSW CD 1041003
NSW CD 1042705
NSW CD 1050902
NSW CD 1042207
NSW CD 1042206
NSW CD 1042702
NSW CD 1041004
NSW CD 1050908
NSW CD 1041102
NSW CD 1042704
NSW CD 1041101
NSW CD 1041203
NSW CD 1050909
NSW CD 1042706
NSW CD 1040906
NSW CD 1042701
NSW CD 1042201
NSW CD 1040802
NSW CD 1040909
NSW CD 1041106
NSW CD 1040810
NSW CD 1042703
NSW CD 1130101
NSW CD 1041103
NSW CD 1050914
NSW CD 1050906
NSW CD 1042209
NSW CD 1050901
NSW CD 1041104
NSW CD 1041305
NSW CD 1040905
NSW CD 1042708
NSW CD 1041107
NSW CD 1041005
NSW CD 1040903
NSW CD 1050913
NSW CD 1050903
NSW CD 1042101
NSW CD 1042107

Note: 
Standard terminology used by the Australian Bureau of Statistics: 

(CD)    =          Collection District
(S)       =          Shire

Attachment        1.2

LICENCE AREA PLAN :    Gunnedah Radio

Category :   Commercial

General Area Served :   Gunnedah (NSW)

Service Licence Number :   SL10317

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio

Specification Number :   TS10004785

Transmitter Site :-

Nominal location :   Broadcast Australia Site  MOUNT DOWE

Australian Map Grid :   Zone      Easting     Northing
Reference   56          227432     6646103

Site Tolerance :   Refer to Broadcasting Services
   (Technical Planning) Guidelines 2007

Emission :-

Frequency Band & Mode :   VHF-FM

Carrier Frequency :   97.5 MHz

Polarisation :   Mixed

Maximum antenna height :   120 m

Output Radiation Pattern :-

Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) Maximum ERP
0°T - 80°T 1 kW
80°T - 140°T 5 kW
140°T - 280°T 20 kW
280°T - 360°T 1 kW

Attachment        1.3

LICENCE AREA PLAN :    Gunnedah Radio

Category :   Commercial

General Area Served :   Coonabarabran (NSW)

Service Licence Number :   SL10317

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio

Specification Number :   TS1136775

Transmitter Site :-

Nominal location :   Broadcast Mast  2MO Gunnedah P/L Site Flannel Estate  Eagleview Rd  COONABARABRAN

Australian Map Grid :   Zone      Easting     Northing
Reference   55          722393     6542177

Site Tolerance :   Refer to Broadcasting Services
   (Technical Planning) Guidelines 2007

Emission :-

Frequency Band & Mode :   VHF-FM

Carrier Frequency :   104.1 MHz

Polarisation :   Mixed

Maximum antenna height :   20 m

Output Radiation Pattern :-

Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) Maximum ERP
At all angles of azimuth 500 W

Note :-

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.

Attachment        1.4

LICENCE AREA PLAN :    Gunnedah Radio

Category :   Commercial

General Area Served :   Gunnedah (NSW)

Service Licence Number :   SL4123

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - AM Radio

Specification Number :   TS4123001

Transmitter Site :-

Nominal location :   2MO AM Site  Oxley Highway  GUNNEDAH

Australian Map Grid :   Zone      Easting     Northing
Reference   56          233700     6568600

Site Tolerance :   Refer to Broadcasting Services
   (Technical Planning) Guidelines 2007

Emission :-

Frequency Band & Mode :   MF-AM

Carrier Frequency :   1080 kHz

Output Radiation Pattern :-

Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) Elevation Maximum CMF
At all angles of azimuth 0 435 V

Attachment        1.5

LICENCE AREA PLAN :    Gunnedah Radio

Category :   Commercial

General Area Served :   Coonabarabran (NSW)

Service Licence Number :   SL4123

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio

Specification Number :   TS1136774

Transmitter Site :-

Nominal location :   Broadcast Mast  2MO Gunnedah P/L Site Flannel  Estate Eagleview Rd COONABARABRAN

Australian Map Grid :   Zone      Easting     Northing
Reference   55          722393     6542177

Site Tolerance :   Refer to Broadcasting Services
   (Technical Planning) Guidelines 2007

Emission :-

Frequency Band & Mode :   VHF-FM

Carrier Frequency :   103.3 MHz

Polarisation :   Mixed

Maximum antenna height :   20 m

Output Radiation Pattern :-

Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) Maximum ERP
At all angles of azimuth 500 W

Note :-

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.

Attachment        1.6

LICENCE AREA PLAN :    Gunnedah Radio

Category :   Open Narrowcasting

General Area Served :   Gunnedah (NSW)

Service Licence Number :   Not applicable

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio

Specification Number :   TS10008271

Transmitter Site :-

Nominal location :   Broadcast Australia Site  MOUNT DOWE

Australian Map Grid :   Zone      Easting     Northing
Reference   56          227432     6646103

Site Tolerance :   Refer to Broadcasting Services
   (Technical Planning) Guidelines 2007

Emission :-

Frequency Band & Mode :   VHF-FM

Carrier Frequency :   95.9 MHz

Polarisation :   Mixed

Maximum antenna height :   120 m

Output Radiation Pattern :-

Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) Maximum ERP
0°T - 80°T 1 kW
80°T - 140°T 5 kW
140°T - 280°T 20 kW
280°T - 360°T 1 kW

Special Condition :-

The coverage area of this service is a circle with a radius of 100 kilometres from a point with the following AMG co-ordinates: Zone: 55;  Easting: 770000;  Northing: 6595000.

Attachment        2.1

Licence Area - GUNNEDAH RA2

Licence Area ID - 711

Community Radio Service Licence number:  SL1150101

The licence area, in terms of areas defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics at the Census of 6 August 1991, is: 

Area Description

NSW CD 1042603
NSW CD 1042508
NSW CD 1042602
NSW CD 1042507
NSW CD 1042509
NSW CD 1042504
NSW CD 1042307
NSW CD 1042510
NSW CD 1042505
NSW CD 1041108
NSW CD 1042501
NSW CD 1042506
NSW CD 1042503
NSW CD 1042604
NSW CD 1041109
NSW CD 1042404
NSW CD 1042308
NSW CD 1042403
NSW CD 1042302
NSW CD 1042702
NSW CD 1042502
NSW CD 1042405
NSW CD 1042304
NSW CD 1041106
NSW CD 1042703
NSW CD 1042601
NSW CD 1042402
NSW CD 1042306
NSW CD 1042309
NSW CD 1042305
NSW CD 1042303
NSW CD 1041107
NSW CD 1042301
NSW CD 1042407
NSW CD 1042406

Note: 
Standard terminology used by the Australian Bureau of Statistics: 

(CD)    =          Collection District

Attachment        2.2

LICENCE AREA PLAN :    Gunnedah Radio

Category :   Community

General Area Served :   Gunnedah (Town) (NSW)

Service Licence Number :   SL1150101

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio

Specification Number :   TS10008159

Transmitter Site :-

Nominal location :   Technicom Site  Black Jack Mountain via            GUNNEDAH

Australian Map Grid :   Zone      Easting     Northing
Reference   56          231822     6564126

Site Tolerance :   Refer to Broadcasting Services
   (Technical Planning) Guidelines 2007

Emission :-

Frequency Band & Mode :   VHF-FM

Carrier Frequency :   104.7 MHz

Polarisation :   Mixed

Maximum antenna height :   50 m

Output Radiation Pattern :-

Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) Maximum ERP
At all angles of azimuth 1 kW

Attachment        3.1

Licence Area - NARRABRI RA1

Licence Area ID - 716

Community Radio Service Licence number:  SL1150088

The licence area, in terms of areas defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics at the Census of 6 August 1991, is: 

Area Description

NSW CD 1041209
NSW CD 1041211
NSW CD 1041008
NSW CD 1041205
NSW CD 1041001
NSW CD 1041002
NSW CD 1041206
NSW CD 1041201
NSW CD 1041207
NSW CD 1041202
NSW CD 1041204
NSW CD 1041108
NSW CD 1041210
NSW CD 1041208
NSW CD 1041212
NSW CD 1041109
NSW CD 1041105
NSW CD 1041003
NSW CD 1041403
NSW CD 1041004
NSW CD 1041102
NSW CD 1041307
NSW CD 1041101
NSW CD 1041203
NSW CD 1041308
NSW CD 1041605
NSW CD 1041106
NSW CD 1041103
NSW CD 1042402
NSW CD 1041412
NSW CD 1041006
NSW CD 1041606
NSW CD 1041009
NSW CD 1041104
NSW CD 1041305
NSW CD 1041303
NSW CD 1041304
NSW CD 1040901
NSW CD 1041301
NSW CD 1041306
NSW CD 1041005
NSW CD 1041302
NSW CD 1041007
NSW CD 1042401

Note: 
Standard terminology used by the Australian Bureau of Statistics: 

(CD)   =          Collection District

Attachment        3.2

LICENCE AREA PLAN :    Gunnedah Radio

Category :   Community

General Area Served :   Narrabri (NSW)

Service Licence Number :   SL1150088

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio

Specification Number :   TS10008103

Transmitter Site :-

Nominal location :   Broadcast Australia Site  MOUNT DOWE

Australian Map Grid :   Zone      Easting     Northing
Reference   56          227432     6646103

Site Tolerance :   Refer to Broadcasting Services
   (Technical Planning) Guidelines 2007

Emission :-

Frequency Band & Mode :   VHF-FM

Carrier Frequency :   91.3 MHz

Polarisation :   Mixed

Maximum antenna height :   75 m

Output Radiation Pattern :-

Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) Maximum ERP
0°T - 230°T 1 kW
230°T - 290°T 10 kW
290°T - 360°T 1 kW
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