Variation to Licence Area Plan – Murrayville Community Radio – 2022 (No. 1) (Cth)

Variation to Licence Area Plan – Murrayville Community Radio – 2022 (No. 1)

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

Dated: 3 November 2022

Chris Jose

[signed]

Member

Linda Caruso

[signed]

Member/General Manager

Australian Communications and Media Authority

1  Name

This is the Variation to Licence Area Plan – Murrayville Community Radio – 2022 (No. 1).

2  Commencement

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

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

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

4  Amendments

The instrument that is specified in Schedule 1 is amended as set out in the applicable items in that Schedule.

Schedule 1—Amendments

(section 4)

Community Radio Licence Area Plan – Murrayville (Radio) – August 1996 (F2005B00831)

1  Name of instrument

Rename the instrument as the “Licence Area Plan – Murrayville Community Radio”.

2  Title page

Omit the title page, substitute:

Licence Area Plan – Murrayville Community Radio

3  Determination (after the heading)

Repeal the two paragraphs, substitute:

1. This plan for broadcasting services in the Murrayville area of Victoria and the Lameroo area of South Australia is made under subsection 26(1) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.

1. One community radio broadcasting service is 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 community radio broadcasting service that is to be available in the area described at Attachment 1.1 are set out in Schedule One and Attachments 1.2 and 1.3 to this plan.

1. 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;

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

(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.

4  Determination

Omit “Dated 27 August 1996”.

5  Schedule

Repeal the schedule.

6  Schedule One

Repeal the schedule, substitute:

Schedule One

Licence Area Plan : Murrayville Community Radio 

Licence Area : MURRAYVILLE RA1

Service Category	Channel/ Frequency	Service Licence No	Transmitter Specification No	Attach No	Area Served
Community	103.5 MHz 107.5MHz	SL10374 SL10374	TS10005717 TS12000650	1.2 1.3	Murrayville Lameroo

7  Attachments

Repeal all the attachments, substitute:

Attachment 1.1

Licence Area - MURRAYVILLE RA1

Community Radio Service Licence number: SL10374

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

Area Description

Vic CD 011501

Vic CD 011502

Vic CD 011503

Vic CD 011504

Vic CD 011505

Vic CD 011506

SA CD 041401

SA CD 041402

SA CD 041403

SA CD 041404

SA CD 041502

SA CD 041503

Note: 

Standard terminology used by the Australian Bureau of Statistics: 

(CD)      =  Collection District

Attachment 1.2

LICENCE AREA PLAN :  Murrayville Community Radio 

Category :   Community

General Area Served :   Murrayville (VIC)

Service Licence Number :   SL10374

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio

Specification Number :   TS10005717

Transmitter Site :-

Nominal location :   Broadcast Site 6 km S of MURRAYVILLE

Nominal Co-ordinates    Latitude   Longitude
(GDA94) :   -35.322805            141.174477

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

Emission :-

Frequency Band & Mode :   VHF-FM

Carrier Frequency :   103.5 MHz

Polarisation :   Mixed

Maximum antenna height :   63 m

Output Radiation Pattern :-

Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction)	Maximum ERP
At all angles of azimuth	5 kW

Attachment 1.3

LICENCE AREA PLAN :  Murrayville Community Radio 

Category :   Community

General Area Served :   Lameroo (SA)

Service Licence Number :   SL10374

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio

Specification Number :   TS12000650

Transmitter Site :-

Nominal location :   Broadcast Site 1 Bews Tce LAMEROO

Nominal Co-ordinates    Latitude   Longitude
(GDA94) :   -35.330677            140.517187

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

Emission :-

Frequency Band & Mode :   VHF-FM

Carrier Frequency :   107.5 MHz

Polarisation :   Mixed

Maximum antenna height :   25 m

Output Radiation Pattern :-

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

Advisory 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.