Variation to Licence Area Plan – Mudgee Radio – 2023 (No. 1) (Cth)

Variation to Licence Area Plan – Mudgee Radio – 2023 (No. 1)

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

Dated: 30 March 2023

James Cameron

[signed]

Member

Cathy Rainsford

[signed]

Member/General Manager

Australian Communications and Media Authority

1  Name

This is the Variation to Licence Area Plan – Mudgee Radio – 2023 (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)

Licence Area Plan – Mudgee (Radio) – June 1997 (F2005B00622)

1  Name of instrument

Rename the instrument as the ‘Licence Area Plan – Mudgee Radio’.

2  Title page

Omit:

LICENCE AREA PLAN

Mudgee (Radio)

substitute:

Licence Area Plan – Mudgee Radio

3  Headings before clauses

Repeal the headings, substitute:

LICENCE AREA PLAN – MUDGEE (RADIO)

4  Clause (1)

Repeal the clause, substitute:

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

5  Clause (2)

Repeal the clause, substitute:

(2)  Four national radio broadcasting services, one commercial radio broadcasting service and one open narrowcasting radio service 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 to 1.9 to this plan.

6  Clause (3)

Repeal the clause.

7  Clause (4)

Omit ‘Determination’, substitute ‘plan’ (each occurrence).

8  Clause (5)

Omit ‘Determination’, substitute ‘plan’ (each occurrence).

9  Clause (6)

Repeal the clause, substitute:

(6)  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.

10  After clause (7)

Omit ‘(Determined by the Australian Broadcasting Authority on 26 June 1997)’.

11  Schedule One

Repeal the schedule, substitute:

Schedule One

Licence Area Plan : Mudgee Radio

Licence Area : MUDGEE RA1

Service Category	Channel/ Frequency	Service Licence No	Transmitter Specification No	Attach No	Area Served
Commercial	1449 kHz	SL10251	TS10004233	1.2	Mudgee
97.1 MHz	SL10251	TS12000907	1.3	Mudgee
101.5 MHz	SL10251	TS12000831	1.4	Kandos
National	99.5 MHz	N/A	TS10002537	1.5	Mudgee Town
National	96.3 MHz	N/A	TS10002542	1.7	Kandos
National	100.3 MHz	N/A	TS10002544	1.8	Kandos
National	101.1 MHz	N/A	TS1130958	1.9	Mudgee Town
Open Narrowcasting	90.9 MHz	N/A	TS10004643	1.6	Mudgee Town

12  Schedule Two

Repeal the schedule.

13  Schedule Three

Repeal the schedule, substitute:

Schedule Three

Licence Area Plan : Mudgee Radio

Licence Area : KANDOS RA1

Service Category	Channel/ Frequency	Service Licence No	Transmitter Specification No	Attach No	Area Served
Community	98.7 MHz	SL10255	TS10002541	3.2	Kandos

14  Schedule Four (heading)

Omit ‘– August 2008’.

15  Attachments

Reorder the attachments in ascending numerical order.

16  Attachment 1.1

Omit ‘numbers’, substitute ‘number’.

17  Attachment 1.2

(1)   For the General Area Served, after ‘Mudgee’ insert ‘(NSW)’.

(2)   Omit ‘2 Kilometers Northwest of Town’, substitute ‘21 Putta Bucca Rd MUDGEE’.

(3)   Omit:

Australian Map Grid :                  Zone             Easting                   Northing

Reference   55                 741211                   6392007

substitute:

Nominal Co-ordinates                  Latitude               Longitude

(GDA94) :   -32.582103          149.570818

(4)   Omit ‘Technical Planning Guidelines’, substitute ‘Broadcasting Services (Technical Planning) Guidelines 2017’.

(5)   After ‘Frequency Band & Mode’, insert ‘:’.

(6)   Omit the output radiation pattern table, substitute:

Output Radiation Pattern :-

Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction)	Elevation	Maximum CMF
0°T	0	1.145 kV
10°T	0	1.145 kV
20°T	0	1.145 kV
30°T	0	1.145 kV
40°T	0	1.145 kV
50°T	0	1.145 kV
60°T	0	1.145 kV
70° T	0	1.145 kV
80°T	0	1.145 kV
90°T	0	1.145 kV
98°T	45	330 V
100°T	0	1.145 kV
110°T	0	1.145 kV
118°T	6	660 V
120°T	0	1.145 kV
130°T	0	1.145 kV
140°T	0	1.145 kV
150°T	0	1.145 kV
160°T	0	1.145 kV
170°T	0	1.145 kV
180°T	0	1.145 kV
188°T	33	320 V
190°T	0	1.145 kV
200°T	0	1.145 kV
210°T	0	1.145 kV
220°T	0	1.145 kV
230°T	0	1.145 kV
240°T	0	1.145 kV
250°T	0	1.145 kV
260°T	0	1.145 kV
270°T	0	1.145 kV
280°T	0	1.145 kV
290°T	0	1.145 kV
300°T	0	1.145 kV
310°T	0	1.145 kV
320°T	0	1.145 kV
330°T	0	1.145 kV
340°T	0	1.145 kV
350°T	0	1.145 kV

(7)   Omit the note (including the heading) after the output radiation pattern table, substitute:

Special Condition :-

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

Availability of TS10004233:-

TS10004233 ceases to be available for SL10251 28 days after the first day on which the service provided under SL10251 is transmitted by transmitter TS12000907 in accordance with the specifications set out at Attachment 1.3.

18  After Attachment 1.2

Insert Attachments 1.3 and 1.4 at Schedule 2 to this instrument.

19  Attachment 1.5

(1)   For the General Area Served, omit ‘(town)’, substitute ‘Town’.

(2)   Omit ‘Endicott Hill Mudgee’, substitute ‘Translator Site Endicott Hill Mount Misery Rd MUDGEE’.

(3)   Omit:

Australian Map Grid :                  Zone             Easting                   Northing

Reference   55                 740587                   6388844

substitute:

Nominal Co-ordinates                  Latitude               Longitude

(GDA94) :   -32.610018          149.565358

(4)   Omit ‘Technical Planning Guidelines’, substitute ‘Broadcasting Services (Technical Planning) Guidelines 2017’.

(5)   After each of ‘Frequency Band & Mode’, ‘Polarisation’ and ‘Maximum antenna height’, insert ‘:’.

(6)   Omit ‘10 m’, substitute ‘12 m’.

20  Attachment 1.6

(1)   For the General Area Served, omit ‘(town)’, substitute ‘Town’.

(2)   Omit ‘Endicott Hill Mudgee’, substitute ‘Nominal Planning Site Endicott Hill Mount Misery Rd MUDGEE’.

(3)   Omit:

Australian Map Grid :                  Zone             Easting                   Northing

Reference   55                 740587                   6388844

substitute:

Nominal Co-ordinates                  Latitude               Longitude

(GDA94) :   -32.610133          149.565064

(4)   Omit ‘Technical Planning Guidelines’, substitute ‘Broadcasting Services (Technical Planning) Guidelines 2017’.

(5)   After each of ‘Frequency Band & Mode’, ‘Polarisation’ and ‘Maximum antenna height’, insert ‘:’.

(6)   Omit the special condition (including the heading), substitute:

Advisory Note :-

The coverage area of this transmission is defined as a circle radius 20 km measured from a point with the following GDA94 co-ordinates: -32.610133, 149.565064. This point is the same as the nominal transmitter site.

21  Attachment 1.7

(1)   Omit ‘Mt Cumber Melon’, substitute ‘Broadcast Australia Site Baldy Peak KANDOS’.

(2)   Omit:

Australian Map Grid :                  Zone             Easting                   Northing

Reference   55                 780008                   6359097

substitute:

Nominal Co-ordinates                  Latitude               Longitude

(GDA94) :   -32.871868          149.989601

(3)   Omit ‘Technical Planning Guidelines’, substitute ‘Broadcasting Services (Technical Planning) Guidelines 2017’.

(4)   After each of ‘Frequency Band & Mode’, ‘Polarisation’ and ‘Maximum antenna height’, insert ‘:’.

(5)   Omit ‘30 m’, substitute ‘23 m’.

22  Attachment 1.8

(1)   Omit ‘Mt Cumber Melon’, substitute ‘Broadcast Australia Site Baldy Peak KANDOS’.

(2)   Omit:

Australian Map Grid :                  Zone             Easting                   Northing

Reference   55                 780008                   6359097

substitute:

Nominal Co-ordinates                  Latitude               Longitude

(GDA94) :   -32.871868          149.989601

(3)   Omit ‘Technical Planning Guidelines’, substitute ‘Broadcasting Services (Technical Planning) Guidelines 2017’.

(4)   After each of ‘Frequency Band & Mode’, ‘Polarisation’ and ‘Maximum antenna height’, insert ‘:’.

(5)   Omit ‘30 m’, substitute ‘23 m’.

23  After Attachment 1.8

Insert Attachment 1.9 at Schedule 3 to this instrument.

24  Attachments 2.1 and 2.2

Repeal the attachments.

25  Attachment 3.1

Omit ‘numbers’, substitute ‘number’.

26  Attachment 3.2

(1)   Omit ‘Mt Cumber Melon’, substitute ‘Shire Council Tower Baldy Peak KANDOS’.

(2)   Omit:

Australian Map Grid :                  Zone             Easting                   Northing

Reference   55                 780008                   6359097

substitute:

Nominal Co-ordinates                  Latitude               Longitude

(GDA94) :   -32.871847          149.990393

(3)   Omit ‘Technical Planning Guidelines’, substitute ‘Broadcasting Services (Technical Planning) Guidelines 2017’.

(4)   After each of ‘Frequency Band & Mode’, ‘Polarisation’ and ‘Maximum antenna height’, insert ‘:’.

27  Attachment 4.1

Omit ‘numbers’, substitute ‘number’.

28  Attachment 4.2

(1)   Before ‘Magpie Hill’, insert ‘Broadcast/Country Energy Site’.

(2)   Omit:

Australian Map Grid :                  Zone             Easting                   Northing

Reference   55                 740740                   6407338

substitute:

Nominal Co-ordinates                  Latitude               Longitude

(GDA94) :   -32.443431          149.561955

(3)   Omit ‘Technical Planning Guidelines’, substitute ‘Broadcasting Services (Technical Planning) Guidelines 2017’.

(4)   After each of ‘Frequency Band & Mode’, ‘Polarisation’ and ‘Maximum antenna height’, insert ‘:’.

(5)   Omit ‘30 m’, substitute ‘50 m’.

29  Attachment 4.3

(1)   Omit:

Australian Map Grid :                  Zone             Easting                   Northing

Reference   55                 757443                   6366615

substitute:

Nominal Co-ordinates                  Latitude               Longitude

(GDA94) :   -32.806630          149.750663

(2)   Omit ‘Technical Planning Guidelines’, substitute ‘Broadcasting Services (Technical Planning) Guidelines 2017’.

(3)   After each of ‘Frequency Band & Mode’, ‘Polarisation’ and ‘Maximum antenna height’, insert ‘:’.

(4)   Omit ‘30 m’, substitute ‘15 m’.

Schedule 2—Attachments 1.3 and 1.4

(Schedule 1, item 18)

Attachment 1.3

LICENCE AREA PLAN :      Mudgee Radio 

Category :   Commercial

General Area Served :   Mudgee (NSW)

Service Licence Number :   SL10251

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio

Specification Number :   TS12000907

Transmitter Site :-

Nominal location :   Broadcast/Country Energy Site Magpie Hill Gulgong MUDGEE

Nominal Co-ordinates   Latitude                  Longitude
(GDA94) :   -32.443431            149.561955

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

Emission :-

Frequency Band & Mode :   VHF-FM

Carrier Frequency :   97.1 MHz

Polarisation :   Mixed

Maximum antenna height :   50 m

Output Radiation Pattern :-

Bearing or Sector

(Clockwise direction)

Maximum ERP

At all angles of azimuth

10 kW

Attachment          1.4

LICENCE AREA PLAN :      Mudgee Radio 

Category :   Commercial

General Area Served :   Kandos (NSW)

Service Licence Number :   SL10251

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio

Specification Number :   TS12000831

Transmitter Site :-

Nominal location :   Communal Site Mt Bocoble BOCOBLE

Nominal Co-ordinates   Latitude                  Longitude
(GDA94) :   -32.806630            149.750663

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

Emission :-

Frequency Band & Mode :   VHF-FM

Carrier Frequency :   101.5 MHz

Polarisation :   Mixed

Maximum antenna height :   15 m

Output Radiation Pattern :-

Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction)	Maximum ERP
0°T - 215°T	250 W
215°T - 245°T	100 W
245°T - 305°T	60 W
305°T - 335°T	100 W
335°T - 360°T	250 W

Schedule 3—Attachment 1.9

(Schedule 1, item 23)

Attachment          1.9

LICENCE AREA PLAN :      Mudgee Radio

Category :   National

General Area Served :   Mudgee Town (NSW)

Service Licence Number :   Not applicable

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio

Specification Number :   TS1130958

Transmitter Site :-

Nominal location :   Translator Site Endicott Hill Mount Misery Rd MUDGEE

Nominal Co-ordinates   Latitude                  Longitude
(GDA94) :   -32.610018            149.565358

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

Emission :-

Frequency Band & Mode :   VHF-FM

Carrier Frequency :   101.1 MHz

Polarisation :   Mixed

Maximum antenna height :   12 m

Output Radiation Pattern :-

Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction)	Maximum ERP
At all angles of azimuth	50 W