AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA AUTHORITY
Broadcasting Services (Applications for Renewal of Licence Under Section 46(2) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992) Notice – 16 May 2022
In accordance with sub-section 46(2) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 (the Act), the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) hereby notifies that the companies listed below have lodged applications for the renewal of the following broadcasting service licences:
Commercial Broadcasting Licensees | SL No | Service Area | State |
Canberra FM Radio Pty Ltd
| 1060
| CANBERRA RA1
| ACT |
Canberra FM Radio Pty Ltd
| 1066
| CANBERRA RA1
| ACT |
Radio Albury Wodonga Pty Ltd | 10289
| ALBURY RA1
| NSW |
Super Hill 106 FM Pty Ltd | 10245
| BROKEN HILL RA1
| NSW |
Radio 2RG Pty Limited | 4132
| GRIFFITH RA1
| NSW |
Mid-Coast Broadcasters Pty Ltd
| 2161 | KEMPSEY RA1
| NSW |
Richmond River Broadcasters Pty Ltd
| 6306 | LISMORE RA1
| NSW |
Tamworth Radio Development Co Pty Ltd
| 4865 | NEWCASTLE RA1
| NSW |
Riverina Broadcasters (Holdings) Pty Ltd
| 6446 | WAGGA WAGGA RA1
| NSW |
ARN Communications Pty Ltd | 4165 | BRISBANE RA1
| QLD |
Greater Cairns Radio Pty Ltd | 5742 | CAIRNS RA1
| QLD |
Barrier Reef Broadcasting Proprietary Ltd
| 1964 | MACKAY RA1
| QLD |
5AD Broadcasting Company Pty Ltd
| 4191 | ADELAIDE RA1
| SA |
Radio 1278 Melbourne Pty Ltd
| 4146 | MELBOURNE RA1
| VIC |
3UZ Pty Ltd
| 10393 | SHEPPARTON RA1
| VIC |
2HD Broadcasters Pty Ltd
| 4115 | NEWCASTLE RA1
| NSW |
Broken Hill Television Pty Limited
| 10241 | BROKEN HILL TV1
| NSW |
Spencer Gulf Telecasters Pty Limited
| 10234 | SPENCER GULF TV1
| SA |
The ACMA is required to renew these licences unless it decides that an applicant is no longer a suitable licensee. A company is a suitable licensee if the ACMA does not decide that sub-section 41(2) of the Act applies to the company.
The ACMA may decide that 41(2) of the Act applies to a licensee if it is satisfied that allowing the licensee to provide or continue to provide a commercial broadcasting service under a licence would lead to a significant risk of: (a) an offence against the Act or the regulations being committed; (b) or a breach of the conditions of the licence occurring.
In deciding whether the sub-section applies, the ACMA is required by sub-section 41(3) of the Act, to take into account: (a) the business record of the company; and (b) the company's record in situations requiring trust and candour; and (c) the business record of the chief executive and each director and secretary of the applicant; and (d) the record in situations requiring trust and candour of each such person; and (e) whether the company, or a person referred to in paragraph (c) or (d), has been convicted of an offence against this Act or the regulations.
The Act does not require the ACMA to hold an investigation or a hearing into whether a commercial licence (sub-section 47(3)) should be renewed.