AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA AUTHORITY
Broadcasting Services (Applications for Renewal of Licence under Subsection 46(2) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992) Notice – 10th February 2026
In accordance with subsection 46(2) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 (the Act), the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) gives notice that the companies listed below have lodged applications for the renewal of the following commercial broadcasting service licences:
Commercial Broadcasting Licensees |
SL No |
Service Area |
State |
NBN Pty Ltd | 94 | NORTHERN NEW SOUTH WALES TV1 | NSW |
WA Satco Pty Ltd | 1130166 | NORTHERN NEW SOUTH WALES TV1 | NSW |
WIN Television Griffith Pty Ltd | 1130146 | GRIFFITH AND MIA TV1 | NSW |
Australian Capital Television Pty Ltd | 85 | SOUTHERN NEW SOUTH WALES TV1 | NSW |
WIN Television Griffith Pty Ltd
| 10104 | GRIFFITH AND MIA TV1 | NSW |
Midwest Radio Network Pty Ltd | 10279 | LITHGOW RA1 | NSW |
West Coast Radio Pty Ltd | 10077 | MANDURAH RA1 | WA |
Regional Broadcasters Australia Pty Limited | 10012 | CARNARVON RA1 | WA |
Coastal Broadcasters Pty Ltd | 10319 | INNISFAIL RA1 | QLD |
South Eastern Broadcasters Pty Ltd | 10312 | MT GAMBIER RA1 | SA |
Radio 6PR Perth Pty Ltd | 4201 | PERTH RA1 | WA |
North West Radio Pty Ltd | 10009 | KARRATHA RA1 | WA |
Radio Goulburn Pty Ltd | 10313 | GOULBURN RA1 | NSW |
North West Radio Pty Ltd | 10014 | PORT HEDLAND RA1 | WA |
Regional Broadcasters Australia Pty Limited | 10229 | ROMA RA1 | QLD |
2MO Gunnedah Pty Ltd | 10317 | GUNNEDAH RA1 | NSW |
Manning Valley Max The Heat FM Pty Ltd | 10326 | TAREE RA1 | NSW |
ACE Radio Broadcasters Pty Ltd | 10309 | COLAC RA1 | VIC |
Regional Broadcasters Australia Pty Limited | 10333 | EMERALD RA1 | QLD |
Sunshine Coast Broadcasters Pty Ltd | 10307 | NAMBOUR RA1 | QLD |
AMI Radio Pty Ltd | 10327 | GYMPIE RA1 | QLD |
Resonate Broadcasting Pty Ltd | 10223 | LONGREACH RA1 | QLD |
Port Macquarie Super AM 531 Pty Ltd | 4121 | KEMPSEY RA1 | NSW |
Townsville Broadcasters Pty. Limited | 4185 | TOWNSVILLE RA1 | QLD |
New England Broadcasters Pty Ltd | 10316 | ARMIDALE RA1 | NSW |
Belcap Investments Pty Ltd | 10041 | ALBANY RA1 | WA |
Northern Broadcasters Pty Ltd | 10322 | INVERELL RA1 | NSW |
ACE Radio Broadcasters Pty Ltd | 10308 | HORSHAM RA1 | VIC |
Belcap Investments Pty Ltd | 1150211 | ALBANY RA1 | WA |
Radio 6AM Pty Ltd | 1155759 | NORTHAM RA1 | WA |
Radio Newcastle Pty Ltd | 1155766 | NEWCASTLE RA1 | NSW |
GENERAL TELEVISION CORPORATION PROPRIETARY LIMITED | 101 | MELBOURNE TV1 | VIC |
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 has not decided that subsection 41(2) of the Act applies to the company.
The ACMA may decide that subsection 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:
- an offence against the Act or the regulations being committed;
- a breach of a civil penalty provision occurring; or
- a breach of the conditions of the licence occurring.
In deciding whether subsection 41(2) of the Act applies, the ACMA is required by subsection 41(3) to take into account: (a) the business record of the company; (b) the company's record in situations requiring trust and candour; (c) the business record of each person who is, or would be, if a licence were allocated to the applicant, in a position to control the licence; (d) the record in situations requiring trust and candour of each such person; (e) whether the company, or a person referred to in paragraph (c) or (d), has been convicted of an offence against the Act or the regulations; and (f) whether a civil penalty order has been made against the company or a person referred to in paragraph (c) or (d).
The Act does not require the ACMA to hold an investigation or a hearing into whether a commercial broadcasting service licence should be renewed (subsection 47(3)).