AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA AUTHORITY
Broadcasting Services (Applications for Renewal of Licence under Subsection 46(2) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992) Notice –22 July 2025
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 |
WIN TELEVISION SA PTY LTD | 10330 | MOUNT GAMBIER/SOUTH EAST TV1 | SA |
WIN TELEVISION SA PTY LTD | 1130144 | MOUNT GAMBIER/SOUTH EAST TV1 | SA |
WIN TELEVISION SA PTY LTD | 1130145 | RIVERLAND TV1 | SA |
Broken Hill Television Pty Limited | 1130143 | BROKEN HILL TV1 | NSW |
Spencer Gulf Telecasters Pty Limited | 1130142 | SPENCER GULF TV1 | SA |
Radio 3MA Pty Ltd | 10094 | MILDURA RA1 | VIC |
Radio Hunter Valley Pty Ltd | 4125 | MUSWELLBROOK RA1 | VIC |
Orange Super AM 1089 Pty Ltd | 10252 | ORANGE RA1 | NSW |
Austereo Pty Ltd | 3037 | ADELAIDE RA1 | SA |
Triple M Sydney Pty Ltd | 3033 | SYDNEY RA1 | NSW |
Triple M Brisbane Pty Ltd | 3036 | BRISBANE RA1 | QLD |
Triple M Melbourne Pty Ltd | 3034 | MELBOURNE RA1 | VIC |
Radio 96FM Perth Pty Ltd | 3038 | PERTH RA1 | WA |
Resonate Regional Radio Pty Limited | 10227 | ROMA RA1 | QLD |
Goulburn and Border Broadcasters Pty Ltd | 10389 | SHEPPARTON RA1 | VIC |
South Coast & Tablelands Broadcasting Pty Ltd | 4133 | NOWRA RA1 | NSW |
Austereo Pty Ltd | 3035 | MELBOURNE RA1
| VIC |
ARN Communications Pty Ltd | 4104 | WESTERN SUBURBS SYDNEY RA1 | NSW |
Resonate Regional Radio Pty Limited | 10218 | CHARLEVILLE RA1 | QLD |
Radio Perth Pty Ltd | 4198 | PERTH RA1 | WA |
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)).