AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA AUTHORITY
Broadcasting Services (Applications for Renewal of Licence under Subsection 46(2) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992) Notice – 7 November 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 |
Try Media Concepts No.2 Pty Ltd | 1130310 | MELBOURNE S40 | VIC |
Today FM Sydney Pty Ltd | 3032 | SYDNEY RA1 | NSW |
Nova 100 Pty Ltd | 1150693 | MELBOURNE RA1 | VIC |
Mid-Districts Radio Pty Ltd | 10008 | MERREDIN RA1 | WA |
Esperance Broadcasters Pty Ltd | 10320 | ESPERANCE RA1 | WA |
Regional Broadcasters Australia Pty Limited | 10006 | KALGOORLIE RA1 | WA |
Radio West Coast Pty Ltd Pty Ltd | 10311 | QUEENSTOWN RA1 | TAS |
Northern Territory Broadcasters Pty Ltd | 10168 | DARWIN RA1 | NT |
Bathurst Broadcasters Pty Ltd | 10276 | BATHURST RA1 | NSW |
Radio 2GZ Pty Ltd | 10286 | ORANGE RA1 | NSW |
Radio Ballarat Pty Ltd | 10284 | BALLARAT RA1 | VIC |
Burnie Broadcasting Service Pty Ltd | 4219 | BURNIE RA1 | TAS |
Northern Tasmania Broadcasters Pty Ltd | 4218 | DEVONPORT RA1 | TAS |
North East Tasmanian Radio Broadcasters Pty Ltd | 4223 | SCOTTSDALE RA1 | TAS |
East Coast Radio Pty Ltd | 10306 | BEGA RA1 | NSW |
Radio 2RG Pty Limited | 10310 | GRIFFITH RA1 | NSW |
Western Broadcasters Pty Ltd | 10054 | DUBBO RA1 | NSW |
ACE Radio Broadcasters Pty Ltd | 4152 | HAMILTON RA1 | VIC |
North East Broadcasters Pty Ltd | 10391 | WANGARATTA RA1 | VIC |
Mudgee Broadcasting Company Pty Ltd | 10101 | Mudgee RA3 | NSW |
Parkes Broadcasting Company Pty Ltd | 10056 | PARKES RA1 | NSW |
Radio 3MA Pty Ltd | 10096 | MILDURA RA1 | 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)).