LICENCE AREA PLAN
GERALDTON
(RADIO)
SEPTEMBER 1996
LICENCE AREA PLAN - GERALDTON
DETERMINATION
The Australian Broadcasting Authority hereby makes this plan for broadcasting services in the Geraldton area of Western Australia, under subsection 26(1) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.
Five national radio broadcasting, two commercial radio broadcasting services and one open narrowcasting radio broadcasting service are to be available in the Geraldton area described at Attachment 1.1 to this Determination 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 the Schedule One and Attachments 1.2 - 1.9 to this Determination.
Two community radio broadcasting services are to be available in the Geraldton area described at Attachment 2.1 to this Determination 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 2.1 is set out in Schedule Two and Attachment 2.2 - 2.3 to this Determination.
One community radio broadcasting service is to be available in the Northampton area described at Attachment 3.1 to this Determination with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the service that is to be available in the area described at Attachment 3.1 is set out in Schedule Three and Attachment 3.2 to this Determination.
Date: 11 September 1996
SCHEDULES
Each of the Schedules sets out:
- the category of each of the services that are to be available in that area (column one),
- the service licence number which has been allocated to the service, if appropriate (column two); N/A = Not Applicable, as the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 only requires service licences for Commercial and Community services.
- the number of transmitters required to transmit the service,
- the transmitter specification number which has been allocated to each transmitter (column three),
- the identifying number of the attachment where the technical specifications for each transmitter are described (column four). (Each set of technical specifications referred to in the Schedules is an attachment to this determination).
- the general area served by each transmitter (column five).
SCHEDULE ONE
Licence Area Plan - Geraldton - (Radio) - September 1996
Category of | Service Licence No: | Transmitter Specification No: | Technical | General Area Served by Transmitter |
National | N/A | TS000590 | See attachment 1.2 | Geraldton |
National | N/A | TS005294 | See attachment 1.3 | Geraldton |
National | N/A | TS005297 | See attachment 1.4 | Geraldton |
National | N/A | TS005298 | See attachment 1.5 | Geraldton |
National | N/A | TS000041 | See attachment 1.6 | Northampton |
Commercial | SL010370 | TS005656 | See attachment 1.7 | Geraldton |
Commercial | SL010371 | TS005688 | See attachment 1.8 | Geraldton |
Open Narrowcasting | N/A | TS005304 | See attachment 1.9 | Geraldton |
SCHEDULE TWO
Licence Area Plan - Geraldton - (Radio) - September 1996
Category of | Service Licence No: | Transmitter Specification No: | Technical | General Area Served by Transmitter |
Community | SL010348 | TS005299 | See attachment 2.2 | Geraldton |
Community | SL010347 | TS000963 | See attachment 2.3 | Geraldton |
SCHEDULE THREE
Licence Area Plan - Geraldton - (Radio) - September 1996
Category of | Service Licence No: | Transmitter Specification No: | Technical | General Area Served by Transmitter |
Community | SL010346 | TS005300 | See attachment 3.2 | Northampton |
ATTACHMENT 1.1
LICENCE AREA FOR SERVICE LICENCE NUMBERS: SL010370 and SL010371
COMMERCIAL RADIO GERALDTON WA
The licence area, in terms of areas defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics at the Census of 6 August 1991, is:
Area Description Persons
Chapman Valley (S) 788
Geraldton (C) 20601
Greenough (S) 7649
WA CD 022102 669
WA CD 022103 377
WA CD 022104 125
WA CD 022105 502
WA CD 021103 311
WA CD 021104 782
WA CD 021105 246
WA CD 021106 82
WA CD 021110 170
Total Persons 32302
Note:
Standard terminology used by the Australian Bureau of Statistics:
(CD) = Collection District
(S) = Shire
(C) = City
Attachment 1.2
LICENCE AREA PLAN :
Category : National
General Area Served : Geraldton (WA)
Service Licence Number : Not applicable
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - AM Radio
Specification Number : TS10000590
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal location : Fig Tree Crossing 15km NE of GERALDTON
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 50 275700 6827294
Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines
Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode MF-AM
Carrier Frequency : 828 kHz
Output Radiation Pattern :-
Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) | Elevation | Maximum CMF |
At all angles of azimuth | 0 | 960 V |
Notes:-
1. The CMF at all elevations is not to exceed the specified CMF at 0 degrees elevation for all angles of azimuth.
Attachment 1.3
LICENCE AREA PLAN :
Category : National
General Area Served : Geraldton (WA)
Service Licence Number : Not applicable
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio
Specification Number : TS10005294
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal location : Moresby Ranges GERALDTON
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 50 272800 6825200
Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines
Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM
Carrier Frequency : 94.9 MHz
Polarisation Mixed
Maximum antenna height 90 m
Output Radiation Pattern :-
Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) | Maximum ERP |
At all angles of azimuth | 10 kW |
Attachment 1.4
LICENCE AREA PLAN :
Category : National
General Area Served : Geraldton (WA)
Service Licence Number : Not applicable
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio
Specification Number : TS10005297
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal location : Moresby Ranges GERALDTON
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 50 272800 6825200
Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines
Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM
Carrier Frequency : 98.9 MHz
Polarisation Mixed
Maximum antenna height 90 m
Output Radiation Pattern :-
Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) | Maximum ERP |
At all angles of azimuth | 10 kW |
Attachment 1.5
LICENCE AREA PLAN :
Category : National
General Area Served : Geraldton (WA)
Service Licence Number : Not applicable
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio
Specification Number : TS10005298
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal location : Moresby Ranges GERALDTON
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 50 272800 6825200
Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines
Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM
Carrier Frequency : 99.7 MHz
Polarisation Mixed
Maximum antenna height 90 m
Output Radiation Pattern :-
Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) | Maximum ERP |
At all angles of azimuth | 10 kW |
Attachment 1.6
LICENCE AREA PLAN :
Category : National
General Area Served : Northampton (WA)
Service Licence Number : Not applicable
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio
Specification Number : TS10000041
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal location : Trig Pt 18 NORTHAMPTON
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 50 268900 6859300
Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines
Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM
Carrier Frequency : 107.7 MHz
Polarisation Mixed
Maximum antenna height 23 m
Output Radiation Pattern :-
Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) | Maximum ERP |
At all angles of azimuth | 100 W |
Attachment 1.7
LICENCE AREA PLAN :
Category : Commercial
General Area Served : Geraldton (WA)
Service Licence Number : SL10370
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio
Specification Number : TS10005656
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal location : Moresby Range GERALDTON
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 50 272800 6825200
Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines
Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM
Carrier Frequency : 96.5 MHz
Polarisation Mixed
Maximum antenna height 90 m
Output Radiation Pattern :-
Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) | Maximum ERP |
320°T - 60°T | 30 kW |
60°T - 90°T falling to | 10 kW |
90°T - 260°T | 10 kW |
260°T - 320°T rising to | 30 kW |
Attachment 1.8
LICENCE AREA PLAN :
Category : Commercial
General Area Served : Geraldton (WA)
Service Licence Number : SL10371
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio
Specification Number : TS10005688
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal location : Moresby Range GERALDTON
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 50 272800 6825200
Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines
Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM
Carrier Frequency : 98.1 MHz
Polarisation Mixed
Maximum antenna height 90 m
Output Radiation Pattern :-
Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) | Maximum ERP |
320°T - 60°T | 30 kW |
60°T - 90°T falling to | 10 kW |
90°T - 260°T | 10 kW |
260°T - 320°T rising to | 30 kW |
Attachment 1.9
LICENCE AREA PLAN :
Category : Open Narrowcasting
General Area Served : Geraldton (WA)
Service Licence Number : Not applicable
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - AM Radio
Specification Number : TS10005304
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal location : Bluff Point 6km NNE of GERALDTON
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 50 267800 6819300
Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines
Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode MF-AM
Carrier Frequency : 1008 kHz
Output Radiation Pattern :-
Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) | Elevation | Maximum CMF |
At all angles of azimuth | 0°T | 424 V |
Notes:-
1. The CMF at all elevations is not to exceed the specified CMF at 0 degrees elevation for all angles of azimuth.
ATTACHMENT 2.1
LICENCE AREA FOR SERVICE LICENCE NUMBERS: SL010348 and SL010347
COMMUNITY RADIO GERALDTON WA
The licence area, in terms of areas defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics at the Census of 6 August 1991, is:
Area Description Persons
Geraldton (C) 20601
Greenough (S) 7649
Total Persons 28250
Note:
Standard terminology used by the Australian Bureau of Statistics:
(S) = Shire
(C) = City
Attachment 2.2
LICENCE AREA PLAN :
Category : Community
General Area Served : Geraldton (WA)
Service Licence Number : SL10348
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio
Specification Number : TS10005299
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal location : Moresby Ranges GERALDTON
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 50 272800 6825200
Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines
Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM
Carrier Frequency : 97.3 MHz
Polarisation Mixed
Maximum antenna height 90 m
Output Radiation Pattern :-
Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) | Maximum ERP |
70°T - 270°T | 1 kW |
270°T - 70°T | 100 W |
Attachment 2.3
LICENCE AREA PLAN :
Category : Community
General Area Served : Geraldton (WA)
Service Licence Number : SL10347
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio
Specification Number : TS10000963
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal location : Moresby Ranges GERALDTON
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 50 272800 6825200
Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines
Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM
Carrier Frequency : 100.5 MHz
Polarisation Mixed
Maximum antenna height 90 m
Output Radiation Pattern :-
Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) | Maximum ERP |
70°T - 270°T | 1 kW |
270°T - 360°T | 100 W |
ATTACHMENT 3.1
LICENCE AREA FOR SERVICE LICENCE NUMBERS: SL010346
COMMUNITY RADIO NORTHAMPTON WA
The licence area, in terms of areas defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics at the Census of 6 August 1991, is:
Area Description Persons
WA CD 021103 311
WA CD 021104 782
WA CD 021105 246
Total Persons 1339
Note:
Standard terminology used by the Australian Bureau of Statistics:
(CD) = Collection District
Attachment 3.2
LICENCE AREA PLAN :
Category : Community
General Area Served : Northampton (WA)
Service Licence Number : SL10346
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio
Specification Number : TS10005300
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal location : Trig Pt 18 NORTHAMPTON
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 50 268900 6859300
Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines
Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM
Carrier Frequency : 106.1 MHz
Polarisation Mixed
Maximum antenna height 23 m
Output Radiation Pattern :-
Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) | Maximum ERP |
At all angles of azimuth | 100 W |