LICENCE AREA PLAN

KATOOMBA RADIO

DECEMBER 1999

LICENCE AREA PLAN – KATOOMBA RADIO

DETERMINATION

The Australian Broadcasting Authority hereby makes this plan for broadcasting services in the Sydney area of New South Wales, under subsection 26(1) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.

One commercial radio broadcasting service is to be available in the area described at Attachment 1.1 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 1.1 are set out in Schedule One and Attachment 1.2 to this Determination.

One community radio broadcasting service is to be available in the area described at Attachment 2.1 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 2.1 are set out in Schedule Two and Attachment 2.2 to this Determination.

(Determined by the Australian Broadcasting Authority on 16 December 1999)

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 status of the service (column two) does not form part of the licence area plan decision and is included for reference only.
• The frequency for each transmitter (column three) does not form part of the licence area plan decision and is included for reference only.
• the service licence number which has been allocated to the service, if appropriate (column four);  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 five),
• the identifying number of the attachment where the technical specifications for each transmitter are described (column six).  (Each set of technical specifications referred to in the Schedules is an attachment to this determination).
• the general area served by each transmitter (column seven).

Status Column

Licensed : service is already licensed

Available : new licence available for allocation

Proposed : transmitter for existing broadcasting service licence

Alternative : alternative channel proposed for licensed service

Reserved : capacity reserved for a national or community service in accordance with Ministerial notification

The information in the status column is provided as additional information to the licence area plan, and is accurate as at the date of publication.

Frequency Column

• The frequency shown is the centre frequency of the channel.

The information in the frequency column is provided as additional information to the licence area plan, and is accurate as at the date of publication.

SCHEDULE ONE

Licence Area Plan: Katoomba Radio – December 1999

Licence Area: KATOOMBA RA1

SCHEDULE TWO

Licence Area Plan: Katoomba Radio – December 1999

Licence Area: KATOOMBA RA2

DISCLAIMER:

The availability of frequency capacity in the Katoomba region is, to a large extent, based on theoretical interference predictions.  Predictions by their very nature are subject to some degree of uncertainty given limitations of topography and other data.

The Australian Broadcasting Authority (ABA) takes reasonable care in assigning frequencies, but cannot warrant that licensed use of a broadcasting facility will be free from (or will not cause) interference.  Any such interference can vary in extent and can originate within Australia or overseas.

Prospective applicants for licences should obtain independent technical or specialist advice concerning their applications, the operation of broadcasting equipment, and any other matters relevant to the operation of transmitters and services under the licences in question.

• Existing broadcasters should take all reasonable steps to be satisfied that their frequency will operate at the prescribed levels before making changes to its existing technical operating conditions.

• Aspirant broadcasters should take all reasonable steps to be satisfied that their frequency of interest will operate at the prescribed levels before competing for spectrum availability.

No liability is or will be accepted by the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, the ABA, the Commonwealth of Australia, or its officers, servants or agents for the licensed use of a broadcasting facility which is not free from (or causes) interference.

Attachment 1.1

LICENCE AREA - KATOOMBA RA1

LICENCE AREA FOR SERVICE LICENCE NO: SL4116

COMMERCIAL, KATOOMBA RA1

The licence area, in terms of areas defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics at the Census of 6 August 1996, is: 

Note: 

Standard terminology used by the Australian Bureau of Statistics: 

 (C)  =   City

(CD)  =   Collection District

Attachment 1.2

LICENCE AREA PLAN : Katoomba – December 1999

Category : Commercial

General Area Served : Katoomba (NSW)

Service Licence Number : SL4116

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio

Specification Number : TS4116001

Transmitter Site :-

Nominal location : 31-45 Great Western Highway

 WENTWORTH FALLS

Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing

Reference 56 257608 6265276

Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines

Emission :-

Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM

Carrier Frequency : 96.1 MHz

Polarisation Mixed

Maximum antenna height 70 m

Output Radiation Pattern :-

Attachment 2.1

LICENCE AREA - KATOOMBA RA2

LICENCE AREA FOR SERVICE LICENCE NO: SL1150185

COMMUNITY, KATOOMBA RA2

The licence area, in terms of areas defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics at the Census of 6 August 1996, is: 

Note: 

Standard terminology used by the Australian Bureau of Statistics: 

(CD)  =   Collection District

Attachment 2.2

LICENCE AREA PLAN : Katoomba – December 1999

Category : Community

General Area Served : Katoomba (NSW)

Service Licence Number : SL1150185

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio

Specification Number : TS5661001

Transmitter Site :-

Nominal location : Council Headquarters Building  Gang Gang St  KATOOMBA

Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing

Reference 56 250700 6266000

Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines

Emission :-

Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM

Carrier Frequency : 89.1 MHz

Polarisation Mixed

Maximum antenna height 30 m

Output Radiation Pattern :-