VARIATION TO THE LICENCE AREA PLAN

Mackay, QLD

Australian Broadcasting AuthorityCanberra

June 2004

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VARIATION TO THE LICENCE AREA PLAN

MACKAY, QLD – RADIO SERVICES

The Australian Broadcasting Authority hereby varies the licence area plan (LAP) for radio services in the Mackay area of Queensland, determined on 30 October 1997, under subsection 26(2) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.

The variation comprises the addition of technical specifications of services, as set out below:

The variation also comprises a change from 1996 to 2001 Census boundaries to the licence areas described at Attachments 1.1.1. and 2.1.1.

(Varied by the Australian Broadcasting Authority on 17 June 2004)

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 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

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.

For ease of reference, the schedule affected by this variation to the LAP has been updated to reflect the variation to this plan.

Schedule One of the Mackay LAP prior to proposed variation is reproduced below.

SCHEDULE ONE

Licence Area Plan : Mackay - Radio – October 1997

Licence Area: Mackay RA1

The updated Schedule to the LAP variation is as follows:

SCHEDULE ONE

Licence Area Plan : Mackay Radio – June 2004

Licence Area : Mackay RA1

NOTE: As no changes are made to Attachments 1.2 to 1.3 and 1.4 to 1.22 from when determined in October 1997, copies of technical specifications are not provided.

Attachment 1.1.1

LICENCE AREA - MACKAY RA1 – COMMERCIAL RADIO

Service Licence Numbers: SL1964, SL4181, SL1150018 and SL1150089

The licence area, in terms of areas defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics at the Census of 5 August 2001, is: 

Note: 

Standard terminology used by the Australian Bureau of Statistics: 

 (C)  =   City

 (CD)  =   Collection District

 (S)  =   Shire

Attachment 1.23

LICENCE AREA PLAN : Mackay Radio – June 2004

Category : Commercial

General Area Served : Nebo (QLD)

Service Licence Number : SL1964

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio

Specification Number : TS10013239

Transmitter Site :-

Nominal location : Telstra Radio Terminal  Smiths Hill 6km               NNE of  NEBO

Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 55 676498 7606578

Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines

Emission :-

Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM

Carrier Frequency : 89.9 MHz

Polarisation Mixed

Maximum antenna height 25 m

Output Radiation Pattern :-

Special Conditions :-

Any transmission in accordance with this technical specification is planned on the basis that it will be protected to a minimum media field strength level of 66 dBuv/m and above against interference from other broadcasting services.

Attachment 1.24

LICENCE AREA PLAN : Mackay Radio – June 2004

Category : Commercial

General Area Served : Clairview (QLD)

Service Licence Number : SL1964

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio

Specification Number : TS9692001

Transmitter Site :-

Nominal location : Vodafone Site  Clairview Station Bruce Hwy  CLAIRVIEW

Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 55 757080 7537510

Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines

Emission :-

Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM

Carrier Frequency : 93.3 MHz

Polarisation Mixed

Maximum antenna height 25 m

Output Radiation Pattern :-

Special Conditions :-

Any transmission in accordance with this technical specification is planned on the basis that it will be protected to a minimum media field strength level of 66 dBuv/m and above against interference from other broadcasting services.

Attachment 1.25

LICENCE AREA PLAN : Mackay Radio – June 2004

Category : Commercial

General Area Served : Glenden (QLD)

Service Licence Number : SL1150018

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio

Specification Number : TS10013398

Transmitter Site :-

Nominal location : Water Treatment Plant  GLENDEN

Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 55 615202 7637683

Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines

Emission :-

Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM

Carrier Frequency : 91.7 MHz

Polarisation Mixed

Maximum antenna height 35 m

Output Radiation Pattern :-

Special Conditions :-

Any transmission in accordance with this technical specification is planned on the basis that it will be protected to a minimum media field strength level of 66 dBuv/m and above against interference from other broadcasting services.

Attachment 1.26

LICENCE AREA PLAN : Mackay Radio – June 2004

Category : National

General Area Served : Mackay (QLD)

Service Licence Number : Not applicable

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio

Specification Number : TS10013399

Transmitter Site :-

Nominal location : Main Broadcast Tower  Mt Blackwood   MACKAY

Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 55 701854 7672862

Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines

Emission :-

Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM

Carrier Frequency : 104.3 MHz

Polarisation Mixed

Maximum antenna height 67 m

Output Radiation Pattern :-

Attachment 2.1.1

LICENCE AREA - MACKAY RA2 – COMMUNITY RADIO

Service Licence Numbers: SL5522 and SL1150019

The licence area, in terms of areas defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics at the Census of 5 August 2001, is: 

Note: 

Standard terminology used by the Australian Bureau of Statistics: 

 (C)  =   City

 (CD)  =   Collection District

 (S)  =   Shire