NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL OF LICENCE UNDER SECTION
90(2) OF THE BROADCASTING SERVICES ACT 1992
In accordance with sub-section 90(2) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 (the Act), the Australian Communications and Media Authority (the ACMA) hereby notifies that the companies listed below have lodged applications for the renewal of the following broadcasting service licences:
Community Radio Licensees | SL No | Service Area | State | |
Community Radio 2XX Inc. | 4226 | CANBERRA RA1 | ACT | |
Cumberland Community Radio Inc. | 1251 | PARRAMATTA RA1 | NSW | |
Five-O-Plus Public Radio Association Inc. | 1150187 | GOSFORD RA1 | NSW | |
Goulburn Community Radio Assoc Inc. | 3113 | GOULBURN RA2 | NSW | |
Griffith Community FM Association Inc. | 5538 | GRIFFITH RA2 | NSW | |
Multicultural Community Radio Association Ltd | 2290 | SYDNEY RA1 | NSW | |
Sutherland Shire Community Radio Association Inc. | 4842 | SUTHERLAND RA1 | NSW | |
Sydney Educational Broadcasting Ltd | 3059 | SYDNEY RA1 | NSW | |
The Manning Media Co-operative Ltd | 1823 | TAREE RA2 | NSW | |
Brisbane Indigenous Media Association Inc. | 5121 | BRISBANE RA1 | QLD | |
Brisbane River Valley Radio Inc. | 1150748 | ESK RA1 | QLD | |
Community Radio Association Mackay Inc. | 5522 | MACKAY RA2 | QLD | |
Ethnic Broadcasting Association of Queensland Ltd | 4228 | BRISBANE RA1 | QLD | |
Gold Coast Christian & Community Broadcasting Association Ltd | 3069 | GOLD COAST RA1 | QLD | |
Townsville Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporation For Media | 5552 | TOWNSVILLE RA2 | QLD | |
Christian Radio Inc. | 5269 | ADELAIDE RA1 | SA | |
Music Broadcasting Society of South Australia Inc. | 1150742 | ADELAIDE FOOTHILLS RA1 | SA | |
Whyalla FM Public Broadcasting Association Inc. | 1099 | WHYALLA RA1 | SA | |
RPH Print Radio Tasmania Inc. | 5508 | HOBART RA4 | TAS | |
North West Community Radio Association Inc. | 5172 | MELBOURNE NORTH WEST RA1 | VIC | |
Radio East Gippsland Inc. | 5266 | EAST GIPPSLAND RA1 | VIC | |
Puranyangu-Rangka Kerrem (Aboriginal Radio) Aboriginal Corporation | 10035 | HALLS CREEK RA1 | WA | |
Wanneroo Joondalup Regional Broadcasting Association Inc. | 1150758 | WANNEROO RA1 | WA | |
Waringarri Media Aboriginal Corporation | 10355 | KUNUNURRA RA1 | WA | |
Wirrimanu Aboriginal Corporation | 10019 | BALGO 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 does not decide that sub-section 83(2) of the Act applies to the company.
The ACMA may decide that sub-section 83(2) of the Act applies to a licensee if it is satisfied that allowing the licensee to provide or continue to provide either a commercial or a community broadcasting service under a licence would lead to a significant risk of: (a) an offence against the Act or the regulations being committed; (b) or a breach of the conditions of the licence occurring.
In deciding whether these sub-sections apply, the ACMA is required by sub-section 83(3) of the Act, to take into account: (a) the business record of the company; and (b) the company's record in situations requiring trust and candour; and (c) (commercial) 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; or (community) the business record of the chief executive and each director and secretary of the applicant; and (d) the record in situations requiring trust and candour of each such person; and (e) whether the company, or a person referred to in paragraph (c) or (d), has been convicted of an offence against this Act or the regulations.
Under sub-section 91(2A) of the Act, the ACMA may also refuse to renew a community broadcasting licence if, having regard to matters in paragraphs 84(2)(a) to (f), it considers that it would not allocate such a licence if it were deciding whether to allocate the licence to the licensee.
The Act does not require the ACMA to hold an investigation or a hearing into whether a community licence should be renewed (sub-section 91(3)).