AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA AUTHORITY
Broadcasting Services (Applications for Renewal of Licence Under Section 46(2) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992) Notice – 16 June 2022
In accordance with sub-section 46(2) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 (the Act), the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) hereby notifies that the companies listed below have lodged applications for the renewal of the following broadcasting service licences:
Commercial Broadcasting Licensees | SL No | Service Area | State |
Rich Rivers Radio Pty Ltd
| 10408
| DENILIQUIN RA1 | VIC |
North Queensland Broadcasting Corporation Pty Ltd | 10226
| MT ISA RA1
| QLD |
Radio 1278 Melbourne Pty Ltd | 4146
| MELBOURNE RA1
| VIC |
ACE Radio Broadcasters Pty Ltd
| 4157
| SALE RA1
| VIC |
ACE Radio Broadcasters Pty Ltd
| 10380
| SWAN HILL RA1
| VIC |
West Coast Radio Pty Ltd
| 10360 | MANDURAH RA1
| WA |
Rebel FM Stereo Pty Ltd | 1170508 | AUSTRALIA WIDE S40
| AUSTRALIA WIDE |
Hot 91 Pty Ltd | 1150116 | NAMBOUR RA1 | QLD |
WIN Television Griffith Pty Ltd | 99 | SOUTHERN NEW SOUTH WALES TV1
| NSW |
Network TEN (Sydney) Pty Ltd | 88 | SYDNEY TV1
| NSW |
NETWORK TEN (MELBOURNE) PTY LIMITED
| 100 | MELBOURNE TV1
| VIC |
NETWORK TEN (BRISBANE) PTY LIMITED | 111 | BRISBANE TV1 | QLD |
NETWORK TEN (PERTH) PTY LIMITED | 10163 | PERTH TV1
| 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 41(2) of the Act applies to the company.
The ACMA may decide that 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: (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 the sub-section applies, the ACMA is required by sub-section 41(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) 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.
The Act does not require the ACMA to hold an investigation or a hearing into whether a commercial licence (sub-section 47(3)) should be renewed.