AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA AUTHORITY

Broadcasting Services (Applications for Renewal of Licence under Subsection 46(2) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992) Notice – 24 June 2024

In accordance with subsection 46(2) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 (the Act), the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) gives notice that the companies listed below have lodged applications for the renewal of the following commercial broadcasting service licences:

Commercial Broadcasting Licensees	SL No	Service Area	State
Daily Mail (UK Radio 1) Pty Ltd	1150481	SYDNEY RA1	NSW
Daily Mail (UK Radio 2) Pty Ltd	1150703	BRISBANE RA1	QLD
Festival City Broadcasters Pty Ltd	4189	ADELAIDE RA1	SA
Tweed Radio & Broadcasting Co Pty Ltd	4124	MURWILLUMBAH RA1	QLD
Radio 4BH Brisbane Pty Ltd	4162	BRISBANE RA1	QLD
Coffs Harbour Super AM 639 Pty Ltd	1759	COFFS HARBOUR RA1	NSW
Daily Mail (UK Radio 3) Pty Ltd	1150692	MELBOURNE RA1	VIC
Geelong Broadcasters Pty Ltd	5148	GEELONG RA1	VIC
Territory Television Pty Ltd	10172	DARWIN TV1	NT
NETWORK TEN (ADELAIDE) PTY LIMITED	120	ADELAIDE TV1	SA
WIN TELEVISION SA PTY LTD	10174	RIVERLAND TV1	SA
Southern Cross Communications Pty Limited	106	EASTERN VICTORIA TV1	VIC
Southern Cross Communications Pty Limited	104	WESTERN VICTORIA TV1	VIC

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 has not decided that subsection 41(2) of the Act applies to the company.

The ACMA may decide that subsection 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:

an offence against the Act or the regulations being committed;
a breach of a civil penalty provision occurring; or
a breach of the conditions of the licence occurring.

In deciding whether subsection 41(2) of the Act applies, the ACMA is required by subsection 41(3) to take into account: (a) the business record of the company; (b) the company's record in situations requiring trust and candour; (c) 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; (d) the record in situations requiring trust and candour of each such person; (e) whether the company, or a person referred to in paragraph (c) or (d), has been convicted of an offence against the Act or the regulations; and (f) whether a civil penalty order has been made against the company or a person referred to in paragraph (c) or (d).

The Act does not require the ACMA to hold an investigation or a hearing into whether a commercial broadcasting service licence should be renewed (subsection 47(3)).