LICENCE AREA PLAN
CENTRAL TABLELANDS
(Radio)
JUNE 1997
LICENCE AREA PLAN - CENTRAL TABLELANDS
DETERMINATION
The Australian Broadcasting Authority hereby makes this plan for broadcasting services in the Central Tablelands area of Central New South Wales, under subsection 26(1) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.
Four national radio broadcasting services, three commercial radio broadcasting services, two community radio broadcasting services and one open narrowcasting radio service are 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 services that are to be available in the area described at Attachment 1.1 are set out in Schedule One and Attachments 1.2 - 1.11 to this Determination.
(Determined by the Australian Broadcasting Authority on 2 June 1997)
SCHEDULE
The Schedule sets out:
· the category of each of the services that are to be available in that area (column 1),
· the service licence number which has been allocated to the service, if appropriate (column two); 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 three),
· the identifying number of the attachment where the technical specifications for each transmitter are described (column four). (Each set of technical specifications referred to in the Schedules is an attachment to this determination),
· the general area served by each transmitter (column five).
SCHEDULE ONE
Licence Area Plan - Central Tablelands - (Radio) - June 1997
Licence Area: Orange RA1
| Category of
Service | Service Licence No: | Transmitter Specification No: | Technical
Specifications | General Area Served by Transmitter |
| Commercial | SL10252 | TS10004235 | See attachment 1.2 | Orange |
| Commercial | SL10277 | TS10001552 | See attachment 1.3 | Orange |
| Commercial | SL10286 | TS10004542 | See attachment 1.4 | Orange |
| National | N/A | TS10004072 | See attachment 1.5 | Central Tablelands |
| National | N/A | TS10004075 | See attachment 1.6 | Central Tablelands |
| National | N/A | TS10004074 | See attachment 1.7 | Central Tablelands |
| National | N/A | TS10004201 | See attachment 1.8 | Cumnock |
| Open Narrowcasting | N/A | TS10004547 | See attachment 1.9 | Orange |
| Community | SL10287 | TS10004546 | See attachment 1.10 | Orange |
| Community | SL1150004 | TS10007035 | See attachment 1.11 | Orange |
ATTACHMENT 1.1
LICENCE AREA FOR SERVICE LICENCE NOS: SL10252, SL10277, SL10286, SL10287, SL1150004
COMMERCIAL AND COMMUNITY RADIO, ORANGE RA1
The licence area, in terms of areas defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics at the Census of 6 August 1991, is:
| Area Description | Persons |
| | |
| Blayney (S) | 6000 |
| Orange (C) | 32915 |
| NSW CD 140301 | 138 |
| NSW CD 140302 | 475 |
| NSW CD 140303 | 370 |
| NSW CD 140304 | 207 |
| NSW CD 140305 | 168 |
| NSW CD 140501 | 268 |
| NSW CD 140502 | 184 |
| NSW CD 140401 | 225 |
| NSW CD 140402 | 518 |
| NSW CD 140101 | 499 |
| NSW CD 140104 | 240 |
| NSW CD 140105 | 263 |
| NSW CD 140106 | 308 |
| NSW CD 140107 | 481 |
| NSW CD 140108 | 447 |
| NSW CD 140109 | 464 |
| NSW CD 140110 | 679 |
| NSW CD 140111 | 434 |
| NSW CD 140201 | 163 |
| NSW CD 140202 | 382 |
| NSW CD 140203 | 420 |
| NSW CD 140204 | 322 |
| NSW CD 140205 | 141 |
| NSW CD 140206 | 212 |
| NSW CD 140207 | 572 |
| NSW CD 140208 | 294 |
| NSW CD 140209 | 876 |
| NSW CD 140210 | 555 |
| NSW CD 140211 | 288 |
| NSW CD 140212 | 263 |
| NSW CD 140213 | 188 |
| NSW CD 151702 | 205 |
| NSW CD 151704 | 241 |
| NSW CD 151705 | 299 |
| NSW CD 151706 | 385 |
| NSW CD 151707 | 283 |
| NSW CD 151708 | 233 |
| NSW CD 151710 | 213 |
| NSW CD 151711 | 401 |
| NSW CD 151712 | 122 |
| NSW CD 151801 | 410 |
| NSW CD 151802 | 825 |
| NSW CD 151803 | 599 |
| NSW CD 151804 | 731 |
| NSW CD 151805 | 498 |
| NSW CD 151806 | 570 |
| NSW CD 151807 | 693 |
| NSW CD 151808 | 636 |
| NSW CD 151809 | 400 |
| NSW CD 151810 | 369 |
| NSW CD 151811 | 582 |
| NSW CD 151812 | 1013 |
| NSW CD 151813 | 526 |
| NSW CD 151814 | 564 |
| NSW CD 141401 | 186 |
| NSW CD 141402 | 162 |
| NSW CD 141403 | 407 |
| NSW CD 141301 | 279 |
| NSW CD 141302 | 174 |
| NSW CD 141306 | 187 |
| NSW CD 032213 | 170 |
| NSW CD 032212 | 173 |
| | |
| Total Persons | 62495 |
Note:
Standard Terminology used by the Australian Bureau of Statistics:
(B) = Borough
(C) = City
(CD) = Collection District
(DC) = District Council
(M) = Municipality
(S) = Shire
(T) = Town
Attachment 1.3
LICENCE AREA PLAN : Central Tablelands
Category : Commercial
General Area Served : Orange (NSW)
Service Licence Number : SL10277
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio
Specification Number : TS10001552
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal location : Mt Canobolas
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 55 684425 6308875
Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines
Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM
Carrier Frequency : 105.1 MHz
Polarisation Mixed
Maximum antenna height 20 m
Output Radiation Pattern :-
| Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) | Maximum ERP |
| | |
| At all angles of azimuth | 5 kW |
Attachment 1.5
LICENCE AREA PLAN : Central Tablelands
Category : National
General Area Served : Central Tablelands (NSW)
Service Licence Number : Not applicable
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio
Specification Number : TS10004072
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal location : Mt Canobolas
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 55 684425 6308875
Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines
Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM
Carrier Frequency : 101.9 MHz
Polarisation Mixed
Maximum antenna height 65 m
Output Radiation Pattern :-
| Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) | Maximum ERP |
| | |
| At all angles of azimuth | 80 kW |
Attachment 1.7
LICENCE AREA PLAN : Central Tablelands
Category : National
General Area Served : Central Tablelands (NSW)
Service Licence Number : Not applicable
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio
Specification Number : TS10004074
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal location : Mt Canobolas
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 55 684425 6308875
Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines
Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM
Carrier Frequency : 102.7 MHz
Polarisation Mixed
Maximum antenna height 65 m
Output Radiation Pattern :-
| Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) | Maximum ERP |
| | |
| At all angles of azimuth | 80 kW |
Attachment 1.6
LICENCE AREA PLAN : Central Tablelands
Category : National
General Area Served : Central Tablelands (NSW)
Service Licence Number : Not applicable
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio
Specification Number : TS10004075
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal location : Mt Canobolas
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 55 684425 6308875
Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines
Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM
Carrier Frequency : 104.3 MHz
Polarisation Mixed
Maximum antenna height 65 m
Output Radiation Pattern :-
| Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) | Maximum ERP |
| | |
| At all angles of azimuth | 80 kW |
Attachment 1.8
LICENCE AREA PLAN : Central Tablelands
Category : National
General Area Served : Cumnock (NSW)
Service Licence Number : Not applicable
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - AM Radio
Specification Number : TS10004201
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal location : Cumnock
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 55 659896 6354575
Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines
Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode MF-AM
Carrier Frequency : 549 kHz
Output Radiation Pattern :-
| Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) | Elevation | Maximum CMF |
| | | |
| At all angles of azimuth | 0 | 2900 V |
Notes:-
1. The CMF at all elevations is not to exceed the specified CMF at 0 degrees elevation for all angles of azimuth.
Attachment 1.2
LICENCE AREA PLAN : Central Tablelands
Category : Commercial
General Area Served : Orange (NSW)
Service Licence Number : SL10252
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - AM Radio
Specification Number : TS10004235
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal location : Forests Reef 18 Km S of Orange
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 55 697203 6295504
Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines
Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode MF-AM
Carrier Frequency : 1089 kHz
Output Radiation Pattern :-
| Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) | Elevation | Maximum CMF |
| | | |
| 0°T - 360°T | 0 | 965 V |
| 21°T | 33 | 400 V |
| 116°T | 6 | 940 V |
| 136°T | 8 | 740 V |
| 160°T | 52 | 290 V |
| 237°T | 14 | 70 V |
Notes:-
1. The CMF at all elevations is not to exceed the specified CMF at 0 degrees elevation for all angles of azimuth.
Attachment 1.4
LICENCE AREA PLAN : Central Tablelands
Category : Commercial
General Area Served : Orange (NSW)
Service Licence Number : SL10286
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio
Specification Number : TS10004542
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal location : Mt Canobolas
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 55 684425 6308875
Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines
Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM
Carrier Frequency : 105.9 MHz
Polarisation Mixed
Maximum antenna height 20 m
Output Radiation Pattern :-
| Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) | Maximum ERP |
| | |
| At all angles of azimuth | 5 kW |
Attachment 1.10
LICENCE AREA PLAN : Central Tablelands
Category : Community
General Area Served : Orange (NSW)
Service Licence Number : SL10287
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio
Specification Number : TS10004546
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal location : Mt Canobolas
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 55 684425 6308875
Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines
Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM
Carrier Frequency : 107.5 MHz
Polarisation Mixed
Maximum antenna height 20 m
Output Radiation Pattern :-
| Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) | Maximum ERP |
| | |
| At all angles of azimuth | 5 kW |
Attachment 1.9
LICENCE AREA PLAN : Central Tablelands
Category : Open Narrowcasting
General Area Served : Orange (NSW)
Service Licence Number : Not applicable
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio
Specification Number : TS10004547
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal location : Mt Canobolas
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 55 684425 6308875
Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines
Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM
Carrier Frequency : 106.7 MHz
Polarisation Mixed
Maximum antenna height 20 m
Output Radiation Pattern :-
| Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) | Maximum ERP |
| | |
| At all angles of azimuth | 5 kW |
Special Conditions :-
The ‘coverage radius’ of this transmitter is 45 kilometres measured from a point with the following AMG co-ordinates: Zone: 55; Easting: 684425; Northing: 6308875. This point is the same as the nominal transmitter site.
Attachment 1.11
LICENCE AREA PLAN : Central Tablelands
Category : Community
General Area Served : Orange (NSW)
Service Licence Number : SL1150004
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio
Specification Number : TS10007035
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal location : Mt Canobolas
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 55 684425 6308875
Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines
Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM
Carrier Frequency : 103.5 MHz
Polarisation Mixed
Maximum antenna height 20 m
Output Radiation Pattern :-
| Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) | Maximum ERP |
| | |
| At all angles of azimuth | 5 kW |