VARIATION TO LICENCE AREA PLAN

Port Hedland Radio

Australian Broadcasting Authority
Canberra

May 2003

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Variation to Licence Area Plan – Port Hedland – May 2003

VARIATION

Under subsection 26(2) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992, the Australian Broadcasting Authority hereby varies the licence area plan (LAP) for radio in Port Hedland, WA, as determined in June 1996.

The variation comprises a variation of the licence area of the commercial radio broadcasting services designated by the service licence numbers SL010342 and SL010014, and the addition of technical specifications as set out below:

The variation to the licence area is set out in Attachment 1.1.1

(Determined by the Australian Broadcasting Authority on 22 May 2003)

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 frequency for each transmitter (column two) 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 three);  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 four);
• the identifying number of the attachment where the technical specifications for each transmitter are described (column five).  (Each set of technical specifications referred to in the Schedules is an attachment to this determination); and
• the general area served by each transmitter (column six).

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 time of publication.

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

Schedule One of the Port Hedland LAP prior to this variation is reproduced below:

SCHEDULE ONE

Licence Area Plan : Port Hedland - Radio – June 1996

Licence Area: Port Hedland RA1

The updated schedule to the LAP affected by this variation is as follows:

SCHEDULE ONE

Licence Area Plan : Port Hedland - Radio – as varied May 2003

Licence Area: Port Hedland RA1

Attachment 1.1.1

LICENCE AREA – PORT HEDLAND RA1

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: 

 (CD)  =   Collection District

 (T)  =   Town

Attachment 1.2.1

LICENCE AREA PLAN : Remote Western Australia Radio

Category : National

General Area Served : Broome (WA)

Service Licence Number : Not applicable

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - AM Radio

Specification Number : TS001459

Transmitter Site :-

Nominal location : 8km NNE of BROOME

Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 51 421800 8021900

Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines

Emission :-

Frequency Band & Mode MF-AM

Carrier Frequency : 675 kHz

Output Radiation Pattern :-

Attachment 1.3.1

LICENCE AREA PLAN : Remote Western Australia Radio

Category : National

General Area Served : Broome (WA)

Service Licence Number : Not applicable

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio

Specification Number : TS10001433

Transmitter Site :-

Nominal location : 8km NNE of BROOME

Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 51 421800 8021900

Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines

Emission :-

Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM

Carrier Frequency : 107.7 MHz

Polarisation Mixed

Maximum antenna height 64 m

Output Radiation Pattern :-

Special Conditions :-

Note: The antenna height of this national service has been changed from 64 to 64 metres. Refer to file 1998/5261.

Attachment 1.4.1

LICENCE AREA PLAN : Port Hedland

Category :    Commercial

General Area Served :   Broome (WA)

Service Licence Number :  SL010342

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio

Specification Number :  TS001435

Transmitter Site :-

Nominal location :   Broome, R/T Site

Australian Map Grid :   Zone Easting  Northing
Reference    51 421800 8021700

Site Tolerance :   Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines

Emission :-

Frequency Band & Mode :  VHF-FM

Carrier Frequency :   102.9 MHz
Polarisation :    Mixed

Maximum antenna height :  70 m

Output Radiation Pattern :-

Attachment 1.5.1

LICENCE AREA PLAN : Port Hedland

Category :    Commercial

General Area Served :   Broome (WA)

Service Licence Number :  SL010014

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio

Specification Number :  TS001436

Transmitter Site :-

Nominal location :   Broome, 8km NNE of township

Australian Map Grid :   Zone Easting  Northing
Reference    51 421800 8021900

Site Tolerance :   Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines

Emission :-

Frequency Band & Mode :  VHF-FM

Carrier Frequency :   101.3 MHz
Polarisation :    Mixed

Maximum antenna height :  64 m

Output Radiation Pattern :-

Attachment 1.6.1

LICENCE AREA PLAN : Remote Western Australia Radio

Category : Open Narrowcasting

General Area Served : Broome (WA)

Service Licence Number : Not applicable

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio

Specification Number : TS10005309

Transmitter Site :-

Nominal location : Cnr Robinson & Louis Sts BROOME

Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 51 419100 8013600

Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines

Emission :-

Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM

Carrier Frequency : 104.5 MHz

Polarisation Vertical

Maximum antenna height 30 m

Output Radiation Pattern :-