Variation to Licence Area Plan – Mount Isa Radio – No.1 of 2013

1. Enabling legislation

The Australian Communications and Media Authority makes this instrument under subsection 26(2) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.

2. Name of Instrument

This instrument is the Variation to Licence Area Plan – Mount Isa Radio – No.1 of 2013.

3. Commencement

This instrument commences the day after it is registered.

Note:  An instrument is registered when it is recorded on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments (FRLI) in electronic form: see the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, s4 (definition of register). The FRLI may be accessed at http://www.comlaw.gov.au

4. Variation

The Licence Area Plan – Mount Isa (Radio) – September 1996 determined by the Australian Broadcasting Authority on 16 September 1996 is varied as follows:

(a)   rename the instrument as “Licence Area Plan – Mount Isa Radio”;

(b)   amend the heading on the title page so that it reads “Licence Area Plan – Mount Isa Radio”;

(c)   on page one:

(i)        amend the heading so that it reads “Licence Area Plan – Mount Isa Radio”; and

(ii)       omit the sub-heading “DETERMINATION”;

(iii)      omit the three paragraphs of text and substitute the following clauses:

“(1) This plan for radio broadcasting services in the Mount Isa area of Queensland is made under subsection 26(1) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.

(2) Six national services, two commercial services and two open narrowcasting radio broadcasting services are to be available in the Mount Isa area described at Attachment 1.1 to this plan 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 - 1.13 to this plan.

(3) Two community services are to be available in the Mount Isa area described at Attachment 2.1 to this plan 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 2.1 are set out in Schedule Two and Attachments 2.2 and 2.3 to this plan.

(4) A reference in this plan to a schedule or an attachment includes a reference to a schedule or attachment as amended from time to time.”

(d)   on page two:

(i)        omit the heading “SCHEDULE”; and

(ii)       omit the words “The Schedule sets out:” and all six paragraphs marked with dots points that follow;

(e)   omit all Schedules and substitute all Schedules of this instrument;

(f)    omit all Attachments and substitute all Attachments of this instrument.

Schedule One

Licence Area Plan : Mount Isa Radio

Licence Area : MOUNT ISA RA1

Schedule Two

Licence Area Plan : Mount Isa Radio

Licence Area : MOUNT ISA RA2

Attachment 1.1

Licence Area - MOUNT ISA RA1

Licence Area ID - 453

Commercial Radio Service Licence numbers:  SL10224, SL10226

The licence area, in terms of areas defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics at the Census of 8 August 2006, is: 

Note: 

Standard terminology used by the Australian Bureau of Statistics: 

 (CD)  =   Collection District

Attachment 1.2

LICENCE AREA PLAN : Mount Isa Radio

Category : National

General Area Served : Mount Isa (QLD)

Service Licence Number : Not applicable

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio

Specification Number : TS10003946

Transmitter Site :-

Nominal location : Broadcast Tower  Broadcast Australia Site                DCA Hill  2.5 km SE of  MOUNT ISA

Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 54 344993 7706363

Site Tolerance : Refer to Broadcasting Services
 (Technical Planning) Guidelines 2007

Emission :-

Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM

Carrier Frequency : 101.7 MHz

Polarisation Mixed

Maximum antenna height 31 m

Output Radiation Pattern :-

Attachment 1.3

LICENCE AREA PLAN : Mount Isa Radio

Category : National

General Area Served : Mount Isa (QLD)

Service Licence Number : Not applicable

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio

Specification Number : TS10003945

Transmitter Site :-

Nominal location : Broadcast Tower  Broadcast Australia Site                DCA Hill  2.5 km SE of  MOUNT ISA

Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 54 344993 7706363

Site Tolerance : Refer to Broadcasting Services
 (Technical Planning) Guidelines 2007

Emission :-

Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM

Carrier Frequency : 104.1 MHz

Polarisation Mixed

Maximum antenna height 31 m

Output Radiation Pattern :-

Attachment 1.4

LICENCE AREA PLAN : Mount Isa Radio

Category : National

General Area Served : Mount Isa (QLD)

Service Licence Number : Not applicable

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio

Specification Number : TS10003943

Transmitter Site :-

Nominal location : Broadcast Tower  Broadcast Australia Site                DCA Hill  2.5 km SE of  MOUNT ISA

Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 54 344993 7706363

Site Tolerance : Refer to Broadcasting Services
 (Technical Planning) Guidelines 2007

Emission :-

Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM

Carrier Frequency : 106.5 MHz

Polarisation Mixed

Maximum antenna height 31 m

Output Radiation Pattern :-

Attachment 1.5

LICENCE AREA PLAN : Mount Isa Radio

Category : National

General Area Served : Mount Isa (QLD)

Service Licence Number : Not applicable

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio

Specification Number : TS10003941

Transmitter Site :-

Nominal location : Broadcast Tower  Broadcast Australia Site                DCA Hill  2.5 km SE of  MOUNT ISA

Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 54 344993 7706363

Site Tolerance : Refer to Broadcasting Services
 (Technical Planning) Guidelines 2007

Emission :-

Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM

Carrier Frequency : 107.3 MHz

Polarisation Mixed

Maximum antenna height 31 m

Output Radiation Pattern :-

Attachment 1.6

LICENCE AREA PLAN : Mount Isa Radio

Category : National

General Area Served : Cloncurry (QLD)

Service Licence Number : Not applicable

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio

Specification Number : TS10003916

Transmitter Site :-

Nominal location : Telstra Radio Terminal  Mount Avarice
 3.5 km SE of  CLONCURRY

Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 54 451900 7708302

Site Tolerance : Refer to Broadcasting Services
 (Technical Planning) Guidelines 2007

Emission :-

Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM

Carrier Frequency : 107.7 MHz

Polarisation Mixed

Maximum antenna height 60 m

Output Radiation Pattern :-

Attachment 1.7

LICENCE AREA PLAN : Mount Isa Radio

Category : Commercial

General Area Served : Mount Isa (QLD)

Service Licence Number : SL10224

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - AM Radio

Specification Number : TS10003721

Transmitter Site :-

Nominal location : Radio 4LM AM Mast  Macquarie Reg Radio               Site  Abel Smith Drv  PIONEER

Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 54 344813 7708382

Site Tolerance : Refer to Broadcasting Services
 (Technical Planning) Guidelines 2007

Emission :-

Frequency Band & Mode MF-AM

Carrier Frequency : 666 kHz

 Night-time Output Radiation Pattern :-

Special Conditions :-

The cmf at all elevations is not to exceed the specified cmf at 0 degrees elevation for all angles of azimuth.

The licensee shall operate the transmission facility in accordance with the ACMA's policy on implementation of day/night switching operation.

The specified radiation pattern is for night-time operation.  The licensee must comply with the specification from one hour before local sunset to one hour after local sunrise, as defined at the transmitter site on the 15th day of each month.

Daytime Output Radiation Pattern :-

Special Conditions :-

The cmf at all elevations is not to exceed the specified cmf at 0 degrees elevation for all angles of azimuth.

The licensee shall operate the transmission facility in accordance with the ACMA's policy on implementation of day/night switching operation.

The specified radiation pattern is for daytime operation.  The licensee must comply with the specification from one hour after local sunrise to one hour before local sunset, as defined at the transmitter site on the 15th day of each month.

Attachment 1.8

LICENCE AREA PLAN : Mount Isa Radio

Category : Commercial

General Area Served : Cloncurry (QLD)

Service Licence Number : SL10224

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - AM Radio

Specification Number : TS10003732

Transmitter Site :-

Nominal location : Radio 4LM AM Mast  Macquarie Reg Radio               Site  Transmission St  CLONCURRY

Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 54 447796 7711095

Site Tolerance : Refer to Broadcasting Services
 (Technical Planning) Guidelines 2007

Emission :-

Frequency Band & Mode MF-AM

Carrier Frequency : 693 kHz

 Night-time Output Radiation Pattern :-

Special Conditions :-

The cmf at all elevations is not to exceed the specified cmf at 0 degrees elevation for all angles of azimuth.

The licensee shall operate the transmission facility in accordance with the ACMA's policy on implementation of day/night switching operation.

The specified radiation pattern is for night-time operation.  The licensee must comply with the specification from one hour before local sunset to one hour after local sunrise, as defined at the transmitter site on the 15th day of each month.

Daytime Output Radiation Pattern :-

Special Conditions :-

The cmf at all elevations is not to exceed the specified cmf at 0 degrees elevation for all angles of azimuth.

The licensee shall operate the transmission facility in accordance with the ACMA's policy on implementation of day/night switching operation.

The specified radiation pattern is for daytime operation.  The licensee must comply with the specification from one hour after local sunrise to one hour before local sunset, as defined at the transmitter site on the 15th day of each month.

Attachment 1.9

LICENCE AREA PLAN : Mount Isa Radio

Category : Commercial

General Area Served : Mount Isa (QLD)

Service Licence Number : SL10226

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio

Specification Number : TS10003831

Transmitter Site :-

Nominal location : Radio 4MIC Tower  Nth Qld Bcing Site                City Lookout  off Hilary St  MOUNT ISA

Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 54 343465 7707552

Site Tolerance : Refer to Broadcasting Services
 (Technical Planning) Guidelines 2007

Emission :-

Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM

Carrier Frequency : 102.5 MHz

Polarisation Mixed

Maximum antenna height 30 m

Output Radiation Pattern :-

Attachment 1.10

LICENCE AREA PLAN : Mount Isa Radio

Category : Commercial

General Area Served : Cloncurry (QLD)

Service Licence Number : SL10226

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio

Specification Number : TS10004176

Transmitter Site :-

Nominal location : Telstra Radio Terminal  Mount Avarice
 3.5 km SE of  CLONCURRY

Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 54 451900 7708302

Site Tolerance : Refer to Broadcasting Services
 (Technical Planning) Guidelines 2007

Emission :-

Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM

Carrier Frequency : 104.5 MHz

Polarisation Mixed

Maximum antenna height 60 m

Output Radiation Pattern :-

Attachment 1.11

LICENCE AREA PLAN : Mount Isa Radio

Category : Open Narrowcasting

General Area Served : Cloncurry (QLD)

Service Licence Number : Not applicable

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio

Specification Number : TS10004027

Transmitter Site :-

Nominal location : Telstra Radio Terminal  Mount Avarice
 3.5 km SE of  CLONCURRY

Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 54 451900 7708302

Site Tolerance : Refer to Broadcasting Services
 (Technical Planning) Guidelines 2007

Emission :-

Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM

Carrier Frequency : 103.7 MHz

Polarisation Mixed

Maximum antenna height 60 m

Output Radiation Pattern :-

Special Conditions :-

The coverage area of this transmission is a circle of radius 15 km centred on a point with the following Australian Map Grid co-ordinates: Zone 54, Easting 451900, Northing 7708302. This point is the same as the transmitter site nominal location.

Attachment 1.12

LICENCE AREA PLAN : Mount Isa Radio

Category : Open Narrowcasting

General Area Served : Mount Isa (QLD)

Service Licence Number : Not applicable

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio

Specification Number : TS10004031

Transmitter Site :-

Nominal location : Broadcast Tower  Broadcast Australia Site                DCA Hill  2.5 km SE of  MOUNT ISA

Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 54 344993 7706363

Site Tolerance : Refer to Broadcasting Services
 (Technical Planning) Guidelines 2007

Emission :-

Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM

Carrier Frequency : 103.3 MHz

Polarisation Mixed

Maximum antenna height 31 m

Output Radiation Pattern :-

Special Conditions :-

The coverage area of this transmission is a circle of radius 20 km centred on a point with the following Australian Map Grid co-ordinates: Zone 54, Easting 344993, Northing 7706363. This point is the same as the transmitter site nominal location.

Attachment 1.13

LICENCE AREA PLAN : Mount Isa Radio

Category : National

General Area Served : Mount Isa (QLD)

Service Licence Number : Not applicable

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio

Specification Number : TS10003723

Transmitter Site :-

Nominal location : Broadcast Tower  Broadcast Australia Site                DCA Hill  2.5 km SE of  MOUNT ISA

Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 54 344993 7706363

Site Tolerance : Refer to Broadcasting Services
 (Technical Planning) Guidelines 2007

Emission :-

Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM

Carrier Frequency : 104.9 MHz

Polarisation Mixed

Maximum antenna height 31 m

Output Radiation Pattern :-

Attachment 2.1

Licence Area - MOUNT ISA RA2

Licence Area ID - 766

Community Radio Service Licence numbers:  SL10158, SL10305

The licence area, in terms of areas defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics at the Census of 8 August 2006, is: 

Note: 

Standard terminology used by the Australian Bureau of Statistics: 

 (CD)  =   Collection District

Attachment 2.2

LICENCE AREA PLAN : Mount Isa Radio

Category : Community

General Area Served : Mount Isa (QLD)

Service Licence Number : SL10158

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio

Specification Number : TS10003944

Transmitter Site :-

Nominal location : Broadcast Tower  Broadcast Australia Site                DCA Hill  2.5 km SE of  MOUNT ISA

Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 54 344993 7706363

Site Tolerance : Refer to Broadcasting Services
 (Technical Planning) Guidelines 2007

Emission :-

Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM

Carrier Frequency : 105.7 MHz

Polarisation Mixed

Maximum antenna height 31 m

Output Radiation Pattern :-

Attachment 2.3

LICENCE AREA PLAN : Mount Isa Radio

Category : Community

General Area Served : Mount Isa (QLD)

Service Licence Number : SL10305

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio

Specification Number : TS10004644

Transmitter Site :-

Nominal location : Broadcast Tower  Broadcast Australia Site                DCA Hill  2.5 km SE of  MOUNT ISA

Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 54 344993 7706363

Site Tolerance : Refer to Broadcasting Services
 (Technical Planning) Guidelines 2007

Emission :-

Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM

Carrier Frequency : 100.9 MHz

Polarisation Mixed

Maximum antenna height 31 m

Output Radiation Pattern :-