Variation to Licence Area Plan – Launceston Radio – December 2001 – 2018 (No. 1)

Dated: 22 October 2018

Nerida O’Loughlin

[signed]

Member

James Cameron

[signed]

Member/General Manager

1  Name

  This is the Variation to Licence Area Plan – Launceston Radio – December 2001 – 2018 (No. 1).

2  Commencement

  This instrument commences at the start of the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.

Note: The Federal Register of Legislation may be accessed at www.legislation.gov.au.

3  Authority

  This instrument is made under subsection 26(2) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.

4  Amendments

  The Licence Area Plan – Launceston Radio – December 2001 (F2005B00973) (principal instrument) is varied as follows:

 (a) the principal instrument is renamed as the Licence Area Plan – Launceston Radio;

 (b) in the heading to the principal instrument, omit “DETERMINATION”;

 (c) omit paragraph (1), substitute:

This plan for radio broadcasting services in the Launceston area of Tasmania is made under subsection 26(1) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.

 (d) in paragraph (2):

 (i)  omit “Five”, substitute “Six”;

 (ii) omit “1.1.6”, substitute “1.6”;

 (e) in each of paragraphs (2), (3), (4) and (5), omit “Determination” and substitute “plan” (each occurrence);

 (f) omit paragraph (6), substitute:

(6) In this plan, unless the contrary intention appears:

(a) a reference to a schedule or an attachment is a reference to a schedule or an attachment to this plan; and

(b) a reference to the Broadcasting Services (Technical Planning) Guidelines 2017 is a reference to that instrument as in force from time to time; and

(c) a reference to any other legislative instrument is a reference to that other instrument as in force from time to time; and

(d) a reference to any other kind of instrument or writing is a reference to that other kind of instrument or writing as in force or in existence at the time the reference was included in this plan.

Note 1: For references to Commonwealth Acts, see section 10 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901; and see also subsection 13(1) of the Legislation Act 2003 for the application of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 to legislative instruments.

Note 2: All Commonwealth Acts and legislative instruments are registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.

 (g) omit “(Determined by the Australian Broadcasting Authority on 13 December 2001)”;

 (h) in Schedule One, after the row that specifies Attachment 1.10 in the fifth column, insert:

 (i) in Schedule Four:

 (i) omit “95.7 MHz”, substitute “97.5 MHz”;

 (ii) omit “TS10010807”, substitute “TS12000272”;

 (j) in each of Attachments 1.3, 1.4 and 1.5, for the Nominal location, before “MT BARROW” insert “Broadcast Australia Tower”;

 (k) in Attachment 1.6, for the Nominal location, omit “NTA Main Television Tower”, substitute “Broadcast Australia Tower”;

 (l) in each of Attachments 1.9, 1.10 and 1.11, for the Nominal location, omit “Main Television”, substitute “Broadcast Australia”;

 (m) after Attachment 1.10, insert Attachment 1.10A at Schedule 1 to this instrument;

 (n) in each of Attachments 1.12 and 1.13, omit the Special Conditions, substitute:

Advisory Note :-

This service has been planned on an interference limited basis; field strengths below the planned minimum median field strength are likely to suffer interference from other broadcasting services.

Any transmission in accordance with this specification is planned on the basis that it will be protected to a minimum median field strength level of 66 dBµV/m against interference from other broadcasting services.

 (o) in Attachment 1.14:

 (i) for the Nominal location, omit “Broadcast Site”, substitute “Tasradio site off Tasman Hwy”;

 (ii) omit “location”, substitute “Location”;

 (iii) omit “Grid : Reference”, substitute “Grid Reference :”;

 (iv) after “Mode” insert “:”;

 (v) for the Output Radiation Pattern, omit the table, substitute the table at Schedule 2 to this instrument;

 (vi) omit the Special Condition, substitute:

Special Condition :-

The CMF at all elevations must not exceed the specified CMF at 0 degrees elevation for all angles of azimuth.

Advisory Note :-

The coverage area of this transmission is described as Launceston RA1, as defined in this plan.

 (p) in Attachment 2.2:

 (i) for the Nominal location, omit “Trevallyn”, substitute “Broadcast Site Reatta Road TREVALLYN”;

 (ii) for the Maximum antenna height, omit “35 m”, substitute “40 m”;

 (q) in each of Attachments 2.3 and 2.5, for the Nominal location, before “MT ARTHUR” insert “Marcom Watson (northern) Site”;

 (r) in Attachment 2.4, for the Nominal location, omit “Trevallyn”, substitute “Broadcast Site Reatta Road TREVALLYN”;

 (s) in Attachment 3.2:

 (i) for the Nominal location, omit “Broadcast Site Mount George Lookout Reserve off East Tamar Hwy GEORGE TOWN”, substitute “Vodafone Site Scenic Lookout MT GEORGE”;

 (ii) for the Easting coordinate, omit “489108”, substitute “488324”;

 (iii) for the Northing coordinate, omit “5449532”, substitute “5449612”;

 (t) in Attachment 4.2:

 (i) for the Specification Number, omit “TS10010807”, substitute “TS12000272”;

 (ii) for the Nominal location, before “MT BLACKWOOD” insert “Telstra Radio Terminal”;

 (iii) for the Carrier Frequency, omit “95.7 MHz”, substitute “97.5 MHz”;

 (u) in each of Attachments 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5 and 4.2, omit “Technical Planning Guidelines”, substitute “Broadcasting Services (Technical Planning) Guidelines 2017”;

 (v) in each of Attachments 1.9, 1.10, 1.11, 1.12, 1.13, 1.14 and 3.2, omit “Broadcasting Services (Technical Planning) Guidelines 2007”, substitute “Broadcasting Services (Technical Planning) Guidelines 2017”;

 (w) in each of Attachments 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.9, 1.10, 1.11, 1.12, 1.13, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 3.2 and 4.2:

 (i) omit “location”, substitute “Location”;

 (ii) omit “Grid : Reference”, substitute “Grid Reference :”;

 (iii) after “Mode” insert “:”;

 (iv)  after “Polarisation” insert “:”;

 (v) after “height” insert “:”.

Schedule 1—New Attachment

(paragraph 4(m))

Attachment 1.10A

LICENCE AREA PLAN : Launceston Radio

Category : National

General Area Served : Launceston (TAS)

Service Licence Number : Not applicable

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION – FM Radio

Specification Number : TS 1135009

Transmitter Site :-

Nominal Location : ABC Studios 45 Ann St LAUNCESTON

Australian Map Grid  Zone Easting Northing
Reference : 55 512139 5412140

Site Tolerance : Refer to Broadcasting Services (Technical  Planning) Guidelines 2017

Emission :-

Frequency Band & Mode : VHF-FM

Carrier Frequency : 102.7 MHz

Polarisation : Mixed

Maximum antenna height : 18 m

Output Radiation Pattern :-

Advisory Note :-

The service has been planned on an interference limited basis; field strengths below the planned minimum median field strength level are likely to suffer interference from other broadcasting services.

Any transmission in accordance with this specification is planned on the basis that it will be protected to a minimum median field strength level of 66 dBµV/m against interference from other broadcasting services.

Schedule 2—Output radiation pattern

(subparagraph 4(o)(v))

Output Radiation Pattern :-