Variation to Licence Area Plan – Wangaratta Radio – 2025 (No. 1)
The Australian Communications and Media Authority makes the following instrument under subsection 26(2) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.
Samantha Yorke
[signed]
Michael Brealey
[signed]
General Manager
Australian Communications and Media Authority
This is the Variation to Licence Area Plan – Wangaratta Radio – 2025 (No. 1).
This instrument commences at the start of the day after the day it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.
Note: The Federal Register of Legislation may be accessed free of charge at www.legislation.gov.au.
This instrument is made under subsection 26(2) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.
The instrument that is specified in Schedule 1 is amended as set out in the applicable items in that Schedule.
(section 4)
1 Clause (3)
Omit ‘and Attachments 1.13 - 1.16’, substitute ‘and Attachments 1.13 - 1.21’.
2 Clause (7)
Repeal clause (7) and the text ‘(Determined by the Australian Broadcasting Authority on 15 September 1997)’, substitute:
(7) For the areas mentioned in clauses (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6), the Schedule mentioned in those clauses specifies the radiocommunications transmitters planned for the provision of broadcasting services in that area by reference to:
(a) the Attachment that determines the technical specifications for each transmitter; and
(b) the frequency on which each transmitter is planned to operate and the approximate geographic area each transmitter is planned to serve; and
(c) the technical specification number for each transmitter and, for a transmitter planned for the provision of a service under a broadcasting services bands licence, the licence number of that licence.
(8) Each Attachment, other than an attachment that describes an area within which broadcasting services are to be available, determines the following technical specifications for a radiocommunications transmitter specified in a Schedule:
(a) subject to clause (9), a description, and the geographic coordinates, of the location (nominal location) from where the radiocommunications transmitter must be operated;
(b) the frequency on which the transmitter must be operated;
(c) the frequency band containing that frequency, and the mode of transmission the transmitter must use;
(d) the required polarisation of the transmission made by the transmitter;
(e) the maximum antenna height for the transmitter;
(f) the maximum effective radiated power (ERP) or cymomotive force (CMF), in each specified direction, of transmissions made by the transmitter;
(g) any special conditions that apply to the operation of the transmitter;
(h) any circumstances that must exist for the transmitter to be able to be operated, or that prohibit the transmitter from being operated.
(9) A radiocommunications transmitter may be operated from a site other than a nominal location (alternative site) if the operation from the alternative site complies with any requirements set out for the transmitter and for the operation of the transmitter in guidelines made under section 33 of the Act in relation to operation from an alternative site.
Note: Guidelines under section 33 of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 are available, free of charge, from the Federal Register of Legislation at www.legislation.gov.au. At the time this clause commenced, the Broadcasting Services (Technical Planning) Guidelines 2017 were the guidelines in force under section 33.
(10) In this plan, radiocommunications transmitter has the meaning given by the Radiocommunications Act 1992.
(11) 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;
(b) a reference to a legislative instrument is a reference to that instrument as in force from time to time;
(c) a reference to any other kind of instrument or writing is a reference to that other 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.
3 Schedule One
Repeal the Schedule, substitute:
Licence Area Plan : Wangaratta Radio
Licence Area : WANGARATTA RA1
Service Category | Channel/ Frequency | Service Licence No | Transmitter Specification No | Attach No | Area Served |
National | 88.1 MHz | N/A | TS10003507 | 1.2 | Bright |
National | 89.7 MHz | N/A | TS10003513 | 1.3 | Bright |
National | 88.9 MHz | N/A | TS10003514 | 1.4 | Bright |
National | 91.7 MHz | N/A | TS10007481 | 1.5 | Mount Beauty |
National | 90.9 MHz | N/A | TS10007482 | 1.6 | Mount Beauty |
National | 91.7 MHz | N/A | TS10003769 | 1.7 | Myrtleford |
National | 756 kHz | N/A | TS10003790 | 1.8 | Wangaratta |
Commercial | 1566 kHz | SL10398 | TS10003789 | 1.9 | Wangaratta |
| 92.1 MHz | SL10398 | TS12000672 | 1.9A | Wangaratta |
| 90.1 MHz | SL10398 | TS10007607 | 1.10 | Mount Beauty |
| 99.1 MHz | SL10398 | TS10007991 | 1.11 | Mount Buffalo |
| 89.3 MHz | SL10398 | TS10007604 | 1.13 | Mount Hotham |
| 93.7 MHz | SL10398 | TS12001166 | 1.18 | Wodonga |
| 91.3 MHz | SL10398 | TS12000756 | 1.19 | Bright |
| 90.1 MHz | SL10398 | TS1137991 | 1.20 | Myrtleford |
| 88.9 MHz | SL10398 | TS12001167 | 1.21 | Yarrawonga |
Commercial | 102.1 MHz | SL10391 | TS10005811 | 1.14 | Wangaratta |
| 92.1 MHz | SL10391 | TS10007920 | 1.15 | Bright |
| 93.7 MHz | SL10391 | TS12000755 | 1.15A | Bright |
| 93.3 MHz | SL10391 | TS10007908 | 1.16 | Mount Beauty |
Open Narrowcasting | 99.3 MHz | N/A | TS10007600 | 1.17 | Wangaratta |
4 Each of Attachments 1.2 to 1.4
(1) Omit ‘Broadcast Site Apex Lookout 1.5 km NE of BRIGHT’, substitute ‘Telstra Tower Apex Lookout off Mount Porepunkah Rd 1.5 km NE of BRIGHT’.
(2) Omit:
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 55 497499 5936495
substitute:
Nominal Co-ordinates Latitude Longitude
(GDA94) : -36.715857 146.972801
(3) Omit:
Site Tolerance: Refer to Broadcasting Services (Technical Planning) Guidelines 2017
5 Each of Attachments 1.5 and 1.6
(1) Omit ‘Broadcast Site Golf Course Club House MT BEAUTY’, substitute ‘FM Mast Club House Golf Course Tawonga Cres MT BEAUTY’.
(2) Omit:
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 55 515700 5933700
substitute:
Nominal Co-ordinates Latitude Longitude
(GDA94) : -36.740964 147.175584
(3) Omit:
Site Tolerance: Refer to Broadcasting Services (Technical Planning) Guidelines 2017
6 Attachment 1.7
(1) After ‘Lookout Hill’, insert ‘, Lookout Road,’.
(2) Omit:
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 55 476200 5953600
substitute:
Nominal Co-ordinates Latitude Longitude
(GDA94) : -36.560733 146.734905
(3) Omit:
Site Tolerance: Refer to Broadcasting Services (Technical Planning) Guidelines 2017
7 Attachment 1.8
(1) Omit ‘Broadcast Site cnr Boorhaman Rd & Richards St WANGARATTA’, substitute ‘Broadcast Australia Site 167 Richardson Rd DOCKERS PLAINS’.
(2) Omit:
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 55 438000 5985500
substitute:
Nominal Co-ordinates Latitude Longitude
(GDA94) : -36.271398 146.311229
(3) Omit:
Site Tolerance: Refer to Broadcasting Services (Technical Planning) Guidelines 2017
(4) Omit the notes after the output radiation pattern table, substitute:
Special Condition :-
The CMF at all elevations must not exceed the specified CMF at 0 degrees elevation for all angles of azimuth.
8 Attachment 1.9
(1) Omit ‘Broadcast Site WANGARATTA’, substitute ‘Cnr Wangaratta Main Rd and Federation Way BOWSER’.
(2) Omit:
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 55 443440 5980786
substitute:
Nominal Co-ordinates Latitude Longitude
(GDA94) : -36.3131944 146.372064
(3) Omit:
Site Tolerance: Refer to Broadcasting Services (Technical Planning) Guidelines 2017
(4) Omit the notes after the output radiation pattern table, substitute:
Special Condition :-
The CMF at all elevations must not exceed the specified CMF at 0 degrees elevation for all angles of azimuth.
Availability of TS10003789 :-
TS10003789 ceases to be available for SL10398 28 days after the first day on which the service provided under SL10398 is transmitted by transmitter TS12000672 in accordance with the specifications set out at Attachment 1.9A.
9 After Attachment 1.9
Insert:
LICENCE AREA PLAN : Wangaratta Radio
Category : Commercial
General Area Served : Wangaratta (VIC)
Service Licence Number : SL10398
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio
Specification Number : TS12000672
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal location : Emoleum site, 3km north of Taminick Gap
Nominal Co-ordinates Longitude Latitude
(GDA94) : -36.384372 146.205317
Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode : VHF-FM
Carrier Frequency : 92.1 MHz
Polarisation : Mixed
Maximum antenna height : 45 m
Output Radiation Pattern :-
Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) | Maximum ERP |
At all angles of azimuth | 25 kW |
Availability of TS12000672 :-
TS12000672 is not available until the transmission of the service provided under SL10391 by transmitter TS10007920 ceases.
10 Attachment 1.10
(1) Omit ‘Broadcast Site Golf Course Club House MT BEAUTY’, substitute ‘FM Mast Club House Golf Course Tawonga Cres MT BEAUTY’.
(2) Omit:
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 55 515700 5933700
substitute:
Nominal Co-ordinates Latitude Longitude
(GDA94) : -36.740964 147.175584
(3) Omit:
Site Tolerance: Refer to Broadcasting Services (Technical Planning) Guidelines 2017
11 Attachment 1.11
(1) Omit:
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 55 483760 5935640
substitute:
Nominal Co-ordinates Latitude Longitude
(GDA94) : -36.723143 146.819395
(2) Omit:
Site Tolerance: Refer to Broadcasting Services (Technical Planning) Guidelines 2017
12 Attachment 1.13
(1) Omit:
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 55 511300 5907700
substitute:
Nominal Co-ordinates Latitude Longitude
(GDA94) : -36.975083 147.128224
(2) Omit:
Site Tolerance: Refer to Broadcasting Services (Technical Planning) Guidelines 2017
13 Attachment 1.14
(1) Omit ‘Broadcast Site MT STANLEY’, substitute ‘Comms Tower SP Ausnet Site Mt Stanley off Mt Stanley Rd’.
(2) Omit:
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 55 481997 5965695
substitute:
Nominal Co-ordinates Latitude Longitude
(GDA94) : -36.451222 146.803014
(3) Omit:
Site Tolerance: Refer to Broadcasting Services (Technical Planning) Guidelines 2017
14 Attachment 1.15
(1) Omit ‘Apex Lookout Mt Porepunkah Road BRIGHT’, substitute ‘Telstra Site Apex Lookout Off Mount Porepunkah Rd 1.5 km NE of BRIGHT’.
(2) Omit:
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 55 497510 5936440
substitute:
Nominal Co-ordinates Latitude Longitude
(GDA94) : -36.715908 146.972840
(3) Omit:
Site Tolerance: Refer to Broadcasting Services (Technical Planning) Guidelines 2017
(4) After the output radiation pattern table, insert:
Availability of TS10007920 :-
TS10007920 ceases to be available for SL10391 on the first day on which the service provided under SL10391 is transmitted by transmitter TS12000755 in accordance with the specifications set out at Attachment 1.15A.
15 After Attachment 1.15
Insert:
LICENCE AREA PLAN : Wangaratta Radio
Category : Commercial
General Area Served : Bright (VIC)
Service Licence Number : SL10391
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio
Specification Number : TS12000755
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal location : Telstra Site Apex Lookout Off Mount Porepunkah Rd 1.5 km NE of BRIGHT
Nominal Co-ordinates : Latitude Longitude
(GDA93) -36.715908 146.97284
Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode : VHF-FM
Carrier Frequency : 93.7 MHz
Polarisation : Mixed
Maximum antenna height : 20 m
Output Radiation Pattern :-
Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) | Maximum ERP |
At all angles of azimuth | 50 W |
Advisory notes :-
Provision of a service using transmitter TS12000755 affects the availability of TS10007920.
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.
16 Attachment 1.16
(1) Omit ‘Broadcast Site Golf Course Club House MT BEAUTY’, substitute ‘FM Mast Club House Golf Course Tawonga Cres MT BEAUTY’.
(2) Omit:
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 55 515700 5933700
substitute:
Nominal Co-ordinates Latitude Longitude
(GDA94) : -36.740964 147.175584
(3) Omit:
Site Tolerance: Refer to Broadcasting Services (Technical Planning) Guidelines 2017
17 Attachment 1.17
(1) Omit ‘Broadcast Site WANGARATTA’, substitute ‘Nominal Planning Site Swan St WANGARATTA’.
(2) Omit:
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 55 438000 5976000
substitute:
Nominal Co-ordinates Latitude Longitude
(GDA94) : -36.357438 146.310215
(3) Omit:
Site Tolerance: Refer to Broadcasting Services (Technical Planning) Guidelines 2017
(4) Omit the special conditions after the output radiation pattern table, substitute:
Advisory notes :-
The coverage area of this transmission is a circle of radius 8 km measured from a point with the following GDA94 co-ordinates: -36.357438, 146.310215. This point is the same as the nominal transmitter location.
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.
18 After Attachment 1.17
Insert:
LICENCE AREA PLAN : Wangaratta Radio
Category : Commercial
General Area Served : Wodonga (VIC)
Service Licence Number : SL10398
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio
Specification Number : TS1200116
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal location : Telstra Site Clubhouse, 10 Clubhouse Pl WODONGA
Nominal Co-ordinates Latitude Longitude
(GDA94) : -36.121088 146.844918
Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode : VHF-FM
Carrier Frequency : 93.7 MHz
Polarisation : Mixed
Maximum antenna height : 20 m
Output Radiation Pattern :-
Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) | Maximum ERP |
0°T – 75°T | 100 W |
75°T – 175°T | 10 W |
175°T – 260°T | 100 W |
Advisory note :-
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.
LICENCE AREA PLAN : Wangaratta Radio
Category : Commercial
General Area Served : Bright (VIC)
Service Licence Number : SL10398
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio
Specification Number : TS1200756
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal location : Telstra Site Apex Lookout Off Mount Porepunkah Rd 1.5 km NE of BRIGHT
Nominal Co-ordinates Latitude Longitude
(GDA94) : -36.715908 146.97284
Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode : VHF-FM
Carrier Frequency : 91.3 MHz
Polarisation : Mixed
Maximum antenna height : 20 m
Output Radiation Pattern :-
Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) | Maximum ERP |
At all angles of azimuth | 50 W |
Advisory note :-
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.
LICENCE AREA PLAN : Wangaratta Radio
Category : Commercial
General Area Served : Myrtleford (VIC)
Service Licence Number : SL10398
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio
Specification Number : TS1137991
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal location : Lookout Hill, Lookout Road, MYRTLEFORD
Nominal Co-ordinates Latitude Longitude
(GDA94) : -36.560733 146.734905
Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode : VHF-FM
Carrier Frequency : 90.1 MHz
Polarisation : Mixed
Maximum antenna height : 15 m
Output Radiation Pattern :-
Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) | Maximum ERP |
At all angles of azimuth | 50 W |
Advisory note :-
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.
LICENCE AREA PLAN : Wangaratta Radio
Category : Commercial
General Area Served : Yarrawonga (VIC)
Service Licence Number : SL10398
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio
Specification Number : TS12001167
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal location : Optus Site Yarrawonga 26 Belmore St YARRAWONGA
Nominal Co-ordinates Latitude Longitude
(GDA94) : -36.009586 146.004861
Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode : VHF-FM
Carrier Frequency : 88.9 MHz
Polarisation : Mixed
Maximum antenna height : 25 m
Output Radiation Pattern :-
Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) | Maximum ERP |
At all angles of azimuth | 200 W |
Advisory note :-
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.
19 Attachment 2.2
(1) Omit:
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 55 517500 5928775
substitute:
Nominal Co-ordinates Latitude Longitude
(GDA94) : -36.785004 147.197393
(2) Omit:
Site Tolerance: Refer to Broadcasting Services (Technical Planning) Guidelines 2017
(3) Omit the special conditions after the output radiation pattern table, substitute:
Advisory note :-
This service is interference limited. Only signal strengths equal to, or above 66 dBµV/m will be protected against interference.
20 Attachment 2.3
(1) Omit ‘Broadcast Australia Tower Apex Lookout off Mount Porepunkah Rd 1.5 km NE of BRIGHT’, substitute ‘Telstra Tower Apex Lookout off Mount Porepunkah Rd 1.5 km NE of BRIGHT’.
(2) Omit:
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 55 497499 5936495
substitute:
Nominal Co-ordinates Latitude Longitude
(GDA94) : -36.715857 146.972801
(3) Omit:
Site Tolerance: Refer to Broadcasting Services (Technical Planning) Guidelines 2017
(4) Omit the special conditions after the output radiation pattern table, substitute:
Advisory note :-
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.
21 Attachment 3.2
(1) Omit ‘MT STANLEY’, substitute ‘Allcom Site 14.5 km SE of Beechworth MT STANLEY’.
(2) Omit:
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 55 481997 5965695
substitute:
Nominal Co-ordinates Latitude Longitude
(GDA94) : -36.444866 146.803141
(3) Omit:
Site Tolerance: Refer to Broadcasting Services (Technical Planning) Guidelines 2017