The ABA has decided to make licences available for 24 new radio services in south east and the north coast of .

he ABA has decided to The ABA expects to allocate signal d efi c ie ncy in th eir ice 4SUN w ill improve recep­ make lice nces available th e first commercial radio Ii­ licence areas. Preliminary engi­ ti on of its service by changing Tfor 24 new radi o se rvices cence for (97.3 MHz) nee ring assessments by the ABA from two low-powered trans­ in south east Queensland and together vvith the Gold Coast indica te that low power chan­ mitters to one high-powered the north coast of New South and Namhour lice nces ea rl y in ne I ca pa city exi sts for transmitter at Mr Dunsinane, Wa les. 200 1. The ABA 'Ni ll allocate the ad ditional transmitters for both and by providing a translator The ABA will make li cences second co mmercial radio th e am bour and Gym pie corn­ se rvi ce to se rve Kooralhyn. The available fo r four new commer­ licence in Brisbane (106.9 MHz) niercial radio services. H ow­ lice nce area of 4SUN will be cial radio se rvices: in three years time. ever, the ABA believes that more extended to include Bea udesert • two in Brishane extensive enginee ring assess­ and Jimboomha. Additionally, • one in the Gold Coast Ipswich licence area ments are required before it 4SUN will be allocated a sec­ • one in Narnhou r. makes th e ca pac ity available. It ond commercial radio licence The ABA has also decided to In order to resolve signal defi­ w ill therefore conduct a field under section 39 of th e Broad­ make 18 community lice nces ciencies in the Ipswich li ce nce survey in the Noosa/ Tewantin cas ting Se rvices Act. The pro­ ava il able: area, channel ca pac ity will be area , after th e determinati o n of posed I icence area will be • two in Brisbane made avai lable for th e existing the Na mbo ur and Gympie identical ro 4SUN's extended • three in th e Gold Coast commer cial radi o se rvi ce lice nce area plans. licence area. 4SUN will also be • two in Na mhour ( 4QFM) to change frequency alloca ted additional transmit­ • o ne each in Ba llina, from 106.9 MHz to 94.9 MHz Remote North East ters to operate on MtTamhorine, Bea uc.l esert, Boon ah, Byron Bay, and increase its maximum r:.i - Queensland after additional enginee ring Casino, Cornki , Esk, Gympie, diated power to SO kW. The work ha s bee n completed. Mu rw illurnhah , N imhin ancl frequency currently being used In th e Rem ote North East 'Allmving th e 4SUN commer­ I\oosa. by 4QFM will be made avail- Queensland lice nce area, th e cia I rad io se rvice to extend its Two open narrowcastingserv- able for th e second comrner- existing commercial radi o se rv- lice nce area to Jimhoomba , [> ices \\'ill he mac.le av:1ilahle: cial radio se rvice to he allocited • one in lhisbane three yea rs afte r th e licence • one in Murwillumhah. area plan has been determined. The ABA's decisions are con- tained in its final lice nce area Nambour and Gympie r lans for radio in lhishane, Gold Co:ist. Gympie, Ipsvvich, The licensees of the existing Lism ore, Murwillumhah and commercial radi o se rvi ces in I\ambo ur and its varied lice nce Na mbour and Gym pie have :1rca plan for th e l{emote North req uested ~ 1 dclitiona l transmit­ Easr Zone, Queensland. ters for thei r services to rectify

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gives the service good cover­ Kooralbyn and th e proposed prepa rati on of th ese licence area aside chan nel capacity accord ­ age of the majority of the transmitters on Mt Tamborine plans, th e A13A \vas advise d ingly.

13eaudesert Shire and increases w ill allow 4SU T to provide a that a ministerial notification to If a notification is not give n by the diversity of se rvices in the competitive service .' rese rve channel capacity for th e Minister for Communica ­ area ,' sa id Professor Flint. 'The additional national rad io serv- tions, Inform ation Technology ABA is confident th at the ex- Channel capacity ices might be likely in Nambour, and the Arts, th e ABA will con­ tension , al ong w ith the Gympie, Lismore and on the sider va rying the Gold Coast, add iti o nal transmitters at During the final stage of the Gold Coast. The A13A has set Na mbour, Lismore and Gym pie licence area plans and rea llo­ cating th e ava ilable spectrum.

Note in the following tables, new services or additional capacity are marked in bo ld

Table 1: AM Radio services in the Brisbane market Area Category Cal/sign Frequency Maximum Nominal Technical served of service CMF(power) location notes Brisbane National 4PB 936 kHz 1000 V (10 kW) Bald Hills National 4QR 612 kHz 2790 V (50 kW) Bald Hills National 4RN 792 kHz 1980 V (25 kW) Bald Hi lls Commercial 4BC 1116 kH z 1270V(5 kW) Fig Tree Pocket Commercial 4BH 882 kHz 890 V (5 kW) Wynnum Rd, Tingalpa Commercial 4KQ 693 kHz 1100 V (5 kW) St Helena Island Commercial 4TAB 1008 kHz 1100 V (10 kW) St Helena Island Increase of ERP to 1O kW Community 4R PH 1296 kHz 960 V (5 kW) Fleming Rd, Hemmant Comm unity 1197 kHz 1165 V(5 kW) Flemi ng Rd , Ting alpa Open narrowca st 1053 kHz 220 V(500 W) Long Pocket Th is frequency will be available after 4EBconv erts to FM

Table 2: FM Radio se rvices in the Br isbane market Area Category Cal/sign Frequency Maximum Nominal Technical served of service CMF(power) location notes Brisbane National 4ABCFM 106.1 MHz 95 kW Mt Coot-tha National 4JJJ 107.7 MHz 95 kW Mt Coot-t ha Natio na l 4SBS 93.3 MHz 95 kW Mt Coot-tha Commercial 4BBB 105.3 MHz 12 kW Mt Coot-tha Commercial 4MMM 104.5 MH z 12 kW Mt Coot-tha Commercial 97 .3 MHz 12 kW Mt Coot-tha Commercial 106.9 MH z 12 kW Mt Coot-t ha This frequency will be available after 4QFM changes frequency to 94.9 MHz Commercial 4TAB 89 .7 MHz 5kW Mt Dunsinane Transmitter for 4TAB service to rectify signal deficiency in the Beaudesert area Commun ity 4AAA 98.9 MHz 12 kW Mt Coot-tha Community 4MBS 103.7 MHz 12 kW Mt Coot-tha Co mmunity 4ZZZ 102 .1MHz 12 kW Mt Coot-t ha Community 4EB 98. 1 MHz 12 kW (500 W) Long Pocket 4EB converting from AM to FM Community 96.5 MHz 12 kW Mt Coot-tha Caboolture Commu nity 40 UR 101.5MHz 3 kW D'Aguilar Range Logan Commun ity 4CBL 101.1 MHz 4kW Springwood Reservoir Redcliffe Com munity 4RED 99.7 MH z 2 kW Redcliffe Wa te r Towe r Wynn um Commun ity 4B AY 100.3 MHz 4kW Mt Cotton Beaudesert Community 101.5 MHz 1 kW Beaudesert Water Tower

Note. new services in bold

8 Table 3: FM Radio services in the Gold Coast market Area Category Cal/sign Frequency Maximum Nominal Technical served of service CMF(power) location notes Gold National 4ABCFM 88 .5 MHz 25 kW Lower Beechmont Coast National 4ABCRN 90 .1 MHz 25 kW Lower Beechmont National 4ABCRR 91.7 MHz 25 kW Lower Beechmont Nationa l 4JJJ 97.7 MH z 25 kW Lower Beechmont Commercial 4GGG 92.5 MHz 25 kW Mt Tamborine Commercial 4SEA 90 .9 MHz 25 kW Mt Tamborine Commercial 102.9 MHz 25 kW Mt Tamborine Consideration will be given to changing 4008 Toowoomba's frequency, with compensation for costs incurred Community 4CRB 89.3 MHz 25 kW Wilso ns Lookout Community 94.1 MHz 25 kW Mt Tamborine Community 105.7 MHz 25 kW Mt Tamborine Community 107.3 MHz 25 kW Mt Tamborine

Table 4: FM Radio Services in the lpswich_:_:_:m_:_::a::..:r_:_:k=e:...::t ______Area Category Cal/sign Frequency Maximum Nominal Technical ~:1 I served of service CMF (power) location notes Ipswich Commercial 4QFM 94 .9 MHz 50 kW The Knobby 4QFM to change frequency from 106.9 MHZ to I 1 94.9 MHz.A simu lcast period will be provided Community 95.9 MHz 1 kW Shire Council To be made available one year after LAP gazetted Telemetry site Mount Esk nah Community 100.1 MHz 1 kW Telstra site at Fox's Hill, To be made available two years after LAP Green Hills Rd gazetted

Table 5: AM Radio services in the Murwillumbah market Area Category Cal/sign Frequency Maximum Nominal Technical served of service CMF (power) location notes Murwillumbah National 2ML 720 kHz 190 V (400 W) Telstra Site, Terranora Commercial 2MW 972 kHz 1095 V (5 kW) Clothiers Creek Open narrowcast 1593 kHz 145 V (200 W) Terranora Lodge ------Table 6: FM Radio services in the Murwillumbah market Area Category Cal/sign Frequency Maximum Nominal Technical served of service CMF (power) location notes Murwillumbah Commercial 2MW 104.1 MHz 1 kW Currumbin Transmitter for 2MW to rectify signal deficiency Community 101 .3MHz 3kW Rock Rd, Bungalora ·------Table 7: AM Radio services in the Lismore market Area Category Cal/sign Frequency Maximum Nominal Technical served of service CMF (power) location notes Li smore Commercial 2LM 900 kHz 965 V (5 kW) Unarra Road, Bexh ill

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Table 8: FM Radio services in the Lismore market Area Category Cal/sign Frequency Maximum Nominal Technical served of service CMF (power) location notes Lismore Nationa l 2ABCRR 91.3 MHz sow Bona Ibo National 2ABCRN 92. 1 MHz sow Bona Ibo National 2NNR 94.S MHz 100 kW Mt Nardi National 2ABCFM 9S.3 MHz 100 kW Mt Nardi National 2JJJ 96. 1 MHz 100 kW Mt Nardi National 2ABC RN 96.9 MHz 100 kW Mt Nardi Comme rcia l 2ZZZ 100.9 MHz 32 kW Mt Nardi Community 2NCR 92.9 MHz 6kW Parrots Nest Byron Bay Community 99.9 MHz 3kW Byron View, Saint l-rlelena Casino Community 107.9 MHz 1 kW Meatworks Tower Coraki Community 88.9 MHz 1 kW Mt Moonimba Ballina Community 101.9 MHz 1 kW Pine Avenue Site 1 Nimbin Community 102.3 MHz 1 kW 93 Cullen St Nimbin

Table 9: FM Radio services in the Nambour market Area Category Cal/sign Frequency Maximum Nominal Technical served of service CMF (power) location notes Nambour National 4ABCFM 88.7 MHz 20 kW Dulong Lookout National 4JJJ 89.S MHz 20 kW Dulong Lookout National 4SCR 90.3 MHz 20 kW Dulong Lookout Co mmercial 4SSS 92.7 MH z 10 kW Bald Knob Commercia l 4SEE 91.9 MHz 10 kW Bald Knob Commercial 91.1 MHz 10 kW Bald Knob Community 104.9 MHz 3kW Bald Knob Community 106.5 MHz 3kW Bald Knob

Table 10: AM radio services in the Gym pie market Area Category Cal/sign Frequency Maximum Nominal Technical served of service CMF (power) location notes Gym pie National 4GM 1S66 kHz 140 V (200 W) 3 km SE of Gympie Commercial 4GY SS8 kHz 1OSO V (S kW) 16 km Eof Gympie ------Table 11 : FM radio services in the G m .__ie_m_ a_r_k_e_t ______Area Category Cal/sign Frequency Maximum Nominal Technical served of service CMF (power) location notes Gympie National 4AB CFM 93.7 MHz 20 kW Black Mountain National 4ABCRN 96.9 MHz 20 kW Black Mountain National 4SCR!T 9S.3 MHz 20 kW Black Mountain Commerci al 4NNN 96. 1 MHz S kW Mt Wolvi Noosa Community 101.3 MHz 500W Sunrise Rd Gympie Community 91.5 MHz 1 kW Mt Corella

Tab I e 12: Vari at ion _to__ th_ e_ Rem_o_t_e_N_o_r_th__ E _ as_t_Z_o_n~ ______Area Category Cal/sign Frequency Maximum Nominal Technical served of service CMF (power) location notes Beaudesert Com mercia l 4SUN 90 .S MHz S kW Mt Dunsinane FRep lace·s the two low power transmitters currently use::! by 4SU N Commercial 4SUN 103.3 MHz 100W Haygarth Drive /Additiona I transmitter for the 4SUN service Kooralbyn Commercial 4RBL 92.1 MHz 5kW Mt Dunsinane JAdditiona l commercial radio service to be allocated to 4SUN Lunder s.39 Commercial 4RBL 102.5 MHz 100W Haygarth Drive /Addition a I transmitter for the s.39 service Kooralbyn Note. new services in bold ~

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