LICENCE AREA PLAN NORTHAM (RADIO) AUGUST 1996 LICENCE AREA PLAN - NORTHAM DETERMINATION The Australian Broadcasting Authority hereby makes this plan for broadcasting services in the Northam area of Western Australia, under subsection 26(1) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992. Four national radio broadcasting, two commercial radio broadcasting services and one open narrowcasting radio broadcasting service are to be available in the Northam area described at Attachment 1.1 to this Determination 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 the Schedule One and Attachments 1.2 - 1.8 to this Determination. One community radio broadcasting service is to be available in the area described at Attachment 2.1 to this Determination 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 is set out in Schedule Two and Attachment 2.2 to this Determination. One community radio broadcasting service is to be available in the area described at Attachment 3.1 to this Determination with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the service that is to be available in the area described at Attachment 3.1 is set out in Schedule Two and Attachment 3.2 to this Determination (Determined by the Australian Broadcasting Authority on 27 August 1996.) 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 service licence number which has been allocated to the service, if appropriate (column two); N/A = Not Applicable, as the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 only requires service licences for Commercial and Community services. * the number of transmitters required to transmit the service, * the transmitter specification number which has been allocated to each transmitter (column three), * the identifying number of the attachment where the technical specifications for each transmitter are described (column four). (Each set of technical specifications referred to in the Schedules is an attachment to this determination). * the general area served by each transmitter (column five). SCHEDULE ONE Licence Area Plan - Northam - (Radio) - August 1996 Category of Service Licence No: Transmitter Specification No: Technical General Area Served by Transmitter Service Specifications National N/A TS002342 See attachment 1.2 Northam National N/A TS000031 See attachment 1.3 Central Agricultural National N/A TS000033 See attachment 1.4 Central Agricultural National N/A TS000032 See attachment 1.5 Central Agricultural Commercial SL010385 TS002341 See attachment 1.6 Northam Commercial SL010045 TS005399 See attachment 1.7 Northam Open Narrowcasting N/A TS002224 See attachment 1.8 Northam SCHEDULE TWO Licence Area Plan - Northam - (Radio) - August 1996 Category of Service Licence No: Transmitter Specification No: Technical General Area Served by Transmitter Service Specifications Community SL010085 TS001871 See attachment 2.2 Northam SCHEDULE THREE Licence Area Plan - Northam - (Radio) - July 1996 Category of Service Licence No: Transmitter Specification No: Technical General Area Served by Transmitter Service Specifications Community SL010349 TS005358 See attachment 3.2 York Attachment 1.1 LICENCE AREA FOR SERVICE LICENCE NUMBERS: SL010385 and SL010045 COMMERCIAL RADIO NORTHAM WA The licence area, in terms of areas defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics at the Census of 6 August 1991, is: Area Description Persons Beverley (S) 1431 Chittering (S) 1922 Cunderdin (S) 1384 Dowerin (S) 881 Goomalling (S) 108 Northam (T) 6546 Northam (S) 2886 Quairading (S) 1148 Tammin (S) 497 Toodyay (S) 2473 Victoria Plains (S) 1096 Wongan-Ballidu (S) 1686 York (S) 2506 Total Persons 25539 Note: Standard terminology used by the Australian Bureau of Statistics: (S) = Shire (T) = Town Attachment 1.2 LICENCE AREA PLAN : Northam Category : National General Area Served : Northam (WA) Service Licence Number : Not applicable TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - AM Radio Specification Number : TS002342 Transmitter Site :- Nominal location : NORTHAM Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing Reference 50 469700 6496900 Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines Emission :- Frequency Band & Mode MF-AM Carrier Frequency : 1215 kHz Output Radiation Pattern :- Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) Elevation Maximum CMF At all angles of azimuth 0° 212 V Notes:- 1. The CMF at all elevations is not to exceed the specified CMF at 0 degrees elevation for all angles of azimuth. Attachment 1.3 LICENCE AREA PLAN : Northam Category : National General Area Served : Central Agricultural (WA) Service Licence Number : Not applicable TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio Specification Number : TS000031 Transmitter Site :- Nominal location : Mawson Trig Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing Reference 50 517800 6461100 Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines Emission :- Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM Carrier Frequency : 98.1 MHz Polarisation Mixed Maximum antenna height 155 m Output Radiation Pattern :- Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) Maximum ERP At all angles of azimuth 80 kW Attachment 1.4 LICENCE AREA PLAN : Northam Category : National General Area Served : Central Agricultural (WA) Service Licence Number : Not applicable TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio Specification Number : TS000033 Transmitter Site :- Nominal location : Mawson Trig Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing Reference 50 517800 6461100 Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines Emission :- Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM Carrier Frequency : 98.9 MHz Polarisation Mixed Maximum antenna height 155 m Output Radiation Pattern :- Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) Maximum ERP At all angles of azimuth 80 kW Attachment 1.5 LICENCE AREA PLAN : Northam Category : National General Area Served : Central Agricultural (WA) Service Licence Number : Not applicable TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio Specification Number : TS000032 Transmitter Site :- Nominal location : Mawson Trig Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing Reference 50 517800 6461100 Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines Emission :- Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM Carrier Frequency : 99.7 MHz Polarisation Mixed Maximum antenna height 155 m Output Radiation Pattern :- Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) Maximum ERP At all angles of azimuth 80 kW Attachment 1.6 LICENCE AREA PLAN : Northam Category : Commercial General Area Served : Northam (WA) Service Licence Number : SL10385 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - AM Radio Specification Number : TS002341 Transmitter Site :- Nominal location : 7km SW of NORTHAM Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing Reference 50 463000 6495300 Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines Emission :- Frequency Band & Mode MF-AM Carrier Frequency : 864 kHz Output Radiation Pattern :- Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) Elevation Maximum CMF At all angles of azimuth 0° 424 V Notes:- 1. The CMF at all elevations is not to exceed the specified CMF at 0 degrees elevation for all angles of azimuth. Attachment 1.7 LICENCE AREA PLAN : Northam Category : Commercial General Area Served : Northam (WA) Service Licence Number : SL010045 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio Specification Number : TS005399 Transmitter Site :- Nominal location : 7km SW of NORTHAM Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing Reference 50 463000 6495300 Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines Emission :- Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM Carrier Frequency : 96.5 MHz Polarisation Mixed Maximum antenna height 80 m Output Radiation Pattern :- Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) Maximum ERP At all angles of azimuth 10 kW Attachment 1.8 LICENCE AREA PLAN : Northam Category : Open Narrowcasting General Area Served : Northam (WA) Service Licence Number : Not applicable TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - AM Radio Specification Number : TS002224 Transmitter Site :- Nominal location : NORTHAM Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing Reference 50 462900 6495500 Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines Emission :- Frequency Band & Mode MF-AM Carrier Frequency : 1323 kHz Output Radiation Pattern :- Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) Elevation Maximum CMF At all angles of azimuth 0° 370 V Notes:- 1. The CMF at all elevations is not to exceed the specified CMF at 0 degrees elevation for all angles of azimuth. Special Conditions:- This service is permitted to operate with a maximum cymomotive force (CMF) of 670 V, at all angles of azimuth, from one after local sunrise until one hour before local sunset. Attachment 2.1 LICENCE AREA FOR SERVICE LICENCE NUMBER: SL010085 COMMUNITY RADIO, TOWN OF NORTHAM WA The licence area, in terms of areas defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics at the Census of 6 August 1991, is: Area Description Persons WA CD 041201 676 WA CD 041202 483 WA CD 041203 792 WA CD 041204 579 WA CD 041205 410 WA CD 041206 579 WA CD 041207 352 WA CD 041208 835 WA CD 041209 112 WA CD 041210 694 WA CD 041211 597 WA CD 041212 437 Total Persons 6546 Note: Standard terminology used by the Australian Bureau of Statistics: (S) = Shire (C) = City Attachment 2.2 LICENCE AREA PLAN : Northam Category : Community General Area Served : Northam (WA) Service Licence Number : SL010085 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - AM Radio Specification Number : TS001871 Transmitter Site :- Nominal location : NORTHAM Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing Reference 50 462900 6495500 Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines Emission :- Frequency Band & Mode MF-AM Carrier Frequency : 954 kHz Output Radiation Pattern :- Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) Elevation Maximum CMF At all angles of azimuth 0 ° 212 V Notes:- 1. The CMF at all elevations is not to exceed the specified CMF at 0 degrees elevation for all angles of azimuth. Attachment 3.1 LICENCE AREA FOR SERVICE LICENCE NUMBER: SL010349 COMMUNITY RADIO, YORK WA The licence area, in terms of areas defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics at the Census of 6 August 1991, is: Area Description Persons WA CD 041601 167 WA CD 041602 330 WA CD 041603 177 WA CD 041604 351 WA CD 041605 245 WA CD 041606 274 WA CD 041607 689 WA CD 041608 273 Total Persons 2506 Note: Standard terminology used by the Australian Bureau of Statistics: (CD) = Collection District Attachment 3.2 LICENCE AREA PLAN : Northam Category : Community General Area Served : York (WA) Service Licence Number : SL010349 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio Specification Number : TS005358 Transmitter Site :- Nominal location : Mt Bakewell Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing Reference 50 477300 6475800 Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines Emission :- Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM Carrier Frequency : 101.3 MHz Polarisation Mixed Maximum antenna height 20 m Output Radiation Pattern :- Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) Maximum ERP At all angles of azimuth 100 W