The Australian Broadcasting Authority hereby makes this plan for broadcasting services in the Parkes area of Central New South Wales, under subsection 26(1) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.
Two commercial radio broadcasting services, one community radio broadcasting service, two open narrowcasting radio services and one national radio broadcasting service, are to be available in the 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 Schedule One and Attachments 1.2 - 1.9 to this Determination.
(Determined by the Australian Broadcasting Authority on 14 May 1997)
SCHEDULE
The Schedule 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 - Parkes (Radio) - May 1997
Licence Area: Parkes RA1
Category ofService
Service Licence No:
Transmitter Specification No:
TechnicalSpecifications
General Area Served by Transmitter
Commercial
SL10253
TS10004236
See attachment 1.2
Parkes/Forbes
Commercial
SL10056
TS10001424
See attachment 1.3
Parkes/Forbes
TS10003781
See attachment 1.4
Condobolin
Community
SL10055
TS10001423
See attachment 1.5
Parkes/Forbes
TS10007181
See attachment 1.6
Condobolin
Open Narrowcasting
N/A
TS10001425
See attachment 1.7
Parkes/Forbes
National
N/A
TS10003780
See attachment 1.8
Condobolin
Open Narrowcasting
N/A
TS10003782
See attachment 1.9
Condobolin
ATTACHMENT 1.1
LICENCE AREA FOR SERVICE LICENCE NOS: SL10253, SL10056, SL10055
COMMERCIAL AND COMMUNITY RADIO, PARKES RA1
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
Parkes (S)
13944
Forbes (S)
10351
NSW CD 140103
384
NSW CD 140104
240
NSW CD 140107
481
NSW CD 140204
322
NSW CD 140205
141
NSW CD 140206
212
NSW CD 140207
572
NSW CD 140208
294
NSW CD 030205
169
NSW CD 030303
103
NSW CD 030304
183
NSW CD 030305
174
NSW CD 030401
246
NSW CD 030402
523
NSW CD 030403
527
NSW CD 030404
684
NSW CD 030405
449
NSW CD 030406
459
NSW CD 030407
522
NSW CD 031208
271
Total Persons
31251
Note:
Standard Terminology used by the Australian Bureau of Statistics:
(CD) = Collection District
(S) = Shire
Attachment 1.2
LICENCE AREA PLAN : Parkes
Category : Commercial
General Area Served : Parkes/Forbes (NSW)
Service Licence Number : SL10253
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - AM Radio
Specification Number : TS10004236
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal location : Parkes, 5km SE of town
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 55 612496 6329494
Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines
Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode MF-AM
Carrier Frequency : 1404 kHz
Output Radiation Pattern :-
Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction)
Elevation
Maximum CMF
At all angles of azimuth
0
445 V
Notes:-
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 : Parkes
Category : Commercial
General Area Served : Parkes/Forbes (NSW)
Service Licence Number : SL10056
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio
Specification Number : TS10001424
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal location : Mt Coonambro
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 55 624385 6319824
Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines
Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM
Carrier Frequency : 95.5 MHz
Polarisation Mixed
Maximum antenna height 30 m
Output Radiation Pattern :-
Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction)
Maximum ERP
At all angles of azimuth
10 kW
Attachment 1.4
LICENCE AREA PLAN : Parkes
Category : Commercial
General Area Served : Condobolin (NSW)
Service Licence Number : SL10056
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio
Specification Number : TS10003781
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal location : Hospital Hill Lookout
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 55 514494 6339854
Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines
Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM
Carrier Frequency : 90.5 MHz
Polarisation Mixed
Maximum antenna height 30 m
Output Radiation Pattern :-
Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction)
Maximum ERP
At all angles of azimuth
100 W
Attachment 1.5
LICENCE AREA PLAN : Parkes
Category : Community
General Area Served : Parkes/Forbes (NSW)
Service Licence Number : SL10055
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio
Specification Number : TS10001423
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal location : Mt Coonambro
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 55 624385 6319824
Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines
Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM
Carrier Frequency : 97.9 MHz
Polarisation Mixed
Maximum antenna height 30 m
Output Radiation Pattern :-
Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction)
Maximum ERP
At all angles of azimuth
10 kW
Special Conditions :-
This service is permitted to transmit with a minimum ERP of 1 kW
Attachment 1.6
LICENCE AREA PLAN : Parkes
Category : Community
General Area Served : Condobolin (NSW)
Service Licence Number : SL10055
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio
Specification Number : TS10007181
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal location : Hospital Hill Lookout
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 55 514494 6339854
Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines
Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM
Carrier Frequency : 96.9 MHz
Polarisation Mixed
Maximum antenna height 30 m
Output Radiation Pattern :-
Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction)
Maximum ERP
At all angles of azimuth
100 W
Attachment 1.7
LICENCE AREA PLAN : Parkes
Category : Open Narrowcasting
General Area Served : Parkes/Forbes (NSW)
Service Licence Number : Not applicable
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio
Specification Number : TS10001425
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal location : Mt Coonambro
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 55 624385 6319824
Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines
Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM
Carrier Frequency : 91.5 MHz
Polarisation Mixed
Maximum antenna height 30 m
Output Radiation Pattern :-
Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction)
Maximum ERP
At all angles of azimuth
10 kW
Special Conditions :-
The ‘coverage radius’ of this transmitter is 60 kilometres measured from a point with the following AMG co-ordinates: Zone: 55; Easting: 609500; Northing: 6332500. This point is not the same as the nominal transmitter site.
Attachment 1.8
LICENCE AREA PLAN : Parkes
Category : National
General Area Served : Condobolin (NSW)
Service Licence Number : Not applicable
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio
Specification Number : TS10003780
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal location : Hospital Hill Lookout
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 55 514494 6339854
Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines
Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM
Carrier Frequency : 88.9 MHz
Polarisation Mixed
Maximum antenna height 30 m
Output Radiation Pattern :-
Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction)
Maximum ERP
At all angles of azimuth
100 W
Attachment 1.9
LICENCE AREA PLAN : Parkes
Category : Open Narrowcasting
General Area Served : Condobolin (NSW)
Service Licence Number : Not applicable
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio
Specification Number : TS10003782
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal location : Hospital Hill Lookout
Australian Map Grid : Zone Easting Northing
Reference 55 514494 6339854
Site Tolerance : Refer to Technical Planning Guidelines
Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode VHF-FM
Carrier Frequency : 92.1 MHz
Polarisation Mixed
Maximum antenna height 30 m
Output Radiation Pattern :-
Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction)
Maximum ERP
At all angles of azimuth
100 W
Special Conditions:-
The ‘coverage radius’ of this transmitter is 10 kilometres measured from a point with the following AMG co-ordinates: Zone: 55; Easting: 514494; Northing: 6339854. This point is the same as the nominal transmitter site.