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CONTENTS DECISIONS ........................................................................................................8 CHAPTER 1: BACKGROUND ............................................................................9 Melbourne Licence Area Plan ............................................................................... 9 Commencement of the licence allocation process .................................................. 9 CHAPTER 2: LEGAL FRAMEWORK................................................................12 Objects & regulatory policy of the Act ................................................................ 12 Role of the ABA ................................................................................................. 12 Community broadcasting services under the Act ................................................. 13 Application process............................................................................................. 14 Allocation of community radio licences .............................................................. 14 Information gathering powers of the ABA........................................................... 15 The reasoning process ......................................................................................... 16 Section 84(2)(b): nature and diversity of the interests of the community.......... 16 Section 84(2)(c): nature and diversity of other broadcasting services (including national broadcasting services) available within the licence area...................... 16 Section 84(2)(a): the extent to which the proposed service would meet the existing and perceived future needs of the community within the licence area . 17 Section 84(2)(d): capacity of the applicant to provide the proposed service ..... 18 Section 84(2)(e): the undesirability of one person being in control of more than one community broadcasting licence that is a broadcasting services bands licence in the same licence area ....................................................................... 19 Section 84(2)(f): the undesirability of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory or a political party being in a position to exercise control of a community broadcasting licence ........................................................................................ 19 CHAPTER 3: ASSESSMENT OF THE APPLICANTS ......................................21 4 MELBOURNE-WIDE LICENCES ...........................................................................................21 Executive summary............................................................................................. 21 Discussion of matters at s.84(a)-(d) ..................................................................... 23 Nature and diversity of the interests of the community within the Melbournewide licence area............................................................................................. 23 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders ........................................................ 23 Christian community ................................................................................... 24 Country music community ........................................................................... 25 Dance music community .............................................................................. 25
Disadvantaged community........................................................................... 25 Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community...................................... 26 General community who enjoy comedy recordings ...................................... 26 Muslim community ...................................................................................... 27 Students....................................................................................................... 27 Youth........................................................................................................... 27 Nature and diversity of other broadcasting services (including national broadcasting services) available within the Melbourne-wide licence area ........ 28 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders ........................................................ 28 Christian community ................................................................................... 28 Country music community ........................................................................... 29 Dance music community .............................................................................. 29 Disadvantaged community........................................................................... 29 Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender ....................................................... 30 General community who enjoy comedy recordings ...................................... 30 Muslim ........................................................................................................ 30 Students....................................................................................................... 30 Youth........................................................................................................... 31 Capacity of the applicants to provide the proposed services............................. 31 Management capacity.................................................................................. 31 Financial capacity....................................................................................... 42 Technical capacity....................................................................................... 45 Extent to which the proposed services would meet the existing and perceived future needs of the community within the Melbourne-wide licence area .......... 46 Catholic Broadcasting Ltd........................................................................... 46 Hitz FM Broadcasters Inc............................................................................ 46 Joy Melbourne Inc....................................................................................... 48 KISS FM Inc................................................................................................ 49 Laughtertainment Community Radio Inc...................................................... 50 New-Gen Radio Inc ..................................................................................... 51 Nu Country Music Radio Inc ....................................................................... 52 Student Youth Network Inc........................................................................... 53 The South Eastern Indigenous Media Association Inc.................................. 55 The Victorian Muslim Community Information Service Inc.......................... 56 Triple Seven Communications Inc................................................................ 57 Conclusion ...................................................................................................... 59 Which licence should be allocated to which successful applicant..................... 67 Assessment of the applicants who failed to demonstrate sufficient capacity and/or a community need for the proposed service .......................................... 67 3AC Australian Melbourne Chinese Radio Inc............................................. 67 5
Page 1 and 2: Allocation of four community radio
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Page 9 and 10: CHAPTER 1: BACKGROUND Melbourne Lic
Page 11 and 12: The hearing was held at the Melbour
Page 13 and 14: (ii) deal effectively with breaches
Page 15 and 16: (d) the capacity of the applicant t
Page 17 and 18: An understanding of the other broad
Page 19 and 20: In determining the meaning of capac
Page 21 and 22: CHAPTER 3: ASSESSMENT OF THE APPLIC
Page 23 and 24: Having considered the relative meri
Page 25 and 26: Country music community Nu Country
Page 27 and 28: 15 years of age. The survey found t
Page 29 and 30: oadcasts one hour (Evenings with Jo
Page 31 and 32: 3RRR is youth and student focussed,
Page 33 and 34: In its application, CBL stated that
Page 35 and 36: Members of JOY’s Board have exper
Page 37 and 38: New-Gen Radio Inc Full membership o
Page 39 and 40: All of the current office bearers o
Page 41 and 42: Whilst VMCIS’s Rules do not restr
Page 43 and 44: These estimates contrast with the p
Page 45 and 46: Technical capacity On the basis of
Page 47 and 48: terms of age, gender, cultural ethn
Page 49 and 50: • to be informed about access to
Page 51 and 52: Community Broadcasting Code of Prac
Page 53 and 54: Nu Country’s proposed programming
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The South Eastern Indigenous Media
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content, regulate program productio
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Conclusion Having considered the ma
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The ABA notes that the majority of
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The ABA notes that there has been a
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concerns that the small membership
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Which licence should be allocated t
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strong indication that the majority
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the Melbourne licence area to serve
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purposes; have attained the age of
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In view of the lack of details rega
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MELBOURNE CITY LICENCE Executive Su
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Dance music community KISS FM has d
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programs, most notably 12 hours eve
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with programming, technical matters
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Pulse FM is managed by a committee
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training committee will be establis
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At the licence allocation hearing,
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Other programs include focusing on
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VMCIS intends to provide a service
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Whilst JOY referred to figures prov
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music. Although there is some count
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3CCFM also indicated that Chai Fong
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In the ABA’s view, City FM has no
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3AC’s program content includes in
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3CCFM ASOCIATION INCORPORATED [3CCF
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CATHOLIC BROADCASTING LTD [CBL] CBL
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CBL estimates it has $750,000 to es
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City FM has spent a total of $59,16
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with membership, programming and un
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HOT FM CURRENT CHART RADIO INCORPOR
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membership fees of $40,000, CD sale
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As of 16 July 2001, JOY had 1,867 i
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KISS FM INCORPORATED [KISS FM] KISS
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Its operational costs are estimated
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Laugh Radio believes that there is
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MELBOURNE GOSPEL RADIO INCORPORATED
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MGR has conducted 12 temporary comm
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Pulse FM believes that there is a n
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will continue to monitor such needs
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at the members’ meetings, standin
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RADIO 3SA SUBURBAN RADIO INCORPORAT
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individuals (57), businesses (17),
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STUDENT YOUTH NETWORK INCORPORATED
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from the DEET and intends to approa
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epresentatives of these organisatio
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THE VICTORIAN MUSLIM COMMUNITY INFO
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VMCIS has two operational studios w
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Triple Seven provides details of th
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APPENDIX B Census data relating to
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APPENDIX C Census data relating to
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APPENDIX D Existing broadcasting se
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3LO (774 kHz) 3ABCFM (105.9 MHz) Me
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3WBC (94.1 MHz) Camberwell 3WYN (88
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CODE NO. 2 Guidelines for general p
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(b) not less that 10% Australian mu
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CODE No 7 Handling complaints The p
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APPENDIX F Application for a commun
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Section 1 - Licence details * Pleas
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Section 3 - Company status 12. Prov
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Section 4 - Previous temporary broa
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Community participation 37. In what
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Section 6 - Capacity to provide the
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54. Provide details of services, fa
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Staffing details 67. Provide a tota
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Section 8 - Other matters 75. (i) P
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