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Five sub-committees have been established and are responsible for programming, office volunteers, website, church and community relations, and technical matters. Members of the community may participate in the sub-committees by expressing an interest. At the licence allocation hearing, Triple Seven indicated that the committee of management appoints members to sub-committees as a matter of practicality, however anyone expressing an interest can become involved. An advisory council is also proposed consisting of church heads and welfare organisations for the purpose of identifying issues of interest to Triple Seven’s community interest. Triple Seven’s proposed statement of purposes refer to fostering interest and encouraging involvement of Christians in all aspects of radio including operations and management, and providing access to organisations which support and empower the frail, vulnerable, disadvantaged and marginalised. The service intends to encourage access and participation through focus groups, newsletters and open consultation with the committee of management. At least 80 volunteers were involved in Triple Seven’s most recent test broadcast. Volunteers are provided with a manual. Financial capacity Each of the eleven applicants has provided the ABA with a range of financial information relating to the operation of their services, including projections for income and expenditure for the first three years of operation. On the basis of the evidence before it, the ABA has concluded that each of the eleven applicants has the financial capacity to provide their proposed AM and/or FM services. The ABA has concerns however about the reliance of some of the applicants on one principal source of income, namely sponsorship, to fund their services. Hitz FM, Nu Country, JOY, SEIMA, SYN FM, Triple Seven and VMCIS have all provided what appear to the ABA to be reasonably conservative estimates of projected income in their first three years of operation. • Hitz FM: $715,231, $759,708, $804,254 • JOY: $490,000, $610,000, $660,000 • Nu Country: $610,200, $626,340, $626,340 • SEIMA: $564,703, $561,823, $543,620 • SYN FM: $620,000, $670,000, $703,500 • Triple Seven: $573,000, $657,900, $788,900 • VMCIS: $227,500, $248,500, $273,450 42
These estimates contrast with the projected income of KISS FM, New-Gen and CBL. KISS FM estimates $1.432m in its first year of operation rising to $1.729m and $1.813m in years two and three respectively. New-Gen estimates $2.027m in year one and $2.533m in years two and three. CBL estimates $1.186m in its first year of operation, $1.467m in year two and $1.747m in year three. KISS FM, New-Gen and CBL all estimate that the majority of their income will derive from sponsorship in each of their first three years of operation: 78% in the case of KISS FM, 95% in the case of New-Gen and 76-79% for CBL. Hitz FM, JOY, Nu Country and Triple Seven also estimate that sponsorship revenue will make up a large proportion of their income in the first three operational years: Hitz FM estimates 61-65%, JOY estimates 67-70%, Nu Country estimates 70-72%, and Triple Seven estimates 59-63%. The other major sources of projected income for these applicants in the first three years of operation are: • KISS FM: sale of airtime from outside broadcasts (13-14%), subscriptions (5- 6%), and CD royalties and miscellaneous sales (1% each); • New-Gen: CD sales (4-5%), promotions and fundraisers (1%), and membership subscriptions (0.4%); CBL – membership subscriptions (14-17%), donations and contra deals (3-4% each); • CBL: members’ subscriptions (17%), donations (3-4%) and government sources (3%); • Hitz FM: contra deals (22-25%), membership subscriptions and CD royalties (4% each), and promotions and fundraisers (3%); • JOY: membership subscriptions (15-16%), sale of airtime (4%-6%), and fundraising (3-4%); • Nu Country: membership fees (18%), major sponsors (4%), merchandise (3%) and events (2%); and • Triple Seven: member and subscriber fees (17-20%), donations (15-17%), and community and business sources (3-4%). In the case of VMCIS, membership subscriptions account for 52% of total income for the first three years of operation. Other major sources of income are sponsorship announcements (23-26%) and grants and donations (7-8% each). In each of its first three years of operation, SYN FM expects sale of air time to account for 23-26% of total income, with the other sources of income being sponsorship revenue (14-16%), membership fees (12-19%), sales (13-14%), grants (10-12%), community and corporate donations (7-8%), and promotions/fundraisers and hire of facilities (6% each). In its closing submission and at the licence allocation 43
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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
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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: Whilst VMCIS’s Rules do not restr
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
Page 55 and 56: The South Eastern Indigenous Media
Page 57 and 58: content, regulate program productio
Page 59 and 60: Conclusion Having considered the ma
Page 61 and 62: The ABA notes that the majority of
Page 63 and 64: The ABA notes that there has been a
Page 65 and 66: concerns that the small membership
Page 67 and 68: Which licence should be allocated t
Page 69 and 70: strong indication that the majority
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Page 73 and 74: purposes; have attained the age of
Page 75 and 76: In view of the lack of details rega
Page 77 and 78: MELBOURNE CITY LICENCE Executive Su
Page 79 and 80: Dance music community KISS FM has d
Page 81 and 82: programs, most notably 12 hours eve
Page 83 and 84: with programming, technical matters
Page 85 and 86: Pulse FM is managed by a committee
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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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