The Australian Communications and Media Authority has found that Townsville Community Broadcasting Company Limited, the licensee of community radio station 4TTT Townsville, breached its licence conditions by broadcasting advertisements and by exceeding its hourly limit on sponsorship announcements.

On 21 May 2007, ACMA received a complaint about the broadcast of advertisement and sponsorship announcements on 4TTT.
Additionally, the complainant alleged that 4TTT was not continuing to represent the community interest in line with its licence obligations. However, the investigation found that the licensee was meeting its obligations in this regard.

ACMA’s investigation found that 4TTT broadcast advertisements on 6, 7 and 8 March 2007 and that it broadcast sponsorship announcements in excess of the five minute per hour limit on 7 and 8 March 2007. However, as the licensee has already taken appropriate measures to ensure its obligations under the Broadcasting Services Act are met, ACMA is not proposing to take action at this time.