New community licences for Western Australia and Tasmania

5 February 2003 · News

The ABA has allocated a new community radio licence in Western Australia to Port Hedland Indigenous Media Aboriginal Corporation (PHIMAC), which will broadcast on FM 101.3.

PHIMAC is currently broadcasting on that frequency under a temporary community broadcasting licence that expires on 28 February 2003. The permanent community radio broadcasting licence will commence the next day.

The ABA has also allocated a new community licence for Break O’Day in north-eastern Tasmania to BOD FM Inc.

The Break O’Day station will broadcast on FM 93.7 in St Helens and FM 100.3 in St Marys. BOD FM is currently broadcasting on these frequencies under a temporary community broadcasting licence that expires on 28 February 2003, with the permanent licence beginning the next day.

The new stations were the only applicants for the licences.

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