Can’t say I’m surprised. The whole thing is a mess down there.
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OMG that was an entertaining read. ACMA certainly didn’t hold back.
Me neither. It was only a matter of time & probably deservingly of the criticism given what I’ve heard on-air & the reports read here about them in this forum. One wonders why they bother? Perhaps the guy behind CAMS/WHCR should consider a LPON or a hobby HPON SW broadcast licence to play with? Those licences, or more likely the later, might be more in keeping with his interests rather than a (temporary) FM community broadcast licence.
What do others think?
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No, the guy should have nothing, he is a fraud, and at present he’s got a large number of LPONs in his name, simply for hoarding them. I say this has been a good kick up the preverbial for Mr Joseph Safi. I’m pulling no punches; being frank, because the government, ACMA, and nor anybody else seem to not want to do anything about this situation, so I’m not affraid to call this slimy grub out on his questionable activities.
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ACMA have now officially called for applicants to apply for the full time licence in the Windsor RA1 area.
Hopefully all this mess and drama will be over and done with soon.
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It should never, ever have gotten into the mess in the first place. Community radio can be a nasty business.
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Is StarterFM going for it?
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We will see, we want to be apart of the scene not matter what, so we are looking into our options, stay tuned 
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Good luck!
WOW Hawkesbury Radio the second time breached, they lost their licence then another breach
for the same thing as a temporary licence holder. Bloody ridiculous.
Breach of paragraph 9(2)(c)(i) [the licensee will encourage
community participation in the operations of the service]
https://www.acma.gov.au/sites/default/files/2022-04/BI-564-Hawkesbury-Radio-Investigation-report.pdf
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I wonder if this breach will affect their chances of gaining a permanent licence?
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Starter FM & Hawkesbury Radio with the help of the CBAA is conducting a 5min survey on the current status of community broadcasting in the Hawkesbury area.
Click the link below to have your say.
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Looks like a good survey. I don’t think I should do the survey as I don’t live in the region… But good initiative !
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@RFBurns Sad to read planning to move to Mt Elliot isn’t happening now. What’s happened to result in this decision?
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Too difficult to make happen.
ACMA have already told us don’t ask for a power increase, it won’t be approved, not going to happen, & we’re having enough difficulty to get ACMA to agree with a change in frequency at the current Somesby transmission site.
Things happen slowly or not at all with ACMA, unless you’re a commercial station.
It literally took HOPE 103.2 Sydney, 2.5 years to get ACMA to approve them being able to use the main FM (commercial) antenna 20m higher up the Artarmon tower, as an alternate during tower works (Station 2 on their licence).
Who knows how long (if ever) it’ll take to get ACMA to agree with a frequency change for CoastFM?
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That’s extremely frustrating for you, the board, members, sponsors and audience.
A realistic outlook too.
Perhaps the new local MPs within the govt could more persuasively lobby ACMA?
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Surprising the local pollies don’t view community radio stations like they do other community groups or schools/churches, that is, a rich source of votes in a local area. I have to admit I’m not familiar with community radio myself, but do the local MPs/Councillors ever get involved much, either promoting themselves on-air or with the organisations behind the stations?
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I heard a bit of 2WAY FMs history on 103.9 whilst in Port Macquarie today.
They have been on air for nearly 30 years, and the announcer recalled some of the options that were floated for the stations name back in 1992.
Among them were 2HCR (Hastings Community Radio). One of the less popular options was 2HCE, because it seemed a bit like the word "touche’. 2WAY got the nod because it was the most popular.
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Hawkesbury Aspirant Community broadcaster; Harmony FM had a small segment today shortly after noon where the local Mayor was interviewed.
Another aspirant Pulse FM (from same area) was heard with a much longer program with the announcer chatting with local gov or VIPs, mainly focused on the floods & local events a couple of weeks ago.
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Speaking of a community radio station turning 30 this year, Coast FM on the Central Coast are celebrating their 30th birthday this month, in which they commenced full-time transmissions as 2CCC before becoming known on-air as Coast FM in 2006. 2CCC is still being used as the station’s callsign.
From their Facebook page:
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