If SEN we’re entering/keeping a music network then I’m sure they would’ve also kept 3MP as a music station to accompany 2CH and 6EL.
Now there’s a nice music network opportunity to sell to Capital Radio Network.
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What’s Next for SEN? acquire 4KQ’s 693am Frequency and SENQ comes on the air???
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Coming in September
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ARN could convert 4KQ to FM and pass off the 693 kHz frequency.
What about 1197 which was the old Switch?
3MP has already been sold to Ace!
The ACMA database shows they own both, with the licences starting “The licensee has agreed to accept and manage any adjacent channel interference” from the adjacent licence. They are about 32 kms from each other, according to Google maps. Would this be a problem?
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No they can’t, there’s no FM licences available unless they buy out a competitor or change 97.3, which isn’t going to happen.
That’s a community license so wouldn’t be suitable
You’re kidding? Look at what ACE have done to their current assets before getting too excited about acquisitions.
It’s duplication turing a transition, it will revert to one when legacy players withdraw.
Yes, another mistake. Does it breach an ASX listing rule?
Just keep them away from FM assets with their engineering mess in both Cooma and Goulburn LAPs.
@littlegezzybear what website presents the transmitter data that way? Looks better than what ACMA had been using.
@Brianc68 SEN bought/announced an agreement to acquire the Gumnut Nominees licences in mid 2019, Vision Christian had a contract to broadcast for 18 - 24 mths, perfect timing until SEN is ready for their own program.
Interesting that SEN can convince Gumnutt/Rete Italia to relinquish their broadcasts in Melbourne on 1593. It’s licensed for 80km radius. The Italians are seemingly reducing their presence.
Will 3AW newsreader Tony Tardio be heard on Fridays in Melbourne reading news in Italian in the morning and English in the afternoon?
Yet ACMA has not offered any allocations to convert and if it’s ever going to happen, the process is delayed whilst the licensees bicker about reallocation.
Still on air as youth community radio. Unsuitable for high power Brisbane RA1 coverage.
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The 1620am Frequency is SEN SA for Adelaide’s Northern Suburbs and Gawler.
Seams is a little preemptive for Pacific Star to announce the possible purchase of the (Radio Italia) frequencies of: 1539kHz (Syd), 1593 (Melb) & 90.7 FM (Darwin) if the transaction is only in negotiation stages atm; as I read from the ASX release.
Reading further from the ASX release it appears the transaction will occur if the debt funding is secured by end of June & terms agreed to, so transaction can be finalised by July 1st. Guessing that Pacific Star must be fairly confident that transaction will occur.
Wonder if there will be further Rete Italia radio TX asset/licence sell-offs further down the track?
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How @TheStyles83?
The current location is in the south of Adelaide, another factory roof job, this time Southern Timber. It’s beyond O’Halloran Hill, so most long time Adeladians would say that’s out of town, the ever growing ‘satellite’ city of Noarlunga within the City of Onkaparinga is a large population base.
Draw the radii of the two sites, Regency Park and Lonsdale. Both sites are needed for coverage of the Adel metro area. They need to be brought closer if anything.
@ozbark good analysis, seems to be Craig’s way for this entire expansion process. All parties would want to be well informed as to what is planned to be released to remove ramifications of the preemptive nature of announcements.
Not PNWs mistake, their release is correct. The mistake is in the Radio Info analysis - we should expect better from an industry site.
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Isn’t it 1629am?
I reformatted it.
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I’m not kidding! Have you seen what Crocmedia have done to SEN and 3MP since owning them? Six stations (2 AM and 4 DAB+) were broadcasting the exact same program this morning. Whatever ACE does it’s got to be an improvement! With previous ownership at least there was a diversity of programming and hopefully there will be in the future.
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I thought Switch/Youth Radio went off air.
Back in 1990 4BK vacated and 4RPH started. In 1991 in Perth, 6PM vacated and community station 6RPH started. Surely it wouldn’t be too hard to re-licence from community to commercial if the channel is available.
A condition of the metro AM to FM conversions in the early 1990s was that the AM stations had to give their AM transmission facilities to the government so that they could be used for the RPH stations and for ABC parliamentary broadcasts. The implementation departed from that slightly, eg. 1107 AM in Sydney went to SBS instead of the ABC, but that was the policy iirc.
It didn’t set a precedent.
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That’s not entirely correct, they had to give their AM licence back to ACMA or the ABA as I think it was then, but they didn’t have to hand over the transmission facility, & they didn’t have to be used for ABCPB or RPH.
Quite a number of the old AM’s became HPON’s, in Wollongong, Gosford, Newcastle etc. that could be used by anyone.
Gosford stayed dark for quite a while before someone took it over, & 2GO retained ownership & maintenance of the AM site, until they sold it at a much later date, (I think under SCA ownership).
The 2KO site in Newcastle was dark for a little while, & they retained ownership, but it was then sold to Broadcast Australia & became used for SBS.
The 2NX site in Newcastle was reused by 2KY/SKY Racing quite quickly & 2NX retained ownership & operation of that site for many years before selling it (late 90’s maybe even early 2000’s, like 2GO under SCA ownership).
I think it was similar in Wollongong with the 2OO & 2WL sites, except the 2WL site was sold to BA as well, to be used as an HPON by 2KY/SKY Racing.
Sydney & I think Brisbane happened kinda like you said, I think Melbourne happened differently to that again, & I can’t remember what happened with the Gold & Sunshine Coasts?
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I was specifically referring to the commercial AM to FM conversions in the early 1990s in the metro areas, as the comment I was replying to referenced that.
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Yes, but I don’t think they actually happened like that, Sydney 1107 went to SBS not ABC, Melbourne I think did work out as the government wanted, not sure about Adelaide & Perth, Brisbane only 4BK converted & 1296 went to 4RPH did any others convert in Brisbane I can’t think of another one?
As stated in the article, there were no bids for conversion in Sydney, the Governments plan didn’t work & I believe was changed?
I also think part of 2WS’s deal was a Sydney wide FM licence from the Artarmon/Willoughby area, not just a West Sydney licence conversion, & after these changes, Sydney bids & conversions came in, had of 2WS not been granted a Sydney wide FM licence I don’t think they would’ve bid for FM conversion?
That’s also why I believe there was no precedence set, it didn’t work 1st time around, so was dropped for subsequent tries.
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