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New local content licence condition for regional commercial radio

The Australian Communications and Media Authority has imposed an additional licence condition on regional commercial radio broadcasters that requires them to broadcast specific levels of local content from 1 January 2008.

The condition requires regional commercial radio broadcasting licensees (licensees) to broadcast from 1 January 2008 the applicable number of hours of local content (‘material of local significance’) between 5 am and 8 pm on business days. The applicable number of hours is three hours for most licences but some classes of licence have a lesser requirement.
The key features of the condition are:

the requirement for licensees to broadcast the applicable number of hours of material of local significance on business days;
the definition of ‘material of local significance’ as material that is hosted in, produced in or relates to the licence area. The definition includes advertisements (capped at 25 per cent) and the minimum service standards for local news and information that apply to licences affected by a trigger event;
record-keeping and annual reporting requirements.
In finalising the condition, ACMA considered representations made by licensees on a proposed licence condition. Significant changes from the proposed licence condition include replacing the requirement to keep written records with compliance statements and the inclusion of explanatory notes to clarify the ambit of material that ‘relates to’ a licence area.

ACMA imposed the condition as the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 requires ACMA to have a local content licence condition in force from 1 January 2008.

ACMA is sending a copy of the condition to all licensees. ACMA is also publishing a copy of the condition in the Gazette on 21 December and on ACMA’s website.