{"id":1482,"date":"2025-06-06T10:27:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T00:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/?p=1482"},"modified":"2025-06-06T10:27:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T00:27:11","slug":"remaking-the-lpon-allocation-determination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/06\/06\/remaking-the-lpon-allocation-determination\/","title":{"rendered":"Remaking the LPON allocation determination"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"the-issue\">The issue<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;Radiocommunications&nbsp;(Allocation of Transmitter Licences \u2013 Low Power Open Narrowcasting Licences) Determination 2015 is due to sunset on 1 October 2025. The instrument sets out a price-based allocation system for the allocation of transmitter licences for low power open narrowcasting (LPON) services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LPON services are an important part of the diversity of broadcasting available. They usually serve audiences with niche or local community interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our view is that the determination is operating effectively. We plan to remake the instrument before the sunset date, with minor changes to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>provide more flexibility around the bidding and auction process<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>make minor formatting and drafting changes to modernise and update the instrument.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You can access details of our proposal in the consultation paper. The draft&nbsp;Radiocommunications&nbsp;(Allocation of Transmitter Licences \u2013 Low Power Open Narrowcasting Licences) Determination 2025 is also available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"have-your-say\">Have your say<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We invite your feedback about the proposals in this consultation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click the \u2018Upload submission\u2019 button at the top of this page to send us your views. You can send submissions by post using the details in the consultation paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"publication-of-submissions\">Publication of submissions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Read about the ACMA\u2019s policy regarding the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.acma.gov.au\/node\/350\">publication of submissions<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The issue The&nbsp;Radiocommunications&nbsp;(Allocation of Transmitter Licences \u2013 Low Power Open Narrowcasting Licences) Determination 2015 is due to sunset on 1 October 2025. The instrument sets out a price-based allocation system for the allocation of transmitter licences for low power open narrowcasting (LPON) services. LPON services are an important part of the diversity of broadcasting available. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/06\/06\/remaking-the-lpon-allocation-determination\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Remaking the LPON allocation determination&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1482"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1483,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1482\/revisions\/1483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}