23 November 1999

ABA to auction transmitter licences for open narrowcasting services in NSW

Tomorrow, 24 November 1999, the Australian Broadcasting Authority will conduct auction-style licence allocation exercises for eighteen transmitter licences to provide open narrowcasting services in Canberra, Newcastle, Wollongong and other regional centres in south east New South Wales.

The auctions will be held at the Australian Broadcasting Authority, Function Room, Level 16, 201 Sussex Street, Sydney. Registration of applicants and agents will commence at 8.30am, with the first auction expected to commence at 10.00am.

Members of the public are welcome to attend, however, only registered applicants may bid for the available licences.

By the advertised deadline of Friday 29 October 1999, the ABA had received 61 applications for the licences.

The identity of applicants for the licence is confidential, with only the identity of the highest bidder being announced at the completion of the auctions. There is a reserve price of $4,000 for each licence.

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