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** AUSTRALIA. Hi Glen[n], There is a number of AM to FM conversions happening
in Australia. The following AM stations have already migrated - (sorry if
some station info is missing - I'm just giving basic details to let DXers know
which AM allocations are gone or are soon to go). Some conversions are just in
the preparation stage (ACMA submissions) e.g. for 6VA Albany, 2AD Armidale, 2TM
Tamworth (to name a few). Some will be just frequency swaps with the local TAB
horse racing outlets which will move their service to the AM frequency now in
use by the commercial broadcaster.
Many allocations will be a messy affair due to the ACMA's poor spectrum
planning from times past. It will require shuffling a number of existing
stations or translators. They just should have stuck to the AM to FM conversion
process they started in the late 80s instead of giving stations supplementary
commercial FM licenses & back when there were plenty of FM frequencies
available --- unlike now --- before all the community, ABC & narrowcast
licenses came on air.
WA -
(Spirit radio) Karratha 1260 kHz now 102.5,
Exmouth 747 kHz now 102.9,
Paraburdoo 765 kHz now 94.1,
Tom Price (Red-FM) 747 kHz now 96.1,
(1089 kHz Collie went a couple of years ago & is now on 101.3)
VIC -
3YB Warnambool 882 kHz swapped with the 3RPH outlet on 94.5. So 882 kHz stays
on air but is now 3RPH.
Other stations set for conversion from AM to FM in 2018/2019:
NSW -
2BS Bathurst (1503 kHz) most likely 95.1 FM,
2XL Cooma (918 kHz), 2GN Goulburn (1368 kHz), 2LT Lithgow (900 kHz), 2LM
Lismore (900 kHz). [FM to be unknown?]
2BH Broken Hill was offered FM but elected to stay on AM (567 kHz).
TAS - 7BU Burnie (558 kHz) to 100.9 FM,
7AD Devonport (900 kHz) to 98.9 FM.
7SD will also convert but will keep 540 kHz.
Note that 837 kHz Queenstown TAS is long gone (92.1 FM).
WA -
6MM (1116 kHz) to 91.7 FM.
(Geoff Wolfe - Numeralla NSW Australia, July 22, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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