Hills Radio set for closure
By Jonas Lopez in Media News on Tuesday, 22nd September 2020 at 11:35amMt Barker, SA station Hills Radio 88.9FM is now marked for closure, effective 30 September.
The closure was made official after the ACMA awarded Lofty Community Media Inc the long-term community radio broadcasting licence for the 88.9FM frequency.
Hills Radio started airing in 2014, but has shared the frequency with Lofty since November 2018.
Formal applications for the full licence covering Mt Barker, however, have been filed with ACMA since October last year and Hills Radio were asked to detail to ACMA their business and coverage model.
“...in making its decision ACMA considered the extent to which the proposed services would meet the needs of the local community, and the capacity of the applicants to provide the proposed service. It considers that community p...
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