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Auction 11, Licences for FM sound broadcasting

Auction 11, Licences for FM sound broadcasting, was held on Tuesday 31 March 2009. Dunbar Sloane Limited conducted the auction at its premises in Wellington.

Auction 11 details

Licences comprising a Lot commenced on 1 July 2009 and expired on 2 April 2011. A Renewal Agreement was required to be entered into as a condition of settlement, and provided for a further licence for a 20 year period to be granted if the Licence was in continuous ongoing use. There were no restrictions on acquisition by parties holding normal commercial licences.

The licences were recorded in the Register of Radio Frequencies (the Register). Some of the licences were in the Planned category and these licences were registered and therefore publicly available.

Lot 11FM004 at Sugarloaf (106.5 MHz) had an upper unwanted emission limit that is slightly narrower than normal, in order to comply with the Adjacent Frequency Emission Limit of the Management Rights. Testing confirmed that modern transmission equipment was able to meet this requirement. Compliance with the requirement was the responsibility of the winning bidder.

Auction 11 results

Lot #	Licence ID	Licence number	Area	Transmit site	Freq (MHz)	Successful bid (incl. GST)	Bidder
11FM001	111922	211592	Bay of Plenty	Putauaki	93.7	$6,500	Radio Bay of Plenty Limited
11FM002	112510	211597	Bay of Plenty	Putauaki	104.9	$8,000	Rhema Broadcasting Group Incorp.
11FM003	126316	217260	Blenheim	Wither Hills	104.9	$50,000	Radioworks NZ Ltd
11FM004*	128200**		Christchurch	Sugarloaf	106.5	$420,000	The Radio Network
11FM005	112139	211604	Dunedin	Mt Cargill	106.2	$78,000	The Radio Network
11FM006	112086	211606	Gisborne	Wheaststone Rd	100.5	$17,000	Rhema Broadcasting Group Incorp.
11FM007	112088	211608	Gisborne	Wheaststone Rd	105.3	$11,000	Andrew Kirk
11FM008	112399	211612	Hawke Bay	Mt Erin	105.5	$26,000	Radioworks NZ Ltd
11FM009	112115	211616	Invercargill	Hedgehope	104.4	$75,000	Ian Cunningham
11FM010	126340	217261	Kaikoura	Kaikoura	100.3	$7,500	Out of the Blue FM Limited
11FM011***	126121	217262	National Park	National Park	90.4	$5,500	Tuwharetoa Māori Trust Board
11FM012***	112662	211620	Nelson	Grampians	100.2	$65,000	Radioworks NZ Ltd
11FM013	126321	217263	Oamaru	Cape Wanbrow	104.8	$12,000	Port FM Music Network
11FM014	126128	217264	Ohakune	Ohakune	106.2	$5,500	Entourage Broadcast Media Ltd
11FM015	112095	211624	Queenstown	Peninsula Hill	100.8	$32,000	Ian Cunningham
11FM016	112093	211626	Queenstown	Peninsula Hill	105.6	$32,000	Ian Cunningham
11FM017	112417	211630	Rotorua	Pukepoto	105.5	$80,000	Radioworks NZ Ltd
11FM018	123530	217268	Ruawai	Cates Road	104.2	$3,000	Rhema Broadcasting Group Incorp.
11FM019	112160	211641	Timaru	Mt Studholme	105.9	$4,000	Port FM Music Network
11FM020	126442	217265	Turangi	Karangahape	89.6	$9,000	Communications and Control Ltd
11FM021***	126073	217266	Waipuna	Waipuna	93.4	$37,000	Donald Meads
11FM022	112326	211643	Wairarapa	Otahoua	100.7	$11,000	Rhema Broadcasting Group Incorp.
11FM023	112325	211645	Wairarapa	Otahoua	105.5	$3,000	Radioworks NZ Ltd
11FM024	112349	211647	Wanganui	Shakespeare Rd	100.8	$15,000	Rhema Broadcasting Group Incorp.
11FM025	126139	217267	Whitianga	Red Hill	105.5	$28,000	Radioworks NZ Ltd

* Prospective bidders should note that the Upper Unwanted Emission Limit of Lot 11FM004 differs from the normal practice documented in Spectrum Licence Certification Rules for Crown Management Rights (PIB 39).

**This licence ID differs from the original licence ID.

***The frequency of the licence post-2011 will differ from the frequency of the initial licence before 2011.