Proposal to vary the Perth and Remote Western Australia radio licence area plans

The initial consultation on our proposal to vary the Perth and Remote Western Australian licence area plans closed on 26 September 2025.

A request has since been made to consider a proposal to change the radiation pattern for the 6SEN community radio broadcasting service as part of the process to facilitate the conversion of the 6WF national service from AM to FM. 

We have now published an addendum to the consultation paper, which provides a summary of this proposal. You can access this in the key documents section above. 

The new closing date for submissions is 5 pm (AEDT), Friday 17 October 2025. Please click on the ‘Upload submission’ button to send us your views. 

We are setting out proposals to make technical changes to radio services planned in the Perth and Remote WA licence area plans. This will help facilitate the conversion of 3 ABC national services from AM to FM, among other matters. The changes include:

• Enabling the ABC national services 6WF and 6RN to convert from AM to FM.
• Enabling the ABC national service 6PB to broadcast on both AM and FM.
• Making technical changes to the community broadcasting service 6SEN in Perth, the community broadcasting service 6KCR in Kalamunda, and the commercial broadcasting service 6FMS in Lancelin and Leeman to facilitate the conversion of the 6WF service to FM.
• Making technical changes to the high-powered open narrowcasting service broadcasting on 103.3 MHz in Perth to facilitate the conversions of 6RN to FM.
• Making technical changes to the commercial broadcasting service 6SAT in Lancelin and Leeman to facilitate 6PB to broadcast in FM.  
• Making spectrum available for a new community radio broadcasting service to serve the Swan area in Perth.
• Other technical changes and minor amendments to reflect the operating conditions of services planned in the Perth licence area plan.