The NTC Radio Network has received Development Approval for the erection of a radio tower in the Central West township of Dubbo in New South Wales and will launch on August 5th.

NTC General Manager Gary Evans says the development approval process has taken nearly one year now “and when you take into account EMR (Electro Magnetic Radiation) issues which must be addressed along with planning issues for huge radio towers it hasn’t been an easy road.”

NTC Spent nearly eighteen months recently battling Bathurst City Council after Council granted it a license on its own land to erect a radio tower, only to refuse the associated Development Application after complaints from Ron Camplin of 2BS.

Evans says: “if anything we’ve pushed 2BS to raise their standard of programming for the City. We are also unaware of any staff from 2BS being retrenched yet as a result of our service, which is being received very well in the Bathurst and Oberon areas.”

Evans describes Dubbo as “a major hub in the New South Wales Central West… we have regarded this hub as being fundamental to our already large coverage area which now includes Tamworth, Bathurst, Armidale and Sydney.”

Evans says a number of Development Applications have now been lodged with other Councils in Queensland and New South Wales. With major infrastructure now in place NTC “is in a position to build towers as soon as these Development Applications are approved.”

Radio 16 NTC “the best mix in the country” broadcasts using the frequencies on the top of the AM Band of 1611 kHz, and 1620 kHz and 1629 kHz across these areas.

The NTC Network specializes in a broad sounding commercial Country Music format with Country lifestyle programming including News and Talk targeted mainly to regional Australians.

“With the inclusion of Dubbo in the planned 48-station network it will already make NTC the biggest Country Music Network in Australia,” says Evans.