The ABA has decided not to allocate a community radio licence in Lithgow, News South Wales at this time.

The ABA sought applications for the licence in September 2002 and the sole applicant was Lithgow Community Broadcasters Incorporated. Lithgow Community Broadcasters Incorporated proposed to serve the mature and senior citizen community of the Lithgow licence area.

The ABA has decided that in 12 months it will review the situation, with a view to readvertising the availability of the licence. During the intervening period the ABA is encouraging the applicant to operate a temporary service to develop its capacity.

Until such time as the ABA reviews the temporary licence service and reconsiders a permanent allocation, the channel set aside for this licence (90.5 MHz) will be made available for temporary community broadcasting.