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Call signs are regulated internationally by the ITU as well as nationally by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) which is Australia's regulator for broadcasting, administering spectrum use through the provisions of the Radio-communications Act 1992.
Bankstown–Auburn Community Radio Inc (ACMA call sign CONNECT FM 100.9) is a community radio station broadcasting on 100.9 FM from Padstow, New South Wales.The licensed broadcast area covers Silverwater to Picnic Point, Villawood to Mount Lewis in Sydney, New South Wales.
In 2023 the regulator (ACMA) took over responsibility for amateur radio examinations, using a network of accredited volunteer assessors. ACMA issues call signs to successful candidates. The Australian Maritime College (AMC) now has no involvement with amateur radio examination or call sign allocation.
Call signs in Australia do not include ITU prefixes. If one is required, "VL" is used. So, for example, GTV in an international context would actually be "VLGTV". With the onset of aggregation in regional areas and digital television, the call signs do not retain the meaning that they did in the past. Stations will sometimes change frequency ...
Changed call to 3RN in 1991 3RN: National 3AR: Melbourne: 0 621 AM Changed call to 3RN in 1991 3RN: National 3BA: Ballarat: 1314 AM Moved to FM in 1998 as 3RBA: 3BT: Commercial 3BO: Bendigo: 0 945 AM Moved to FM in 1993 as 3BBO: 3UZ (HPON) Commercial 3CCC: Bendigo: 0 89.5 FM Moved to 101.5 MHz and changed call to 3BBS in 2010 3PNN: Community ...
In South America call signs have been a traditional way of identifying radio and TV stations. Some stations still broadcast their call signs a few times a day, but this practice is becoming very rare. Argentinian broadcast call signs consist of two or three letters followed by multiple numbers, the second and third letters indicating region.
Call signs almost always have one of the following forms: PNS, 1×1 call sign usually for a special event, the prefix is always a single letter character, as is the suffix. Can only be assigned in the B, F, G, I, K, M, N, R, or W prefix range. (See discussion on the D9K call sign issued by Korea above – 'when 2 characters are needed'.)
Lofty 88.9 (ACMA call sign 5LCM [1]) is a community radio station based in Mount Barker, South Australia, named in reference to its location in the Mount Lofty Ranges. The station operates in Peramangk country and is staffed entirely by volunteers.