The CBAA is hosting a variety of free webinars in an effort to assist community radio stations struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
This Tuesday, our columnist Pat Bryson presents a webinar aimed at helping stations who are struggling to maintain sponsorship, and will offer tips on
 
• How stations can work with their communities
• Mitigate potential financial loss

The ACMA has released its Future delivery of radio report, that lays out its

Community radio stations are likely to play a vital role in connecting and informing listeners about COVID-19.

A Secondee recently placed at Koori Radio has today tested positive for COVID-19.
 
Gadigal Information Service, which operates Koori Radio, has acted quickly to enact a management plan where all staff who have been in contact with the infected patient have sought medical advice and taken action accordingly.
 
The Koori Radio offices will shut from Wednesday 11/03 until Monday 16/03 as staff take the precautionary step to self-isolate.
 

The CBAA is calling for applications from Australian community radio producers in the seventh annual instalment of the National Features and Documentary Series (NFDS).
 
Since 2013, the project has developed, showcased and distributed original work by emerging Australian community radio producers.
 
2019 winner, 2EAR FM’s Alice Ansara, says,"I sincerely appreciated the opportunity I was given, and I loved every challenging, excruciating moment of learning."
 

Frank Bonaccorso has been appointed to the full-time role of Director for National Radio News at Bathurst

Youth broadcaster, and community radio station, Edge Radio, will be allowed to provide a DAB+ digital radio service in Hobart despite being in the RA3 licence area for the city.

Digital radio services are usually identical to commercial radio licence areas, and, generally, for a community radio broadcasting licensee to be eligible to provide digital radio services, it must either hold an RA1 Licence for the planned relevant commercial radio licence area, or have its licence area deemed to be the same as the commercial radio licence area.