In a keynote speech at today’s CBAA Conference, Fiona Nash Minister for Regional Communications told broadcasters, “I’m a very big supporter of community radio. I’m very conscious of the importance of Community Radio in our rural communities.”
The Community Broadcasting Association's annual conference has begun in Melbourne.
At a sunset function by the Yarra River, community radio broadcasters from all over Australia converged for three days of discussion, training and planning sessions about the community broadcasting sector.
Applications for the current round of CRN Segments (4) are closing on 30 September.
Segments is a content development initiative and an opportunity for community radio producers to create a short content series for national distribution via the Community Radio Network, and be paid for their work.
Thousands of community radio listeners, volunteers and supporters have petitioned against the Coalition Government’s decision to cut $1.4 million per annum to the sector’s digital service.
The Keep Community Radio now has over 52,000 signatures.
The Day of Action, #keepcommunity radio trended on Twitter and almost 90,000 people were talking about it on Facebook.
With just a few weeks until the election the campaign continues with a focus directly on MPs in marginal seats.
Labor has outlined it's commitment to community radio in an election campaign funding announcement today.
It comes as the CBAA begins its campaign to "Keep the Community in Radio" to restore digital radio transmission funding, to ensure that community radio is not trapped in an analog ghetto while other broadcasters go digital.
That campaign follows the announcement of cuts to community digital radio funding in the Federal Government's recent budget.
What does positive change look like and how can it be led successfully? Who is holding back change in your station and who is driving it forward?
This year’s CBAA Conference will see Holly Ransom take the stage to explore the state of flux we find ourselves in and the challenges that change poses to us as community broadcasters, as not for profit organisations and as a sector that plays such a huge role in nurturing Australia’s open society, strong democracy and vibrant culture
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