Community Broadcasting Association of Australia VP Melanie Withnall is stepping down from the role following her June appointment as Manager of ABC Radio Sydney. 

 

Board President Phillip Randall shared the below on behalf of the rest of the board, CEO Jon Bisset and staff at the CBAA:

10% increase on last survey wave. 

Australia’s only LGBTI+ radio station, JOY Melbourne has posted its third consecutive audience increase, with growth of 19% taking its monthly listenership to 470,000, according to the latest McNair national listener survey.

Twelve new categories added for 2018.

An annual showcase of work by new and emerging Australian community radio producers.

CBAA partners with PBS for a national live broadcast. 

The news comes one month after AMRAP vacated the CBAA offices. 

Last month radioinfo reported that staff at the community broadcasting sector's Australian Music Radio Airplay Project (AMRAP) staged an 'intervention' and took over the AIRIT airplay website in an attempt to force the CBAA to back down on a proposed restructure, which AMRAP says would spread its members across numerous CBAA departments. 

AMRAP staff who have gone out on their own in an attempt to stop a restructure of the project have released another video today focusing on the funding and governance model of the Australian Music Airplay Project.

Staff at the community broadcasting sector's Australian Music Radio Airplay Project (AMRAP) have staged an "intervention" and taken over the AIRIT airplay website in an attempt to force the CBAA to back down on a proposed restructure.

AMRAP Manager Chris Johnson and his staff have left the CBAA offices and taken over the AMRAP website, posting details of their campaign and a video explaining their action.