CBAA’s Submission to the Australian Government’s Community Broadcasting Sustainability Review
Consultation on the Australian Government’s Community Broadcasting Sustainability Review closed last week. Thanks to all of the community broadcasters that attended consultations sessions, made a submission or opened up their stations to the Department officials throughout the consultations. The Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts (DITRDCA) will not review all verbal and written submissions with the aim of publishing a review document with recommended actions and outcomes. CBAA will continue to work with the Department throughout this process. We hope to achieve a positive outcome for Broadcasters this year.
CBAA’s Submission to the Australian Government’s Community Broadcasting Sustainability Review builds on the vision of the Roadmap 2033 and the views expressed to us by stations throughout the process. As a priority, the CBAA is seeking an immediate and substantially increased funding allocation for community broadcasters to deliver Roadmap 2033: Community Broadcasting’s plan for greater impact in every Australian Community (Roadmap 2033). We are asking for more funding for station operations, workforce development, specialist content and projects to achieve community outcomes. Our submission also covers the structure and funding of the Community Broadcasting Program (CBP) and Indigenous Broadcasting and Media Program (IMBP) as well as legislation, regulation, and the activity of the regulator (the ACMA). We are urging the Government to work with the sector on legislative and regulatory reforms which will create a clearer and more consistent framework for broadcasters to reduce administration, increase business certainty, enable operational flexibility and efficiency, expand services and increase opportunities to develop alternative sources of income.
If it all still runs as a non-profit entity and doesn’t return a profit to members, it’s still non-commercial. Community Radio needs to take local news seriously. Good to see some stations having a go.
2MWM now seems to come in over Vintage FM on 88.7 MHz at my location on my TEF servers, but the volume sounds very low compared to other stations. Can anyone who has better reception of 2MWM on 88.7 confirm whether it’s just a reception issue? Or is it a an issue at the transmitter?
Cabinet approved licenses for the three oldest community radio stations; Music Broadcasting Society of NSW (2MBS) , Music Broadcasting Society of Victoria (3MBS) and The University of Adelaide (5UV/ Radio Adelaide).
In 1975, the subsequent Labor Minister for the Media Dr Moss Cass, expanded the community broadcasting licences (then known as experimental licences) to add an additional 12:
1. University of New England (2ARM-FM) 2. University of Newcastle (2NUR-FM) 3. University of Queensland Union (4ZZZ-FM) 4. Australian National University Student Union (2XX) 5. Mitchell College of Advanced Education (2MCE-FM) 6. Western Australian Institute of Technology (6NR) 7. Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (3RMT-FM) 8. Darling Downs Institute of Advanced Education (4DDB-FM) 9. Tasmanian College of Advanced Education (7CAE-FM) 10. Northern Rivers College of Advanced Education (2NCR-FM) 11. The University of Western Australia (6UWA-FM) 12. Gippsland Institute of Advanced Education (3GCR-FM)
Just the three callsigns not in use today; Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (3RMT-FM) Tasmanian College of Advanced Education (7CAE-FM) The University of Western Australia (6UWA-FM)
How did these evolve or unwind in relation to callsigns & groups?
Winners of the 2024 Excellence in Media Awards have been announced at CONNECT24 on the Gold Coast.
The Excellence in Media Awards acknowledges the vision, passion, skill and effort of people and organisations seeking to share the hope of Jesus through media and the arts.
The 2024 awards were announced at the Official Ceremony including Dinner, Special Appearances and Live Entertainment as part of the CONNECT24 Conference, on the evening of September 24th at QT Hotel, Gold Coast.
Thought people may find the info below interesting. It’s from Todd Sergeant, breakfast host and CD of 2NUR Newcastle.
Hi friends, I wanted to jump on with some information about 2NURFM Gifting Day today.
I get asked questions all the time about why 2NURFM asks for donations and why we need them.
As a Community Radio Station we are only allowed to play 5 minutes of sponsorship content per hour, which although certainly helps, it doesn’t cover the day to day running and repair costs of 2NURFM, for example did you know it costs us $55,000 a year to play the music we play, transmitter site rental is $28,000 and membership fees to the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia is $36,000 and that’s just the start.
So, that’s a little of what it costs to keep your favourite radio station alive and well.
I know times are tight at the moment, if you can financially support us, every little bit helps, if not that’s OK, but I wanted to explain a little more. Click the link below if you want to help out.
Up until a few weeks ago Vintage FM would dominate 88.7 MHz on my TEF servers but then 2MWM took over and it’s been that way since then. Then just today, 2MWM on 90.3 MHz has started being receivable on my TEF2 server also. Does anyone know if they’ve done some work on their transmitters? Or if it’s just atmospheric conditions?
Both 88.7 and 90.3 sound very quiet though, compared to stations on neighbouring frequencies.
Possibly that as I don’t encounter these variations.
Or another thought; don’t be surprised if it’s construction cranes between you & the TXers that’s causing these reception anomalies.
And better music too… still those annoying sponsorship messages on RDS though. I’m wondering if thats a contravention of their licence considering its only supposed to be 5 mins an hour of “sponsor messages”
No idea - my bet would be iHeart either invested or owns some form of stake, but what do I know.
Thought I’d ask around to see if any (actual) MS Veterans have any idea.
They don’t have the board members or annual reports on their website, and their ACNC registration was revoked years ago (so there’s no annual statement available).
That being said, iHeart (or any other commercial entity) can’t take over a community station.
