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6 key AI and tech learnings from the CBAA Conference 2025

By CBAA Comms posted 7 days ago
Tea Uglow This year’s CBAA Conference in Nipaluna/Hobart featured two sessions about AI and technology: Practical AI for Community Radio - Tea Uglow (Business Advisor, AI & Emerging Tech, EP Australia) AI and Media: Opportunities, Challenges and Audience Trust – Dr Michael Davis (Research Fellow, University of Technology Sydney) The WA Tech Hub Showcase – Andrew Morris (Senior Manager, Technology & Digital Innovation, CBAA), Ben Menaglio (Technician), David Marshall (Harvey Community Radio) Here are 6 key takeaways from these three sessions. Practical AI for Community Radio Responsible use starts ...

POSITION: Co-Opted Board Member (Volunteer) - Finance, SYN Media, Melbourne, VIC

By CBAA Comms posted 8 days ago
About SYN SYN Media is a not-for-profit, youth-run media organisation based in Melbourne. We empower young people aged 12–25 to be creators, not just consumers of media. Through radio, podcasts, and digital platforms, SYN provides hands-on training and broadcast opportunities for hundreds of young volunteers each year. We broadcast 24/7 on 90.7FM, DAB+, and online, while delivering education programs and media workshops across Victoria. The Opportunity SYN is seeking to co-opt a new Board Member with strong financial literacy and experience in accounting, financial management, or governance. This voluntary role will help guide SYN’s strategic direction, ...

6 key sponsorship and fundraising learnings from the CBAA Conference 2025

By CBAA Comms posted 12 days ago
Adrian Sargeant and Stephen Stockwell This year’s CBAA Conference in Nipaluna/Hobart featured three sessions on fundraising and sponsorship: Opening Keynote – Adrian Sargeant (Research Director at Philanthropy and Fundraising International) Easy Station Sponsorship Strategies – Anthony Graham (Binjang Radio), Sue McLennan (MainFM), Steph Riddel (MainFM) The Next Step in Station Fundraising: Identifying and Engaging with Donors – Stephen Pyk (3MBS) Here are 6 key takeaways from these sessions. Opening Keynote 1. Use identity-based social proof to lift giving now and later When donors ...

REQUEST FOR TENDER: Broadcast Technologist, Sydney NSW

By CBAA Comms posted 20 days ago
The Community Broadcasting Association of Australia, together with four Sydney community radio stations, is calling for Expressions of Interest to tender for a Broadcast Technologist contract role. This is a chance for an experienced individual to support technical operations across several station sites in Sydney. The project builds on a successful model trialled in Western Australia where a shared technologist has strengthened technical resilience for stations in the south west. The Sydney initiative will follow a similar collaborative approach, with the contracted provider helping stations maintain and improve their technical infrastructure. This opportunity ...

Update your station’s profile – FAQs

By CBAA Comms posted 21 days ago
As always, December is when we ask you to update your station profile for us . This means we need you to provide your financial information for FY24/25 and review your key contacts. This information is critical to ensure we can : Rely on accurate operational and financial information to develop insights about the health of the sector - key to supporting our advocacy Communicate effectively with your station key office holders Inform product and member service priorities S et fair and transparent membership fees ...

POSITION: Station Manager, South Coast FM, Wonthaggi VIC

By CBAA Comms posted 21 days ago
South Coast FM (formerly 3mFM) is a community radio station and Registered Charity that broadcasts to over 10,000sq km of southern Victoria. We have been on air for over 35 years and have brand new studios in Wonthaggi and Mirboo North. We have presenters, employees, contractors, and a large number of skilled volunteers who maintain and operate the station. If you have great organizational abilities, experience in community-based organisations, an interest in media and a flair for creating new ways to communicate then you may be the person for the job! The position of Station Manager is part-time 30 hours per week and is based in our Studios at Wonthaggi, ...

NATIONAL CSAs: Suicide Prevention Project December 2025

By CBAA Comms posted 24 days ago
For play: 1-31 December 2025 Download CSAs The Community Broadcasting Association is pleased to welcome you to the December 2025 content of our national suicide prevention and mental health awareness project, developed with the support of the Australian Government Department of Health. Each month, our project team develops a series of 20 short radio segments designed to promote help-seeking behaviour and positive lifestyle choices, using interviews with service providers, as well as profiles of people who have successfully dealt with tough times in their lives. This month, we catch up with new R U OK? CEO Lachlan Searle to find out how we can ...

The Community Radio Plus summer competition is back again

By CBAA Comms posted 27 days ago
Win a $250 JB Hi-Fi voucher for your station! It's back! We're launching another Community Radio Plus competition just in time for summer. Play a package of professionally produced radio spots promoting listening to your station via the Community Radio Plus app, to go into the draw to win one of two $250 JB Hi-Fi vouchers . Simply play the new radio spots at least 21 times a week, with a minimum of 3 per day , throughout the competition period (Monday 8 December - Sunday 1 February). Reach your audience where they are Today, listeners are consuming content across a variety of devices and platforms. Your station needs to be available where ...

POSITION: Brekkie & Mornings Presenter, Crow FM, Wondai, QLD

By CBAA Comms posted 19-11-2025
About Crow FM CrowFM 90.7 is a not-for-profit community radio station, which broadcasts live and locally 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, within the South Burnett Region of Queensland (licence area: Wondai RA1). We’re committed to providing the South Burnett with a diversity of programming, that is entertaining and informative. A major focus being on local news, Australian content, sponsor information, sports, weather, community notices, updates from local emergency services and community groups and music based programming that meets the needs of our community. CrowFM prides itself on being an “inclusive” radio station that encourages community engagement. ...

NATIONAL CSAs: Suicide Prevention Project November 2025

By CBAA Comms posted 06-11-2025
For play: 1-30 November 2025 Download CSAs The Community Broadcasting Association is pleased to welcome you to the November 2025 content of our national suicide prevention and mental health awareness project, developed with the support of the Australian Government Department of Health. Each month, our project team develops a series of 20 short radio segments designed to promote help-seeking behaviour and positive lifestyle choices, using interviews with service providers, as well as profiles of people who have successfully dealt with tough times in their lives. This month, we look at some data from Beyond Blue’s Australia’s Mental Healthand Wellbeing ...

POSITION: Broadcast Operations and Content Coordinator, 3ZZZ, Brunswick, VIC

By CBAA Comms posted 05-11-2025
About the Role 3ZZZ, Australia’s largest ethnic community radio station, is seeking a skilled and motivated Broadcast Operations and Content Coordinator to support the delivery of high-quality, inclusive programming across all platforms. This is a 3-month contract for someone with strong technical know-how, creativity, and a passion for community broadcasting. You’ll help keep our broadcasts running smoothly, coordinate content workflows, and support our volunteers to produce programs that reflect Melbourne’s vibrant multicultural communities. 3ZZZ – Melbourne’s Multilingual Community Radio Station Location: Brunswick, VIC Salary: ...

National CSAs: Ausify AusMusicMonth

By CBAA Comms posted 31-10-2025
For play: 1-30 November 2025 Download CSAs The #AUSIFY campaign is running across November during AusMusicMonth to celebrate and support Australian music. Ausify is calling on you to discover and support local artists to take back your algorithm. It will be amplified through a collective effort of artists, managers, labels, promoters, festivals, venues and industry partners and bodies, including radio, streaming platforms and some of Australia’s favourite brands, to spread the #AUSIFY message nationwide. The campaign will celebrate hundreds of acts throughout November, highlighting the incredible diversity of this country’s music scene. ...

Learn more about the Community Radio Broadcasting Codes of Practice (2025)

By CBAA Comms posted 30-10-2025
The Community Radio Broadcasting Codes of Practice (2025) took effect on 1 July 2025. Developed by the community broadcasting sector in consultation with the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), the Codes reflect our collective commitment to high standards and strong community representation. The Codes cover essential areas of practice such as governance, diversity, emergency broadcasting, sponsorship, news and journalistic content, and First Nations engagement . All stations, regardless of CBAA membership status or their governing principles, are obligated to understand and follow the ...

Congratulations to the winnners of the 2025 CBAA Community Broadcasting Awards

By CBAA Comms posted 30-10-2025
The 2025 CBAA Conference in Nipaluna/Hobart has wrapped up and with it this year's Community Broadcasting Awards. As always they were hotly contested and an exciting opportunity to experience and celebrate the best of what Australian community broadcasting has to offer. This year was the second year of the Community Broadcasting Honour Roll, in which we acknowledge the hard work and dedication of long-serving broadcasters who have contributed to a single station for over 15 years. And it was the first year since we renamed our Outstanding Volunteer Contribution award in honour of Jane Brownrigg, a passionate volunteer who supported Melbourne stations including ...

CBAA Webinar - A deep dive into Every Listener, Every Platform and practical ways to strengthen your stations presence

By CBAA Comms posted 09-10-2025
Join us for a deep dive into how your audience listens — wherever they are. Your listeners don’t just hear you on FM anymore. They listen via DAB+, smart speakers, podcasts, apps, and online streams. Hosted by Iain Swift, DAB+ Operations Coordinator at the CBAA, this webinar will unpack practical ways your station can strengthen its presence across every platform and help audiences stay connected. In this webinar you’ll learn: Why it’s essential to educate your audience about all the ways to listen, not just FM How to promote your DAB + simulcasts ...

NATIONAL CSAs: Suicide Prevention Project October 2025

By CBAA Comms posted 02-10-2025
For play: 1-31 October 2025 Download CSAs The Community Broadcasting Association is pleased to welcome you to the October 2025 content of our national suicide prevention and mental health awareness project, developed with the support of the Australian Government Department of Health. Each month, our project team develops a series of 20 short radio segments designed to promote help-seeking behaviour and positive lifestyle choices, using interviews with service providers, as well as profiles of people who have successfully dealt with tough times in their lives. This month, we learn about the various ways you can support Movember ’s important work ...

Sponsor Spotlight: Spots & Space - Sponsorship Sales Team

By CBAA Comms posted 26-09-2025
This article has been supplied by Spots & Space , a CBAA partner and a sponsor for the 2025 CBAA Conference. We thank them for their ongoing support. Unity grows sponsorship income The CBAA Conference shows us what’s possible when community radio works together. Sponsorship is no different — the power of unity can turn a single sales lead into benefits for dozens of stations. Referrals to Spots & Space have generated wins across the country, here are three examples from the past year: One car dealership lead turned into a campaign across 13 stations; A Pakam Network referral generated sales for 150 stations; Bumma Bippera ...

NATIONAL CSAs: National Secure Your Home Day

By CBAA Comms posted 25-09-2025
For play: 23 - 28 September 2025 Download CSAs National Secure Your Home Day This Saturday and Sunday, households around Australia are taking part in National Secure Your home day — a fantastic opportunity to check and improve your home security. Visit secureyourhomeday.com.au and register for a free home security assessment kit, full of practical advice on improving your home security and reduce the risk of being a victim of a break-in and theft. Let’s make our homes and neighbourhoods safer, together. National Secure Your Home day is a Neighbourhood Watch Australasia initiative.

NATIONAL CSAs: Keeping Kids Safe Online

By CBAA Comms posted 25-09-2025
For play: 23 September 2025 - 30 June 2026 Download CSAs Neighbourhood Watch Australasia in collaboration with the Australian Federal Police (AFP)-led Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE), is proud to launch a powerful new series of Community Service Announcements (CSAs) focused on “Keeping Kids Safe Online”. CSAs are part of NHWA’s continued commitment to crime prevention and community safety, addressing the growing threat of online child sexual exploitation. Visit accce.gov.au to learn more about keeping children safe online.

CBAA welcomes appointment of new Community Broadcasting Foundation President

By CBAA Comms posted 25-09-2025
CBAA welcomes appointment of new Community Broadcasting Foundation President The Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA) warmly welcomes Professor the Hon Michael Lavarch AO to his new role as President of the Community Broadcasting Foundation (CBF). Professor Lavarch served as an Attorney General in the Keating Government and has served in public office at Federal and local levels. He also has a distinguished record of advancing social justice, particularly for First Nations communities having provided oversight for the establishment of the native title regime. Read more about Prof Lavarch and his appointment ...