Community Broadcasting Organisations Acronym List

There is a multitude of different organisations, projects and programs operating across the sector, often referred to by acronyms, as per the below:

CBAA Services

• Amrap - Australian Music Radio Airplay Project
• CRN - Community Radio Network
• DRP - Digital Radio Project
• DDN - Digital Delivery Network
• GMC - Good Morning Country
• NRN - National Radio News

Sector Organisations

• AMARC - World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (website)
• CBF - Community Broadcasting Foundation (website)
• AICA - Australian Indigenous Communications Association (website)
• ACTA - Australian Community Television Alliance (website)
• BIMA - Brisbane Indigenous Media Association (website)
• CAAMA - Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (website)
• CBAV - Community Broadcasting Association of Victoria (website)
• CMA - Christian Media Australia (website)
• IRCA - Indigenous Remote Communications Association (website)
• QCBA - Queensland Community Broadcasting Association (website)
• NEMBC - National Ethnic and Multicultural Broadcasters’ Council (website)
• QRAM - Queensland Remote Aboriginal Media (website)
• SACBA - South Australian Community Broadcasting Association (website)
• SCMA - Southern Community Media Association (website)
• RIBS - Remote Indigenous Broadcasting Service (website)
• RIMOs - Remote Indigenous Media Organisations (website)
• RPHA - Radio for the Print Handicapped Australia (website)

Training Organisations

• CMTO - Community Media Training Organisation (website)
• AFTRS - Australian Film, Television and Radio School (website)

Community Broadcasting Foundation (CBF) Grants Advisory Committees

• AMGAC - Australian Music Grants Advisory Committee
• DRGAC - Digital Radio Grants Advisory Committee
• EGAC - Ethnic Grants Advisory Committee
• GGAC - General Grants Advisory Committee
• IGAC - Indigenous Grants Advisory Committee
• OGAC - Online Grants Advisory Committee
• RPHGAC - RPH Grants Advisory Committee
• TGAC - Training Grants Advisory Committee
• TVGAC - TV Grants Advisory Committee

Regulatory, Statutory, Copyright and Legal

• ACCC - Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (website)
• ACMA - Australian Communications & Media Authority (website)
• APRA AMCOS - Australasian Performing Rights Association and Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (website)
• ARIA - Australian Record Industry Association (website)
• DoC - Department of Communications (website)
• PPCA - Phonographic Performance Company of Australia Limited (website)