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The CBAA made a submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters recommending that the media blackout restrictions on community and commercial radio and television broadcasters be removed.
Once your station is set up with the necessary equipment and your subscription has begun, you can easily access programs and content for your station.
The CBAA values the input of specialists in various fields; and has formed several key advisory groups to advise CBAA management on the views, needs and interests of stakeholders in these areas. Advisory group members are selected for their specialist expertise in these areas.
Community radio program makers have the chance to share their programs with community radio stations across Australia via the Community Radio Network (CRN).
Community broadcasting is Australia’s largest independent media sector, a key pillar in the Australian media landscape, and recognised internationally as one of the most successful examples of grassroots media.
The Community Broadcasting Association of Australia is partnering with The Centre for Volunteering to promote the benefits of volunteering in the community broadcasting sector.
Showcasing Australian music to your local community
Summer is here and, unfortunately, that means increased chance of emergencies such as bushfires. Community radio stations can play an important role in sharing warnings and information with communities.
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The internet provides a means for non-professional media-makers to produce and publish their own video and audio content, as community television and radio have done for several decades. While the web seems to exemplify the principles of media access and diversity championed by the community media sector, it also raises challenges for broadcast community media participants and their online equivalents, not least being the co-opting of the term ‘community media’ by large commercial interests. A symposium held in Melbourne by Open Spectrum Australia (‘Quality/Control’, State Library of Victoria, Oct 2008) brought together people with a wide range of community media experience to discuss this and other issues, particularly the possibilities for greater cooperation between broadcast and online community media participants.
This paper draws on participant contributions at the symposium to explore the relationship between broadcast and online community media. Despite shared values, we identify different, and possibly incompatible, cultures within the two groups. We argue that this disjoint stems from two different systems of control or validation (licensing and networks), as well as producer-centered accounts of community media that are out of sync with the contemporary media environment. Instead, we propose that theory and practice begin to address issues of consumption in relation to community media, including identification, navigation and the notion of ethical choice.
Vivid Sydney, the world’s largest festival of light, music and ideas, will this year put a spotlight on the role of community and public radio during the Vivid Ideas program. It will discuss the role of community and public radio in unlocking creative potential of Australian communities by sharing diverse voices in interesting ways, connecting community members and building a distinctly Australian media culture.
We are pleased to present the CBAA's latest Annual Review and share some highlights from the 2015/16 year.
In 2018, government inquiries served as opportunities to highlight community broadcasting as a vital layer in the Australian music industry.
Today across Australia, over 30 media outlets will stop publishing news for 24 hours in a collective freeze to fight for the future of Australian news media. The news freeze will let the world know that small and medium news publishers are #WaitingOnZuck to pay for journalism and content that appears on the Facebook platform.
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Community radio in Australia, and community media in general, has received increased attention from academics in recent years. Forde et al (2002) highlight the need for further study into news and current affairs programming in the community broadcasting sector, saying that they are keen to discover more about its format and content, especially in terms of the attitudes and practices of information-based program producers. This paper attempts to clarify some of these issues by outlining the results of a case study of information-based programming at Brisbane community radio 4ZzZ and adopting a modified citizen’s media framework.
In its leadership role, the CBAA has made these submissions on behalf of the community broadcasting sector.
So, what actually goes on in Parliament House? The CBAA's Amanda Copp, Political Reporter for National Radio News, new to the Canberra press gallery chats about the week in politics, breaking down what happens in the nation’s Parliament for people who don’t live inside ‘the Canberra bubble’. Join Amanda Copp for a 30-minute chat as she pops the coded language to tell you what's really going on.
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How is media convergence impacting on established, ‘broadcast-era’ community media? This paper takes SYN (a community radio licensee in Melbourne) as a case study and employs media ethnography and policy analysis to identify contemporary challenges facing community media.
Community media requires a different approach to convergence than that which is commonly associated with the professional creative industries. In the community sphere, convergence is led by members and encouraged through open, participative processes. The ‘open source organisation’ is proposed here as a useful way of thinking through the challenges of convergence and the limitations of Australia’s existing communications policy framework.
We take your privacy very seriously. Therefore, we ask that you take the time to read this document which sets out how we handle, maintain and secure your personal information.
We answer some frequently asked questions (FAQs) around political sponsorship of community radio broadcasting stations.
Starting a community radio station can be tricky business. We have compiled this short resource with what you need to know to get the ball rolling.
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