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Position Vacant: Indigenous Radio Grants Administration - IRRR Project Officer
The Community Broadcasting Foundation (CBF) is seeking a Project Officer to assist conduct of the Indigenous Remote Radio Replacement (IRRR) Project as well as the Foundation’s broader administrative & grants processes.
| AMRAP Development Consultancy Underway
The Community Broadcasting Foundation has appointed Melbourne-based consultants Portable Content to conduct an assessment of the future development of the Australian Music Radio Airplay Project (AMRAP) in light of the recent new Australian Government funding commitment, confirmed in the 2008/09 Federal Budget, of $2.4 million over 4 years for its continuation.
| Sector Funding 2008/09
The 2008/09 Federal Budget announcement confirmed the funding outcomes for the community broadcasting sector for the next financial year.
| National Training Project - further Federal funding for 2008/09 announced
A further $600,000 has been provided from internal DBCDE funds for the National Training Project in 2008/09.
| Changes to grant guidelines: Temporary Community Broadcast Licensees (TCBLs) now eligible to apply for CBF grants
Community radio stations holding a temporary community broadcast license (TCBL) are now eligible to apply for CBF grants.
| Increase your station's web profile
Recently the CBF provided funding to the CBAA to further develop the CBOnline website to provide stations with an online facility to host a variety of content including photos, audio, video and other documents such as program guides and station newsletters. The upgrade allows stations to easily control the content on their station profile and is particularly useful for stations that do not have their own website.
| CBF Digital Radio GAC & Digital Radio Funding Policy
For the benefit of metropolitan stations considering participation in Digital Radio Representative Companies (DRC’s) the CBF has clarified its intended approach to grant funding for digital radio.
| Ministerial Meetings - consideration of 2008/09 funding increase stalled
One day prior to the Federal election the then Shadow Minister for Communications, Senator Stephen Conroy addressed a plenary session of the 2007 CBAA Conference in Melbourne and gave a commitment to meet with sector representatives to discuss a resolution to the pressing issue of community television access to digital spectrum and other issues of concern to the community broadcasting sector.
| New Grant Category to Develop Innovative Online Technology
A new grant category - CBOnline Development grants - will encourage innovation and new initiatives relating to online technology.
| Minister Sets Start Date for Digital Radio in Metropolitan Areas
Earlier this week at the Australian Broadcasting Summit in Sydney the Minister for Communications, Senator Helen Coonan announced an official target date for switch on of digital radio services in metropolitan areas - 1 January, 2009. Senator Coonan allowed for the possibility of an earlier official start date if infrastructure is able to be installed earlier.
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