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About Australian community broadcasting
The Australian community broadcasting sector is recognised internationally as one of the most successful examples of grassroots media. Community broadcasting provides news, information, cultural content and entertainment to communities defined by geographical location or common interest.
Archive
Archived information including links to Funding Strategy Group publications and a description of the 2005 Community Broadcasting Sector Forum.
Australian Community Broadcasting Snapshot
Summary statistics for the Australian community broadcasting sector.
CBD 2007 Industry Survey published
The biennial Community Broadcasting Database (CBD) Industry survey is one of the sector research initiatives supported by the Foundation. The fourth CBD survey has been published on the sector’s portal http://www.cbonline.org.au.
Funding Strategy Group
The Funding Strategy Group (FSG) is an independent and informal working group of national community broadcasting sector organisations convened to deal with sector funding issues. Since its establishment in 2000 the FSG has been the driving force behind collective sector strategic action in support of increased federal government funding for community broadcasting.
Sector Events
The following community broadcasting sector events are taking place around Australia during 2009.
Sector Funding Trends
Australian community broadcasting is essentially self-funding. Government support remains at a modest level in comparison to total sector turnover, particularly when the value of volunteer input is recognised.
Sector Research
The Community Broadcasting Foundation is committed to supporting research on Australian community broadcasting.
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