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13-742: The CBAA runs the Community Radio Network , offers a national satellite network, that allows community broadcasters to share and syndicate their content, manages the Australian Music Radio Airplay Project (Amrap), CBOnline, a sector information and research unit, runs the digital radio project and publishes CBX magazine. As the peak body for the sector, the CBAA represents the sector through policy submissions, advocacy and campaigns. The Community Radio Network service has been expanded in recent years with

26-592: Is also made available for stations to use. Community Broadcasting Foundation The Community Broadcasting Foundation ( CBF ) is an independent non-profit funding organisation based in Melbourne . The CBF receives funds from the Australian Government to distribute through grant programs to support the maintenance and development of community broadcasting in Australia . The mission of

39-608: Is four distinct channels: The Community Radio Network channel has a number of elements to the program feed. The CBAA maintains the satellite service through a combination of station subscription fees, an operating grant from the Community Broadcasting Foundation and fundraising such as paid program time. The radio stations can apply for a specific grant from the Community Broadcasting Foundation to purchase and install

52-513: The CBAA and First Nations Media Australia to get more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists played and heard in the Australian radio music industry. The CBAA operates to provide advice and representation to the members. It also offers insurance plans for volunteers, music broadcasting rights and news copyright fees at discounted rates for its members. The CBAA also consults with its members on matters including broadcast licensing,

65-545: The CBF is to assist the Australian community broadcasting sector in becoming well-resourced, independent, diverse and accessible. The CBF aims to reflect the non-profit volunteer driven philosophy of the community broadcasting sector. As such it operates with a small secretariat and around forty volunteers who sit on various committees advising on grants and projects as well as the board of directors . The CBF receives

78-482: The addition of the Digital Delivery Network (DDN). This project has allowed community radio stations to record and replay programs, interviews, and music from contributing stations within the network. Recently the association has launched a podcast hosting service, C pod. The organisation also runs an annual Conference, which brings together representatives from around Australia. The CBAA, as

91-619: The bulk of its funds from the Australian Government through the Department of Communications . The Foundation distributes funding through its Grants Advisory Committees . CBF funding is designed to supplement the operational and development costs of the community broadcasting sector. Grants are made for: Funding is also provided specifically for Ethnic , Indigenous, and RPH program production. Their home page contains also interesting information very helpful in writing

104-454: The peak body. This pressure culminated in near bankruptcy for the PBAA. In 1988 the PBAA was dissolved and from its ashes, the new CBAA arose, under strict financial management, and a focus on membership support. Community Radio Network (Australia) The Community Radio Network ( CRN ) in Australia is a satellite program feed available to subscribing community radio stations. It

117-471: The recognised peak body for community broadcasting in Australia, has members from a diverse range of independently operated not-for-profit community based radio stations. The station types include: In most cases, each licensee is the operator of a single station, in some cases with translators and repeaters to provide services in otherwise poor reception areas. First Sounds is a collaborative effort by

130-526: The relevant Code of Practice (Community Radio), and provides training and legal advice. The CBAA was born out of the Public Broadcasting Association of Australia (PBAA). That organisation was founded during the 1970s in response to the rapidly developing sector. However, changes in funding for the sector during the 1980s sparked a crisis. As government funding was re-directed, the stations were less able to support themselves, or

143-498: The satellite receiving equipment. Another aspect to the CRN is the DDN. The Digital Delivery Network works alongside the CRN satellite feed through online applications. A radio station can select its preferred programs on the DDN website and the stations’ DDN-enabled computer will automatically record the selected programs. Three months worth of current music content in a variety of genres

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156-687: The satellite service available to community radio stations all over Australia. These are the CBAA, the Australian Indigenous Communications Association , Radio Print Handicapped Network and the BBC World Service . Each organisation transmits their programs via Optus onto the C1 Satellite via the uplink site at Belrose . In December 2013, CRN, RPH, NIRS and BBC World Service shifted to VAST satellite platform. The satellite feed

169-621: Was created and is managed by the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA). The CRN does not produce the programs that are broadcast on the feed, but acts as a distributor of material supplied by member stations. After more than a decade of exchanging programs between stations on tape via mail , the CBAA established the Community Radio Satellite, known as ComRadSat in 1993. Four media organisations have co-operated to make

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