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Alex Crerar, 8th September 2021

The Board of community radio station, 2RPH, has announced the appointment of Barry Melville to the role of General Manager of the station. The appointment follows the imminent departure of the current General Manager, Sancha Donald.

Danny Chifley, 7th September 2021

The Community Broadcasting Association is pleased to welcome you to the September 2021 content of our national suicide prevention and mental health awareness project, developed with the support of the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.

Amy Leiper, 3rd September 2021

The Community Radio Listener Survey is launched and shows that 31% of all radio listeners in Australia tune in to community radio.

WA Premier Mark McGowan wearing RTR FM shirt

Alex Crerar, 2nd September 2021

Find out more about the CBAA's sector advocacy and government engagement efforts.

Amy Leiper, 1st September 2021

Christian community radio stations raised over $15m for Christian Blind Mission (CBM) to give sight-saving surgeries to communities in need.

Fundraising as a Positive Message

Danny Chifley, 30th August 2021

*Past webinar, click through to watch recording.* 

How to make fundraising rewarding and enjoyable for everyone. 

August 2020 Sector Roundtable - screenshot

Amy Leiper, 26th August 2021

This is a summary of the Community Broadcasting Sector Roundtable meeting on 10 August 2021.

Alex Crerar, 24th August 2021

Liz recently joined the CBAA off the back of her previous roles at Council on the Ageing, Benevolent Society and St Vincent de Paul Society. Liz's extensive experience as an Office Manager and Executive Assistant has allowed her to seamlessly take on her role at CBAA in providing high level support to the CEO and wider teams. 

 
 

Amy Leiper, 19th August 2021

94.9 Main FM welcomes Rich Moffat as their new Programming Coordinator.

hfriedlander, 13th August 2021

We're pleased to announce today that we're extending the deadline for Awards nominations to 5pm AEST Monday, 23 August 2021.

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Amy Leiper, 12th August 2021

CTV+ launches as a website, available now via ctvplus.org.au, and has both Android and iOS versions in development for future release in early 2022. The service will enable viewers to watch both stations’ live linear broadcast feeds as well as being able to catch up on over 20 locally produced community TV programs, with plans to double its content offering over the next six months

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hfriedlander, 12th August 2021

In its response, the CBAA made a number of points in support of the needs of community broadcasters to provide the best outcome for stations and listeners.

Alex Crerar, 11th August 2021

The Member Success Officer's role is to provide proactive support and service to CBAA members, subscribers and prospective members. Darcy takes on this role with extensive experience in the not-for-profit sector, providing support and fundraising expertise to clients, which has allowed him to seemlessly join the CBAA membership team and provide high level advice to CBAA members. 

CBAA CEO Jon Bisset and Sancha Donald at 2RPH

Alex Crerar, 11th August 2021

The Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA) and RPH Australia (RPHA) announced their agreement to work collaboratively has been extended for another three years to 30 June 2024 to benefit the Radio Reading Network. Under the agreement extension, CBAA and RPHA will continue to be co-managed by Jon Bisset, the CBAA CEO, but will remain governed by two separate boards of directors. This will preserve the uniqueness of the Network’s programs and services

From the Embers podcast cover

hfriedlander, 4th August 2021

Congratulations to the teams involved!

SYN podcast incubator

Alex Crerar, 2nd August 2021

SYN Media will soon release two original podcasts created and produced by young people in SYN’s 2020/21 Podcast Incubator program.

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Danny Chifley, 30th July 2021

The Community Broadcasting Association is pleased to welcome you to the August 2021 content of our national suicide prevention and mental health awareness project, developed with the support of the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.

Alex Crerar, 28th July 2021

As one of the newest members of the CBAA team, Claire brings with her an extensive knowledge in onboarding and implementation, software training and content editing. Her positive attitude and willingness to take on any task that comes her way has allowed Claire to seamlessly transition into the CBAA team. 

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hfriedlander, 27th July 2021

We are making changes to our Privacy Policy to ensure it keeps pace with the way we operate as the peak body for the community radio broadcasting sector. This includes the way we interact with you, the way we store personal information about you, the way we might use that information, and the ways and reasons we might share it.

hfriedlander, 16th July 2021

Liberal Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells has written to Assistant Treasurer Michael Sukkar on behalf of the Senate Committee for the Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation to express its concerns about the Morrison Government’s proposed changes to charities regulations.