THE MAGAZINE OF THE CBAA august THE WIRE EXPANDS | SYN NATION’S YOUNG MEDIA LEADERS RECLINK COMMUNITY CUP FBi CLICK LAUNCHES 2014 | 2014 august CBX CBX 1 august 2014 President’s Column .....................................................................2 CONTENTS CBAA Update .............................................................................3 The Wire Expands ......................................................................4 FBi Click Launches .....................................................................6 SYN Nation & Young Media Leaders ...........................................8 Station To Station - Community Cup ......................................... 10 Getting The Message Across .................................................... 12 10 Years of 95.9 Valley FM ........................................................ 14 CBAA Grants Calendar ............................................................. 15 CBF Grants & Key Dates ........................................................... 15 How Community Radio Supports Australian Music ................. 16 See You At Conference .............................................................. 17 CRN Program Guide ................................................................. 19 Out Of The Box ..........................................................................20 CBAA ConferenCe 2014 Earlybird rEgistrations closE 31 august the 2014 conference is taking place at the Mercure grosvenor, north terrace in adelaide from 6 - 9 november. President’s Column by adrian basso By Jon Bisset, CBAA When I wrote in the last issue of CBX magazine, it was just after the budget was As we evolve And Progress, we know it is Critical thAt the CBAA remAins relevAnt And vitAl. released, where we discovered community broadcasting was spared having its it is with this in mind thAt i Am very PleAsed to AnnounCe the new CBAA BrAnd identity. funding program ‘abolished’, as recommended by the Commission of audit. the new branding, which extends to all While we’re looking ahead to a strategy the great success of CBAA initiatives While our federal funding never has any guarantees attached to it, it was aspects of our programs and activities, for the coming years, we’re also like amrap. Please take the time to encouraging that the government chose to continue its many years of support. is a more cohesive and professional refining our services and introducing read amrap Manager Chris Johnson’s this is a credit to all the unique services we provide for 29% of australians who reflection of the CBAA’s services, some new ones. Learn more about update on the impact of the service tune in every week. We are 40 years young and we all hope that that number benefits and projects. It involves a how members are benefitting from on the australian music industry – the keeps clicking on for many years to come. reduction in the number of standalone our grants Calendar in this issue of numbers don’t lie. adrian Basso, Chris brands associated with the CBAA and CBX and keep an eye on our enews for and the team will take these stories Free to air broadcasting remains the industry standard and for consumers it’s still CBX is the mAgAzine of the Community BroAdcasting will allow us to speak more effectively other service updates, such as the new with them to australia’s largest music the main platform accessed. We all know that the internet is playing an exciting AssoCiAtion of AustrAliA. with one voice. station insurance program and other industry conference, Big sound, in role in reshaping how content is made, sent and received but broadcasting will member savings opportunities. september. always be our main platform. Free from data charges and congestion issues, CBX is mailed to CBaa members thank you again to everyone that and stakeholders. broadcasting delivers the accessibility that community radio is built upon. Have participated in our recent member I am constantly thrilled and inspired since the last issue of CBX, we have CBX is also available online at: survey. the feedback you provided you ever been to a festival where you can’t send or receive text messages or calls www.cbaa.org.au/cbx by our members pushing boundaries welcomed some new faces to the team. because there are too many people on the network? Broadcasting is effective will be instrumental in our ongoing in this sector to serve their communities In our sydney office, Joel Pringle and efficient and is FREE to access. t he primacy of broadcasting to community Follow us on twitter: @CBaa_ strategic planning and is already even better. It has been great to see has stepped into the role of Policy & broadcasting will remain a fundamental position for the CBAA. Like us on Facebook: CBX assisting us to develop services to another station experimenting with advocacy Officer and Helen Henry as support our stations. Whilst we still the digital spectrum. Congratulations Communications Officer. We have also the CBAA is in the process of developing its agenda for the coming year with a have much analysis to do, I am very to Clare, Dan and the team at FBi recently opened a Melbourne office strategic plan. We are keen to better understand the diverse nature of the sector pleased that overall satisfaction with Editor: on the launch of FBi Click in June. and tahlia azaria joins us there as and improve the way we represent, plan for & develop community broadcasting, the CBAA is very good. 74% of stations Helen Henry i [email protected] Congratulations also to the team behind Marketing & Fundraising Officer. I look as well as the type of services we provide. this feedback process started at last reported that they are satisfied or The Wire project, which has expanded forward to many of you having the year’s conference in sydney with a brainstorming workshop and has continued sub-Editor: extremely satisfied with the CBAA, Danny Chifley i [email protected] significantly to include contributor opportunity to meet them at this year’s with member surveys throughout the year – thank you to those who participated. compared to an average of 58% in Monique sebire i [email protected] stations RtR FM, CAAMa and JOY 94.9. conference. Registrations are now open there will be an opportunity to further contribute to the shaping of this plan at other Industry Bodies. It was also great and I can’t wait to see you in adelaide this year’s conference in adelaide, which is just around the corner. graphic dEsign: that these results were consistent We are blessed with a sector of Judith Martinez i [email protected] in November. across small and large, rural, regional incredibly hard workers. the impact the annual conference is one of my favourite times of the year, where I get advErtising: and metro stations. of everyone’s efforts is reflected in to see old friends and make new ones. I hope you can make it. You can find For all advertising enquiries out more in this CBX edition, along with other great stories about community please contact the Editor. broadcasting worth celebrating. printEd by: In partnership with Brightset printing i [email protected] cbX is printEd on: ecostar Is your community radio station missing out Free to air broadcasting CBX content is CBAA copyrighted. on technology donations? remains the industry All rights reserved. Articles may be used by CBAA members without standard and for permission, provided credit is given. consumers it’s still the Since 2007, our partners have donated over $200 million worth of technology to over 11,000 Australian not-for-profits. main platform accessed. We all know that the internet is playing an Register Today, It’s Free! exciting role in reshaping editor’s note: thank you to steph hughes, c 1300 731 844 how content is made, who illustrated the girls to the mic feature, and to giordana Caputo for authoring the 2014 w www.connectingup.org sent and received but Part of A global movement feature, both in the may 2014 issue of CBX. broadcasting will always m [email protected] AUGUST be our main platform. August cover photo by Jay hynes, jayhynes.com CBX CBX 2 Local knowledge makes a difference. one story a week, following all of included a dollar amount for each as community broadcasters we know The Wire’s detailed production and scheduled contribution, recognition that as well as anyone. and, in our editorial guidelines to deliver audio, for the significant resources a station coverage of current affairs, it really scripts and online content to the daily needs to produce for The Wire. helps us provide a clear alternative for shows, which are then available to you Expecting challenges, we factored our audiences. Not just because we through the CBAA’s Community Radio in the need to meet in-person to can pronounce local place names - it’s Network (CRN). go through editorial, timing and about people and context, history and In alice, Mikaela simpson is the key practical issues and built in review and the future, recognition and respect. producer with back up from the CAAMa discussion timelines. We then paired these come into a story when it’s team. In Perth, Chris Wheeldon co- up consortium and contributor stations produced with local knowledge and can ordinates contributions from a range of so that regular personal relationships disappear right out when a network RtR producers and sarah Kilalea does underpin the station commitments. news team swoops in with all lights the same at JOY in Melbourne. blazing and a tight deadline. this is just how we have started out there’s a lot of sector talk about with The Wire’s Contributor Project. On the flip side, every local community collaboration between stations and it’s It’s fantastic to have a production base also deserves to know what’s happening certainly strongly encouraged in current in six stations and six states and we nationally, or in other communities grant guidelines. But what does it take can really hear the benefit of all that similar - or different - to them. It adds to make it work in a sustainable way? local knowledge coming through our new people and fresh context to our contributors’ stories.