Community Broadcasting Foundation Annual Report 2018 Contents Our Vision 2 Our Organisation 3 Community Broadcasting Snapshot 4 President and CEO Report 5 Our Board 6 Our People 7 Achieving our Strategic Priorities 8 Strengthening & Extending Community Broadcasting 9 Content Grants 10 Development & Operational Grants 14 Sector Investment 18 Grants Allocated 21 Financial Highlights 38 Cover: Sandra Dann from Goolarri Media. © West Australian Newspapers Limited. Our thanks to James Walshe from James Walshe photography for his generous support of the CBF in photographing the CBF Board and Support Team. The Community Broadcasting Foundation acknowledges First Nations’ sovereignty and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities by Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia. We pay our respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures; and to Elders both past and present. We support and contribute to the process of Reconciliation. Annual Report 2018 1 Our Vision A voice for every community – sharing our stories. Wendyll Alec, host of Munda Country Music on Ngaarda Media. Annual Report 2018 2 Community media sits at the From major cities to remote communities, our grants inspire Our Values Our heart of Australian culture, people to create and support local, independent media. Our Values are the cornerstone of our community-based funding helps connect people across the country, including organisation, informing our decision-making and guiding us to Organisation sharing stories, enhancing more than 5.7 million people who tune-in to their local achieve our vision. community radio station each week. health and wellbeing and most Community-minded importantly, helping people find Through broadcasters and with the help of generous We care. donations, our organisation is a champion of diversity, Collaborative a place to belong. We proudly multiculturalism and social justice. Our support of independent, We listen and work together. support community media, community-driven media helps Indigenous, ethnic, regional granting more than $16.8 million and print-disabled Australians feel socially included. For many, Inclusive our support of community media is life-changing. We embrace and celebrate diversity. to help 223 organisations Trusted communicate, connect and share We work with integrity. knowledge through independent radio, television and digital media. 3CR Youth Transforming Justice series team Katia Lallo, Kerri-Lee Harding, Emily Hurley, Michele Vescio and Areej Nur. Annual Report 2018 3 Community Broadcasting + Snapshot 468 31,000 current community volunteers actively participate in community media. broadcasting licences. 70% $230M+ of community radio and television given in grants by the Community Broadcasting services are located in regional, Foundation since 1984. rural and remote areas. 72% 9,555 of content is local, aligning with the hours of specialist programming primary reason Australians listen to broadcast on stations each week. community radio. 5.7M+ $758M Australians listen to community contributed annually to the economy by the community radio each week. broadcasting sector, including volunteer efforts. Annual Report 2018 4 Growing engagement We were also pleased to be awarded We also continued our support of President Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) status Reconciliation. Across our organisation, We’re delighted to see community in October by the Register of Cultural staff and volunteers undertook media’s audience continue to grow Organisations ROCO. With donations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and CEO Report this year with more than 5.7 million to our Community Broadcasting Cultural Competency training to people tuning-in to community radio Development Fund now tax-deductible, encourage a culture of understanding each week. This increase of 400,000 we plan to diversify our funds and and compassion. We helped to fund people compared to last year is a credit extend our support of community media the transformation of the Indigenous to those who bring community media through philanthropy and partnerships. Remote Communications Association to life – creating compelling content (IRCA) to First Nations Media Australia, that engages and resonates with Gaining support for our Solar for and supported programs to amplify the audiences. With Australians seeking Stations campaign through major voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait trusted, independent voices, community donors was our priority with work well Islanders on non-Indigenous community broadcasting is more relevant than ever. underway to secure support. radio stations. We also hope a two-year extension for Feedback community television stations to access Our leadership team the broadcast spectrum (announced by As always, we welcomed feedback and We sincerely thank all Board members the Australian Government this year) continued to work collaboratively with who volunteered their time to lead will also grow their audiences, both organisations to understand their needs. strategic decision-making. Our Board broadcast and online. We take great pride in the integrity of evolved this year as we farewelled our approach to grant-making and in Growing funding long-standing Board members and most instances, discussions with our welcomed two new Directors (refer to Pictured: (from left) Peter Batchelor and Ian Stanistreet. Grants Support Team clarified decisions We were delighted that the Australian page 6). Our Board remains strongly and addressed concerns. A complex Government announced a generous skills-based. Their collective leadership, complaint received regarding the $16.8 million invested Our grants program contribution of $21.5 million in the year together with the expertise of the CBF Australian Music Radio Airplay Project is Support Team and our volunteers, will We proudly partnered with more than Following last year’s transformation ahead. Additional funding of $12m being addressed with the assistance of help us continue providing invaluable 220 organisations this year to help of the Community Broadcasting over the next four years will ensure an independent expert. support to community media well into them communicate, connect and share Foundation grants structure, we community media is responsive to the future. knowledge through independent invested significant time and energy an evolving environment, remaining We also sought guidance from radio, television and digital media. across our organisation supporting and relevant and meeting the changing broadcasters to help us develop a Our funding supported projects from understanding the needs of community needs of the community. This content framework. The resource will metropolitan cities to remote Australian media organisations. investment recognises the value of guide how long we support ongoing towns, helping to bring people together community media, including additional programs and our approach to seeding through a passion for local independent Our Grants Advisory Committees settled funding for: new content. This work is ongoing, in, fine-tuning grant guidelines, policies and we look forward to continuing the media. • Training to enhance management and frameworks. Hundreds of hours conversation over the coming months. We were pleased to distribute over were invested to ensure our process & small business skills and Peter Batchelor Ian Stanistreet $16.8 million to support community maintained integrity and funds were competencies Our commitment to equality President CEO broadcasting while acknowledging that invested to support the best outcomes • Enhanced national radio news Our organisation is driven by our values further resources are essential given for grantee organisations and most programming, expanding state & and we are committed to providing an the more than $32 million in support importantly, the communities they serve. regional news aggregation and opportunity for Australians to produce requested. supporting broader news service Our team of volunteer Grant Assessors and share their stories. Our investments in community reviewed 1,191 applications, applying distribution This year, we proudly supported broadcasting enhanced community their expertise and experience to • A central online streaming portal and marriage equality. We are committed connection, health and wellbeing, evaluate applications. Peer review application and we feel privileged to lead a team through involvement of passionate to building an inclusive culture where contributing to such a significant impact. volunteers sits at the heart of our • The Digital Radio Project including diversity is respected, and all Australians organisation and we sincerely thank all further rollout to Canberra, Darwin are treated equally. those who contributed to our funding and Hobart. decisions. Annual Report 2018 5 Led by our President Peter Our Batchelor, our dedicated Board Board provides direction for organisational objectives, policy and practice. The skills of our CBF Board: Nathaniel Garvin, Esther Pearce, Ellie Rennie, Steve Ahern OAM, Teresa Cleary, David Bartlett, Peter Batchelor and Kim Borrowdale. Not pictured – Luchi Santer. Board are diverse, including expertise in leadership, governance, legal, finance, strategy, technology and fundraising. All Board members are volunteers, dedicating their time and wealth of experience to enhance community media. Our Board continued to evolve this year with the retirement of two Board members. After many years’ involvement as a Grants Advisory Committee member