Community Broadcasting Foundation

Community Broadcasting Foundation The Community Broadcasting Foundation is a champion of community media - Australia's largest indepen

🔔 Work with us!🔔 The CBF is recruiting for a Communications Manager.In this senior role, you'll be responsible for manag...
17/12/2024

🔔 Work with us!🔔 The CBF is recruiting for a Communications Manager.

In this senior role, you'll be responsible for managing the CBF’s strategic communications activities and ensuring all CBF communications reflect the brand and values of the organisation and are aligned with the CBF Strategic Plan and priorities.

Working closely with the CEO, Executive Officer, our Grants Support Team and Policy Team, you will provide communications leadership and strategic advice across the organisation, supporting consistent, effective communication strategies.

Find out more or apply here: https://t.ly/QTMrs

CMTO is back with its annual Graduate Destinations Survey to find out how you’ve been going! For those who've complete...
16/12/2024

CMTO is back with its annual Graduate Destinations Survey to find out how you’ve been going! For those who've completed any training with CMTO over the past year, CMTO is keen to know what's been happening in your world:

Fill out the survey and go into the draw to win a Rode NT-USB Mini Studio Quality Microphone at https://t.ly/v0FRj

Survey closes at midnight Sunday 16 February 2025.

The CBF is delighted to welcome the Albanese Government’s announcement of additional funding support for community broad...
16/12/2024

The CBF is delighted to welcome the Albanese Government’s announcement of additional funding support for community broadcasting.

Recognising that local media and community broadcasting is critical to the health of our democracy, social cohesion and informing communities, the announcement includes:

- An additional $15 million over three years to support the community broadcasting sector, distributed by the CBF

- An additional $12 million over three years to support First Nations broadcasting and media, distributed by the National Indigenous Australians Agency

Our CEO Jo Curtin welcomed the announcement:

“The new $15 million in funding that the CBF will distribute is a welcome much-needed immediate relief to our highly oversubscribed grants programs while the Government continues work with the sector on the Community Broadcasting Sector Sustainability Review.

“We look forward to allocating these funds out to community at the earliest opportunity – with most funds anticipated to be allocated through our first grant round of 2025/26, opening for application on 13 January 2025."

Full story here: https://t.ly/YyvU2

[Photo: Alive 90.5 FM presenters at an outside broadcast]

🎄We wish everyone a happy and safe festive season🎄The CBF office will be closed over Christmas & New Year from 23 Decemb...
15/12/2024

🎄We wish everyone a happy and safe festive season🎄The CBF office will be closed over Christmas & New Year from 23 December 2024 - 12 January 2025.

We will be operating on skeleton staff from 6 January and officially re-open on 13 January 2025.

Opening soon! 🔔 Our Round 1 2025/26 Content, Specialist Radio Programming and Development & Operations grants open on 13...
08/12/2024

Opening soon! 🔔 Our Round 1 2025/26 Content, Specialist Radio Programming and Development & Operations grants open on 13 January 2025 at 9:00AM (AEDT) and close on 4 March 2025 at 2:00pm (AEDT).

Stay tuned and subscribe to our newsletter for latest updates: https://t.ly/6r8Dn

In our Round 2 grants for 2024/25, community media organisations across Australia received a share of over $1.12 million...
02/12/2024

In our Round 2 grants for 2024/25, community media organisations across Australia received a share of over $1.12 million across 73 applications.

Funding will support a wide range of inspiring Content, Specialist Radio Programming and Development & Operations projects and activities that ensure community stories, information and entertainment are heard by millions of people across the country.

In this Round, we continued to see applications to fund programs and initiatives that implement the strategic priorities of . These projects included content creation for new programs, premises upgrades for accessibility and support for vital operational and management roles. This Round also included multi-year grants that provide certainty of funding and enable longer-term implementation.

See the full list of CBF grant recipients from Round 2 here: https://t.ly/1pn7-

[Image: 3ZZZ Boomerang Serbian Radio Team. 3ZZZ were a recipient of two CBF Content grants in Round 2 2024/25 for 'Stories of Community Resilience’ and the 3ZZZ Newsroom].

Happy Day! We love the rich and diverse sounds of Australian music at the CBF. Today we're celebrating all the Aus a...
27/11/2024

Happy Day! We love the rich and diverse sounds of Australian music at the CBF. Today we're celebrating all the Aus artists and legends behind the scenes who help deliver us the music we love.

Whether you're a station, volunteer or listener - there are plenty of ways to engage with Aus music this month from highlighting local talent at your station to discovering new artists on Amrap - the hub for finding and sharing the best of Aus music!

Find out about how you can support music workers through Support Act's campaign here: https://t.ly/X1PIt

Do you have experience or a keen interest in news production and reporting, production management, shooting/editing or d...
25/11/2024

Do you have experience or a keen interest in news production and reporting, production management, shooting/editing or documentary storytelling?

Expressions of interest are now open for several upcoming positions at Indigenous Community Television - ICTV's News team in Mparntwe/Alice Springs.

ICTV values training and skills sharing for its employees and welcomes applications from those seeking to move into the industry or are in a later stage of their career and keen to give back to the sector. Applications from Indigenous Australians are encouraged and will be prioritised.

To submit an EOI, send your resume and a letter detailing your interest in working at ICTV to [email protected]. For more info, contact the ICTV General Manager on (08) 8952 3118 or at [email protected].

Along with many other community radio stations in the same boat, the flow-on effects of volunteer shortages and diminish...
25/11/2024

Along with many other community radio stations in the same boat, the flow-on effects of volunteer shortages and diminishing capacity has had rippling impacts on small stations like 3BBR 103.1FM. But in its latest move, the station’s Regional News Team has discovered ways to bring more volunteers onboard while catering for some of the unique circumstances of its listeners.

3BBR West Gippsland Community Radio Inc is a recipient of CBF’s Round 1 Specialist Radio Programming Grant 2023/24.

Catch the full story here: https://t.ly/CxttJ

[Image: 3BBR Board Member and Regional News Team Co-ordinator, Ian Hill]

More golden moments at this week's 📸 featuring our CEO Jo with Minister for Indigenous Affairs Senator Malarndirri McC...
20/11/2024

More golden moments at this week's 📸 featuring our CEO Jo with Minister for Indigenous Affairs Senator Malarndirri McCarthy - Northern Territory, First Nations Media Australia CEO Wally Tallis and Community Broadcasting Association of Australia CEO Jon Bisset!

We're still here at on Ngunnawal/Ngambri country🎉 Looking forward to more discussions this arvo on building news capac...
20/11/2024

We're still here at on Ngunnawal/Ngambri country🎉 Looking forward to more discussions this arvo on building news capacity in First Nations media, today's plenary session: Media Matters National Campaign and more!

Come say hi to our CEO Jo & Grant Support Team member Dean if you're around or on the ground! 👋

# First Nations Media Australia

We're stoked to be at this year's - First Nations Media Australia National Conference, which reached its capacity earl...
20/11/2024

We're stoked to be at this year's - First Nations Media Australia National Conference, which reached its capacity early for registrations this year!

Here's our CEO Jo with Indigenous Community Television - ICTV Chair & CBF Content Grants Advisory Committee member Tamara Whyte, and 6dby Larrkardi Radio presenter Jodi Ryder!

Plus First Nations Digital Advisory Group Co-Chair Dot West OAM together with Bumma Bippera 987fm's Station Manager Jackie Tim, and our CBF Grant Support Team member Dean catching up with PAKAM - Pilbara and Kimberley Aboriginal Media's Manager Neil Teurner!

1700 continues to be a shining example of the outstanding work in community TV that's paving the way for more young peop...
19/11/2024

1700 continues to be a shining example of the outstanding work in community TV that's paving the way for more young people to gain valuable experience and step up to leadership roles within the community broadcasting space.

Co-produced by SYN Media and RMITV, the program remains the only youth-produced music TV show made in Melbourne/Naarm - reflecting the vital role of institutions like RMITV & SYN in nurturing and empowering the next leaders of Australian .

‘1700 was a tremendous benefit not only in up-skilling volunteers but in long-term member engagement,’ says Bill Park, RMITV’s then General Manager and current CBF Grant Assessor.

RMITV were the recipient of CBF’s Round 1 Content Grant 2023/24 for 1700. Catch the full story here: https://t.ly/wiQfE

[Photo: 1700 hosts Rebecca Martyn & Owen Gonsalves interviewing Australian artist Kitty Rae]

Wild Horse FM 997 Community Radio celebrated its 20th birthday this year in August. In the face of today’s economic cha...
18/11/2024

Wild Horse FM 997 Community Radio celebrated its 20th birthday this year in August. In the face of today’s economic challenges and volunteers increasingly at capacity, the station has been drawing on the strength of its wellbeing-focused initiatives to deepen engagement with local communities and stakeholders.

This year’s highlights include the Yarraman Festival, where the station teamed up with the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail Users Association Inc to host the annual event - garnering strong support from local businesses and sponsors such as Bendigo Bank.

‘The regional economic climate remains challenging, but we’ve laid the ground for future sponsorships through relationship building’ shares Station Treasurer Jane Hodgkinson.

Wild Horse FM was the recipient of CBF’s Round 1 2023/24 Development & Operations Grant. Catch the full story here: https://t.ly/HAoOJ

The CMTO's Audio Ability Training and Mentorship Program is a 16-week learning program that offers training and mentor...
17/11/2024

The CMTO's Audio Ability Training and Mentorship Program is a 16-week learning program that offers training and mentorship to people with disability who are interested in working in radio. Register your interest now for the next round running from February to June 2025.

EOIs for both participants and mentors are open until 22 December here: https://t.ly/H2tEB

The Federal Government has recently announced $15 million in urgent funding for regional and community news.Opening in N...
11/11/2024

The Federal Government has recently announced $15 million in urgent funding for regional and community news.

Opening in November, the News Media Relief Program will provide grant funding to eligible news publishers creating news content. The program forms part of the government’s broader objectives under the News Media Assistance Program to safeguard the sustainability of Australia’s media diversity in the face of changing readership habits, increasing costs and declining advertising revenue.

‘We want to see more local journalists and publishers reporting on the issues that matter to their communities,' states Minister for Communications Michelle Rowland MP. News publications eligiblefor funding will include publications in a regional or suburban location, and publications providing news to First Nations or CALD audiences.

Read more at https://t.ly/ybLRk

Catch Sticks & Stones on C31 Melbourne and Geelong this November! Narrated by Vince Colosimo - Sticks & Stones is a doc...
11/11/2024

Catch Sticks & Stones on C31 Melbourne and Geelong this November! Narrated by Vince Colosimo - Sticks & Stones is a documentary exploring the pervasive impacts of cyberbullying on young people.

The collaborative project between Bully Zero Australia Foundation & Daisy Reel Productions has been a powerhouse in facilitating broad community participation and support through its diverse network of local sporting associations, local councils, emergency services and educational institutes.

The film is screening in schools this November and has been selected to feature at this year's Peloponnisos International Doc Film Festival in Greece.

Sticks & Stones, via the Bully Zero Australia Foundation, were the recipient of CBF’s Round 2 Content Grant 2022/23.

Full story here: https://t.ly/P6IkS

Race Matters on FBi Radio has become not only a vital program in the FBi Radio and community broadcasting landscape, but...
06/11/2024

Race Matters on FBi Radio has become not only a vital program in the FBi Radio and community broadcasting landscape, but a space for innovation, community-building and gathering.

Taking home this year’s Amy Large Inner West Council Volunteer Award, the show has skyrocketed from two hosts to an orbit of 30 contributors in the last 12 months - a move that has enabled it to foster more meaningful relationships with emerging audio makers and guests, and to continue focusing on those who have been systematically underserved.

Race Matters were the recipient of CBF's Round 1 Content Grant 2023/24.

Full story here: https://t.ly/pPoy2

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NEMBC x Culture Spring - Co-design Sessions (Oct 2024)
NEMBC x Culture Spring - Co-design Sessions (Oct 2024)

Culture Spring & Nembc - National Ethnic and Multicultural Broadcasters' Council are inviting new perspectives from young people to shape the community broadcasting sector and create pathways to lead and be heard in the media industry - starting with the Multicultural Youth Media Summit! 🎉 Whether you’re into radio, podcasts, or videos, now is your chance to jump in, share your unique perspective, and build the skills you need to shine in the media world 🌍 Young people signing up have the opportunity to be part of a steering committee and further influence the governance of NEMBC! They'll also be gifted $50 for their time participating. Coming up are two co-design sessions where young people will be invited to dream on what the summit could be, by them for them: ✨ Thursday 3rd Oct Online: 4.30-6pm AEST ✨ Saturday 5th October (in person) at NEMBC's Office in Melbourne's CBD: 12-3pm AEST Sign up or learn more here: https://forms.office.com/r/2cwfCUd4iw

This Thursday, twelve early-career researchers from across the country will battle it out to be crowned the FameLab Australia 2024 winner at WA Museum Boola Bardip FameLab is the world’s leading science communication competition. Since 2007, it has gone global in over 40 countries including Australia. Representing universities and research institutions, this year's Australian finalists work across a wide field of science - from thunderstorm asthma to agriculture to using smartwatches to predict infections. Free livestream the Famelab Australia National Final 2024 on Thursday 26 September 8pm AEST / 6pm AWST: https://perthvideo.net/famelab-2024 FameLab Australia is produced and hosted by the Foundation for the WA Museum, the recipient of CBF’s Content grants in Round 2 2023/24 & Round 1 2024/25 for content creation, media training for show participants and more. Full story here: https://t.ly/aoTKN

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