Annual Report 2011/12 - Community Broadcasting Foundation

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Annual Report 2011/12
AUSTRALIAN COMMUNITY BROADCASTING SECTOR
Snapshot 2012
Significant national audience reach:
26% of Australians aged 15+ (4.4m.) listen to community radio in a typical week and 640,000 or 4% are
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exclusive listeners to community radio who do not listen to ABC/SBS or commercial radioi. The sector has
an estimated monthly national radio audience reach of more than 9.4m. (54% of Australians aged 15+) and
national television audience reach of 3.7mii.
Growing support base:
Over 167,000 Australians financially support free-to-air community radio services as subscribers, members or
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donorsiii.
Strong Regional, Rural & Remote area presence with an emphasis on local content
Over 70% of community radio and television services are located in regional, rural and remote areas. 72% of
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all community radio broadcast time was devoted to local content with 32% of stations being the sole provider
of local broadcast content in their areaiv.
Volunteer driven:
Over 22,000 volunteer broadcastersv and over 900 support staff.
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Contributing an estimated $369m. per annum in the value of volunteer work hoursvi.
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20% of volunteers are under 26 years of agevii.
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Training focused:
Over 6,600 people receive training each year at community radio stationsviii and an estimated 500 people
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receive training at community television stations.
Contributing over $460m. per annum to the Australian economy:
With a turnover of over $93m.ix and the economic value of its volunteer effort estimated at $369m. per annum
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the community broadcasting sector makes a significant contribution to the Australian economy.
Largest independent media sector:
584 licensed independent community owned and operated broadcasting services in total:
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362 long-term licensed community radio stationsx producing analogue free-to-air services.
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37 long-term licensed community radio services producing 38 digital free-to-air services.
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3 long-term licensed metropolitan community television services in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne.
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78 remote Indigenous community television services broadcasting locally produced and regionally net
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worked programs.
101 aspirant community radio organisationsxi operating with temporary community broadcasting licences.
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3 aspirant community television stations (Perth, Adelaide and Lismore) operating with trial licences.
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Most diverse media sectorxii:
2,118 hours of Ethnic and multicultural programs produced each week.
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1,257 hours of Indigenous programs produced each week.
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1,623 hours of programming for people with a print disability produced each week.
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3,298 hours of religious programs produced each week.
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Stations with a focus on Youth, Senior Citizens, Arts, Fine Music, Education, Australian music and other
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specialist interests.
3 satellite-based national program distribution services - General, Indigenous and RPH.
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2 national radio news services - Indigenous (NINS) and General (NRN).
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Community television services in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane, and Lismore and within 78
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remote Indigenous communities.
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i Community Radio National Listener Survey, McNair Ingenuity Research, Sydney, July 2010 at p.9.
ii Community Radio National Listener Survey, McNair Ingenuity Research, Sydney, July 2010 for radio and OzTam Community
Television cumulative audience reach 8am -12 midnight, August 2006 for television.
iii Community Broadcasting Station Census – Survey of the community radio sector 2009-10, CBAA, Sydney, December 2011
(Full Report) at pp.42-45 shows that in that year there were 111,971 current subscribers or members and 55,713 donors. The
condensed Public Release version of this report is published at www.cbonline.org.au
iv Ibid. at p.51 for local content data and p.54 for solo provider of local content data.
v 19,323 volunteers at long-term licensed community radio stations (Community Broadcasting Station Census survey 2009-10 at
p.32) and an estimated 3,000 temporary community radio station and community television volunteers.
vi This estimate is based on mean weekly earnings of $1,310 for full-time workers as outlined in the Australian Bureau of
Statistics Ausstats data series 6310 for August 2011 published in April 2012. Assuming a 38 hour week this produces an hourly
rate of $34.47. Using an average of ten hours of contributed time per week per volunteer (as established by Meadows, Forde
and Foxwell in their study Culture, commitment community – the Australian community radio sector, Griffith University, Brisbane,
2002) for 48 weeks across 22,323 volunteers a figure of $369,347,428 per annum is produced for the value of that volunteer
input.
vii Community Broadcasting Station Census – Survey of the community radio sector 2009-10, (Full Report) CBAA, Sydney,
December 2011 at p.38.
viii Ibid at p.41.
ix Based on $65.9m. community radio sector annual income (Community Broadcasting Station Census – Survey of the
community radio sector 2009-10, (Full Report) CBAA, Sydney, December 2011 at p.13) plus estimated $4m. annual turnover
from the community television sector and estimated combined turnover of $23m. for the CBF and community broadcasting sector
peak organisations.
x Source: ACMA LIC 031 published 03/08/12 at www.acma.gov.au
xi Source: ACMA LIC 027 published 18/09/12 at www.acma.gov.
xii Community Broadcasting Station Census – Survey of the community radio sector 2009-10, (Full Report) CBAA, Sydney,
December 2011 at p.48 for specialist program production data.
COMPANY DETAILS
Community Broadcasting Foundation Ltd
Street and postal: Level 7, 369 Royal Parade, Parkville VIC 3052
49 008 590 403
ABN: Telephone: Fax:
Email:
Website:
(03) 9419 8055
(03) 9419 8352
info@cbf.com.au
www.cbf.com.au
(Note: Contact numbers will change due to our relocation; refer to www.cbf.com.au for new details)
Staff Details
Ian Stanistreet - Executive Director
Email: istanistreet@cbf.com.au
Jo Curtin - Senior Grants Administrator (Training grants)
Email: jcurtin@cbf.com.au
Barbara Baxter - Grants Administrator (Ethnic & Transmission Support grants)
Email: bbaxter@cbf.com.au
Georgina Boucher - Grants Administrator (General, RPH & Indigenous grants)
Email: gboucher@cbf.com.au
Jon King - Grants Administrator (Amrap, CBOnline, Community Television and Digital Radio Project grants)
Email: jking@cbf.com.au
Nermina Mulabegovic - Administrative Officer
Email: nmulabegovic@cbf.com.au
Glossary of Acronyms
ACMA - Australian Communications and Media
Authority
ACTA - Australian Community Television Alliance
AICA - Australian Indigenous Communications
Association
AMGAC - Australian Music Grants Advisory
Committee
AMRAP - Australian Music Radio Airplay Project
CBAA - Community Broadcasting Association of
Australia
CBAV - Community Broadcasting Association of
Victoria
CBD - Community Broadcasting Database
CBF - Community Broadcasting Foundation
CMA - Christian Media Australia
CMTO - Community Media Training Organisation
CRN - Community Radio Network Satellite service
DBCDE - Department of Broadband,
Communications and the Digital Economy
DDN - Digital Delivery Network
DRGAC - Digital Radio Grants Advisory Committee
EGAC - Ethnic Grants Advisory Committee
FSG - Funding Strategy Group
GGAC - General Grants Advisory Committee
IGAC - Indigenous Grants Advisory Committee
IRRR Project - Indigenous Remote Radio
Replacement Project
NEMBC - National Ethnic & Multicultural
Broadcasters’ Council
NINS - National Indigenous News Service
NIRS - National Indigenous Radio Service
NNSWCMA - Northern NSW Community Media
Association
NRN - National Radio News
OGAC - Online Grants Advisory Committee
QCBA - Queensland Community Broadcasting
Association
RIBS - Remote Indigenous Broadcasting Service
RIMO - Remote Indigenous Media Organisation
RPH - Radio for the Print Handicapped
RPHA - RPH Australia Co-operative Ltd.
RPHGAC - RPH Grants Advisory Committee
SACBA - South Australian Community
Broadcasting Association
SCMA - Southern Community Media Association
SPCC - Sector Project Consultative Committee
TGAC - Training Grant Broadcasting Association
Advisory Committee
TVGAC - Community Television Grants Advisory
Committee
WACBA - Western Australian Community
Broadcasting Association
TABLE OF CONTENTS
President’s Report About the Community Broadcasting Foundation CBF Structure
CBF Board
Advisory Committees
Administrative Committees CBF Secretariat 2011/12 Expenditure Charts
Ethnic Grants 2011/12 General Grants 2011/12
Content Development Grants 2011/12
Transmission Support Grants 2011/12
Indigenous Grants 2011/12
RPH (Radio for the Print Handicapped) Grants 2011/12
AMRAP (Australian Music Radio Airplay Project) Grants 2011/12
CBOnline Grants 2011/12
Online Development Grants 2011/12
Satellite Equipment Grants 2011/12
DDN Equipment Satellite Services 2011/12
Digital Delivery Network (DDN) Grants 2011/12
Training Grants 2011/12
Community Television Grants (CTV) 2011/12
Digital Radio Project 2011/12
Financial Statements and Reports for the year ended 30 June 2012
Company and Staff Details / Glossary of Acronyms
Published in October 2012 by:
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ABN: 49 008 590 403
Telephone: (03) 9419 8055
Fax: (03) 9419 8352
Email: info@cbf.com.au
Website: www.cbf.com.au
(Note: Contact numbers will change due to our relocation; refer to www.cbf.com.au for new details)
Cover Images:
Front page: Alejandra Utrera - Latin American Broadcaster at 4EB;
Back page: Belyuen Mob Topend (photo by CAAMA taken at Outside Broadcast Barunga N.T); 2QBN team at the
Murrumbateman Field Days and the 4 Wheeldriver Spectacular, pictured: Myreen Wood, Billy Kelly and Ron Parkinson
(Station Manager); Commuity Radio 96.5fm presenters Tony Fantasia and Corrine Brislin (14 years old) with Jonny
Taylor of “Australias Got Talent”; Jack Ansell & Andrea Fraser Nunga Wangga team members interviewing and filming
documentary makers Quentin Agius (with boom) & Kim Mavromatis; Joy FM team; NGM participants and trainers
(twenty one young people received training in leadership, media and broadcasting skills in a January Summer School
before beginning a weekly radio program at SYN Media (digital radio and online at syn.org.au.); Ngawai Denning at
2SSR; Kristy Mcmahon at 4ZZZ; Ceri Wrobel and Stephanie Burgess at 2NVR; Stevie Goldsmith interviewing Owen
Karpany on native title issues; Andrea Fraser, Eddie Peters, Elsie Amamoo - members of Nunga Wangga team; and
Sue Kater and Blitz Greig at 7BOD.
The CBF is supported by the Australian Government through the Department of Broadband, Communications and the
Digital Economy.
PRESIDENT'S REPORT
I am pleased to present the Annual Report for 2011/12.
As the incoming President I would like to begin by
thanking my predecessor, John Martin, for his remarkable
contribution to the maintenance and development of
the community broadcasting sector throughout a long
association with the Foundation. John first joined the
CBF as a CBAA nominee to the General Grants Advisory
Committee (GGAC) and nominee to the Board over
twenty-one years ago in November 1990. He was
appointed Vice-President in late 1994 and was first
appointed President of the CBF in November 1999
completing four terms in the role on 17 February 2012.
As such he has been the longest serving President of
the CBF as well as the longest serving volunteer in any
capacity. During his time with the Foundation John saw
the sector grow from fewer than a hundred services to
more than five times that number. The responsibilities of
the Foundation have also grown - it now disburses over
six times the level of funds that it did in 1990 and has
greatly expanded the areas across which that support is
provided. The very nature of broadcasting has changed
radically over that period and with the advent of the online
world, digital media, and the pressures of technological
convergence, is in transition still. John’s commitment of
more than twenty years to the work of the CBF forms only
part of his long involvement with community broadcasting.
Words are not adequate to express our thanks for the
depth of that commitment and for the many positive
benefits to the community broadcasting sector that flowed
from it. Nevertheless John, we thank you. Now that John
has moved on from the Foundation he is threatening to
write a history of the sector. By mentioning that intention
I am hoping to encourage him as there would be few
people better qualified by personal experience, ability and
temperament to do so. I for one will be an avid reader.
I also wish to offer our thanks to Lex Marinos who
retired from the CBF Board in March after six years as
Vice-President and Chair of the Online Grants Advisory
Committee - certainly another substantial commitment.
While he has left the Foundation Lex is continuing his
involvement with community broadcasting through his
interest in community television and as an accredited
trainer. We also farewelled Ruth Ashe as a Director and
Chair of the Training Grants Advisory Committee.
Ruth was completing her second term as a Director
having held portfolio responsibility for the Australian Music
Radio Airplay Project in its early years.
Anna Burns, Director and Chair of the Australian Music
Grants Advisory Committee, also left the CBF late in 2011.
We thank Lex, Ruth and Anna for their dedication and
commitment. They will all be missed.
While there has been a considerable degree of change
in the governance of the CBF during this year, change
oft brings opportunity and we have been able to take
advantage of it to welcome David Melzer as our new
Vice-President and Chair of the Digital Radio Grants
Advisory Committee, Cath Haridy as a Director and Chair
of the Australian Music Grants Advisory Committee,
Rachel Maher as a Director and Chair of the Training
Grants Advisory Committee and Ellie Rennie as a
Director and Chair of our newest "GAC” the Television
Grants Advisory Committee (TVGAC). It’s an exciting
time to step into the role of President of the CBF, as
technological convergence and the digital revolution
continue to transform the way that media content is
both distributed and consumed. There are significant
challenges ahead for the Foundation in maintaining
support for existing community broadcasting infrastructure
while also assisting the development of the multi-platform
capacity (analogue/digital/online) that is emerging as
the new media paradigm. In doing so it will be vital that
such technological issues do not obscure or impede the
maintenance of community broadcasting values - the
commitment to diversity, access, independence and
localism which makes our sector so unique and highly
valued. I look forward to working within the Foundation
and with the broader community broadcasting sector to
that end.
Funding levels
In 2011/12 the Foundation secured just over $15.3m. in
funding support for the community broadcasting sector
from the Australian Government via the Department of
Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
(DBCDE).
Of this amount a little over $12.2mI. was provided under
our main funding deed and just over $3.1m. under
a separate deed for the Digital Radio Project. Of the
main funding allocation $4.38m. was provided in core
(annual recurrent) funding to support Ethnic, Indigenous,
RPH and general community broadcasting. $1.96m.
was provided as targeted funding for ethnic community
broadcasting, CBOnline Project initiatives, and support
of the Community Radio Network (CRN) satellite service.
$1.63m. was provided as Transmission Support funding,
$628,000 was received for the National Training Program,
and $600,000 was allocated for the conduct of the
Australian Music Radio Airplay Project (Amrap). The total
amount of funding received was considerably higher than
in 2010/11 due to the announcement of an additional $3m.
in content development funding in the 2011/12 Federal
Budget. The new funding was provided as a general
Content Development Fund of $1.5m., and a specialist
content development fund of $1.5m. - increasing support
in the key areas of Ethnic, Indigenous and Radio for the
Print Handicapped community radio broadcasting.
The 2011/12 main funding deed also created capacity for
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figures given in this report are exclusive of GST.
the Foundation to support community television content
production for the first time, albeit without any additional
dedicated funding. Accordingly a community television
content production fund of $300,000 was created from
the $1.47m. funding allocation for the support of general
community broadcasting. A new Television Grants
Advisory Committee (TVGAC) was created to assess
applications and distribute these funds. We were fortunate
to be able to appoint TVGAC members with considerable
experience with, and a strong understanding of, the
community television sector in Ellie Rennie, Kevin Fong
and Richard McLelland.
Funding cuts to Amrap and DRP
Unfortunately the Australian Government’s level of
funding support for the maintenance and development
of community broadcasting did not survive unscathed in
the difficult fiscal environment surrounding the 2012/13
Federal Budget. Firstly, the four-year funding commitment
for conduct of the Australian Music Radio Airplay
Project concluded on 30 June 2012. A renewed funding
commitment for this highly valued and successful crossindustry project had been sought but was not forthcoming.
Secondly, while further funding for the Digital Radio
Project was provided at the level of $2.238m. this was
$1.4m. less than is required for the continuation of all 37
metropolitan digital community radio services given the
cost of increased broader radio industry investment in the
in-fill transmission facilities necessary to provide robust
reception for all digital radio services across Brisbane,
Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. The digital
radio platform uses common transmission infrastructure
for commercial and community services so it was
not possible for the community sector to avoid these
additional costs. Since the Budget announcement last
May the Foundation has been working closely with the
Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA)
to have these matters addressed. Both projects received
favourable reviews through an independent assessment
process commissioned by the DBCDE in 2011 and we
believe that there is a strong case for these funding issues
to be addressed by the Government. Minister Conroy has
been supportive and we are hopeful that a solution will be
found.
Funding processes
In 2011/12 our operations involved seven meetings by
the Board, and several meetings by each of our nine
grants advisory committees. In between formal meetings
our conversations on all manner of funding-related
issues continued via teleconferences and by electronic
means. The CBF remains very strongly volunteerdriven with 40 individuals serving on the CBF Board and
advisory committees during the year. Their work involved
assessment of 1,120 applications resulting in 774 grants
(an increase of 195 grants by comparison with the
previous year) providing support to over 1000 community
broadcasting organisations and program production
groups. This was a considerable increase in workload for
our Secretariat being a being a more than 60% increase
in applications received and a 33% increase in the
number of grants made. Despite the huge increase in
applications 67% of all CBF grant applicants in 2011/12
received funding support.
Adoption of online grants management processes
Following trials in 2011 the CBF shifted all of its grant
processes online. We adopted the SmartyGrants online
grants management system developed by
Melbourne-based social enterprise OurCommunity.
Online application processes for CBF grants were
enthusiastically adopted across the sector with the
Foundation receiving very positive feedback. While
in a state of continuing development the online forms
are considered more intuitive in nature and have
the advantage of providing early applicants with
the opportunity to seek feedback from our grants
administrators as to how their applications can be
improved prior to lodgement. Our grants advisory
committees have also adopted online assessment
processes ending the days of GAC members receiving
large boxes of paper applications by mail.
Funding for community television
The Foundation conducted its inaugural community
television content production round late in the financial
year. This was a landmark for the CBF being the first time
that we had been able to provide any significant dedicated
funding support for community television purposes
since our establishment in 1984. At $300,000 the funds
committed remain modest having been refocused from
general grant funding previously restricted to support for
community radio. Not surprisingly the level of funding
sought from the community television sector, which has
a strong presence in remote Indigenous communities
as well as in metropolitan areas, greatly exceeded the
funds available. One hundred and thirteen applications
requesting $1.58m. were received.
The Foundation recognizes the current inequity in the
level of funding support provided for community television
compared to community radio as a significant issue within
the broader context of achieving a more appropriate
level of government support for community broadcasting
as a whole. During this year we consulted with the
peak community broadcasting sector representative
organisations in relation to a specific extension of eligibility
to community television in the areas of Emergency Grant
funding and CBOnline funding. We also sought
comment from them on the broader issue of the
Foundation introducing greater platform neutrality in its
funding processes over time. The Foundation believes
that ongoing technological convergence will compel the
sector to progressively adopt a multi-platform approach
to content production and distribution that requires
a less platform-specific approach in the provision of
CBF support funding. The sector’s response to this
consultation process was understandably cautious, noting
the inadequacy of the present level of funding available
to support community radio sector needs. Strong support
was indicated for the community television sector to be
allocated dedicated funding support in addition to the
current CBF funding pool. This is of course a matter for
government to determine.
The CBF has informed the community television sector
through the Australian Community Television Alliance
(ACTA) that while there is broad sector support for
greater equity in the provision of Federal Government
support, there is considerable opposition to the further
dilution of the limited funding currently available.
We advised ACTA that the CBF is unable to provide a
broad extension of funding eligibility to all grant areas
however we will continue to make funding support
available to community television in the areas of Training,
Content Production, sector coordination (under General
Grants - Sustainability and Development) and Financial
Distress Assistance (when sufficient reserve funds are
available for this purpose). In addition the Foundation
has extended funding eligibility to community television
in the area of Emergency Grants, and is seeking DBCDE
agreement to allow a similar funding extension in the
area of CBOnline grant funds. The Foundation strongly
supports the provision by the Australian Government of
a dedicated funding allocation for the maintenance and
development of community television.
Convergence Review outcomes
Together with the CBAA and other sector bodies the
CBF closely monitored the progress of the government’s
Convergence Review and its findings. Our own
submission focused on highlighting the value of the
community broadcasting sector as a prodigious producer
of diverse, local and Australian content - a role that we
feel will be of increasing value to Australian society as the
globalisation of media progresses driven by technological
convergence and a continued high concentration of
traditional media ownership. As media sources proliferate
and become less geographically focused community
broadcasting’s inherent ability to engage with and reflect
local issues, opinions and voices will be of increasing
interest and value to Australians keen to know what
is happening in their own locality as much as what
is occurring nationally and internationally. It is worth
mentioning that the Final Report of the Convergence
Review noted: "both community television and community
radio add to the diversity of the Australian media. In
particular, community radio has been one of the success
stories in Australian broadcasting. Community radio is
a vibrant, fertile source of innovative and independent
content. It encourages participation and has made an
important contribution in the area of local content. ”
It is good to see these qualities recognised however
the Review had little else to say about the future of the
community broadcasting sector within a converged media
environment. While its focus was on broader media
industry issues we would hope that the Government’s
response to the findings of the Review report, when
presented, will address the potential of the community
media sector in more detail.
Looking ahead
During 2012/13 the Foundation will be focusing on the
following:
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Supporting the transition of the sector’s satellite
content distribution channels to the Optus Aurora
Digital satellite platform. This shift offers the prospect
of developing further distributive capacity at no
additional cost should sufficient need exist.
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Conduct of a comprehensive review of the
Foundation’s Strategic Plan. An internal review is
expected to be completed by the end of 2012 with
the draft plan for 2013-17 being circulated to sector
representative organisations for comment prior to its
finalisation and adoption by the CBF Board early in
2013.
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Launch of a new website.
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Further development of our online grants
administration processes to improve integration with
oversight of grant acquittals, and improve layout and
content within application and reporting forms.
In closing may I express thanks to the representatives
of the peak sector organisations for their advice and
cooperation throughout the year and also to the staff of
the National and Community Broadcasting section of the
DBCDE for their continued assistance and support.
I also wish to thank all the volunteers who contribute their
time and expertise to the work of the Foundation on our
grants advisory committees and Board, and the members
of the CBF Secretariat who have this year coped with
considerable change to administrative systems and a
significant increase in their workload with both enthusiasm
and grace.
Peter Batchelor
President
ABOUT THE COMMUNITY BROADCASTING FOUNDATION
The Community Broadcasting Foundation is an
independent non-profit funding agency that solicits and
distributes funds for the maintenance and development of
community broadcasting in Australia including specialist
services for Ethnic, Indigenous and Radio for the Print
Handicapped audiences.
The Foundation’s values affirm the principles of access,
diversity, independence, innovation and localism, and the
commitment to social justice that underpin the community
broadcasting sector’s philosophy and operation.
Our vision is to assist the community broadcasting
sector to reach its full potential as a well-resourced,
independent, diverse, vibrant and accessible Australian
media sector.
Consultation & Independence
The CBF promotes an open dialogue with stakeholders
within the sector and with government whilst maintaining
the independence that is an essential requirement of
providing a fair, equitable and transparent grants process.
By drawing membership of its advisory committees from
the community broadcasting sector the Foundation is
able to incorporate peer group involvement in the conduct
of its grants processes and monitoring of sector projects.
Policy & Research
The CBF is actively engaged in funding policy
formulation and debate on various issues concerning the
development of Australian community broadcasting.
The Foundation works closely with peak sector
organisations to inform and influence key
decision-makers to support the further development of
community broadcasting.
CBF Administrative Costs
In 2011/12 total CBF administrative costs were
$829,717 being: $779,872 secretariat expenses,
$7,513 depreciation including Digital Radio equipment,
and $42,332 for advisory committee expenses.
Total program costs (administrative costs plus grants and
projects paid and committed and uncommitted funds)
were $17,073,105. Total administrative costs made up
4.8% of total program costs. Desk research on similar
organisations shows administrative to program cost ratios
are typically above 9%. Of the total administrative costs
$138,841 was drawn from the core funding allocation
for general community broadcasting with the remainder
funded from a 4% administrative levy on core grant areas
and targeted ethnic funds and 6% administrative levy on
sector project funds, plus interest earned on Digital Radio
Project funds invested and company reserves.
Summary of Funding Received
In 2011/12 the Foundation received a total of
$15,320,933 in funding from the Australian Government
through the DBCDE being:
$4,389,000 for core funding (comprised of $1,470,469
general, $1,800,894 ethnic, $760,096 Indigenous and
$357,541 RPH);
$1,969,000 for targeted funding;
$1,631,933 for transmission support funding;
$628,000 for the National Training Project;
$600,000 for the Australian Music Radio Airplay Project
$3,000,000 for Content Development
$3,103,000 for digital radio implementation.
Summary of Funds Allocated
In addition to funding received in the current year, the
CBF earned interest on monies held, and reallocated
additional funds from returned grants and unexpended
project funds carried forward from previous years.
In total $16,243,270 was allocated or committed as
grants or other expenditure in support of community
broadcasting not including CBF administrative costs.
In 2011/12 the CBF made 774 grants totalling
$15,719,563 to 256 grantees providing support for
1,032 community broadcasting organisations and
program production groups.
Grants
$3,637,195 for ethnic community broadcasting including
$658,000 for content development;
$1,036,030 for general community broadcasting;
$1,410,000 for general content development;
$1,134,098 for Indigenous community broadcasting
including $376,000 for content development;
$344,485 for community broadcasting for people with a
print disability;
$376,000 for RPH content development
$1,570,909 for transmission support;
$610,685 for CBOnline grants and equipment;
$718,262 for training activities;
$609,553 for Australian music activities;
$295,571 for community television content development
$3,902,000 for digital radio implementation;
$74,775 for other grants.
Other Expenditure & Commitments
$78,054 for Community Radio satellite services and the
Digital Delivery Network (DDN);
$8,518 for sector advocacy;
$1,988 for payroll tax;
$78,000 forward commitment for 12/13 Amrap & DDN
development;
$91,296 forward commitment Digital Radio;
$193,255 unallocated Digital Radio commitments;
$72,596 unallocated other grants and projects
commitments.
CBF STRUCTURE
CBF Board
The CBF Board is responsible for the governance and
strategic development of the Foundation.
The position of President is nominated by the Board of
the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia
(CBAA). The position of Vice-President is nominated by
the CBF Board.
CBF Grants Advisory Committees perform an
independent advisory role in grant disbursement and
the formulation of funding policy. Each Grants Advisory
Committee (GAC) has a representative on the CBF
Board of Directors. For more information see Advisory
Committees (page 8).
At its discretion the Board may appoint further directors
with particular knowledge or expertise of value to the
Foundation. In recent years additional directors have
overseen grant processes related to sector-wide projects.
Board members of the CBF in 2011/12 were:
John Martin, President (retired February 2012)
John Martin has extensive experience in broadcasting,
including video access centres, SBS radio, community
radio stations 2MCE and 2SER, and satellite
narrowcasting. John is currently the General Manager
of Television Oceania. He has been involved with the
Foundation for twenty-two years serving twelve years as
President.
Peter Batchelor, President (appointed February 2012)
Peter Batchelor enjoyed a long political career spanning
21 years as a member of the Victorian Parliament, with
11 years as a Minister in five portfolios including Minister
for Victorian Communities / Community Development and
Minister for Arts. Achievements in these areas included
assistance to volunteers, volunteer-based organisations
and social enterprises; management of the Community
Support Fund; and oversight of the Arts grant program.
Peter brings a strong background in public policy and
governance to the Foundation.
Alexander Marinos OAM, Vice-President (retired
March 2012)
Lex Marinos is a freelance actor, director and
broadcaster, as well as coordinator of major events
and festivals. He has worked extensively within
the community sector and across all levels of the
entertainment industry.
David Melzer, Vice-President (appointed March 2012)
David has been involved in broadcasting for more than
20 years - as a volunteer, broadcaster, trainer, manager,
board member and consultant in the community
broadcasting sector and with the ABC. He has worked as a station manager at remote,
regional and metropolitan stations serving general,
ethnic, Indigenous and specialist music community
interests. David was the President of the CBAA for four
years (1999-2003), during which he chaired a number
of policy formulation and sector project consultative
committees and worked closely with other sector
organisations on sector funding advocacy.
Geoffrey Payne, Chair – RPH Grants Advisory
Committee
Geoff Payne is Associate University Librarian
Infrastructure Services at La Trobe University. From 1997
to 2003, he was Vision Australia Foundation’s General
Manager Information Services. Geoff is a past Treasurer
of RPH Australia.
Heinrich Stefanik OAM, Chair – Ethnic Grants
Advisory Committee
Heinrich Stefanik is part of the German language radio
team on 1CMS in Canberra. He became involved in
ethnic broadcasting in 1975 and has served on a number
of national bodies including FECCA and the NEMBC.
Terrence Mather OAM, Member – General Grants
Advisory Committee
Terry hosts programs on 7THE and has been involved
with Hobart FM since 1994, serving as Station Treasurer
for the last 17 years and more recently in a second role
as Public Officer.
Dean Hodgson, Member – Indigenous Grants
Advisory Committee
Dean is an Arabunna man from Lake Eyre. He has had
a long involvement in Indigenous radio and currently
broadcasts with the Nunga Wangga program at Radio
Adelaide. Dean has a Certificate IV in Broadcasting and
Journalism through the Batchelor Institute of Indigenous
Tertiary Education.
Ellie Rennie, Chair – TV Grants Advisory Committee
(appointed September 2011)
Associate Professor Ellie Rennie is the Deputy Director of
the Swinburne Institute for Social Research at Swinburne
University. Her current research interests include the
implications of digital switchover and broadband for
remote Indigenous communities.
Anna Burns, Chair – Amrap Grants Advisory
Committee (retired August 2011)
Anna is a presenter at Sydney’s youth music station FBi
and has been a member of the FBi board for the past
four years. Anna currently produces media campaigns for
independent record label and touring company, Modular.
CBF Board cont.
Catherine Haridy, Chair – Australian Music Grants
Advisory Committee (appointed September 2011)
Catherine Haridy’s career runs an artist management
company and is Chairman of the Association of Artist
Managers, an APRA Ambassador and is involved in
various advocacy issues that affect artists and managers
in Australia.
Rachel Maher, Chair – Training Grants Advisory
Committee (appointed January 2012)
Rachel Maher has worked on many media production
and training projects with migrant and Indigenous
communities. She writes for newmatilda.com and project
manages with international media development agency,
Internews.
Ruth Ashe, Chair – Training Grants Advisory
Committee (retired December 2011)
Ruth Ashe has had a distinguished career in the
Department of Communications, Information Technology
and the Arts where she was Director of the Community
Broadcasting section.
The CBF Board of Directors is advised by a number of
volunteer committees that make grant recommendations
and provide expert advice.
Board members of the CBF in 2011/12
Pictured from left front: Ellie Rennie, Catherine Haridy, Terrence Mather; in the middle left: Lex Marinos, John Martin; at the
back left: Heinrich Stefanik, Rachel Maher, Dean Hodgson and Geoffrey Payne.
Advisory Committees
Grants Advisory Committees
The Foundation’s structure enables peer group
involvement in the grants process through a range of
Grants Advisory Committees (GACs).
GAC members are appointed by the CBF Board
to perform an independent advisory role in grants
disbursement and the formulation of funding policy.
GACs assess applications, review funding categories,
grant guidelines and criteria, monitor grant acquittal rates
and provide policy advice and grants recommendations
to the CBF Board.
GACs are informed by the views of relevant
key stakeholders communicated through sector
representative organisations and more directly through
consultation with community broadcasters at those
organisations’ annual conferences.
The Foundation has four original ‘core’ GACs - GGAC,
IGAC, EGAC and RPHGAC. They were supplemented
this year by sector project-related GACs - AMGAC,
TVGAC, OGAC, and DRGAC. Sector project GAC
membership is determined by the CBF Board according
to the needs of the project.
Grants Advisory Committees cont.
Each GAC nominates a representative to the CBF Board
or has a CBF Board member as its chairperson. Core
GAC members are nominated by the relevant peak
organisation within the community broadcasting sector:
the Australian Indigenous Communications Association
(AICA); Community Broadcasting Association of
Australia (CBAA); National Ethnic and Multicultural
Broadcasters’ Council (NEMBC); and RPH Australia.
GAC nominees are typically community broadcasters
with considerable expertise in the relevant funding area.
In 2011/12 there were nine Grants Advisory Committees:
Training Grants Advisory Committee (TGAC)
Ms Rachel Maher (Chair from November 2011)
Mr Stephen Jolley
Ms Michelle White
Mr Werner Albrecht (appointed February 2012)
Mr David Melzer (appointed January 2012, retired May
2012)
Ms Natalie Pozdeev (appointed May 2012, retired June
2012)
Ms Ruth Ashe (former Chair) (retired December 2011)
Ms Indira Narayan (retired December 2011)
Australian Music Grants Advisory Committee
(AMGAC)
Ms Catherine Haridy (Chair) (appointed September
2011)
Ms Marlene Cummins (appointed September 2011)
Mr Mick James (appointed September 2011)
Mr Henk de Weerd
Mr Neil Rogers
Ms Meg Butler (retired August 2011)
Ms Anna Burns (Chair until retirement - August 2011)
RPH Grants Advisory Committee (RPHGAC)
Mr Hans Reimer (Chair)
Ms Joy Howman
Mr Bob Hargreaves
Mr Geoff Payne
General Grants Advisory Committee (GGAC)
Ms Maureen O’Keeffe (Chair)
Mr Mick James
Ms Libby Jamieson
Mr Terrence Mather
Mr Bob Rau
General Grants Advisory Committee (GGAC)
Pictured from front: Terrence Mather; left to right: Libby Jamieson, Maureen O'Keeffe, Bob Rau and Mick
James.
Digital Radio Grants Advisory Committee (DRGAC)
Mr David Melzer (Chair) (appointed April 2012)
Mr Terrence Mather
Ms Ellie Rennie (appointed February 2012)
Mr Geoff Payne (appointed February 2012)
Mr John Martin (Chair until retirement - February 2012)
Mr Lex Marinos (retired March 2012)
Ethnic Grants Advisory Committee (EGAC)
Dr Heinrich Stefanik OAM (Chair)
Mr Darce Cassidy
Ms Luchi Santer
Ms Gaby Hasler (alternate member, appointed January
2012)
Mr Inoke Fotu Hu’akau (alternate member, retired
November 2011)
Ethnic Grants Advisory Committee (EGAC)
Pictured from left: Gaby Hasler, Darce Cassidy, Heinrich Stefanik and Luchi Santer.
Online Grants Advisory Committee (OGAC)
Dr Heinrich Stefanik OAM (chair from April 2012)
Mr Nathaniel Garvin
Ms Melanie Page
Mr Seraphim Slade
Mr Lex Marinos OAM (Chair until retirement - March 2011)
Indigenous Grants Advisory Committee (IGAC)
Mr Lloyd Wyles (Chair)
Mr Dean Hodgson
Mr Ralph Saunders
Ms Robyn Regattieri (alternate member)
Indigenous Grants Advisory Committee (IGAC)
Pictured from left Ralph Sauders, Robyn Regattieri, LLoyd Wyles and Dean Hodgson.
Community Television Grants Advisory Committee
(TVGAC)
Ms Ellie Rennie (Chair) (appointed September 2011)
Mr Kevin Fong (appointed September 2011)
Mr Richard McLelland (appointed September 2011)
Mr Laurie Patton (alternate member, appointed April
2012, retired June 2012).
The CBF acknowledges with appreciation the invaluable
voluntary contribution that CBF committee members
make to the work of the Foundation.
Administrative Committees
The CBF operates a number of administrative
committees that deal with various aspects of the
Foundation’s work as needed. These include the OH&S
Committee, Strategic Plan Review Committee, and Risk
Management Committee.
CBF Secretariat
Based in Melbourne, the Secretariat runs the
Foundation’s day-to-day operations. CBF staff
administer the grant funding process and liaise with an
extensive range of agencies and stakeholders, including
government, peak community broadcasting sector
organisations, stations and broadcasters.
The Secretariat comprises:
Executive Director – Ian Stanistreet
Ian Stanistreet has over thirty years experience
in community broadcasting and has managed the
operations of the CBF since 2000. Ian has been involved
as a broadcaster, trainer and manager at a number
of stations including 3PBS, 3BBB and 2MCE and
has served on the CBAA, CBAV and Northern NSW
Community Media Association’s Boards.
Senior Grants Administrator – Joanna Curtin
Jo has been involved as a volunteer, presenter, board
and staff member at various stations since 1999
including Melbourne’s youth station SYN and ethnic
station 3ZZZ. She has also served on the CBAA’s Board
and has written management training resources as a
part of the National Training Project. Jo joined the CBF
in September 2007 and was appointed to the position
of Senior Grants Administrator in December 2010. She
holds principal responsibility for Training grants.
Administrative Officer – Nermina Mulabegovic
Nermina Mulabegovic has wide-ranging experience in
reception and administration across the corporate and
cultural sectors. She was a volunteer at 3ZZZ prior to
joining the CBF in November 2005.
Grants Administrator – Barbara Baxter
Barbara Baxter began her involvement with community
radio in 1985 as Secretary, then Treasurer, of 3MDR.
Barbara joined the CBF in November 1991 and has
principal responsibility for Ethnic and Transmission
Support grants.
Grants Administrator – Georgina Boucher
Georgie joined the CBF in February 2011 and has
principal responsibility for General, Indigenous, and
RPH grants. She has a background in academia with a
PhD in English and has lectured in Theatre and Cultural
Studies. Georgie has grant management experience at
the Melbourne Research Office, University of Melbourne
and is a long-term listener and subscriber to community
radio.
Grants Administrator – Jon King
Jon is responsible for Amrap, CBOnline, Community
Television and Digital Radio Project grants.
He worked in various areas in the Victorian Government
including the offices of youth, multicultural affairs
and volunteering before joining the CBF in 2010. He
has previously volunteered at Melbourne’s SYN as a
broadcaster and music director.
CBF staff from left - Ian Stanistreet, Barbara Baxter, Jon King, Jo Curtin, Nermina Mulabegovic and Georgie Boucher.
Picture taken by David Melzer.
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ALLOCATION OF GRANTS 2011/12
RPH
Indigenous
$344,485
$1,134,098
2.3% RPH Content Development
7.2%
General Content
$376,000
Development
2.4%
$1,410,000
Transmission Support
9%
$1,570,909
General
10%
Amrap
$1,036,030
$609,553
7%
3.8%
Ethnic
Training
$3,637,195
$718,262
23%
4.5%
CBOnline
Project
Other Grants
$610,685
$74,775
CTV Content
3.9%
0.04% Digital Radio Production
$3,902,000
$295,571
25%
Total $15,719,563
1.86%
COMMUNITY BROADCASTING FOUNDATION
OTHER FUNDS EXPENDED OR COMMITTED IN 2011/12
Forward Commitment
Digital Radio
$91,296
7%
CBF administration &
Committed but
Advisory Committee
Unallocated Funds for
Expenses
Other Projects and Grants
$829,717
$72,596
61%
5.5%
Forward Commitment
Payroll Tax
Amrap & DDN
$1,988
Development
0.17%
$78,000 Committed but
Satellite & Data
5.7% Unallocated Funds
for Digital Radio Sector Advocacy Services
$78,054
$8,518
$193,255
6%
0.63%
14%
Total $1,353,424
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ETHNIC GRANTS
Ethnic grants are provided to assist with the
maintenance and development of ethnic community
broadcasting around Australia.
In 2011/12 the CBF received a total of $3,113,647
to support community broadcasting for the benefit of
people of non-English speaking backgrounds (NESB).
This included $1,800,894 in core funding and $1,312,753
in targeted funding for development of ethnic community
broadcasting to meet the needs of new language groups,
providing for greater diversity of programming to cater
for young people of ethnic backgrounds, and supporting
new, emerging and refugee communities. In addition,
Content Development funding of $700,000 was received
to support ethnic program production. With reallocated
funds from previous years and following the deduction of
grants advisory committee expenses and a contribution
to CBF operating costs, a total of $3,637,195 in grants
was allocated.
In 2011/12 CBF Ethnic grants assisted 6 dedicated
ethnic community radio stations, 64 generalist stations
broadcasting ethnic programs and the peak body for
ethnic community broadcasters - the National Ethnic and
Multicultural Broadcasters’ Council (NEMBC).
Grants were offered under three categories:
Sector Coordination - a grant of $317,739 to the
NEMBC contributed to its secretariat operations,
production of its journal, The Ethnic Broadcaster, and
provided travel subsidies for delegates to the NEMBC
national conference.
Development grants - to establish new program
groups. In 2011/12 $9,818 was allocated in Development
- New Program Group grants. The grants were available
under two sub-categories - New Language Group and
New Community Group.
New program groups in their first year of broadcasting
can apply for a grant to assist in establishment of their
program. Two program groups at two stations were
funded under the Development - New Language Group
category, receiving assistance for purchase of resource
materials for program production.
Six groups at four stations were funded under the
Development - New Community category which provides
support to broadcasters from new, emerging and refugee
communities. A ‘new and emerging community’ is an
ethnic community that has experienced a significant
percentage increase in the number of people arriving in
Australia in the past fifteen years, and has limited access
to mainstream media.
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Program
$3,290,018
91%
Sector
Coordination
$317,739
8.2%
Development
$29,438
0.8%
Total $3,637,195
Ethnic Broadcasting Special Projects grants
– designed to develop innovative projects within ethnic
community broadcasting. A grant was allocated to 3CR
for production of the satellite-networked program Accent
of Women.
Program grants - for weekly radio programs.
In 2011/12 a total of $3,290,018 was allocated to
support an average of 1,398 hours per week of
ethnic programming by 130 distinct cultural groups
broadcasting in 96 languages. This included:
•
24 hours of ethnic youth programming (single
language programs);
•
4.5 hours of multicultural youth programming
(primarily in English for NESB youth listeners);
•
37 new programs; and 448 hours of programming
for new and emerging communities.
Consideration of Ethnic grants is the responsibility of the
Ethnic Grants Advisory Committee (EGAC).
For further information contact Barbara Baxter, Grants
Administrator, ph: (03) 9419 8055 or
email: bbaxter@cbf.com.au
Ethnic programming hours: applied for and funded
In 2011/12, funding support for 76,270 hours of ethnic
programming was applied for, with 72,674 hours being
funded. Of the total funded, 23,320 hours (32%) were
programs identified as being for new and emerging
communities. Total hours funded also included
1,452 hours of Ethnic Youth, (of which 234 hours
was for Multicultural Youth) and 980 hours of new
programming. Due to additional content development
funding, the hourly funding rate in Round 1 was
$45.00, in Round 2 it was $45.50. Last year's average
rate was $36.89.
Languages funded and number of stations broadcasting in 2011/12
Language/ Cultural
Identity
Hours
Funded
Stations
^
Greek
4,057
26
Samoan *
3,608
Italian
Macedonian
Language/ Cultural
Identity
Hours
funded
Stations
^
Japanese
520
9
26
Indian languages
501
6
3,278
30
Urdu - Pakistani *
475
8
3,159
23
Maori
442
4
German
2,561
26
Hungarian
420
5
Filipino/Tagalog
2,368
31
Arabic - Lebanese
416
3
Croatian *
2,288
19
Cambodian/Khmer *
416
6
Serbian
2,262
16
Pidgin PNG *
416
3
Dutch
2,067
19
Albanian *
403
5
Spanish-Latin American
1,976
19
Slovenian *
403
5
Hindi
1,884
23
Ukrainian
390
5
Tongan *
1,846
12
Laotian
377
5
Spanish
1,774
19
Chinese
376
3
Mandarin
1,752
17
Austrian
364
4
Vietnamese
1,677
13
Ghanaian *
364
4
English - Irish
1,300
16
Tamil - Sri Lankan *
364
3
Sinhalese *
1,300
10
Korean *
312
5
Arabic
1,261
10
Assyrian
312
4
Maltese
1,207
11
Harari - Ethiopian *
312
3
Polish
1,141
13
Somali *
306
3
Fijian *
1,109
11
Afrikaans/S.African
260
4
Cook Islands *
1,092
9
Kurdish *
247
4
Panjabi - Indian
958
15
Multicultural Youth
234
5
Cantonese
926
12
Bengali-Bangladeshi *
221
5
Indonesian *
910
11
Romanian *
221
5
Bosnian *
819
9
Ethiopian *
210
3
Armenian
780
5
Telugu
208
4
Tamil
771
14
Mauritian *
208
3
Greek - Cypriot
767
5
Czech
195
3
Turkish
719
7
Niuean *
195
3
Farsi *
659
7
Swiss
186
3
Russian *
642
9
African-emerging *
182
4
English - Scottish
632
11
Lithuanian
182
4
French
628
12
Hebrew/Yiddish
182
2
Arabic - Egyptian
624
6
Arabic - Syrian *
182
1
Portuguese
598
6
Spanish - Chilean
176
3
Nepalese/Bhutanese *
589
11
Latvian
156
3
Dari/Pashto-Afghan *
550
13
Romany *
156
2
Sudanese *
533
10
Yugoslav languages
156
2
Thai *
528
7
Turkish - Cypriot
156
1
Plus programs broadcast on at least one station each
for 50 more language/cultural identities including
those from the Horn of Africa, South America, Indian
sub-continent, Pacific Islands, east Asia, Scandinavia,
southern Europe and the Middle East.
^ Number of stations broadcasting in this language
* Identified as a new, emerging or refugee community
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Ethnic Program Grants 2011/12
Grantee
Round 1
Round 2
Amount
Hours
Amount
Hours
1CMS Canberra Multicultural Service Community Radio
$92,791
2055
$95,232
2093
1XXR Community Radio 2XX Inc.
$18,720
416
$19,259
423
$44,597
984
2BACR Bankstown Auburn Community Radio Inc.
2BAY Bay FM 99.9
$3,510
78
$5,048
111
2BOB 2BOB Radio
$5,850
130
$5,915
130
2GLF Liverpool Fairfield Community Radio Co-op.
$9,749
208
$13,013
286
2LRR Opal FM 89.7
$8,190
182
$8,281
182
2MCE 2MCE-FM
$3,510
78
$3,549
78
2MCR Macarthur Community Radio Assoc.
$14,040
312
$14,196
312
2MIA Griffith City Community FM Assoc.
$16,380
364
$17,154
377
2MWM Radio Northern Beaches
$4,095
91
$4,141
91
2NBC South & Inner West Stereo FM 90.1
$20,183
449
$20,407
449
2NCR Radio 2NCR
$11,700
260
$11,830
260
2NIM Nimbin Independent Media
$5,850
130
$5,678
125
$4,732
104
2OCB Orange Community Broadcasters
$3,370
75
$3,549
78
2OOO Multicultural Community Radio Assoc.
$96,720
2145
$100,186
2202
2RDJ Radio 2RDJ FM 88.1
$9,360
208
$10,824
238
2REM Community Radio Albury-Wodonga Co-op. Soc. Ltd.
$11,504
247
$13,013
286
2RES Eastside Radio FM 89.7
$4,680
104
$4,732
104
2RRR 2RRR FM 88.5
$21,897
486
$21,886
481
2RSR Radio Skid Row
$53,820
1196
$49,686
1092
2NSB Northside Broadcasting Co-op. Ltd.
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2SER Sydney Educational Broadcasting Ltd.
$11,700
260
$11,830
260
2SSR Sutherland Shire Community Radio Assoc. Inc.
$5,850
130
$5,915
130
2SWR SWR FM
$46,449
1036
$44,509
978
2UUU Shoalhaven Community Radio
$2,340
52
$2,366
52
2VOX VOX Illawarra Community FM Broadcasters Ltd.
$42,120
936
$44,658
982
2WKT Highland FM
$7,673
168
$7,690
169
2WOW WOW FM
$33,862
763
$30,758
676
3BBB Voice FM 99.9
$14,040
312
$14,196
312
3CR Community Radio Federation Ltd.
$23,390
518
$26,587
584
3GCR Gippsland Community Radio Soc. Co-op.
$18,720
416
$20,703
455
3HOT Sunraysia Community Radio Assoc. Inc.
$17,550
390
$17,745
390
3INR Inner North Eastern Community Radio
$7,020
156
$7,098
156
3MDR Mountain District Radio Inc.
$15,210
338
$20,111
442
3NOW North West Community Radio Assoc. Inc.
$18,135
403
$20,714
455
3PLS 94.7 The Pulse
$18,720
416
$18,928
416
3PVR Plenty Valley Community Radio Inc.
$32,760
728
$35,490
780
3RIM 979fm
$22,768
506
$23,660
520
3RPC 3RPC - FM Community Radio 99.3
$2,340
52
3RPP Radio 3RPP
$16,380
364
$15,379
338
3SCB Southern FM 88.3
$22,230
494
$22,477
494
3SER South Eastern Radio Assoc. Inc.
$38,610
858
$39,039
858
3WAY Community Radio Endeavour Warrnambool
$5,461
130
$3,549
78
3WBC Whitehorse Boroondara Community Radio Inc.
$25,740
572
$26,026
572
3WRB Stereo 974
$55,439
1234
$55,601
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Ethnic Program Grants 2011/12 cont.
Grantee
Round 1
Round 2
Amount
Hours
Amount
Hours
3WYN WYN FM Community Radio (Inc.)
$21,060
468
$23,062
507
3ZZZ Ethnic Community Broadcasting Assoc. of Victoria
$140,400
3120
$145,040
3188
$15,379
338
4BCR Coral Coast Radio
4CCR Cairns FM 89.1
$44,460
988
$40,222
884
4DDB Darling Downs Broadcasting Soc. Inc.
$5,850
130
$4,732
104
4EB Ethnic Broadcasting Assoc. of Queensland
$138,575
3079
$140,462
3087
$2,366
52
4TTT Townsville Community Broadcasting Co. Ltd.
$9,945
221
$11,274
248
5CST Coast FM
$4,680
104
$4,732
104
5EBI Ethnic Broadcasters Inc.
$97,655
2149
$104,281
2292
5EFM Radio 5EFM Sound of the Fleurieu
$3,510
78
$3,549
78
5GSFM Great Southern FM 90.1
$2,340
52
5GTR South East Community Access Radio Inc.
$7,020
156
$7,098
156
5PBA PBA FM 89.7
$26,910
598
$27,209
598
5THE Millcar Inc.
$5,850
130
$5,915
130
5TRX TRAX-FM
$4,680
104
$4,732
104
5YYY Whyalla FM Public Broadcasting Assoc.
$2,340
52
$2,366
52
6CCR Radio Fremantle
$19,890
442
$20,111
442
6EBA Multicultural Radio & TV Assoc. WA Inc.
$85,145
1890
$87,292
1919
6HRV Harvey Community Radio
$1,170
26
$1,183
26
7LTN City Park Radio
$8,775
195
$10,910
240
7THE Hobart FM Inc.
$18,037
397
$19,224
422
Bundaberg Burnett CBA
$12,089
260
$9,490
208
Radio Adelaide
$13,455
299
$13,190
290
Total
$1,594,262 35,382
4NAG Radio NAG
$1,695,756 37,273
City Park Radio 7LTN
City Park Radio 7LTN in Launceston, Tasmania
broadcasts 8.5 hours of ethnic programming in 14
languages weekly. In 2011/12 it received a grant
to assist the development of the new Bhutanese
program. With the purchase of a digital recorder
the broadcasters are able to include many other
voices in the program. The grant also allowed
the group to purchase music online, as there are
few outlets in Australia from which to buy CDs in
Nepalese.
The program allows listeners to find out more
about their new home, brings news of local
community activities and provides a focal point for
the community. There are about 300 Bhutanese
people living in the area, and the producer/
presenter Bhagi Kuikel says that the funds have
enabled him to include much more community
input into the program.
Pictured: Bhagi Kuikel - producer & presenter of Bhutan/
Nepali program at City Park Radio
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Ethnic Development New Language Grants 2011/12
Grantee
Round
Amount
Purpose
Rd 2
$1,000
Panjabi program group
Rd 2
$1,000
Malayalam program group
Total
$2,000
Ethnic Development New Community Grants 2011/12
Grantee
Round
Amount
Purpose
Rd 1
$1,500
West Papuan program group
Rd 1
$1,500
Chin program group
Rd 1
$1,500
Ethiopian program group
Rd 1
$1,000
Bhutanese program group
Rd 2
$1,500
Tokelauan program group
3NOW North West Community Radio Assoc. Inc. Rd 2
$818
Somali program group
Total
$7,818
Ethnic Development Special Projects Grants 2011/12
Grantee
Round
Amount
Purpose
Rd 1
$19,620
Production of 'Accent of Women' in
2011/12
Ethnic Development Sector Coordination Grants 2011/12
Grantee
Round
Amount
Purpose
NEMBC National Ethnic & Multicultural
Broadcasting Council
Rd 1
$317,739
Sector Co-ordination 2011/12
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Sutherland Shire Community Radio Assoc. Inc. 2SSR
2SSR FM “Sound of the Shire” is the Sutherland
Shire’s community radio station operated entirely by
volunteers. It is proud to give listeners an alternative
to existing media through diverse and specialty
music programs, promotion of local musicians and
information on local community services and events.
The station broadcasts five weekly hours especially
for the Macedonian and Maori communities.
Pictured: Ngawai (Marie) Denning,
Maori Broadcaster at 2SSR.
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The Ethnic Program grant in 2011/12 provided
CDs and internet and telephone access for the
broadcasters, and helped to replace the console desk
in the Studio 2 and purchase a new air conditioner for
the station administration office.
GENERAL GRANTS
General grants are provided to assist with establishment
costs for newly licensed stations, sustaining funds for
stations, special support for low income stations and
development of activities with a broad sector focus.
Licensed Stations
$438,469
42% Sustainability
& Development
$37,500
3%
In 2011/12, following deduction of a contribution to CBF
operating costs, $1,331,627 was available to support
general community broadcasting. With reallocated funds
from previous years and returned grants, and following
the deduction of grants advisory committee expenses
and $300,000 to TV Content Production grants, a total
of $1,036,030 in grants was allocated. Funds were also
committed for sector coordination in 2011/12.
In 2011/12 CBF General grants assisted
81 community radio stations and 5 community
broadcasting associations including the national peak
body for community broadcasting licensees - the
Community Broadcasting Association of Australia
(CBAA). A grant of $520,000 to the CBAA contributed to
its secretariat operations, the CRN satellite service and
the technical services unit.
Station grants - for capital development and sustaining
funds for operational costs. A total of $438,469 was
allocated to support 57 stations.
Sustainability and Development grants - to develop
the sustainability of the sector through capacity building
projects. Grants were made to assist national and
regional sector conferences including the Southern
Community Media Association’s Regional, Rural &
Sub-metro conference and Christian Media Australia’s
Connect 2012: Content, Culture, Context conference.
A total of $37,500 was allocated in this category.
Small Equipment
$40,061
4%
Sector
Coordination
$520,000
51%
Total $1,036,030
Small Equipment grants - to provide special assistance
to low income community radio stations through grants
to purchase small items of equipment. A total of $40,061
was allocated to 30 stations for the purchase of items
such as telephone hybrids, headphones, CD players,
microphone stands, portable recorders, laptops and
on-air lights.
Consideration of General grants is the responsibility of
the General Grants Advisory Committee.
For further information contact Georgie Boucher,
Grants Administrator, ph: (03) 9419 8055 or
email: gboucher@cbf.com.au
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8CCC Community Radio
2AIR FM – Coffs Coast Community Radio
Pictured: (From left) 2AIR President Joe Mace, Garry
Sambrook and Treasurer Trisha Ryan.
2AIR FM started life in a studio beneath the Big Banana
in Coffs Harbour, NSW. Today the station broadcasts
from the Jetty Village shopping centre. In 2011/12 the
station received a General Station grant to purchase a
new console, which meant the original console could
be donated to a museum (an indication of its age!)
Treasurer Trisha Ryan said “For those of us who have
been presenting with the old apparatus for several
years it is like winning the lottery and we are so proud
of our new look.”
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General Station Grants 2011/12
Grantee
Amount
Purpose
2AIR Coffs Coast Community Radio Inc.
$6,572
Console, cabling
2BRW Braidwood FM Inc.
$7,600
Tieline codec and 3G card
2CHY CHY FM 1041
$10,000
Salary Subsidy
2FBI Free Broadcast Inc.
$7,998
Various equipment
2GBA Bucketts Radio
$10,000
Salary Subsidy
2GHR 2 G.H.R. Inc.
$7,795
OB equipment
2GLA Great Lakes Area FM Community Radio Assoc. Inc.
$10,000
Console
$10,000
Relocation costs
2HHH FM Ltd.
$8,498
IT package, portable recorder
2HIM Peel Valley Christian Broadcasters Inc.
$9,937
Axia Radius console
2LIV Living Sound Broadcasters Ltd.
$10,000
Various equipment
2MIA Griffith City Community FM Assoc.
$10,000
Axia Radius console
2MVH MVH - FM Inc.
$10,000
Salary subsidy - Sales, Marketing
$2,302
2 x Denon USB player/recorder
2OLD Radio YesterYear Inc.
$6,185
Mixer, installation
2PMQ Rhema FM Mid North Coast
$6,500
Axia Fader Console
2RDJ Radio 2RDJ 88.1 FM
$10,000
Mixer
2RES Eastside Radio 89.7
$10,000
Salary subsidy - Events Coord.
2RRR 2RRR FM 88.5
$5,809
OB equipment
2RSR Radio Skid Row
$4,348
Various equipment
2VTR Hawkesbury Radio Communications Co-op. Soc. Ltd.
$4,500
2 x studio control panels
2YAS Yass Community Radio Assoc. Inc.
$3,952
3 x Computers
3CH Highlands FM 100.7
$7,540
OB equipment
3GRR Echuca Moama Broadcast Service Inc.
$3,415
Tieline Internet OB System
3MBR Mallee Community Broadcasters Inc.
$2,851
2 x computers
$10,000
Salary subsidy - Technician
3OCR Otway FM Community Radio Group Inc.
$10,000
Various equipment
3RUM Upper Murray Community Radio Inc.
$9,505
2 x Mixing Consoles
3SER South Eastern Radio Assoc. Inc.
$10,000
Server
3WRB Western Radio Broadcasters Inc.
$1,450
Elan Phonebox
4CLG 106 Five Rhema FM
$2,525
Audio Delay System
4CRM Community Radio Assoc Mackay Inc.
$3,000
Computers
4DDB Darling Downs Broadcasting Soc. Inc.
$10,000
Production Suite
4GCR Cooloola Christian Radio Assoc. Inc.
$3,953
Various equipment
4GOD Toowoomba Christian Broadcasters Assoc. Inc.
$9,990
Sound desk
4NAG Radio Broadcasting Assoc. Inc.
$8,260
Various equipment
5DDD Progressive Music Broadcasting Assoc.
$10,000
Studio upgrade
5GFM Gulf FM
$7,074
Various equipment
5WOW Way Out West Broadcasters Inc.
$8,919
Studio equipment
5YYY Whyalla FM Public Broadcasting Assoc.
$10,000
Various equipment
6CRA Albany Community Radio
$3,760
2 x Audio I/P units
6HRV Harvey Mainstreet Inc.
$10,000
Salary subsidy - Admin assistant
6MKA Meeka FM Community Radio Station Inc.
$10,000
Various equipment
6RCI Christmas Island Community Radio Assoc. Inc.
$10,000
Various equipment
6YCR York Community Radio Inc.
$6,140
Various equipment
7BOD FM Inc.
$5,384
Console, cabling
7HFC Hope Foundation Communicators Inc.
$10,000
Equipment - Axia console
7RGY Radio Geeveston Youth Inc.
$10,000
Salary subsidy - Develop. manager
General Station Grants 2011/12 cont.
Grantee
Amounrt
Purpose
7TAS Tasman Community Broadcasters Inc.
$9,000
OB equipment
7TFM Tamar FM Inc.
$9,807
Equipment - various
7WAY Launceston Christian Broadcasters
$10,000
Console, cabling, hybrids
Bankstown Auburn Community Radio Inc.
$10,000
Studio Mixer Panel
LFCB 2YYY FM 92.3
$6,162
Computers, printer, hybrid
MCR OKR FM
$455
2 x mixers
RCR Riverland Life FM
$10,000
Salary subsidy - Station Manager
SGCR Strengthening Goldfields Community Radio Inc.
$9,211
Various equipment
SPCR SPI FM
$8,072
Various equipment
Total
$438,469
General Sustainability and Development Grants 2011/12
Grantee
Amount
Purpose
CMA Christian Media Australia
$10,000
CMA Conference 2012
CBAV Community Broadcasting Association of Victoria
$2,500
CBAV mini-conference 2012
SACBA South Australian Community Broadcasters Assoc.
$7,500
SACBA Conference 2012
SACBA South Australian Community Broadcasters Assoc.
$7,500
Technorama 2012
SCMA Southern Community Media Association Inc.
$10,000
SCMA Conference 2012
Total
$37,500
General Sector Coordination 2011/12
CBAA Community Broadcasting Assoc. of Australia
$520,000
Sector Co-ordination in 2011/12
5GFM – Gulf FM, Peninsula Community Broadcasters
In 2011/12, Gulf FM, located in Kadina, SA received
a General Station grant to purchase various
production studio equipment, including dual CD
players, a network server rack cabinet, a mixer
console and a swag of new microphones. Gulf FM
thanked the CBF, commenting “Our posh mixer,
mikes and CD player look great!” Gulf FM broadcasts
to communities on the Copper Coast, a region
situated along the Northern Yorke Peninsula named
for its mining history. The station fundraises by
holding twice-yearly raffles and lively cabaret nights,
involving local bands, venues and businesses.
Pictured is the team of presenters from Gulf FM’s Saturday Morning Sports Show (from left) Charley Farley, Anthea
Kennett, Darren “Hibby” Hibbard (Station Vice-Chairperson) and Ian “Westy” Westbrook (Station Chairperson).
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General Small Equipment Grants 2011/12
Grantee
Amount
Purpose
2BOB 2BOB Radio
$949
Computer
2HHH 2HHH FM Ltd.
$1,275
Telephone hybrid
$1,039
Microphones
2PMQ Rhema FM Community Radio Inc.
$1,500
Computer
2RDJ Radio 2RDJ FM 88.1
$1,500
CD players
2RRR 2RRR FM 88.5
$985
Laptop, portable recorder
2SSR Sutherland Shire Community Radio Assoc. Inc.
$1,135
Program failure unit
2TRR Three Rivers Radio 101.5
$1,416
Headphones
2UUU Shoalhaven Community Radio Inc.
$1,084
Telephone hybrid
2YAS Yass FM 100.3
$1,245
Microphones and stands
3BBB Voice FM 99.9
$1,177
Various
3MDR Radio 3MDR - FM
$1,500
OB equipment
3MGB Mallacoota/Genoa Broadcasting Assoc.
$1,238
Various
3RIM 979fm
$1,500
CD players
3RPH Vision Australia Ltd. (for regional services)
$4,375
Digital recorders
3RUM Radio Upper Murray
$1,462
CD players and microphones
$1,134
Speakers, stands
$1,007
Headphones
4MIG Rhema FM Mount Isa
$1,500
Microphones
4NAG Radio NAG
$1,424
Microphones, headphones & speakers
4RCR Rhema Far North Queensland
$436
Noise Panels
$795
Boom microphone stands
5KIX Kangaroo Island Community Broadcasters
$650
Laptop
5THE Millcar Inc.
$1,150
Touch Screen computer
6ESP Hope FM
$1,500
Studio PC, Logging PC
6HRV Harvey Community Radio
$1,311
Computer and headphones
6TCR Twin Cities FM
$1,274
Computer and on air light system
8CCC Community Radio Inc.
$1,500
Equipment - various
$1,500
Microphones
Strengthening Goldfields Community Radio Inc.
$1,500
Server
Total
$40,061
8CCC Community Radio
8CCC Community Radio in Alice Springs were the
successful recipients of a General Special Small
Equipment grant in 2011/12, and used the grant to
purchase two hand-held digital audio recorders, a
computer for audio production and a printer. Station
President, Edan Baxter commented, “We have been
able to make good use of the equipment in training of
new presenters. It has also enabled us to do
pre-production work for programs, including
interviews, sponsorship and community
announcements, whilst we are building and fitting out
a much-needed production and training studio.”
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Pictured is 8CCC Station Manager Jeff Kessel recording
a community announcement using the Zoom Digital
Recorder.
CONTENT DEVELOPMENT GRANTS
The Australian Government provided an additional
$1.5m. in funding support for community radio content
development in the 2011/12 Federal Budget.
Content Development grants aim to support the
development, production and distribution of new radio
content at a local and/or national level. The current
guidelines for Content Development grants prioritise
applications that:
•
develop new Youth, Mature Age, Regional and
Rural, Faith-based, Educational, Arts, Health, and
Australian, Specialist and Fine Music content;
•
demonstrate collaborative partnerships between
multiple stations;
•
encourage multiple contributors to production and/or
presentation;
•
demonstrate a strong engagement with community
services such as local councils, community groups,
schools, emergency services, migrant and refugee
services, sporting and cultural organisations;
•
have a high proportion of spoken word content;
•
utilise multimedia, social media, online distribution
and digital radio content;
•
for programs planned for national distribution,
include content that individual stations might find
difficult to produce and maintain;
•
are supported by the organisation and project
partners, in cash or in kind, such as through
fundraising or volunteer labour;
•
are produced by stations with cash reserves of less
than $100,000;
•
are produced by stations with a low income.
Applicants may receive up to five separate content
development grants within a financial year.
In 2011/12, following a deduction for CBF operational
costs, a total of $1,410,000 was allocated to support
the development, production and distribution of new
radio content by community radio broadcasters. Funding
support for content development was provided to a total
of forty-six community radio stations and two community
broadcasting sector representative organisations.
Grants were offered under two categories:
Content Development - Program grants - for the
production of programs, special broadcast events and
short series. A total of $872,108 was allocated to support
the development of 57 programs at 34 stations and one
sector representative organisation.
Content Development - Salary grants - to support
content development at stations and coordinate
distribution of nationally relevant programming across
Program
$872,108
62%
Salaries
$537,892
38%
Total $1,410,000
the sector. A total of $537,892 was allocated in funding
support for 27 salaried positions at 24 stations and one
sector representative organisation.
Consideration of Content Development grants is the
responsibility of the General Grants Advisory Committee.
For further information contact Jon King,
email: jking@cbf.com.au
WMAfm Castlemaine - Fifty and Over
WMA in Castlemaine received a CBF Content
Development grant to organise and produce outside
broadcast programs at seniors clubs and similar
venues in the local district. Each event features
interviews with seniors about their lives and
experiences they are happy to share. The shows are
performed live to air before an audience.
This has proved to be a great success with two
programs so far and more planned in line with the
Seniors Festival throughout October. Interviews have
included a retired (and one-legged) grave digger, a
retired police officer, a retired nursing sister and an
intellectually handicapped senior. All participants and
the audience response (live and at home) has been
wonderful.
The shows have been rebroadcast on Phoenix FM
in Bendigo and Goldfields FM in Maryborough and
podcasts are being made available on the station's
website at wmafm.com.
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Content Development Grant 2011/12
Grantee
Amount
Purpose
1ART Artsound Inc.
$27,000
Program Coordinator
2BAY Bay FM 99.9
$3,600
'Pregnancy Birth and Beyond'
2BAY Bay FM 99.9
$14,136
'The Bohemian Beat'
2CBA Hope103.2
$25,000
'Open House'
2CHY CHY FM 104.1
$25,000
Social Media and Student Program Coordinator
$18,000
Content Coordinator
$3,500
'Canvas Month on the Run'
$5,000
'Radio With Pictures'
$30,000
'All the best'
$30,000
Local Content/Community Access Producer
2MBS Fine Music 102.5
$15,000
Program Access Coordinator
2MCE 2MCE FM
$10,111
'Never Talk Politics'
2MCE 2MCE FM
$10,111
'Homepage'
$7,000
'Overdrive'
2RBR Richmond Valley Radio
$20,000
Aboriginal Community Liaison Officer
$10,000
Salary Subsidy - Talks Producer
$22,000
Executive Producer
2RRR 2RRR 88.5 FM
$15,000
'Real World Gardener'
2RSR Radio Skid Row
$30,000
Program Access Coordinator
2RSR Radio Skid Row
$3,500
'When I’m 64'
2RSR Radio Skid Row
$11,250
'I Am Active' short series
2RSR Radio Skid Row
$4,000
2RSR RadioPLAY
$25,000
Social Media Producer
$15,000
'Radio Atticus'
$15,000
'I-spend'
$10,000
'Diffusion'
$150,000
'The Wire'
$21,624
'Women on the Line'
$21,624
'Stick Together'
$21,624
'Earth Matters'
$30,000
Salary Subsidy - Current Affairs Cont. Producer
$21,624
'Lost in Science'
$5,000
'Safer Roads In The Valley'
3GCR Gippsland Community Radio Soc. Co-o.p
$3,500
'The Carbon Tax'
3JOY Joy FM
$2,250
JOY 94.9 Spirit Lounge
3JOY Joy FM
$2,548
'Word for Word'
3JOY Joy FM
$5,000
'QNN'
3MBS Music Broadcasting Soc. of Victoria
$20,488
'Countdown to The Ring Cycle'
$25,000
Digital Content Project Manager
$3,390
3MDR Outside Broadcasts
3MFM South Gippsland Radio 3MFM Inc.
$2,450
Community Access Coordinator
$1,490
'Their Wonthaggi'
$1,428
'Accent on Ability'
$2,127
'I’m a Survivor'
3PBS Progressive Broadcasting Service Co-op.
$5,668
Interview Coordinator
$3,000
'Father’s Day at Port Phillip Prison'
$12,404
Web/Internet Content Person
3RPP Radio 3RPP
$25,000
Program Director/CRN Liaison Officer
Content Development Grant 2011/12 cont.
Grantee
Amount
Purpose
3RRR Triple R Broadcasters
$4,140
'Off the Record'
$3,000
'The Architects at the Venice Architecture Biennale'
$20,500
Talks Producer
3SYN SYN Media
$3,235
'The Listen Series'
3SYN SYN Media
$23,400
Access Programming Coordinator
3SYN SYN Media
$20,000
Content Development Coordinator
3SYN SYN Media
$23,400
'Schools on Air'
3WBC Whitehorse Boroondara Community Radio Inc.
$22,579
'Primary Perspectives'
$4,000
'Student Xpress'
4AAA 4 Triple A FM 98.9 Murri Country
$3,000
'The Whole World Was Watching'
$20,000
Social Media/Digital Content Coordinator
4CIM Bumma Bippera Media ATSI Corp.
$14,256
'National Talk Black'
$18,000
'Fair Comment'
4GOD Toowoomba Christian Broadcasters Assoc. Inc.
$20,000
Programme Director
4MBS 4MBS Classic FM 103.7
$30,000
'Fine Music Live'
4ZZZ Creative Broadcasters Ltd.
$23,400
Content Development Coordinator
$19,060
'The Book Club'
$18,000
'The New Releases' Show
5PBA PBA FM 89.7
$13,975
'Issues for Rural and Remote Communities'
5RPH RPH Adelaide
$1,200
'You Can’t Keep A Good Man Down'
6GME Goolarri Media Enterprises Pty. Ltd.
$29,120
Current affairs/journalist
6RTR RTR FM 92.1 Arts Radio Broadcasters
$22,250
'Art Beat'
$25,000
'Local and Live'
$20,000
'Youth News'
6SON Sonshine FM
$16,000
Digital Content Coordinator
7EDG Edge Radio
$10,400
'Independent Tasmania'
$15,000
Community Access Coordinator
$18,000
'Centralian Yarns'
8EAR Gove FM
$16,250
Content Producer
$969
'The Way Life Is'
Castlemaine District Radio Inc.
$4,200
'Fifty and Over'
$90,000
'National Radio News'
Christian Media Australia
$11,700
MediaPoint Content Producer
Mitchell Community Radio Inc.
$519
'Face to Face'
Radio Adelaide
$12,000
'Writer’s Radio'
Radio Adelaide
$22,000
'The Daily Interview '
Total
1,410,000
Graveyard Train at PBS's Father's Day Prison Broadcast
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TRANSMISSION SUPPORT GRANTS
Transmission Support grants are provided to help
community radio stations with transmission equipment
purchases and to subsidise their transmission-related
operational costs. In 2011/12 funding of $1,631,933 was
received for transmission support. With reallocated funds
from previous years and returned grants, and following
and the CBF administrative levy, a total of $1,570,909 in
grants was allocated.
CBF Transmission Support grants assisted 167
organisations via partial reimbursement of
transmission-related expenses, purchase of transmission
equipment, and transmission-related special projects.
Special Project
$114,500
6%
Equipment
$251,840
17%
Operational
Subsidies
$1,204,569
77%
Grants were available in three categories:
Operational Subsidies - to subsidise station costs
related directly to transmission, including rental fees
and electricity costs at transmission sites, line rental for
studio to transmitter links, and EMR compliance fees.
In 2011/12 155 stations received a total of $1,204,569 in
Transmission Support - Operational Subsidies.
Special Project grants - to support projects and
local partnerships that increase the sustainability
and self-sufficiency of community radio transmission
infrastructure and to trial and develop innovative
solutions to community radio transmission issues.
Two projects were funded, for four community stations to
establish a joint transmission facility, and for the CBAA to
undertake further satellite service development.
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Total $1,570,909
Transmission Equipment grants - to assist the
purchase of equipment to carry a station’s radio signal
from the studio to the audience, including transmitters,
antennae, protected power supplies and link equipment.
In 2011/12 30 stations received a total of $251,840 in
Transmission Support - Equipment grants.
Consideration of Transmission Support grants is the
responsibility of the General Grants Advisory Committee
(GGAC).
For further information contact Barbara Baxter,
Grants Administrator, ph. (03) 9419 8055 or
email: bbaxter@cbf.com.au
Transmission Operational Subsidies 2011/12
Grantee
Amount
1ART Artsound Inc.
$15,575
1CMS Canberra Multicultural Service Community
$18,031
1RPH RPH Canberra
$6,688
1WAY 1WAY FM
$4,471
2AIR Coffs Coast Community Radio Inc.
$1,483
2ARM Armidale Community Radio Inc.
$1,699
2BAB Bay & Basin FM
$1,492
2BAR Edge FM Community Radio
$1,404
2BBB Bellinger Community Communications Co-op. Ltd.
$831
2BCB LIFE FM
$3,380
2BOB 2BOB Radio
$3,010
2CBA Hope FM 103.2
$30,000
2CCB Rhema FM Orange
$3,640
2CHY CHY FM 1041
$1,749
2COW Casino’s Own Wireless Assoc. Inc.
$3,585
2CUZ Muda Aboriginal Corp.
$11,979
Transmission Operational Subsidies 2011/12 cont.
Grantee
Amount
2CVC Life FM 103.1
$2,395
$41,699
2GCB Rhema FM Central Coast
$3,348
2GLA Great Lakes Area FM Community Radio Assoc. Inc.
$2,269
$612
2LRR Opal FM 89.7
$1,230
2LVR Lachlan Valley Community Radio Inc.
$1,507
2MBS Fine Music 102.5
$30,000
2MCE 2MCE FM
$4,013
2MFM Muslim Community Radio
$9,728
2MNO Monaro Community Radio Inc.
$3,008
$1,100
$1,531
2NCR Radio 2NCR
$1,436
2NIM Nimbin Independent Media Inc.
$1,910
2NUR University of Newcastle (2NURFM)
$11,382
$5,164
$28,793
2PAR Paradise FM Community Radio Inc.
$2,023
2PMQ Rhema FM Mid North Coast
$2,214
2QBN Queanbeyan Community Radio Inc.
$1,198
2RBR Richmond Valley Radio
$2,510
2REM Community Radio Albury-Wodonga Co-op. Soc. Ltd.
$1,924
$6,602
2RPH RPH Sydney
$40,648
2RRR 2RRR FM 88.5
$2,652
2RSR Radio Skid Row
$2,463
$19,277
2UUU Shoalhaven Community Radio Inc.
$7,004
2VOX VOX FM Illawarra Community FM Broadcasters Ltd.
$12,605
2VTR Hawkesbury Radio Communications Co-op. Soc. Ltd.
$4,846
2WAR WAR FM
$772
2WEB Outback Radio
$17,814
2WKT Highland FM
$1,218
2WLF Wagga's Life FM
$1,548
2XX Community Radio 2XX Inc.
$19,750
2YAS Yass FM 100.3
$415
3BBB Voice FM 99.9
$1,142
3BBR West Gippsland Community Radio Inc.
$1,496
$2,961
$5,280
3EON Radio KLFM
$121
3GCB Life FM Gippsland
$19,883
$2,492
3GGR 96three FM
$14,232
3GRR Radio EM FM
$2,067
3HOT Sunraysia Community Radio Assoc. Inc.
$767
3JOY Joy FM
$8,090
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Grantee
Amount
3KND Kool 'N' Deadly
$30,000
3MBR Radio 3MBR FM
$2,362
$35,607
$982
$1,578
3MGB Mallacoota/Genoa Broadcasting Assoc.
$823
3OCR OCR FM
$2,108
3ONE Goulburn Valley Community Radio Inc.
$1,589
$33,263
$1,083
3RIM 979fm
$2,678
3RPC 3RPC FM 99.3 Community Radio
$4,160
3RPP Radio 3RPP
$1,205
3RUM Radio Upper Murray
$121
$889
3SYN SYN Media
$30,000
3TSC Light FM 89.9
$30,000
3VKV Alpine Radio FM 96.5
$841
$1,107
3WPR Oak FM 101.3
$466
$1,974
$33,263
$6,698
4BI Switch AM 1197
$955
4CAB Juice1073
$17,133
4CCR Cairns FM 89.1
$4,770
$4,848
4CLG Five Rhema FM 106
$3,059
4CRB FM 89.3
$19,480
4CSB CROW FM
$7,591
$6,426
4FCR Fraser Coast FM 107.5
$619
4FRB 96five
$718
4GCR Cooloola Christian Radio Assoc. Inc.
$2,199
4GOD The Light FM 92.9
$1,013
4JAZ Jazz Radio Ltd.
$23,264
4K1G TAMIA
$7,440
4MBS Classic FM 103.7
$6,109
4MET Radio Metro 105.7
$18,536
4MIG Rhema FM Mount Isa
$1,622
4NSA Noosa District Community Radio Assoc. Inc.
$2,536
4RCR Tableland Christian Radio Assoc. Inc.
$1,755
4RGL Rhema FM 91.9
$989
4RPH RPH Brisbane
$9,143
4TTT Townsville Community Broadcasting Co. Ltd.
$6,746
4WBR Rhema FM Wide Bay
$3,686
4YOU Capricorn Community Radio 4YOU Inc.
$1,054
$8,542
Grantee
Amount
5BBB Triple B FM 89.1
$1,430
5DDD Three D Radio
$10,095
5EBI Ethnic Broadcasters Inc.
$29,704
5FBI Fresh Broadcasters
$6,550
5GFM Peninsula Community Broadcasters Inc.
$1,670
$2,110
5MBS FM 99.9 Fine Tuning Adelaide
$2,747
5RAM Life FM
$29,004
5RCB Rhema FM Mount Gambier (Lime FM)
$17,221
5RPH RPH Adelaide
$4,598
5TCB Tatiara Community fM Broadcasters
$2,566
5THE Millcar Inc.
$2,717
5TRX Trax FM
$1,588
6CCR Radio Fremantle
$3,998
6CRA Albany Community Radio
$5,377
6EBA Multicultural Radio & TV Assoc. WA Inc.
$15,193
6HRV Harvey Community Radio FM 96.5
$368
6MKA Meeka FM Community Radio Station Inc.
$630
6NME FM 100.9 Noongar Radio
$22,378
6NR Curtin University of Technology
$11,425
6RPH Information Radio
$3,364
$22,577
6SON Sonshine FM
$16,941
6TCR Twin Cities FM
$5,695
7BOD Break 'O' Day FM
$1,668
7HFC Hope Foundation Communicators Inc.
$19,779
7HRT Heart FM
$121
$3,752
7RGY Huon FM
$2,034
7RPH RPH Hobart
$7,305
7THE Hobart FM Inc.
$4,407
$4,686
$1,918
Radio Adelaide
$10,260
RCR Riverland Life FM
$12,739
Vision Australia Ltd. (Albury)
$6,938
Vision Australia Ltd. (Bendigo)
$13,461
Vision Australia Ltd. (Geelong)
$6,048
Vision Australia Ltd. (Melbourne)
$13,266
Vision Australia Ltd. (Mildura)
$4,619
Vision Australia Ltd. (Shepparton)
$7,909
Vision Australia Ltd. (Warragul)
$5,382
Vision Australia Ltd. (Warrnambool)
$9,145
Total
$1,204,569
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Transmission Equipment Grants 2011/12
Grantee
Amount
Purpose
1ART Artsound Inc.
$8,214
Equipment for linking
2BACR Bankstown Auburn Community Radio Inc.
$7,878
500W transmitter and processor
2BAR Edge FM Community Radio
$6,290
Exciter and STL
2BCB Life FM
$18,103
4kW transmitter
2CCR Alive FM 90.5
$5,800
300W exciter
2CHR Central Hunter Community Broadcasters Inc.
$12,474
2x 1kW transmitters
2CUZ Muda Aboriginal Co-op.
$10,000
Antenna
2GHR 2 G.H.R. Inc.
$3,880
250W transmitter and encoder
$3,370
Relocation STL link
2HHH 2HHH FM Ltd.
$4,766
300W transmitter & stereo coder
2OLD Radio YesterYear Inc.
$6,767
Link transmitter and link antenna
$7,871
300W transmitter, rack and antenna
2RSR Radio Skid Row
$4,045
IP linking codec
2WAR WAR FM
$5,142
500W transmitter
$3,330
IP linking
3BBR West Gippsland Community Radio Inc.
$3,550
500W amplifier
3NRG 3NRG Inc.
$6,270
500W amp and exciter
3OCR OCR FM
$9,398
Exciter, STL and divider
$8,293
1.3kW transmitter
3UGE Radio Murrindindi UGFM
$6,110
Transmitter and antenna
3VKV Alpine Radio FM 96.5
$4,363
Replacement STL
4CAB Juice 1073
$24,095
4kW transmitter
4OUR Caboolture Community FM Radio Assoc.
$8,030
STL antenna
4TCR Toowoomba Christian Broadcasters Assoc. Inc.
$13,660
Antenna
$2,325
Transmitter rack
7HRT Heart FM
$3,837
2x IP codecs & bridge link
$9,915
1kW transmitter
Castlemaine District Radio Inc.
$15,000
2kW transmitter and antenna
Gosford/Wyong Community Radio Assoc. Inc.
$25,873
Antenna, combiner and connectors
Lord Howe Island Radio Station Association Inc.
$3,191
500W transmitter & antenna
Total
$251,840
2CHR (Central Hunter Radio)
2CHR (Central Hunter Radio) is a community radio
station based in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales.
The station serves as voice media for the community
of the Central Hunter area. It is operated completely by
volunteers from the non-profit organisation. In 2011/12
the station received a Transmission Equipment grant to
purchase two new technology 1 kilowatt transmitters to
replace old 500 watt amplifiers. Following this upgrade,
the station went on to introduce auto control with GSM
telemetry and acquire a rack at the transmitter site.
Says station technical coordinator John Nicol, “The
installation is able to automatically switch from one
transmit chain to the other as well as report system
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conditions and failure mode to the station control room.
This makes it a much more reliable system .”
Pictured: 2CHR technicians responsible for
broadcast equipment (from the left ) Mr. Len Daley
and Mr. John Nicol
Gosford/Wyong Community Radio Association Inc.
Gosford/Wyong Community Radio Association Inc
(consisting of Coast FM963, todayscountry94one
and Radio Five-O-Plus) received a grant in 2011/12
to assist in the relocation of Radio Five-O-Plus from
the 2GO tower to the nearby SEA FM tower, and
join Coast FM963 and todayscountry94one in an
antenna-sharing arrangement.
stations happy with the overall results.
The member stations of Gosford/Wyong Community
Radio Association Inc. will continue to work together to
manage and maintain their shared equipment for the
ongoing benefit of the Central Coast radio audience.
Peter Little of Coast FM963 said “This project has
brought all three stations together in more ways than
one. Representatives of each station sit around the
table and discuss issues that affect the community
radio sector as a whole”, he says “from the outset
we worked as a team, no hidden agendas or
grandstanding, it’s been brilliant.”
Pictured: Left to right: Peter Little, Station
Manager of Coast FM963; Carmel Pickup,
Station Manager of todayscountry94one
and Wayne Flett, President of Radio FiveO-Plus).
The relocation project, which cost just over $45,000,
has now been successfully completed with all
Transmission Special Project 2011/12
Grantee
Amount
Purpose
1ART Artsound Inc.
$45,000
Upgrade transmit site facilities
$69,500
Satellite platform head end upgrade
Total
$114,500
ArtSound FM
In an historic project for community radio, a new
community transmission site for Canberra has
been established by Transmission Sites Australia
(TSA) at Poppet Hill, to be shared by up to four
community broadcasters. Financial prudence and
efforts to improve technical quality and reliability
have necessitated the decision of several licensees
to vacate Black Mountain after ten years’ operations.
The move to the new ACMA-approved site was
prompted by ongoing degradation of the ageing
antenna system at Black Mountain. The Poppet
Hill Community Broadcasting Consortium has been
formed to manage and operate the new site which
will be restricted to non-commercial users. ArtSound
FM ArtSound FM managed the $45,000 CBF
Transmission Special Project grant to support the
Consortium members’ move.
border posed a number of challenges including
provision of electricity supply and telephone lines over
several kilometres. A new multi-hop 5GHz STL network
had to be established which makes use of Black
Mountain as a relay point for two radio stations.
At the time of this report, works at the new site were
almost complete and commencement of services by
at least ArtSound FM, 1CMS and 1WAY was slated for
later in 2012.
Despite its comparable elevation to the existing site,
the new, more remote location on the ACT/NSW
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INDIGENOUS GRANTS
Indigenous grants are provided to assist with the
maintenance and development of Indigenous community
radio broadcasting across Australia.
Program
$366,400
32%
Equipment
$304,564
27%
In 2011/12 the CBF received a total of $1,160,096 to
support Indigenous community broadcasting.
With reallocated funds from previous years, and following
the deduction of $14,475 for grants advisory committee
expenses, $1,134,098 was allocated in grants to support
community broadcasting for the benefit of Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander people. This was a substantial
increase on prior year levels due to an additional
$400,000 in special content funding arrising from the
2011/12 Federal Budget.
In 2011/12 CBF Indigenous grants assisted
15 Indigenous community radio stations, 25 Remote
Indigenous Broadcasting Services (RIBS) radio
stations, 23 Indigenous community radio program
groups, the National Indigenous Radio Service (NIRS),
the Indigenous Remote Communications Association
(IRCA) and the Australian Indigenous Communications
Association (AICA).
Grants were offered under four categories:
Program grants - for weekly radio programs based on a
set rate per hour produced and presented by Indigenous
broadcasters on non-Indigenous community radio
stations. In 2011/12 a total of $366,400 was allocated
to support 3,062 hours of programming on 20 nonIndigenous community radio stations.
Compared to 2010/11 support via Indigenous Program
grants increased by 42%.
Remote Program grants - for weekly radio programs
based on a set rate per hour produced and broadcast on
a Remote Indigenous Broadcasting Service (RIBS) via a
Remote Indigenous Media Organisation (RIMO) satellite
network. In 2011/12 a total of $237,744 was allocated to
support 1,976 hours of Indigenous programming on
25 RIBS stations. Compared to 2010/11 support via
Remote Indigenous Program grants increased by 52%.
Pictured: Karina Lester in the studio presenting Nganampa
Wangka on Radio Adelaide, a program that receives funding
via CBF Indigenous Program grants and which celebrates
South Australian Aboriginal languages.
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Remote Program
$237,744
21%
Special Project
$225,390
20%
Total $1,134,098
Special Projects grants - for the production of discrete
rather than continuing Indigenous radio programs, or
radio resource projects for regional or national use.
During 2011/12 $225,390 was allocated to 2 Indigenous
media organisations, 4 Indigenous community radio
stations, 2 Remote Indigenous Media Organisations
(RIMOs) and 3 non-Indigenous radio stations for a
diverse range of projects, including $8,000 towards
4AAA’s 40th Anniversary Aboriginal Tent Embassy
program and $25,000 towards PY Media’s Warburton
Mission Radio Documentary series. Compared to
2010/11 support via Special Projects grants increased by
55%.
Equipment grants - to establish initial radio production
and broadcasting facilities. In 2011/12 $304,564 was
allocated principally for studio and outside broadcasting
equipment to 2 Indigenous community radio stations
broadcasting under a temporary community broadcast
licence, 12 Indigenous community radio stations
broadcasting under a long-term community broadcast
licence, 5 Indigenous media organisations and
1 Indigenous community radio group. Compared to
2010/11 support via Indigenous Equipment grants
increased by 103%.
In 2011/12, the remaining three Remote Indigenous
Broadcast Services (RIBS) equipment upgrades funded
under Phase Two of the Indigenous Remote Radio
Replacement Project were completed. This brought the
IRRR Project to a close, with the replacement of obsolete
equipment at a total of 94 RIBS across Australia.
Consideration of Indigenous grants is the responsibility of
the Indigenous Grants Advisory Committee (IGAC).
Indigenous Program Grants 2011/12
Grantee
Broadcast
Round 1
on
Hours
Amount
Hours
Amount
2BAY BAY FM 99.9
2BAY
18
$2,160
52
$6,240
2NCR Radio 2NCR
2NCR
104
$12,480
104
$12,480
2NIM Nimbin Independent Media Inc.
2NIM
260
$31,200
260
$31,200
2SER
13
$1,560
13
$1,560
2XX Community Radio Inc.
2XX
130
$15,600
130
$15,600
2WKT
2WKT
26
$3120
2WYR MVH FM Inc.
2WKT
26
$3,120
3CR
220
$26,400
208
$24,960
3PFM Phoenix FM
3PFM
52
$6,240
52
$6,240
4CCR Cairns FM 89.1
4CCR
104
$12,480
104
$12,480
4MIG Rhema Mt Isa
4MIG
26
$3,120
26
$3,120
4ZZZ
78
$9,360
78
$9,360
5GTR
78
$9,360
78
$9,360
Deadlee Maardars Assoc.
4RED
52
$6,240
52
$6,240
Echuca Indigenous Media
3GRR
42
$5,040
52
$6,240
Hastings Local Media Aboriginal Corp.
2WAY
78
$9,360
Illawarra Aboriginal Corp.
2VOX
104
$11,440
Nunga Wangga Aboriginal Media Corp.
5UV
104
$12,480
104
$12,480
Radio Adelaide
5UV
26
$3,120
26
$3,120
Western Regional Media
3RIM
52
$6,240
52
$6,240
Wiri Miya Aboriginal Corporation
5PBA
26
$3,120
$187,000
1,495
$179,400
Total
1,567
Round 2
52
$6,240
Remote Indigenous Program Grants 2011/12
Grantee
No. of
Round 1
Round 2
RIBS
Supported
Hours
Amount
Hours
Amount
8KIN Central Aust. Aboriginal Media Assoc.
7
260
$31,200
260
$31,200
PAW Media Assoc. Inc.
1
52
$6,240
52
$6,240
Pilbara & Kimberley Media Assoc.
8
416
$50,544
390
$46,800
Ngaanyatjarra Media
9
208
$24,960
338
$40,560
Total
25
936
$112,944
1,040
$124,800
Wilcannia Two Rivers FM
Wilcannia Two Rivers FM in remote NSW is the holder
of a Temporary Community Broadcasting License
and received a 2011/12 Indigenous Equipment grant.
The grant was used to purchase various essential
studio items. Murdi Paaki CEO, Janelle Whitehead,
commented, “The critical funding resource provided
through the CBF has been the main contributing factor
to a successful community radio station at Wilcannia,
has delivered social and cultural benefits to the
community, and has directly contributed to employment
opportunities.”
Pictured: Karlene Kerwin – (‘DJK’ to her listeners) on air at
Wilcannia Two Rivers utilising some of the new equipment.
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Indigenous Special Project Grants 2011/12
Grantee
Round
Amount
Purpose
2MVH MVH-FM Inc.
Rd1
$6,600
‘Naragaying Birad’ program
Rd1
$25,000
Indigenous Internship
Rd 1
$25,000
'Beyond the Bars 2012'
4AAA Brisbane Indigenous Media Assoc.
Rd 1
$8,000
40th Anniversary Aboriginal
Tent Embassy program
4AAA Brisbane Indigenous Media Assoc.
Rd 2
$8,000
Gympie Music Muster OB
Rd 2
$9,800
NAIDOC programming
6GME Broome Aboriginal Media Assoc.
Rd 2
$8,000
'Yawuru Language classes'
6WR Kununurra-Waringarri Aboriginal Corp.
Rd 2
$15,000
'History of Waringarri' Radio
program
AICA Australian Indigenous Communications Assoc.
Rd 2
$49,990
2012 AICA Conference/AGM
IRCA Indigenous Remote Communications Assoc.
Rd 2
$35,000
National Remote Indigenous
Media Festival 2012
Ngaanyatjarra Media
Rd 2
$25,000
'Warburton Mission' Radio
Documentary
Pitjantjatjara Yankunyatjatara Media Inc.
Rd 1
$10,000
'Anangu News' programs
Total
Indigenous Equipment Grants 2011/12
Grantee
Round
Amount
Purpose
2LND Koori Radio
Rd 1
$25,000
Broadcast equipment
2TLP Ngarralinyi 2TLP
Rd 1
$1,414
Studio equipment
2TLP Ngarralinyi 2TLP
Rd 2
$4,657
OB equipment
3CR Community Radio Federation Ltd. (for Indigenous
broadcasters)
Rd 2
$1,810
Portable recorders
Rd 1
$25,000
OB equipment
4CIM Bumma Bippera Media
Rd 2
$16,095
Studio upgrade
4K1G TAIMA
Rd 1
$3,290
Broadcast equipment
4MUR Mackay & District Aboriginal & Islander Media
Rd 1
$8,240
OB equipment
4US Central Qld Aboriginal Co-op. for Media
Rd 2
$13,776
OB equipment, computer
6DBY Derby Media Aboriginal Corp
Rd 2
$9,845
Equipment - various
6FX Wangki Yupurnanupurru Radio Station
Rd 2
$25,000
Equipment - various
6GME Goolarri Media Enterprises Pty.Ltd.
Rd 2
$14,920
Digital console, computers,
software
6WR Waringarri Aboriginal Corp.
Rd 1
$9,619
Broadcast equipment
8DMR Yolngu Radio
Rd 2
$10,000
Computers, sound cards
Echuca Indigenous Media Assoc.
Rd 2
$6,360
OB equipment, Automation
software
Murdi Paaki Regional Enterprise Corp. Ltd.
(for Wilcannia Radio)
Rd 2
$795
Portable recorders
Ngaanyatjarra Media
Rd 2
$25,000
Equipment - various
National Indigenous Radio Service Ltd.
Rd 1
$50,000
Software, servers upgrade
Noongar Radio FM 100.9
Rd 2
$25,000
OB equipment
PY Media
Rd 1
$23,501
Broadcast equipment
Wiri Miya Aboriginal Corp.
Rd 2
$5,242
Equipment - various
Total
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$225,390
$304,564
RPH GRANTS
Radio for the Print Handicapped (RPH) grant funding
is available for programs, projects and activities which
support and enhance the provision of RPH services.
RPH services offer ‘alternate format’ (spoken word)
access to a wide range of print media for the 3.8 million
people or 18.4% of Australians who have some form of
print disability.
In 2011/12 the CBF received $757,541 to support
RPH community broadcasting. This was a substantial
increase on the prior year funding level due to an
additional $400,00 funding allocation for content
development arrising from the 2011/12 Federal Budget
With reallocated funds from previous years and returned
grants, and following the deduction of grants advisory
committee expenses, a total of $720,485 in grants was
allocated to support community broadcasting for the
benefit of people with a print disability.
Content
Development
$376,000
52%
Sector
Coordination
$98,700
13%
Service
Support
$245,785
35%
Total $720,485
Service Support grants - to support dedicated RPH
stations, sector projects and national coordination.
In 2011/12, $245,785 was allocated to 7 metropolitan
RPH stations and 5 regional Victorian RPH stations.
RPH Australia received $98,700 for sector coordination.
Content grants - to support the production of new RPH
content. In 2011/12, $265,600 was allocated to
7 metropolitan RPH stations and 7 regional Victorian
RPH stations. RPH Australia received $110,400 for
content coordination.
Program grants - to support daily or weekly RPH radio
programs on non-RPH stations. There were no grants
allocated in this category in 2011/12.
Consideration of RPH grants is the responsibility of the
RPH Grants Advisory Committee (RPHGAC).
Vision Australia Radio
In 2011/12 Vision Australia Radio received RPH
Service Support and Content grants from the CBF to
aid the operation and programming development of
their Melbourne-based station as well as regional RPH
services in Geelong, Shepparton, Bendigo, Warragul,
Warrnambool, Mildura and Albury. The network,
which includes a digital service named IRIS, offers
a range of programs of relevance to Australia’s print
handicapped listeners in the form of ‘alternate format’
news, lifestyle and recreational reading, as well as
specialist programming on new technology, gardening,
finance, travel, wine and food, and the arts.
The network is indebted to the 800 plus volunteers
who devote their time as presenters, readers,
technical operators, researchers, roster secretaries
and administrative support at all stations across
Victoria and NSW.
Pictured: (from left) Vision Australia volunteers, Melissa
Dixon and Mark Genery prepare for their newspaper reading
program on air.
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RPH Service Support Grants 2011/12
Grantee
Amount
Purpose
1RPH RPH Canberra
$30,780
Salary Subsidy - Station Manager
2RPH RPH Sydney
$30,780
Salary Subsidy - Asst. Manager
3RPH RPH Albury/Wodonga
$6,065
Salary Subsidy - Station Co-ordination
3RPH 3BPH RPH Bendigo
$6,065
3RPH 3GPH RPH Geelong
$6,065
3RPH 3MPH RPH Mildura
$6,065
3RPH 3RPH Melbourne
$30,780
Salary Subsidy - Technical Co-ordination
3RPH 3SPH RPH Shepparton
$6,065
4RPH RPH Brisbane
$30,780
Salary Subsidy - Office Manager, Asstant,Technician
5RPH RPH Adelaide
$30,780
Salary Subsidy - Program Manager, Volunteer Co-ord.
$30,780
Salary Subsidy - Volunteer/Program Manager
7RPH RPH Hobart
$30,780
Salary Subsidy - Station Manager, Asst. Manager
Total
$245,785
Grantee
Amount
Purpose
RPH Australia Co-op. Ltd.
$98,700
Sector Co-ordination in 2011/12
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RPH Sector Coordination Grants 2011/12
RPH Content Development Grants 2011/12
Grantee
Amount
Purpose
1RPH RPH Canberra
$22,202
Program production/resources, studio upgrade, studio
expenses
2RPH RPH Sydney
$35,817
Studio operation, dubbing facility, software/hardware,
content development
3RPH 2APH RPH Albury
$7,850
Extend range of specialist programs for 3RPH and
digital service
3RPH 3BPH RPH Bendigo
$7,850
Provide local RPH content
3RPH 3GPH RPH Geelong
$9,322
3RPH 3MPH RPH Mildura
$7,728
Provide local RPH content, increase presenter
participation
3RPH 3RPH Melbourne
$44,689
3RPH 3RPX RPH Warragul
$4,416
3RPH 3RPY RPH Warrnambool
$3,434
3RPH 3SPH RPH Shepparton
$4,906
Production facilities, technical operators, equipment,
publications purchase
4RPH RPH Brisbane
$23,101
5RPH RPH Adelaide
$27,803
$38,515
Studio operations, digital recording systems
7RPH RPH Hobart
$27,967
Studio operations, digital recording systems
$110,400
Content Co-ordination
Total
$376,000
AMRAP GRANTS
The Australian Music Radio Airplay Project (Amrap) is
an initiative aimed at promoting contemporary Australian
music. The project works with musicians and community
broadcasters to create increased radio airplay
opportunities and promotion for contemporary Australian
music on community radio stations.
In 2011/12 the Australian Government continued its
commitment to provide $600,000 in funding annually for
Amrap. With reallocated funds from previous years and
following the deduction of grants advisory committee
expenses and the CBF administrative levy a total of
$609,553 in grants was allocated. An additional $13,000
was committed from the CBF reserves towards Amrap
operations in 2012/13.
A total of $486,505 was provided to the CBAA to
manage Amrap in 2011/12. Key services and activities
undertaken included:
•
an online music ordering and distribution service
- AirIt;
•
a targeted CD mail-out distribution service;
•
Amrap Pages, an online station airplay reporting
and multimedia content aggregation tool;
•
developing websites for the promotion of
contemporary Australian music to the general public
through the community broadcasting sector;
•
marketing services to the music industry tailored to
individual needs and interests;
•
communication with stakeholders through online
processes;
•
broadcasting Amrap content on the Community
Radio Network (CRN) and National Indigenous
Radio Service (NIRS) satellite services; and
•
scoping future development of digital resources to
expand and enhance Amrap services.
In 2011/12 Amrap distributed 58,460 individual music
tracks and 20,253 CDs to 1,577 broadcasters at 252
Special Project
Station grants
$123,048
20%
Project
Management
& Operations
$486,505
80%
Total $609,553
community radio stations. Over 2,500 contemporary
Australian artists’ music was made freely available to
community radio broadcasters.
Amrap grants - support stations in promoting
contemporary Australian music content across the
country. Two rounds of grants were offered in 2011/12
with a total of $123,048 allocated to support 15 stations
to assist broadcasters and local artists register with
Amrap services, record, broadcast and share live music
recordings through AirIt, and build station capacity to
continue live music recordings and broadcasts into the
future.
Consideration of Amrap grants is the responsibility of the
Australian Music Grants Advisory Committee (AMGAC).
Further information on Amrap services can be found at
www.amrap.org.au or contact Jon King,
Grant Administrator, ph: (03) 9419 8055 or
email: jking@cbf.com.au.
Pictured: Tom Busby (far left) and Jeremy Marou (far right) of Busby Marou with 4BSR volunteers Ben Lang, Matt Dever
and Zac Jarrett recording live performances at BigSound 2012. Photo taken by John Robinson.
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Special Project Grants 2011/12
Grantee
Amount
Purpose
1ART Artsound Inc.
$9,000
'Recorded in Canberra 2012-13'
2BAY BAY FM 99.9
$5,905
Live to air broadcast and recording
2CBA Hope 103.2
$7,500
2CBA Recording Studio
$1,141
RNBLive recording interface
$7,579
On the Corner Wangaratta Recordings
$7,000
'Live at the Loft' (and other places)
$8,223
'Snapshots'
$6,132
'Sketching Impressions'
$1,082
North West FM AirIt and Amrap
Pages Project
$6,495
'The Debutantes'
3RPP Radio 3RPP
$8,735
3RPP Performance Studio
$6,950
'Winter Warmers/Spring' Loaded 2012
$10,000
'Summer Heat/Autumn Almanac'
$3,278
Promote Local Contemporary Music
4BSR BEAU FM
$8,256
'Big Sound Live and Live @ The
Train Station 2012'
$6,312
'Strength to Strength'
6GME Goolarri Media Enterprises Pty. Ltd.
$9,460
Live Recording and Broadcast of
'Nurlu Presents'…
$10,000
PAKAM Music Recording project
Total
$123,048
Amrap Project Management 2011/12
Grantee
Amount
Purpose
$486,505
Amrap 2011/12
Hope Media
Hope Media in Sydney received a CBF Amrap grant to
build a music recording studio at the station capable
of hosting and producing quality recordings which
would be broadcast from the station and distributed
for rebroadcast at other like-minded stations.
distribution platform available at airit.org.au.
For more information on Hope Media radio and music
initiatives go to hopemedia.com.au.
Hope Media’s New Media Manager Andrew Morris
says “The CBF Amrap grant has enabled Hope
103.2 to purchase the necessary audio equipment
to professionally and efficiently record Australian
musicians on a regular basis. We’ve seen a significant
increase in the quality of our audio recordings.”
To date the station has hosted live recordings and
broadcasts by over 10 artists including Brittany
Cairns, Justine Martin, Luke Robinson, Matt
Doeland, Chrissie Pearce, Charmaine and Amy
Rose. Recordings are distributed through Amrap’s
AirIt, the community broadcasting sectors own online
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Pictured: (middle) musician Brittany Cairns who competed
in the hugely popular TV Music show, The Voice 2012.
Brittany visited the studios of Hope 103.2 in September and
recorded 2 songs for Amrap distribution. Also pictured Hope
103.2 announcer Laura Bennett and Nathan Cairns.
CBONLINE GRANTS
The umbrella term, CBOnline, refers to several related
information and communications technology-based
infrastructure projects including: the CBOnline sector
project, Digital Delivery Network (DDN) Coordination,
Community Radio National Listener Survey, Community
Broadcasting Station Census, Online Development
grants; Website Development grants, DDN Equipment
grants, and Satellite Equipment grants. CBOnline
supports the maintenance and development of these
projects and associated content.
In 2011/12 the Australian Government provided
$591,012 in funding support for CBOnline.
With reallocated funds from previous years and following
and the CBF administrative levy a total of $610,685 in
grants was allocated.
In 2011/12 the CBAA was paid a total of $480,000 to
manage the CBOnline Sector Project, including DDN
Project Coordination, Community Radio National
Listener Survey, and Community Broadcasting Station
Census. Activities undertaken included:
•
redevelopment of the CBOnline website at
www.cbonline.org.au;
•
review of methods to conduct the sector’s fifth
Community Radio National Listener Survey;
•
coordination, publication and promotion of
the sixth Community Broadcasting Census
results and associated resources, available at
www.cbonline.org.au/census/;
•
development and testing of a sector
communications hub and database;
•
production of a series of website development and
social media resources for community broadcasters;
•
continued development of the PULSE Program
Information Server to include on-air program grid
formatting and information and radio on demand
services;
•
development and launch of DIAL, the sector’s own
mobile device app providing roving web streaming
and access to station social media tools;
•
coordination of the 3CMedia project; and
•
development and maintenance of the DDN
programming distribution system and associated
station equipment.
Online Development grants - assist the development
of innovative online technologies for the community
CBOnline Project Grants 2011/12
Online
Website
Development
Development
$20,000
Satelite
101,985
3.3%
Equipment
16.3%
Value of
$1,200
DDN
0.2%
Equipment
$7,500
1.2%
Project
Management
& Operations
$480,000
79%
Total $610,685
broadcasting sector. A total of $20,000 was allocated
to support one station and one sector representative
organisation to develop their online membership portals.
Website Development grants - assist the development
of websites for Australian community broadcasting
stations and sector organisations in line with best
practice in website development and social media
engagement. A total of $101,985 was allocated to
support 22 stations and two sector representative
organisations.
Satellite Equipment grants - enable community radio
stations to obtain satellite equipment to rebroadcast
programming provided by the community broadcasting
satellite channels: the Community Radio Network (CRN),
National Indigenous Radio Service (NIRS) and the RPH
Australia satellite service. One grant of $1,200 was
allocated to support one station.
DDN Equipment grants - enables community
radio stations with satellite equipment to record and
rebroadcast CRN programs at times more convenient to
them. Grants of DDN equipment valued at $2,500 each
were allocated to 3 stations in 2011/12.
Consideration of CBOnline grants is the responsibility of
the Online Grants Advisory Committee (OGAC).
Grantee
Amount
$480,000
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Website Development Grants 2011/12
Grantee
Amount
Purpose
2CBA Hope FM 103.2
$2,320
Inspire Digital Web Site
2GCB Rhema FM Central Coast
$4,984
Rhema Central Coast Website
2LIV Living Sound Broadcasters Ltd.
$5,000
Pulse 94.1 Radio for Life
$5,000
FM 99.3 Website
2RPH RPH Sydney
$5,000
www.2rph.org.au
2VOX VOX FM Illawarra Community FM Broadcasters Ltd.
$5,000
VOX FM website
2WKT Highland FM
$3,750
Highlands FM website
$4,110
New Drupal Website
3BGR Good News Radio
$3,860
Good News Radio 93.9 FM
3GRR Echuca Moama Broadcast Service Inc.
$4,671
www.radioemfm.org.au
$2,905
3MFM Radio website
3RPP Radio 3RPP
$5,000
RPP FM website
4NAG Radio NAG
$5,000
Radio NAG website
5RPH RPH Adelaide
$5,000
VAR - Adelaide Pages website
5TCB Tatiara Community FM Broadcasters
$745
5TCB FM website
5THE Millicar Inc.
$5,000
Community Link website
$5,000
inforadio.com.au
6SON Sonshine FM
$2,400
Community Connect website
Australian Indigenous Communications Assoc.
$5,000
First Australians Media website
Albury Wodonga Christian Broadcasters
$4,600
www.the light.org.au
Christian Media Australia
$5,000
New CMA Website
Radio Adelaide
$5,000
Radio Adelaide website
Radio Metro 105.7
$3,890
Radio Metro website
Tjuma Pulka Indigenous Community Radio FM 96.3
$3,750
Tjuma Pulka Website
Total
$101,985
AICA received a Website Development grant in 2011/12 for their new website www.firstaustraliansmedia.org.au
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Satellite Equipment Grants 2011/12
Grantee
Amopunt
Purpose
Gin Gin Community Broadcasters Inc
$1,200
Satellite equipment and installation
CBOnline - Website and Social Media Resources
Managed by the CBAA, the CBOnline project collects
information on the activities of the diverse and
dynamic nature of community broadcasting stations,
helping inform the public about the valuable role
they play in our communities, and encouraging the
exchange of information within the sector itself.
In 2011/12 CBOnline was funded to create a series
of online resources to assist stations to develop or
redevelop their online presence. The resource covers
Website Development and Social Media processes
in an attempt to allow stations to engage and
communicate with their current listening communities
and extend into new communities.
As well as providing a step-by-step guide to creating
a website using templates, the resource explains
the use of common Social Media platforms and
strategies for engagement suitable to the range of
stations within the sector.
The resources were designed to complement the
CBF’s new Website Development grant opportunity
offering funds to stations to develop or redevelop
their website or take their first steps into Social Media
spaces.
Online Development Grants 2011/12
Grantee
Amount
Purpose
Indigenous Remote Communications Association
$10,000
IRCA website rebuild for cloud computing
3SYN SYN Media
$10,000
Community Radio Volunteer Portal
Total
$20,000
DDN Equipment Grants 2011/12
Grantee
Amount
Purpose
2GBA Bucketts Radio
$2,500
DDN Player Computer
2WET Tank Radio FM 103.1
$2,500
DDN Player Computer
3MCR Radio Mansfield FM 99.7
$2,500
DDN Player Computer
Total
$7,500
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SATELLITE SERVICES
Satellite services perform a number of valuable functions
within community broadcasting. They facilitate program
exchange between stations - supporting an expansion
of content choices for local audiences. Stations can
supplement and complement locally produced programs
by selecting content to add variety and diversity to their
schedules. Where the production costs of particular
content is high stations can specialise and exchange
programs.
Satellite services also provide a sustaining service
allowing stations to maintain continuity of service
when local broadcasters are unavailable. They allow
national distribution of special live events such as sport
and festival broadcasts. At present, satellite services
facilitate national broadcast-quality program distribution
and exchange. Beyond the Community Radio Network
(CRN) subscription fee, almost all such programming is
provided free of charge by the program producers.
There are four audio channels carried on the Optus C1
satellite including the three national community radio
satellite channels: the CRN; the National Indigenous
Radio Service (NIRS) and the RPH Australia satellite
service; and a fourth - the BBC World Service.
Collectively the three national community radio satellite
channels contribute around 11% of community radio
program content.
In 2011/12 the CBF received $65,235 to assist the
community radio satellite network. For the same period,
CBF support for sector satellite services amounted to
$189,254 including:
•
$68,054 for net satellite service uplink costs;
•
$10,000 for the data uplink for the DDN funded
through CBOnline;
•
$110,000 for support of the CRN service funded
through the General - Sector Coordination grant to
the CBAA; and
•
$1,200 for station satellite reception equipment
grants funded through CBOnline.
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In addition to supporting network operating costs, the
CBF also contributed to the production costs of a range
of nationally distributed programs assisted through
Content Development, Ethnic, Indigenous and Amrap
grants. For example:
•
News and current affairs programs including 3JOY’s
Q-mmunity Network News and 2MCE’s Never Talk
Politics;
•
Specialist programs including 2FBi’s All the Best,
4ZZZ’s The Book Club and 2BAY’s The Bohemian
Beat;
•
Ethnic programs including 3CR’s Accent of Women;
•
Outside broadcasts and recordings including
3PBS’s Father’s Day at Port Phillip Prison, 4AAA’s
Gympie Music Muster, 4BSR’s live Australian music
recording series and 3RRR’s The Architects at the
Venice Architecture Biennale; and
•
Amrap and 5GTR’s AirIt Music Charts show and fillin music by Amrap artists on CRN.
More information on CRN is available at
www.cbaa.org.au/crn, NIRS at www.nirs.org.au and RPH
Australia at www.rph.org.au.
Digital Delivery Network (DDN)
The DDN uses a low-speed data stream linked to the
CRN satellite channel to deliver data directly to
station-based computer equipment via the station’s
satellite receiver. The DDN enables: online upload and
ordering of programs; automated recording and storage
of CRN programs for later replay; and distribution of
audio, image and text files via data-casting. A further
advantage of the DDN is that it provides easier access
to, and exchange of, small audio items such as serials
and community service announcements.
In 2011/12, the CBAA received $98,000 from CBOnline
grants for DDN Project Coordination including software
development, implementation, operations and support.
An additional allocation of $7,500 was made to support
three stations to receive new and replacement DDN
equipment to access the service.
TRAINING GRANTS
Training grants are provided to assist with the delivery
of training in broadcast and media skills, management
and leadership skills, technician and trainer training, the
delivery of special training projects and the development
of training resources.
CBF Training grants complement the National Training
Project (NTP) which supports the delivery of training and
the development of training resources for community
radio and television. In 2011/12 the CBF received
$628,000 from the DBCDE to support community
broadcasting training. With funds carried forward from
previous years and grants returned, and following the
deduction of grants advisory committee expenses and
the CBF administrative levy, a total of $718,262 was
allocated to support training delivery to the community
radio sector in this financial year.
The NTP was managed by the Community Media
Training Organisation (CMTO). Activities supported at
the CMTO included the maintenance of a Secretariat
that oversaw the coordination of the NTP, development
of training resources and the delivery of training.
In 2011/12, training grants directly assisted 17
community radio stations and 5 sector organisations.
A further 56 stations and a number of RIBS were
supported through training grants to the CMTO and
other sector-based Registered Training Organisations
(RTOs). Two sector-based RTOs were also supported
with Infrastructure Support grants.
In addition to funding the National Training Project grants
were offered under the following categories:
Training Delivery grants - for the delivery of accredited
or non-accredited Pathways training in broadcast
& media skills, management & leadership skills or
technician and trainer training. A total of $367,162 was
allocated.
Project Management
$250,000
34%
Special Project
$81,100
11%
Total $718,262
RTO
Infrastructure
$20,000
3%
Training
Delivery
$367,162
51%
1,413 training places were supported, with 9,451 hours
of accredited training, and 122 days of Pathways
workshops.
Training Special Projects grants - support the rollout
of the NTP through assistance for special projects.
Four organisations were supported with grants totaling
$81,100.
RTO Infrastructure Support grants - offered to
sector-based RTOs to help them meet the challenges of
delivering training to the sector. In 2011/12 two grants
totaling $20,000 were allocated.
Consideration of training grants is the responsibility of
the Training Grants Advisory Committee (TGAC).
For further information contact Jo Curtin,
Senior Grants Administrator, ph: (03) 9419 8055 or
email: jcurtin@cbf.com.au
Pictured: from left - Dave Metherell and Geoff Peckitt at 4NSA.
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Training Delivery Grants 2011/12
Grantee
Round
Amount
Purpose
Rd 1
$1,500
Technician Training subsidy
Rd 1
$1,400
Trainer Training subsidy
Rd 1
$1,500
3SYN SYN Media
Rd 1
$3,000
Pathways training (TV Intro sessions)
3YYR The Pulse FM 94.7
Rd 1
$7,150
Certificate III in Media training course
4BSR BEAU FM
Rd 1
$7,633
Certificate III in Media
Rd 1
$1,500
5ROX ROX FM
Rd 1
$2,600
Accredited short course training
5ROX ROX FM
Rd 1
$3,400
7EDG Edge Radio
Rd1
$863
Rd 1
$5,000
Travel for Cbloggers
CMTO Community Media Training Organisation
Rd 1
$2,600
3RPH Accredited short course
Rd 1
$9,320
2WYR Certificate III
Rd 1
$7,150
2OOO Certificate III
Rd 1
$7,150
4NSA Certificate III
Rd 1
$7,150
2RSR Certificate III
Rd 1
$7,150
4ZZZ Certificate III
Rd 1
$5,200
7EDG Certificate II
Rd 1
$7,150
6NME Certificate III
Rd 1
$3,000
Pathways workshops - masterclasses
Rd 1
$3,780
2MTM Pathways training
Rd 1
$40,000
Pathways workshops - national
Rd 1
$7,150
2NIM Certificate III
Rd 1
$7,150
2RSR Certificate III
Rd 1
$7,150
4ZZZ Certificate III
Rd 1
$7,150
1WAY Certificate III
Dusty Radio
Rd 1
$3,270
National Ethnic & Multicultural Broad. Council
Rd 1
$22,200
MMM Regional Champions Project
Radio Adelaide
Rd 1
$2,700
Radio Adelaide
Rd 1
$3,200
Radio Adelaide
Rd 1
$3,200
Radio Adelaide
Rd 1
$1,950
CAAMA 8CCC Pathways workshops
Radio Adelaide
Rd 1
$2,700
Radio Adelaide
Rd 1
$1,000
Pathways training
2BAY Bay FM 99.9
Rd 2
$1,500
Rd 2
$5,000
Certificate II in Creative Industries
3RPH Vision Australia Ltd.
Rd 2
$12,400
Pathways training - regional skills
4BSR BEAU FM
Rd 2
$7,150
5ROX ROX FM
Rd 2
$3,400
Accredited short couse training
5ROX ROX FM
Rd 2
$2,600
Radio Adelaide
Rd 2
$2,700
Radio Adelaide
Rd 2
$2,700
Radio Adelaide
Rd 2
$3,400
Radio Adelaide
Rd 2
$2,700
Radio Adelaide
Rd 2
$3,200
Rd 2
$2,600
Central Aust Aboriginal Media Assoc.
Rd 2
$9,370
RIBS Broadcast Pathways training
Training Delivery Grants 2011/12 cont.
Grantee
Round
Amount
Purpose
Rd 2
$5,200
Coast FM Cert II
Rd 2
$9,985
6HVCR Certificate III
Rd 2
$5,200
7EDG Certificate II
Rd 2
$7,150
2LND Alive, Koori FM, 94ONE
Certificate III
Rd 2
$25,868
34 Pathways workshops at 11 stations
Rd 2
$1,838
4ZZZ Accredited short course training
Rd 2
$5,200
3NOW Certificate II
Hedland Community Radio
Rd 2
$7,150
Indigenous Remote Communications Assoc.
Rd 2
$16,760
Pathways training at remote media festival
Rd 2
$5,650
Accredited training: Next Gen Media
Rd 2
$11,125
Accredited training: Tongan multimedia
Pirie Community Radio Broadcasters
Rd 2
$3,300
Total
$367,162
CMTO & Nambucca Valley Radio – 2NVR
In 2011/12, the CMTO received two grants to deliver
90 pathways workshops to community radio stations
across the nation. The courses covered a range of
topics including media law & OHS, interviewing skills
and governance.
In July over twenty students attended CMTO editing,
podcasting and presentation pathways training at
2NVR and from all reports the two days of training
were as much about building teams as they were
about learning. “At CMTO workshops, we are often
told that the experience of working and learning with
others from the station is the best part of the course!”
CMTO CEO Nicola Joseph said. At Nambucca
Valley Radio everyone helped one another with their
presentation skills, giving feedback and making the
process a lot of fun.
“Many stations which have started with CMTO
Pathways courses find out that people at their station
want to move on to do a full certificate course.”
Pictured: 2NVR (Nambucca Valley Radio) CMTO training graduates.
Training Project Management and Operations Grants 2011/12
Grantee
Amount
Purpose
CMTO Community Media Training Organisation Ltd.
$125,000
Management of the NTP Jul - Dec 2012
$125,000
Management of the NTP Jan - Jun 2012
Total
$250,000
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Training Special Project Grants 2011/12
Grantee
Amount
Purpose
$13,500
Broadcast Technology (Sydney)
$13,500
Broadcast Technology and TAA
(Cape York/Cairns)
$10,000
Video Resource Development
$13,500
E-learning assessment project
$13,500
Trainers Professional Development
Radio Adelaide
$3,600
Resource Development
$13,500
RPH Training Forum
Total
$81,100
Training RTO Infrastructure Grants 2011/12
Grantee
Amount
Purpose
$10,000
Administration and staffing support
Radio Adelaide
$10,000
Administration and staffing support
Total
$20,000
Radio Adelaide, CAAMA & 8CCC
In 2011/12, Radio Adelaide received a Training
Delivery grant from the CBF to deliver Pathways
vocal skills training to presenters at CAAMA Radio
and 8CCC in Alice Springs. The collaborative
training project gave eighteen trainees the
opportunity to learn breathing and vocal exercises
and techniques to improve their broadcasts and
provided professional development to local trainers.
Training Manager Nicky Page says, “Radio Adelaide
will explore opportunities for further collaborative
training programs with 8CCC and CAAMA - working
together means good value training considering the
regional/remote location.”
The participants were very positive about the
experience, one trainee noting “I loved the exercises
we did and ... seeing the effects of the different
techniques. I was surprised how much of a difference
it made in my voice, trying to read something before
and after the exercises.”
Pictured trainees at CAAMA: left to right - Elijah Barbor, Robyn Toi, Mikaela Simpson and Pam Reilly.
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COMMUNITY TELEVISION GRANTS (CTV)
In 2011/12 the CBF established a new fund to support
the production of content for community television
broadcasters.
The inaugural TV Content Production grants aimed to
increase participation in Australian community television
broadcasting through grants to support the production
of television content for and by local communities.
The fund prioritised new productions from new and
emerging communities and producers, and cost-effective
productions demonstrating high degrees of creativity and
innovation.
Following the deduction of grants advisory committee
expenses, $296,000 was allocated to support 33
projects at 12 community television stations, Remote
Indigenous Media Organisations and other non-profit
organisations.
Consideration of CTV grants is the responsibility of the
TV Grants Advisory Committee.
email: jking@cbf.com.au
C31 Melbourne and Geelong - Ecotopia
for change and development within our community.
Taking an in-depth look at environmental issues
facing modern society, Ecotopia has featured topics
as deverse as DIY chook pens and carbon footprints,
to life on board the Sea Shepherd. The program
received a CBF TV Content Production grant in
2011/12 supporting equipment hire, travel, music,
animation and production costs.
Ecotopia is a 7 part environmental affairs/lifestyle
program which investigates issues, ideas and
inventions which have the power to shape the
future. The program aims to encourage and inspire
people of all backgrounds, and tell the stories of
those already making a strong and consistent push
Launching on host station C31 Melbourne and
Geelong in July 2012 followed closely by broadcast
on Perth’s WTV in August and TVS Sydney in
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Adelaide, and 31 Digital South East Queensland are
in the shows sights next.
For more information on Ecotopia and to watch
episode clips online go to ecotopiatv.com.
Pictured: Ecotopia host Yasmin Bushby
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CTV Content Production Grants 2011/12
Grantee
Amount
Purpose
3SYN SYN Media
$11,400
'1700'
$10,750
'Stylin’ Up Documentary'
CTVMEL Channel 31
$10,050
'Guitar Gods and Masterpieces'
CTVMEL Channel 31
$10,000
'Leongatha'
CTVMEL Channel 31
$19,050
'Move It Or Lose It'
CTVMEL Channel 31
$9,550
'Love Knows No Bounds'
CTVMEL Channel 31
$11,095
'Ecotopia'
CTVMEL Channel 31
$4,345
'Untitled Soup du Jour' Productions Project
CTVMEL Channel 31
$5,000
'Slapdash'
CTVMEL Channel 31
$2,500
'Law Legends Lately (LLL)'
CTVMEL Channel 31
$10,808
'Dutch TV'
CTVBRI 31 Digital
$11,107
'Frequency'
CTVSYD TVS
$15,171
'Free Advice'
CTVSYD TVS
$5,000
'Special Selection by Joy'
CTVSYD TVS
$11,400
'Russian News Time'
CTVSYD TVS
$9,000
'Beedesh Bangla'
CTVSYD TVS
$10,000
'Nadiya’s Challenge'
CTVSYD TVS
$11,000
'My Thoughts Exactly'
CTVSYD TVS
$5,000
'River Tribes'
CTVSYD TVS
$11,980
'Foundis'
Disability Media
$7,500
'No Limits'
PAW Media & Communications
$11,000
'Desert Yarns'
$8,440
'Bardi Jawi Ngankarr Series'
$2,450
'The First School at Middle Beach'
$2,560
'Keeping the Language'
$4,300
'Christ the King'
$4,400
'Five Tribes'
$2,000
'Looma Community'
SCTV Student Community Television Inc.
$5,000
'Fergus in Hell'
Voices Arts Networking Group Inc.
$19,350
'So You Think You Can Drive?'
West Television Ltd.
$11,945
'Student Shorts'
West Television Ltd.
$19,960
'Plight of the Pelicans'
Yarra Access Inner-City Television Inc.
$2,460
'C31 KO Boxing Show'
Total
$295,571
Pictured: PAKAM’s David Banjo preparing a film
shot.
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DIGITAL RADIO
The Digital Radio Project (DRP) is the culmination of
many years of planning by the community broadcasting
sector for the introduction of digital community radio
services. The DRP aims to establish and operate digital
radio transmission and content delivery infrastructure for
Digital Community Radio Broadcasting licensees.
The DRP has established and operates services and
infrastructure to enable 37 licensed metropolitan-wide
community broadcasting stations to provide digital radio
services across five capital cities: Sydney, Melbourne,
Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth.
Australian Government Funding
The Federal Budget committed $3.103m. in funding
for digital radio community broadcasting in 2011/12.
An independent internal review of the DRP was
conducted by the DBCDE in late 2011 providing future
funding recommendations to the Australian Government.
Digital Radio Project (DRP)
The Community Broadcasting Association of Australia
(CBAA) continues to coordinate community broadcasting
sector planning for digital radio receiving funding totaling
$3.9m. to manage the DRP in 2011/12.
In 2011/12 new digital radio services began to emerge
replacing analogue simulcast services with new
programs and music services, rebroadcast content,
time-shifted programs, and the gradual establishment of
data services including scrolling text and station/program
images.
Activities undertaken over the period included:
•
consultation with community radio stations, including
regular meetings of a Digital Radio Consultative
Committee with representation from each capital
city-based digital; community radio representative
company;
•
developing the Radius website at
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
www.radius.org.au to facilitate communication
between participating stations and DRP staff, and
promote community radio digital services to the
general public;
coordination of a series of digital radio forums with
groups of stations with similar interests to discuss
the development and evolution of digital radio
services;
research into the modification of transmission
parameters in order to accommodate the entitled
services within the limited capacity available;
developing training resources to support station staff
and broadcasters to manage their own data (text
and image) services;
infrastructure purchase, assembly, installation and
maintenance;
oversight of agency and service agreements with
community radio stations;
oversight of Joint Venture Companies (JVC)
shareholding arrangements between community
radio stations and JVCs;
oversight of access arrangements between
community radio stations with JVCs; and
negotiation and oversight of connectivity
infrastructure installation with Telstra.
Station Equipment Grants
4RPH was provided with station-end equipment costing
$23,450 and a cash component to the grant of $2,000 for
installation costs becoming the 37th and final community
digital radio licensee to establish its new service.
Consideration of Digital Radio grants is the responsibility
of the Digital Radio Grants Advisory Committee
(DRGAC).
4EB Brisbane - Global Digital
Global is a digital radio channel which broadcasts an eclectic
mix of music from around the world. The channel focuses on
world and traditional music sung in a variety of languages as
well as new releases from all around the world.
Pictured: Samia Mazhar Pakistani Broadcaster
at 4EB
For several communities within Brisbane this is an opportunity
to hear more local programmes produced in people’s first
language providing more up to date information on a more
regular basis. For more information on 4EB and Global Digital
go to 4eb.org.au.
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COMMUNITY BROADCASTING FOUNDATION
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND REPORTS
for the year ended 30 June 2012
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COMMUNITY BROADCASTING FOUNDATION LIMITED ABN 48 008 590 403 DIRECTORS' REPORT Your Directors present their report on the company for the financial year ended June 30 2012. DIRECTORS The names of each person who has been a Director during the year and to the date of this report are: Mr Peter Batchelor Retired State Minister and Victorian MP, Melbourne. President appointed 17/02/12 Mr David Melzer General Manager, Music Outback Foundation, Melbourne. Vice President appointed 27/03/12 Ms Catherine Haridy Artist Manager, Melbourne appointed 28/09/11 Ms Rachel Maher International media development, Melbourne appointed 01/01/12 Deputy Director, Swinburne Institute, Swinburne University, Melbourne Ms Elinor Rennie appointed 14/09/11 Mr Dean Hodgson Aboriginal Health Service worker and broadcaster, Adelaide
appointed 20/1/11 Mr Terrence Mather OAM
State Coordinator, ABC Giving Tree Charity and broadcaster, Hobart
appointed 20/1/11
Mr Geoffrey Payne Associate University Librarian, Infrastructure Services, La Trobe University,
Treasurer Melbourne
appointed 16/2/07 Dr Heinrich Stefanik OAM Consultant, Canberra appointed 26/4/07 Ms Ruth Ashe Consultant, Canberra retired 31/12/11 Ms Anna Burns Music Industry Executive, Sydney retired 12/08/11 Mr John Martin General Manager, Television Oceania, Sydney. retired 17/02/12 Mr Alexander Marinos OAM
Actor and broadcaster, Sydney. retired 02/03/12 Directors have been in office since the start of the financial year to the date of this report unless otherwise stated. PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES The principal activity of the company during the year was to support the maintenance and development of community broadcasting in Australia. 49
COMMUNITY BROADCASTING FOUNDATION LIMITED
ABN 48 008 590 403
DIRECTORS’ REPORT
SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM OBJECTIVES The company’s short-term objectives are to: - Maintain fair and equitable grant disbursement programs and to work closely with community broadcasting
sector representative organisations to maintain, increase, and diversify community broadcasting sector funding. The company’s long-term objectives are to: - Assist the community broadcasting sector to reach its full potential as a well-resourced, independent, diverse
and accessible Australian media sector. STRATEGIES FOR ACHIEVING THE OBJECTIVES To achieve its stated objectives, the company has adopted the following strategies: - Review CBF grant processes against best practice on a regular basis. - Resource a working group for developing and implementing strategies on funding issues. - Monitor and commission relevant research and encourage independent analysis of sector development needs.
- Assist community broadcasting sector representative organisations and stations to raise the public profile of
the sector and improve key funding decision-makers’ awareness and appreciation of community broadcasting. KEY PERFORMANCE MEASURES The company measures its own performance through monitoring progress against its Strategic Plan on a
quarterly basis and reviewing that plan annually. MEETING OF DIRECTORS During the financial year seven meetings of Directors were held. Attendance was Eligible meetings Number Attended Ms Ruth Ashe 4 4 Ms Anna Burns 1 1 Mr Peter Batchelor 2 2 Mr Dean Hodgson 7 6 Mr Alexander Marinos OAM 5 5 Mr John Martin 5 5 Mr Terrence Mather OAM
7 7 Mr Geoffrey Payne 7 6 Ms Rachel Maher 3 3 Dr Heinrich Stefanik OAM 7 7 Ms Catherine Haridy 4 2 Mr David Melzer 1 1 Ms Elinor Rennie 5 5 The company is incorporated under the Corporations Act 2001 and is a company limited by guarantee. If the
company is wound up, the constitution states that each member is required to contribute a maximum of $10 each
towards meeting any outstanding obligations of the entity. CONTRIBUTIONS ON WINDING UP At 30 June 2012, the total amount that members of the company are liable to contribute if the company is wound
up is $90 (2011: $80). 50
ABN 48 008 590 403
DIRECTORS’ REPORT
AUDITOR’S INDEPENDENCE DECLARATION A copy of the Auditor’s independence declaration as required under section 307C of the Corporations Act is set out
on page 51.
Signed in accordance with a resolution of the Directors. Dated: 27 September 2012 at Melbourne David Melzer
Geoffrey Payne
Director
Director
AUDITOR’S INDEPENDENCE DECLARATION UNDER SECTION 307C OF THE CORPORATIONS
ACT 2001 To: The Directors of Community Broadcasting Foundation Ltd. I declare that, to the best of my knowledge and belief,during the financial year ended 30th June 2012 there have
been: a) no contraventions of the auditor independence requirements as set out in the Corporations Act 2001 in relation
to the audit, and b) no contraventions of any applicable code of professional conduct in relation to the audit. T J Ryan & Co T J Ryan
Chartered Accountants Principal
Dated: 27 September 2012 at Melbourne
51
COMMUNITY BROADCASTING FOUNDATION LIMITED ABN 48 008 590 403 STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2012
$ $
NOTES 20122011
Revenue 2 17,227,519 14,407,067
17,227,519 14,407,067
Gross Profit 16,243,388 12,677,345
Grants and projects paid and committed 42,332
-
Grant and project committee expenses 7,513 5,323
Depreciation 779,872 703,837
Secretariat operating costs 154,414 1,020,563
Operating surplus before income tax - Income Tax Expense Net Surplus After Tax 154,414 1,020,563
Other Comprehensive Income: Net fair value loss on impairment of non-current assets -
910,808
Other Comprehensive Income for the year - 910,808
Total Comprehensive Income for year 154,414 109,755
Total comprehensive income attributable to members of the entity 154,414 109,755
The accompanying Notes form part of these financial statements. 52
COMMUNITY BROADCASTING FOUNDATION LIMITED ABN 48 008 590 403 STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AT 30TH JUNE 2012
$ $
NOTES 2012
2011
ASSETS CURRENT ASSETS Cash and Cash Equivalents 3 2,839,999 2,703,838
Trade and Other Receivables 4 286,695 274,653
Other 5 5,285 2,325
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 3,131,979 2,980,818
NON CURRENT ASSETS Property, Plant & Equipment 6 25,961 33,473
25,961 33,473
TOTAL NON CURRENT ASSETS TOTAL ASSETS 3,157,940 3,014,291
LIABILITIES CURRENT LIABILITIES Trade & Other Payables 7 2,544,528 2,566,935
Employee Benefits 8 107,860 96,217
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 2,652,388 2,663,150
TOTAL LIABILITIES 2,652,388 2,663,150
NET ASSETS 505,552 351,141
EQUITY Retained Surplus 505,552 351,141
505,552
351,141
TOTAL EQUITY COMMITMENTS & CONTINGENT LIABILITIES Nil Nil
The accompanying Notes form part of these financial statements. 53
COMMUNITY BROADCASTING FOUNDATION LIMITED ABN 48 008 590 403 STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2012 $ $
20122011
Cash Flows from Operating Activities Grant receipts in the course of operations (ex GST) 16,853,217
14,480,709
Cash payments in the course of operations (ex GST) (17,106,748)
(15,097,575)
Receipts from Interest Received 389,693 282,044
13(a) 136,161 (334,822)
Net cash provided by operating activities Cash Flows from Investing Activities Fixed asset purchases - 853
- 853
Net cash provided by investing activities 136,161 (335,675)
Net Increase/(Decrease) in cash held 2,703,838 3,039,512
Cash and cash equivalents at 1 July 2011 Cash and cash equivalents at 30 June 2012 13(b) 2,839,999 2,703,838
The accompanying Notes form part of these financial statements. COMMUNITY BROADCASTING FOUNDATION LIMITED ABN 48 008 590 403 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2012 $ $
NOTES 2012 2011
351,141
241,385
Balance Retained Surplus at 1 July 2011 Surplus for the year attributed to members of the entity 154,414 109,755
505,552 351,141
Balance Retained Surplus at 30 June 2012 The accompanying Notes form part of these financial statements. 54
ABN 48 008 590 403
NOTES ON FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2012
NOTE 1 STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES The financial statements cover Community Broadcasting Foundation Limited as an individual entity, incorporated
and domiciled in Australia and is a company limited by guarantee. The significant policies which have been adapted in the preparation of the financial report are: Basis of Preparation The financial statements are general purpose financial statements that have been prepared in accordance with
Australian Accounting Standards (“AASBs”), (including Australian Interpretations) and the Corporations Act 2001. The company is a not-for-profit entity for financial reporting purposes under Australian Accounting Standards. Australian Accounting Standards set out the accounting policies that the AASB has concluded would result in
financial statements containing relevant and reliable information about transactions, events and conditions. Material accounting policies adopted in the preparation of these financial statements are presented below and have been consistently applied unless otherwise stated. The financial statements, except for the cash flow information, have been prepared on an accrual basis and are
based on historical costs, modified, where applicable, by the measure at fair value of selected non-current assets,
financial assets and financial liabilities. The financial statements were authorised for issue on 27 September 2012 by the Directors of the company. Accounting Policies Revenue Grant revenue is recognised in the statement of comprehensive income when the entity obtains control of the grant and it is probable that that the economic benefits gained from the grant will flow to the company and the amount of the grant can be measured reliably. If conditions are attached to the grant which must be satisfied before it is eligible to receive the contribution, the recognition of the grant as revenue will be deferred until those conditions are satisfied. Interest revenue is recognised using the effective interest rate method, which for floating rate financial is the rate
inherent in the interest. Dividend revenue is recognised when the right to receive a dividend has been established. All revenue is stated net of the amount of goods and services tax (GST). Income Tax No provision for income tax has been raised as the company is exempt from income tax under Div. 50 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997. Employee Benefits Provision is made for the company’s liability for employee benefits arising from services rendered by employees
to the end of the reporting period. Employee benefits that are expected to be settled within one year have been
measured at the amounts expected to be paid when the liability is settled. Employee benefits payable later than one
year have been measured at present value of the estimated future cash outflows to be made for those benefits. In
determining the liability, consideration is given to employee wage increases and the probability that the employee
may not satisfy vesting requirements. Those cash flows are discounted using market yields on national government
bonds with terms to maturity that match the expected timing of the cash flows attributable to employee benefits. Contributions are made by the entity to an employee superannuation fund and are charged as expenses when incurred. 55
COMMUNITY BROADCASTING FOUNDATION LIMITED ABN 48 008 590 403 NOTES ON FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
56
NOTE 1 STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONT.) Property, Plant & Equipment Property, plant & equipment are included at cost less, where applicable, any accumulated depreciation and impairment losses. In the event the carrying amount of the plant and equipment is greater than the estimated recoverable amount, the carrying amount is written down immediately to the estimated recoverable amount. A formal assessment of recoverable amount is made when impairment indicators are present (refer to Note 1 for details of impairment). Depreciation The depreciable amount of all fixed assets, excluding freehold land and buildings, is depreciated on a
straight-line basis over the asset’s useful life to the entity commencing from the time the asset is available for
use. The depreciation rates used for plant and equipment range from 10% to 50%. The assets’ residual values and useful lives are reviewed and adjusted, if appropriate, at the end of each
reporting period. Gains and losses on disposals are determined by comparing proceeds with the carrying
amount. These gains or losses are included in the statement of comprehensive income. Cash and Cash Equivalents Cash and cash equivalents include cash on hand, deposits held at call with banks, and other short term highly
liquid investments with other original maturities of six months or less. Financial Instruments Initial recognition and measurement Financial assets and financial liabilities are recognised when the entity becomes a party to the contractual provisions to the instrument. For financial assets, this is equivalent to the date that the company commits itself to
either purchase or sell the asset. Financial instruments are initially measured at fair value plus transaction costs. Classification and subsequent measurement Financial instruments are subsequently measured at fair value, amortised cost using effective interest rate
method, or cost. Amortised cost is calculated as the amount at which the financial asset or financial liability is measured at initial
recognition less principal repayments and any reduction for impairment, and adjusted for any cumulative amortisation of the difference between that initial amount and the maturity amount calculated using the effective
interest method. The effective interest method is used to allocate interest income or interest expense over the relevant period and is equivalent to the rate that exactly discounts estimated future cash payments or receipts (or when this cannot be reliably predicted, the contractual term) of the financial instrument to the net carrying amount of the financial asset or liability. Revisions to expected future cash flows will necessitate an adjustment to the carrying
value with a consequential recognition of an income or expense item in profit or loss. Loans and receivables Loans and receivables are non-derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments that are not
quoted in an active market and are subsequently measured at amortised cost. Gains and losses are recognised in profit or loss through the amortisation process and when the financial asset
is derecognised. For financial assets carried at amortised cost (including loans and receivables), a separate
allowance account is used to reduce the carrying amount of financial assets impaired by credit losses. COMMUNITY BROADCASTING FOUNDATION LIMITED ABN 48 008 590 403 NOTES ON FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 1 STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONT.) Impairment At the end of each reporting period, the entity reviews the carrying values of its tangible and intangible assets to
determine whether there is any indication that those assets have been impaired. If such an indication exists, the
recoverable amount of the asset, being the higher of the asset’s fair value less costs to sell and value in use, is
compared to the asset’s carrying value. Any excess of the asset’s carrying value over its recoverable amount is
recognised to profit or loss. Goods & Services Tax Revenue, expenses and assets are recognised net of the amount of goods and services tax (GST). Receivables and payables are stated inclusive of the amount of GST receivable or payable. The net amount of
GST receivable from, or payable to, the ATO is included as a receivable or payable in the statement of financial
position. Cash flows are presented on a gross basis. The GST components of cash flows arising from investing
or financing activities, which are recoverable from, or payable to the ATO, are presented as operating cash flows
included in receipts from customers or payments to suppliers. Trade and Other Payables When grants are received, an undertaking is signed by the company ensuring that funds will be disbursed only
to approved applicants and any excess funds will be refunded to the grantor. Accordingly, due to the undertaking
being a legal document, enforceable at law, a liability arises as the funds are either owed to approved applicants
or the grantor. This liability is categorised as a grant committed and included in Payables. Critical Accounting Estimates and Judgments The preparation of financial statements requires management to make judgments, estimates and assumptions
that affect the reported amounts in the financial statements. Management continually evaluates its judgments
and estimates in relation to assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses. Management bases its judgments,
estimates and assumptions on historical experience and other various factors, including expectations of future
events, management believes to be reasonable under the circumstances. The resulting accounting judgments
and estimates will seldom equal the related actual results. The Grants and projects committed liability requires some form of judgment, estimation and assumption due to
the requirements of grants recipients and projects to meet certain criteria to be eligible to receive payment. New Accounting Standards for Application in Future Periods The AASB has issued a number of new and amended Accounting Standards and Interpretations that have
mandatory application dates for future reporting periods, some of which are relevant to the company.
The company has decided not to early adopt any of the new and amended pronouncements. The company’s
assessment of the new and amended pronouncements that are relevant to the company but applicable in future
reporting periods is set out below: - AASB 9: Financial Instruments (December 2010) and AASB 2010-7: Amendments to Australian B529
Accounting Standards arising from AASB 9 (December 2010) (applicable for annual reporting periods
commencing on or after 1 January 2013). These Standards are applicable retrospectively and include
revised requirements for classification and measurement of financial instruments, as well as recognition and
derecognition requirements for financial instruments. The key changes made to accounting requirements include: - Simplifying the classifications of financial assets into those carried at amortised cost and those carried at fair
value; and
- Allowing an irrevocable election on initial recognition to present gains and losses on investments in equity
instruments that are not held for trading in other comprehensive income. Dividends in respect of these
57
COMMUNITY BROADCASTING FOUNDATION LIMITED ABN 48 008 590 403 NOTES ON FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 1 STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONT.)
investments that are a return on investment can be recognised in profit or loss and there is no impairment or
recycling on disposal of the instrument. The company has not yet been able to reasonably estimate the impact of these pronouncements on its financial
statements. 1050 & 1052 and Interpretations 2, 4, 5, 15, 17, 127, 129 & 1052] (applicable for annual reporting periods commencing on or after 1 July 2013). AASB 1053 establishes a revised differential financial reporting framework
consisting of two tiers of financial reporting requirements for those entities preparing general purpose financial
statements. - Tier 1: Australian Accounting Standards; and - Tier 2: Australian Accounting Standards – Reduced Disclosure Requirements Tier 2 of the framework comprises the recognition, measurement and presentation requirements of Tier 1, but
contains significantly fewer disclosure requirements. Since the company is a not-for-profit private sector entity, it qualifies for the reduced disclosure requirements for
Tier 2 entities. It is anticipated that the Company will take advantage of Tier 2 reporting at a later date. - AASB 2011-9 Amendments to Australian Accounting Standards – Presentation of Items of Other
Comprehensive Income (applicable for annual reporting periods commencing on or after 1 January 2012). The main change arising from this Standard is the requirement for entities to group items presented in other comprehensive income (OCI) on the basis of whether they are potentially reclassifiable to profit or loss
subsequently. This Standard affects presentation only and is therefore not expected to significantly impact the company. - AASB 119: Employee Benefits [September 2011] and AASB 2011-10: Amendments to Australian Accounting Standards arising from AASB 119 (applicable for annual reporting periods commencing on or after 1 January
2013). AASB 119 [September 2011] includes changes to: (a) require only those benefits that are expected to be settled wholly before 12 months after the end of the
annual reporting period in which the employee render the related service to be classified as short-term employee benefits. All other employee benefits are to be classified as either other long-term employee benefits,
post-employment benefits or termination benefits, as appropriate; and
(b) the accounting for termination benefits that require an entity to recognise an obligation for such benefits. The company has not yet been able to reasonably estimate the impact of these changes to AASB 119. 58
ABN 48 008 590 403
$ $
20122011
NOTE 2 REVENUE AND OTHER INCOME Revenue Grants Received from Federal Government Grants - DBCDE 15,320,933 12,091,000
Interest Received 389,693 282,044
Other Revenue 1,516,893 2,034,023
17,227,519 14,407,067
Charging as expense: Auditor Remuneration Audit services 7,250 7,250
Other Services - NOTE 3 CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS Cash at bank and on hand 58,112 125,750
Bank short term assets 2,781,887 2,578,088
2,839,999 2,703,838
NOTE 4 TRADE AND OTHER RECEIVABLES 29,641 39,574
Trade Receivables Accrued Interest 19,028 24,486
Other Receivables 238,026 210,593
286,695 274,653
NOTE 5 OTHER CURRENT ASSETS Pre-payments 5,285 2,325
5,285 2,325
NOTE 6 PROPERTY, PLANT & EQUIPMENT Leasehold Improvements 28,058 28,058
Less: Accumulated Depreciation (27,011)
(26,751)
1,047 1,307
Office Equipment 80,220 80,220
Less: Accumulated Depreciation (71,306) (68,054)
8,914 12,166
DRP Equipment 930,808 930,808
Less: Accumulated Depreciation (914,808)
(910,808)
16,000 20,000
25,961 33,473
59
ABN 48 008 590 403
LEASEHOLD
OFFICE
DRP IMPROVEMENTS
EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
TOTAL
COST Balance at 1 July 2011 28,058 80,220 930,808
1,039,086
Acquisitions - -
- Disposals - - - Balance at 30 June 2012 28,058 80,220 930,808 1,039,086
DEPRECIATION & IMPAIRMENT LOSSES Balance at 1 July 2011 26,751 68,054 910,808 1,005,613
Depreciation charge for year 261 3,252 4,000 7,513
Disposals - - - Rounding (1)
- - (1)
Balance at 30 June 2012 27,011 71,306 914,808 1,013,125
Net Book Value at 1 July 2011 1,307
12,166
20,000 33,473
Net Book value at 30 June 2012 1,047 8,914 16,000 25,961
$ $
2012
2011
NOTE 7 TRADE AND OTHER PAYABLES Trade payables 1,335 12,174
Other current payables 9,656 140
Grants and Projects Committed 2,533,537 2,554,621
2,544,528 2,566,935
NOTE 8 EMPLOYEE BENEFITS Current Long Service Leave Entitlements 50,727 40,506
Employee Entitlements 57,133 55,711
107,860 96,217
60
COMMUNITY BROADCASTING FOUNDATION LIMITED ABN 48 008 590 403 NOTES ON FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2012 NOTE 9 FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT The company’s financial instruments consist mainly of cash held, deposits with banks, long term investment, receivables and payables. (a) Interest rate risk exposure The company’s exposure to interest rate risk is presently limited to its cash and cash equivalent assets whereby a
future change in interest rates will affect future cash flows. Cash and cash equivalent assets represent funds held
in cheque and business management accounts during the period and these funds earned interest at rates ranging
between 0% and 6.25% depending on account balances. (b) Credit risk exposure Credit risk represents the loss that would be recognised if counter-parties fail to perform as contracted.
The company does not have any material credit risk exposures as its majority of revenue is the receipt of
government grants. The credit risk on financial assets of the company which have been recognised on the Balance Sheet is generally
the carrying amount, net of any provisions for doubful debts. (c) Liquidity risk exposure Vigilant liquidity risk management requires the company to maintain sufficient liquid assets (mainly cash and cash
equivalents) to be able to pay debts as and when they become due and payable. The company manages liquidity risk by maintaining adequate cash reserves, by continuously monitoring actual
and forecast cash flows, and matching the maturity profiles of financial assets and liabilities. NOTE 10 MEMBERS’ GUARANTEE The company does not have a share capital, as it is a company limited by guarantee. In accordance with Clause
3B of the Company’s constitution, every member of the company undertakes to contribute to the assets of the
company on winding up to the extent of $10 each. At 30 June 2012, the number of members was 9 (2011: 8). NOTE 11 ECONOMIC DEPENDENCY A significant portion of the company’s income is derived from grants made by the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy. NOTE 12 SUPERANNUATION COMMITMENTS The economic entity contributes to an award superannuation fund to provide benefits to employees on retirement,
death, or disability. Benefits provided under the plan are based on contributions, currently at 15.4% (2011 : 15.4%)
for each employee. 61
COMMUNITY BROADCASTING FOUNDATION LIMITED ABN 48 008 590 403 NOTES ON FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2012 $ $ 2012
2011
NOTE 13 CASH FLOW INFORMATION Reconciliation of Cash Flow from Operations with Operating Surplus Operating Surplus (deficit) 154,414 109,755
Non-cash Flows in Operating Statement: Depreciation and impairment 7,513 916,131
Grants returned DRP (930,808)
Changes in Assets & Liabilities: Decrease/(Increase) in receivables 15,391
47,578
Decrease/(Increase) in prepayments (2,960)
3,814
Increase (Decrease) in creditors (22,407)
(347,044)
Increase/(Decrease) in provisions 11,643 (8,338)
Increase/(Decrease) in tax payable (27,433)
(125,909)
Net Cash Flow used in Operating Activities 136,161 (334,822)
NOTE 14 CONTINGENT LIABILITIES The company had no contingent liabilities as at 30 June 2012 and 30 June 2011. NOTE 15 EVENTS AFTER THE REPORTING PERIOD No matter or circumstance has arisen since 30 June 2012 that has significantly affected, or may significantly
affect the company’s operations, the results of those operations, or the company’s state of affairs in future
financial years. 62
COMMUNITY BROADCASTING FOUNDATION LIMITED ABN 48 008 590 403 STATEMENT BY DIRECTORS In accordance with a resolution of the Directors of Community Broadcasting Foundation Limited, the Directors
declare that: The financial statements and notes, as set out in pages 52 to 62, are in accordance with the 1. Corporations Act 2001: a. comply with Australian Accounting Standards; and b. give a true and fair view of the financial position as at 30th June 2012 and of the performance for the year ended on that date of the company. In the Director’s opinion there are reasonable grounds to believe that the company will be able to pay its 2. debts as and when they become due and payable. This declaration is made in accordance with a resolution of the Directors. Dated: 27 September 2012 at Melbourne David Melzer
Geoffrey Payne Director
Director
63
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF
Report on the Financial Report We have audited the accompanying financial report of Community Broadcasting Fondation Limited, which
comprises the statement of financial position at 30 June 2012, and the statement of comprehensive income,
statement of changes in equity and statement of cash flows for the year then ended on that date, notes
comprising a summary of significant accounting policies, other explanatory information, and the Directors’
declaration. Directors Responsibility for the Financial Report The Directors of the company are responsible for the preparation of the financial report that gives a true and fair
view in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards and the Corporations Act 2001 and for such internal
control as the directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of the financial report so that is free
from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. Auditors Responsibility Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the financial report based on our audit. We conducted our audit
in accordance with Australian Auditing Standards. Those standards require that we comply with relevant ethical
requirements relating to audit engagements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance
whether the financial report is free from material misstatement. An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the
financial report. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgement, including the assessment of risks
of material misstatement of the financial report, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments,
the auditor considers internal control relevant to the entity’s preparation of the financial report that gives a true
and fair view in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the
purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity’s internal control. An audit also includes
evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates
made by the Directors, as well as the overall presentation of the financial report. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit
opinion. Independence In conducting our audit, we have complied with the independence requirements of the Corporations Act 2001.
We confirm that the independence declaration required by the Corporations Act 2001, which has been given
to the Directors of Community Broadcasting Foundation Limited on 27 September 2012, would be in the same
terms if provided to the Directors as at the date of the auditors report. Opinion In our opinion: (a) The financial report of Community Broadcasting Foundation Limited is in accordance with the Corporations
Act 2001, including: (i)
giving a true and fair view of the company’s financial position as at 30 June 2012 and of its performance for the year ended on that date and; (ii)
complying with Australian Accounting Standards and the Corporations Regulations 2001. Signed on 27 September 2012 at Melbourne
T J Ryan & Co Chartered Accountants T J Ryan Principal 64
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