Community Radio Adrian Basso 18 years in community radio Former - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Community Radio

Adrian Basso  18 years in community radio  Former CBAA Board President – 5 years and Treasurer – 3 years  Classical music station 3MBS 103.5FM – 8 years  Currently General Manager of alternative music station PBS 106.7FM – 9 years  Accounting degree and Diploma of Music Performance

The Australian Media Sector  260 commercial radio stations  65 government -funded stations: ABC and SBS  More than 350 community radio stations (long-term) plus 100 aspirant radio stations

The Community Radio Sector  40 years old  357 community radio stations  More than 22,000 volunteers  Extremely diverse

More on the Community Sector  19 Indigenous + 46% of stations include indigenous programming  34 religious  15 Radio for the Print Handicapped  6 ethnic  8 youth  8 seniors/mature age  4 fine music stations  1 gay and lesbian station  Others include specialist music, the arts, university content  34% across metropolitan and suburban locations  41% in regional areas  25% in rural areas

How PBS makes ends meet Every which way we can, in line with our vision of: nurturing, inspiring and championing Melbourne’s diverse music community

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Listener support: members and donors

Events: more content, money and community

What else do we do? We support the community.

Digital radio, a bump in the road