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