Community Broadcasting Foundation
Community Broadcasting Foundation
Annual Report 2022

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Contents
Our Vision
Who we are
Message from our President and CEO
Community broadcasting snapshot
How we grant
Highlights 2022
Grants snapshot
Content Grants
Development & Operations grants
Our Strategy
Outcome 1: Capability and viability
Outcome 2: Participation and voice
Outcome 3: Partner and influence
Our strong foundations
Our People
Leadership
Committees and assessors
Support Team
Grants Allocated
Financial highlights
Acknowledgements
The CBF acknowledges First Nations' sovereignty and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities by Traditional owners of Country throughout Australia.
We pay our respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures; and to Elders both past and present. We support and contribute to the process of reconciliation.
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Our Vision
Community broadcasting is at the heart of every community.
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Who we are
We are proud champions of community broadcasting – Australia's largest independent media sector.
Our funding supports organisations to enrich people's lives with a diversity of choice in our media; to produce local stories, news and cultural content reflecting the many perspectives, people and communities that make up Australia; so that community broadcasting is at the heart of every community.
Collaboration and partnership are central to the way we work, building on decades of strong relationships and expertise. Together with community broadcasters, content producers and sector organisations around the country, we are helping to build a strong and resilient future for community media.
This year we granted more than $18.7 million to support 173 organisations communicate, connect and share knowledge with their communities through radio, television and digital media. This includes First Nations, ethnic and print-disabled Australians, as well as others in our communities who are under-represented in other media.
Our Values
Values are the cornerstone of our community-based organisation, informing our decision-making.
•	Community-minded
We care.
•	Collaborative
We listen and work together.
•	Inclusive
We embrace and celebrate diversity.
•	Trusted
We work with integrity.
Our Beliefs
We believe hearing stories from our diverse and local communities enriches lives and connects us.
We believe independent, local and authentic voices creating trusted news, information and cultural content strengthens our society.
We believe in the need for CBF to be independent and transparent in supporting a resilient sector for the long-term.
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Message from our President and CEO
Community broadcasting helps build strong communities through the sharing of our cultures and interests, connecting people to each other and to community life.
It has been another unusual year for all of us negotiating the complexities of living through and adjusting to the global pandemic and the many impacts it has had on the sector. It's been tough for so many stations, including those that have been severely impacted by floods. Much of our attention has been focussed on supporting broadcasters through this time of disruption, survival and recovery.
At the station level we've heard how this has affected volunteer numbers, certainty and morale, and for some station revenue – resulting in decreased donations, on-air sponsorship and other revenue-generating activities such as events and training. This is why we've paid particular attention to how we've provided support, working closely with organisations who have needed to vary their project timelines and reporting deadlines.
But many organisations have thrived through this period too. This is a credit to the flexibility and innovation inherent in grassroots organisations where talent, goodwill and camaraderie make incredible things happen for the public good. Broadcasters have developed new projects, new content, new audiences, and perhaps a new appreciation for the special opportunity our valuable spectrum provides.
In 2021/22, we provided $18.7 million in grants to support community broadcasters across the country.
•	$9.3 million supported major sector-wide projects including sector coordination activities and providing all community broadcasters with access to services, training and shared infrastructure
•	$6.1 million supported community broadcasters to build their resilience by strengthening governance, engaging their community and developing sustainable operations and technical capacity
•	Nearly $3.1 million supported the production and distribution of creative and compelling content, as well as content that increased community participation and diversity in community broadcasting
•	$207K supported community radio stations in immediate need/in crisis to stay on-air through our quick response program.
This year we also developed our new organisational strategy, thinking about what role the CBF can play in funding a thriving and resilient future for community broadcasting. As a natural extension of this, we started work with the sector to capture, understand and communicate the value and positive impact community broadcasting creates. We also started collaborating to develop a roadmap that will help articulate where the sector is heading in the longer term and how the CBF can help.
We couldn't do this important work without the contributions of our amazing Board, volunteers and Support Team. A huge thank you to everyone involved – together we've delivered a relevant, robust and respected grants process that provides such critical support across the sector. Particular thanks to our long-term committee members, Michelle Brown and Stephen Jolley, who we are farewelling – you will be greatly missed.
There have been so many extraordinary examples this year that demonstrate the important role our sector plays in keeping people connected, entertained, informed and safe – responding to the major disruptions and natural disasters we've lived through in the past couple of years. To each and every community broadcasting organisation, and especially those who have rolled up their sleeves to help out on behalf of your communities – thank you.
Thanks also to all the sector peak bodies and sector organisations for your friendship, your support and for putting your trust in us.
Together we are better able to fulfil our purpose – supporting the development of strong and thriving community media organisations, where broadcasters can continue to create and share dynamic, vital and vibrant content with growing audiences across the country. We look forward to continuing to work closely with the sector in the coming year to ensure everything we do is building a sustainable and long-term future for community broadcasting.
Ian Hamm, President,
Jo Curtin, CEO
"Everyday we support community media to be at the heart of Australia's diverse communities, keeping everyone informed and connected – a vital contribution to media diversity."
Jo Curtin CEO
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Community broadcasting snapshot
•	5M+ Australians listen to community radio each week.
•	462 current community broadcasting licences
•	85% of listeners find community radio valuable.
•	18.4K volunteers bring community media to life.
•	51% of listeners tune in for local information and news each week.
•	1.6M+ listening in regional Australia each week.
•	$692M contributed annually to the economy by the community broadcasting sector, including volunteer efforts.
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How we grant
Each year we receive funding from the Australian Government to distribute in grants to community media organisations. Our agreement determines the funding streams available.
The agreement also specifies funding for target areas and sector-wide development initiatives. After administration costs, remaining funds are split between Sector Investment, Content and Development & Operations grants.
$20.5m
Australian Government funding 2021/22
How we distribute funding
	CBF administration [green]	Sector investment [pink]	D&O grants [blue]	Content grants [yellow]	
Ethnic	10%	20%	40%	30%	
First Nations	10%	0%	30%	60%	
Print Handicapped	10%	30%	52%	8%	
Print Handicapped Transmission	10%	0%	90%	0%	
General	10%	25%	33%	32%	
Transmission Support	10%	5%	85%	0%	
Amrap	10%	90%	0%	0%	
OB Online Project	10%	90%	0%	0%	
National Training Program	10%	74%	16%	0%	
Digital Radio Project	5%	95%	0%	0%	
Multiplatform Distribution	10%	90%	0%	0%	
Industry Capacity & Skills Development	10%	85%	5%	0%	
Enhanced National News	10%	90%	0%	0%	
Key
•	[green] $1.7 m CBF administration
•	[pink] $9.3 m Sector investment
•	[blue] $6.1 m D&O grants
•	[yellow] $3.1 m Content grants
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Highlights 2022
•	454 grant applications.
•	173 individual organisations supported with CBF grants.
•	318 grants allocated.
•	88 community media peers and industry experts reviewed applications.
•	169 volunteers contributed their knowledge and expertise to the CBF.
•	$27.1 M requested by community media organisations.
•	$18.7M allocated in grants.
•	$307M given in grants by the CBF since 1984.
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Grants snapshot
$18,709,034 total grants allocated
318 grants allocated to 173 organisations
Funding by location
•	National organisations 50%
•	Metropolitan 30%
•	Regional & remote 20%
Funding by grant type
•	Sector-wide funding 50%
•	Development & Operations 33%
•	Content 17%
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Content grants
•	$3,098,868 allocated in Content grants
•	> 95 Organisations
•	69 for Specialist Programming.
Community media brings to life diverse voices, ideas, opinions and cultures.
In 2021/22 our grants continued to fund the development, production and distribution of this content guided by our Supporting Content Framework.
Community media organisations requested almost $6.1 million for content projects via airwaves, television and online. We supported 95 organisations with approximately $3.1 million to create a range of compelling content for their communities. This included 69 grants to 66 organisations producing ethnic, First Nations and radio reading programming.
However, the continuing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on community broadcasters meant that some projects were unable to proceed or were delayed.
Content grants
•	Ethic $1,184,268
•	Indigenous $756,495
•	Other Content $1,108,742
•	RPH $49,363
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Development & Operations grants
•	$6,094,696 allocated in Development & Operations grants
•	> 135 organisations
Our Development & Operations grants fund projects, salaries, operational costs and infrastructure at community media organisations across Australia.
We support a wide range of initiatives that help to build a healthy, resilient and robust future for individual stations and the sector as a whole. These include funding transmission costs and studio equipment so stations can stay on air, training to improve governance practices or strategic planning, installation of solar panels to lower long-term station costs, staff salaries where there is an identified need, and marketing and promotional activities to build awareness, grow audiences and attract sponsorships.
This year, as the sector continued to recover from the effects of the pandemic, we particularly focussed on supporting stations to engage with their communities.
In 2021/22 community media organisations requested nearly $11.5 million for a range of projects to support and enhance their operations.
We supported 135 organisations with almost $6.1 million.
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•	Business Training & National Accredited or Pathways Training ~$250k
•	First Nations ~$400k
•	RPH ~$950k
•	General* ~$1.2m
•	Transmission $1.5m
•	Ethnic ~$2.1m
*General includes salaries, contractor fees, equipment, studio fitouts and operational expenses
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Our Strategy
Our strategy places broadcasters at the In addition to funding, we engage and listen, centre of everything we do. It determines build capacity, collaborate and advocate. our purpose, to fund a thriving and resilient future for community broadcasting.
In addition to funding, we engage and listen, build capacity, collaborate and advocate.
Our outcomes
1. [pink] Capability and viability
Securing a sustainable and long-term future.
Priorities		
Strategic and long-term thinking	We fund and support long-term thinking to address the big issues facing the sector and realise opportunities through strategic investment and longer term granting.	
Resilient sector	We fund the sector to develop, test and embed key principles of resilience for long-term viability.	
Sector capability and capacity	We work to identify, invest and build relevant capability and capacity to help community broadcasting stations to thrive.	
Strong governance and practice	We encourage grantees to develop and embed good governance practices that strengthen inclusivity, accessibility, accountability, process and decision-making.	
2 [blue] Participation and voice
Creating connection and belonging through our diverse community
Priorities		
Granting for positive impact	Our grants take into account the diversity and inequities across the sector – we fund on the basis of creating positive impact, ensuring communities and their stories are heard and valued.	
Representative and inclusive community media	We support community media organisations to be engaged with, connected to, and reflective of their community.	
Community participation	We support diverse communities' access to information, cultural and local content that enables active participation in community life.	
3 [green] Partner and influence
Champions for community broadcasting.
Priorities		
Build awareness	We work together to better articulate community broadcasting's value and impact, and to build broader awareness and understanding of the community broadcasting story.	
Partnerships	We collaborate purposefully with sector peaks and other key stakeholders to deliver positive and meaningful change.	
Sector advocacy and influence	We use our unique position, experience and knowledge to champion the community broadcasting sector to influence and inform future investment and policy.	
Demonstrable impact	We capture, understand and communicate the value and positive impact community broadcasting creates.	
Our strong foundations – helping us deliver on our commitments
Nurture and build trusted relationships
We nurture and build trusted relationships that deliver clear and demonstrated value and support collective outcomes.
Objectivity and independence
We strive for objectivity and maintain our independence through every decision and action.
Embed research and insights
We use research and insights to inform our decisions.
Invest in skills and experience
We value, nurture and invest in the skills, knowledge and experience of CBF staff and volunteers.
Strong governance and practice
We embed robust governance and practice in everything we do.
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Outcome 1: Capability and viability
Securing a sustainable and long-term future.
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•	98% of station streams accessible via the Community Radio App
•	$1.5M for radio transmission
•	1,224 community broadcasters completed training
•	$9.3M invested in sector coordination and projects
•	149 stations subscribed to the Community Radio Network (CRN)
We invested in a number of major projects to ensure community broadcasters have everything they need to run strong, thriving and resilient organisations.
These projects included future-focussed, sector-wide initiatives to build the knowledge and expertise of community broadcasters, and implement the latest digital technologies so listeners can access their favourite content when and where they want it.
At the station level, our Development & Operations grants funded hundreds of projects to support day-to-day running costs, enhance governance practices and build capability.
Building station resilience
In consultation with the sector, we began implementing outcomes of the Station Resilience review (completed by Think Impact in 2021). This review assessed how our grant programs could support station resilience into the future.
Our team have been examining the proposed station resilience model and what each element practically looks like for our grant applicants. These discussions will help inform our grant program and evaluation frameworks to ensure we are contributing to a sustainable and long-term future.
We also began developing our own evaluation frameworks to ensure alignment with our new Strategic Plan. As part of this, we began development of a new outcomes-based granting model that will inform a performance management framework. This will allow us to more effectively track how our grants are contributing to positive social and economic outcomes, and measure their impact on the sector.
Measuring our progress
Capability and viability that secures a sustainable and long-term future
Our measures	Our progress	
Increasing proportion of stations 'sustainable' or 'surviving'	On track	
Over time an increasing proportion of grants focused on the future via a CBF Future Fund	In development	
Increasing proportion of stations implementing and reflecting improvement against Station Resilience indicators	On track	
Major sector-wide initiatives deliver capability and viability outcomes	On track	
Audiences are growing across all platforms	On track	
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'I love learning and I'm in desperate need of such classes to find my way around and hopefully find a job in this field. We are all satisfied with these classes!"
Khatima Jafery, course participant
Empowering with radio training
The National Ethnic and Multicultural Broadcasters' Council (NEMBC) teamed up with the CMTO to deliver a series of multimedia and content creation training to linguistically diverse media makers from new and emerging communities in Australia.
The courses provided hands-on training in audio and video radio production, media law, codes of practice, presentation techniques, social media, multimedia distribution and program development. It was particularly targeted at women and young people from Africa and Afghanistan whose lives have been profoundly disrupted by war and social upheaval in their home countries.
A total of 63 Afghan and African women and young people participated in the training.
As part of this project the NEMBC worked closely with local community groups Community Four, Afri-Aus Care's African Mama's group, and the Afghan Women's Group. They are also working with other local organisations, such as the North Melbourne Public Housing Estate on the Paving the Way Forward Program, to develop radio programs and podcasts for and by African women and young people.
This included developing online radio streaming to share information between housing estates, as well as working with the Ubuntu Project, a youth-led community organisation supporting the creation of creative hubs in the area.
Training for the future
In 2021/22, the Community Media Training Organisation (CMTO) delivered Accredited and Pathways training to 1,224 community media volunteers/ workers from 164 community media stations and organisations. Of the stations that engaged with the training, 58% were in rural, regional and remote areas and 15% supported Ethnic (3%), First Nations (7%) and RPH (5%) communities.
Training included:
•	705 National Training Program places in broadcast media production and presentation and management skills
•	519 Leadership and Enterprise Development Program places in governance, strategic planning, management and emergency preparedness.
The ongoing impacts of COVID-19 meant that training programs were delivered as online/blended and face-to-face learning methods.
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Taking fine music everywhere
3MBS is Melbourne's fine music community radio located on the lands of the Kulin Nation. It broadcasts over 50 programs to a passionate and growing community of listeners.
The team at 3MBS were delighted when the Community Radio Plus app was launched in early 2022 knowing this would help broaden and expand their audience base, as well as improve the experience for their regular listeners by giving the option to listen to their favourite programs on the go – a benefit particularly appreciated by those who reluctantly tuned out mid-program or mid-symphony if they had to move away from their radio.
Rosalind Smallwood, a long-time listener and subscriber in her early 90s, was especially thrilled to hear about Community Radio Plus. In mid-2021, she'd contacted the station suggesting they develop an app because radio reception in the aged care home she'd moved to was not good and she was missing her favourite shows.
Adrian McEniery, 3MBS Program and Content Manager, says, "Our audience isn't always in a position to listen to their favourite programs when and where they want. Now with the app in your pocket you can go anywhere and keep listening – it really gives our audience a great continuity of listening experience".
The app gives listeners access to all 3MBS live programs, the station's entire catalogue of podcasts and detailed program information. While it's still early days, 3MBS are seeing promising signs the app is helping more people find the fine music they love.
Download the Community Radio Plus app
Lofty Radio (replacing loaned equipment)
Lofty Radio broadcasts from the Adelaide Hills in South Australia on Kaurna country. In setting their station up, they borrowed everything needed from the South Australian Community Broadcasters Association (SACBA)'s equipment bank. When they were awarded their permanent licence in late 2020, the CBF helped them purchase their own equipment, in addition to supporting electricity, transmission and studio rental costs. and attracting volunteers.
PAW Media (remote monitoring)
PAW Media and Communications is located in the Northern Territory's remote town Yuendumu on Warlpiri country. PAW Media works with local people in language, creating unique First Nations radio, video and music productions. They also provide media services to remote Indigenous radio stations across 14 central Australian communities. PAW Media were able to install remote monitoring equipment to minimise downtime when there are outages – ensuring people in the areas stay informed and connected.
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Expanding community radio audiences
The multi-year Multiplatform Distribution Project provided community radio stations across Australia with ready access to digital tools and data to help them reach and build their online audiences, streamline operations and increase income. In March this year, the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA) launched the Community Radio Plus app. 98% of community radio station streams are currently published on the app, streaming their rich and varied content to listeners live and on-demand. Smart speaker technology and car-play services are also in development.
Other strategic sector investment provided station-level access to affordable digital technologies. This included the ability to easily update and manage radio websites using a centralised platform, and tools to grow audiences through social media, email and mobiles devices. During 2021/22, 45 stations subscribed to the CBAA's website service.
The Digital Radio Project continued to facilitate and manage the community broadcasting sector's access to the free-to-air digital radio platform on an affordable basis. DAB+ services are currently available to almost 70% of the Australian population across the eight capital cities, with 57 full-time services currently being broadcast by 50 designated community radio licensees. Additional capacity and implementation work was a key focus area with DAB+ services due to be launched soon in the Gold Coast along with small-scale trials to boost capacity and explore pathway opportunities in sub-metro areas.
Trusted news reaching millions of listeners weekly
National Radio News (NRN) celebrated 25 years in March 2022, after being first broadcast by George Negus on 31 March 1997. Throughout this period, the NRN has continued to provide high quality, timely and relevant news bulletins with national weekly reach growing to 1.69 million. The work of the sector's Canberra press journalist, Amanda Copp, continued to build the profile of the community broadcasting sector as a legitimate news provider – particularly during the 2022 Federal election when Amanda spent time on the campaign trail with the candidates, as well as connecting with communities to hear their concerns.
The collaborative Community Radio Network (CRN), which allows radio stations to share some of the sector's best news, talk, music and entertainment programs, continued to grow with 11 organisations now contributing and sharing news content across the network.
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Creating community connection
Brisbane-based 4ZZZ (located on Turrbal country) was established to provide a radical alternative to mainstream news, promote engagement, diversity and activism in community life, and support local and Australian music. A key area of their current strategic plan is community engagement – connecting people in the community who need 4ZZZ.
Funding support for a Community Engagement Coordinator in 2021/22 contributed to volunteers feeling represented and engaged, helping bring more diversity to the station and building strong partnerships with local youth, ethnic and First Nations community organisations. Additional support has also helped free up time and resources so the station could focus on growing income and developing their volunteers.
Expanding audiences of radio reading
2RPH provides radio reading services for people with low vision or anyone who finds it difficult to access or interpret published material from newspapers, magazines, books and other printed information. The station broadcasts daily readings and curated content that informs, educates and entertains its listeners 24 hours a day. 2RPH's long-term aim is to expand its reach to younger and more diverse audiences, and foster a sense of belonging and wellbeing in their community.
Transmission and salary support helped the station sustain their service in Sydney and Newcastle (Gadigal and Awabakal country), as well as extending RPH coverage to Wollongong and the Illawarra (Dharawal country).
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Outcome 2: Participation and voice
Creating connection and belonging through diverse community
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•	93% of listeners find community radio valuable
•	182 ethnic and First Nations Australian languages
•	778 communities supported through specialist radio programming
Our grants help community media organisations engage with and connect to their communities – ensuring local voices, perspectives and stories are heard, helping people find a place where they belong.
At its heart, community media is a true reflection of the many diverse facets of our society, providing an important platform for local discussion, information, culture and content that isn't available in mainstream media.
Creating connection and belonging
Our grants supported 4,990 hours of local community radio and television content, including 1,537 hours of content produced by and for First Nations Australians and ethnic communities in language, and for those with a print disability. Despite the restrictions associated with the pandemic, our grants also ensured stations were able to engage directly with their communities through outside broadcasts at festivals and local events. More broadly, funding for sector-wide projects like the Community Radio Network (CRN) and Australian Music Radio Airplay Project (Amrap) ensured that greater numbers of people heard local community radio content and Australian music.
Measuring our progress
Participation and voice that creates connection and belonging throughout our diverse community
Our measures	Our progress	
Increasing proportion of grants that achieved their objectives and are creating positive social and economic impact	On track	
Content funded meeting or exceeding our Supporting Content Framework targets	In development	
Supporting Inclusivity Framework and targets developed for our grant programs to guide our decisions and hold us accountable	Not started	
Maintaining or increasing the total number of participants in community media over time	On track	
Increasing proportion of audience and participants agree community media provides them with a valuable connection to their community	On track	
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Shining a light on stories of ability
When Derrick Jonas put a social media post up on a bushwalking site for information about wheelchair-friendly options, little did he know that he'd soon be exploring 94 kilometres of Tasmania's LUFT (Launceston Urban Fringe Trail) with his new friend Dr John Ralph.
City Park Radio's podcast See Me – Stories of Ability is a six-part series featuring the personal stories of people living with a disability doing extraordinary things. Through interviews with host Jodie Lowe, the series gives listeners an insight into the strengths, achievements and aspirations of people living with a disability.
In the first episode, Derrick and John chat about how they worked together navigating the trail's challenging terrain to create the LUFT for wheels. Other episodes include interviews with Jacquie Spencer, a swimmer who has represented Australia multiple times in the Special Olympics, writer Avery McDougall, artist Michelle Murphy, Bonnie and her mum Jess O'Connor who run the Kanamaluka Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre, and singer Gopi Maya Rai.
City Park Radio has been broadcasting to listeners in Launceston and surrounding areas (Muwinina country) for over 35 years. A true reflection of its local community, the station attracts people of all ages, cultures and walks of life. See Me – Stories of Ability is one of many examples of content created by the station to meet the interests and needs of their community.
Listen to See Me – Stories of Ability
Yolqu Radio
Yolrju Radio played a vital role delivering crucial news and public health information during the Covid-19 pandemic. Nearly 800 First Nations Australians living in Arnhem Land were given access to daily updates to keep listeners informed about constantly changing regulations. Yolrju Matha News produced in-language news bulletins that were culturally appropriate.
Exploring diverse cultural experience
My Little Culture Shock on 1CMS in Canberra (Ngunnawal country) offers culturally diverse people the opportunity to explore how culture shock can have a profound impact on everyday living. Each week, this 30-minute program included local news and events, policy decisions and issues affecting family life. My Little Culture Shock reflects the diversity of the community, produced by multicultural broadcasters for multicultural audiences.
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"It's great to capture the stories before people aren't able to tell them anymore – you will laugh, you'll cry, but overall, you'll be inspired by the migrants who passed through Bonegilla migrant camp and went on to be the backbone of North-East Victoria."
Simon Reich
Building multicultural Australia – Bonegilla Stories
Bonegilla Stories is a six-part, 30-minute radio and podcast series that tells the stories of the many migrants, mostly from Europe, who came to Australia to start a new life. Arriving in droves over two decades from the late 1940s, they made a huge contribution to building the thriving multicultural country we are all part of today.
Bonegilla was an old army camp near Albury/ Wodonga on Wiradjuri country that was transformed into a migrant camp, housing over 300,000 people during its 24-year operation. It was the largest and longest operating camp in Australia.
The series features first-hand accounts from Bonegilla migrants who passed through the camp, and are now elderly. Series creator, Simon Reich whose own father was resident of Bonegilla, feared these important stories that are part of the recent history of our nation, may be lost. A CBF Content grant gave him the support he needed to make Bonegilla Stories.
A local musician, who had produced a Webby award-winning podcast about his father's experience being a migrant and living in Germany during World War II, Simon single-handedly conducted all the interviews, wrote all music, designed the soundscapes, and edited the audio to create the final product.
Bonegilla Stories was initially aired on 2REM in Albury and later on 30AK FM in Wangaratta, and is available as a podcast.
Listen to episodes of Bonegilla Stories
Herstory – Women's Hall of Fame
RTRFM's HerStory podcast showcases the contributions of 13 Western Australian women who have been inducted into the WA Women's Hall of Fame. All have altered the course of history, and continue to shape the state today. Interviewees include the first WA female premier and federal politician Dr Carmen Lawrence, Walkley Award-winning journalist Estell Blackburn OAM, wheelchair racer Louise Sauvage OAM, actor and broadcaster Libby Stone. HerStory was produced by an all-female team.
Stories of the Desert
Coober Pedy on Arabana country is a desert town located nine hours north of Adelaide. Settled by Europeans in 1915 when opals were discovered, it was home to more than 5,000 people and 47 nationalities who built their homes underground to escape the relentless heat. Considered by many as the 'wild west', the town has a colourful history and a wealth of stories. Over eight episodes, Dusty Radio's podcast series share the stories of the local Arabana people and those who came to mine the opals.
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Amplifying Australian music
Community radio has long been one of the greatest supporters of Australian music, ensuring artists are heard by audiences. For over 20 years, Amrap has helped local musicians get airplay and given broadcasters easy access to content. This year, Amrap facilitated more than 258,000 downloads of music tracks.
Editorial and radio programming continued to focus on new and emerging artists from across the country. This included a diverse representation of artists and music styles. Of the 245 artists featured on Amrap, 80% identified as LGBTQI+, gender diverse, First Nations Australians or having non-Australian heritage.
Amrap's partnerships with organisations such as First Nations Media Australia to produce First Sounds, local music site Tone Deaf and Los Angeles station KCRW's Global Beat have provided opportunities to promote the breadth and diversity of Australian music here and overseas, and also highlight community radio as a vital resource for local artists. First Sounds in particular has increased awareness and airplay for First Nations-produced music with almost 100 artists featured so far.
Amrap also partnered with Creative Victoria to develop Community Radio on Tour, a series of concerts produced by regional stations featuring local, emerging and established acts. Part of the Victorian government's On the Road Again initiative, these delivered much-needed live entertainment after months of lockdowns, and opportunities to connect with regional and outer urban communities.
Sharing the best content to audiences nationwide
The CRN is a subscription service that allows community radio stations to share some of the sector's best news, current affairs, music and talk programs. This includes flagship programs such as The Wire and National Radio News.
In 2021/22, the CRN continued to be a valuable asset in helping to increase community media audiences across Australia by providing 149 stations with content to augment their local programming.
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Outcome 3: Partner and influence
Champions for community broadcasting
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•	$7.7 M invested in sector projects this year
•	87% station staff/volunteers agree participating in community broadcasting deepened their connection to community
•	17 key indicators identified for governments to measure, monitor and report on First Nations representation in the media to support Close the Gap efforts
Forming strong, productive partnerships is central to our strategy.
We understand the success of community broadcasting is dependent on identifying issues and opportunities, and working collaboratively with individuals, organisations and the Australian Government to achieve meaningful change.
We know that collectively we can achieve so much more by sharing resources, ideas and expertise to advance the sector we all love, and secure its future.
Measuring our progress
Partner and influence that champions community broadcasting
Our measures	Our progress	
Increasing awareness of community media over time	In development	
An increase in the community media sector's economic and social value and impact	In development	
Total government funding to the sector increasing over time	On track	
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"Community radio is about the power to connect and unite Australians. I firmly believe that strong community radio supports strong communities."
The Hon Michelle Rowland MP
Australian Government's renewed commitment to the sector
The support provided by the Australian Government is critical to help us fund a thriving and resilient future for community broadcasting.
We were delighted that our new Minister for Communications, the Hon Michelle Rowland MP, showed a genuine interest in and knowledge of our sector. This was demonstrated in a pre-election commitment to provide funding certainty with $12 million over three years from 2023/24 to maintain the sector's current funding levels. This was in addition to a pledge to keep community television on air for the foreseeable future, after years of uncertainty.
Alongside the CBAA, we will continue working closely with the new Government through the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts, to better understand and shape what a sustained level of funding for the sector looks like.
We will also continue supporting the CBAA's ongoing advocacy efforts for funding, regulation and legislation to enable a thriving future for the sector. Among other successes this year, their advocacy resulted in baseline funding being maintained at $20.5 million for 2022/23.
Working with sector organisations
In the past year we worked closely with the peak bodies and other sector organisations that represent community broadcasters in stations across Australia, including: Australian Community Television Alliance (ACTA), Christian Media & Arts Australia (CMAA), Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA), Community Media Training Organisation (CMTO), First Nations Media Australia (FNMA), National Ethnic and Multicultural Broadcasters' Council (NEMBC), and RPH Australia.
Activities included consulting with these organisations individually and through the Sector Roundtable on our new organisational strategy, planning the Sector Roadmap project, and the development of a shared national diversity and inclusion strategy.
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Data and insights building a picture of the sector
In collaboration with the CBAA, we continued to invest in a new data and insights strategy. Refinements made to the Community Listener Survey enabled more markets and communities to be measured, providing more stations with access to information on who is listening and why.
The development and release of the sector's first Participation Census saw 1,700 paid employees and volunteers completing the survey. This data shows us what participation in the sector looks like and its impact. This will be the baseline against which we will monitor and measure change in sentiment and participation over time. Importantly, it provides invaluable insights that will help inform grant-making policy and guidelines, as well as future sector-wide initiatives.
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Mapping the future – the Sector Roadmap
The community broadcasting sector will soon embark on a journey to imagine the future of community media. Together we will develop a roadmap that will set a strategic direction to help us determine our own destiny and reach our full potential.
By coming together to articulate and contextualise the sector's values and beliefs, its priorities and goals, we will develop a unifying narrative about what community broadcasting is and where it is heading. As part of this process we will explore how to maintain the sector's relevance and deepen the impact of community broadcasting into the future. We will also shift the story we tell about ourselves from one of scarcity, to one of impact.
This powerful 'big picture' conversation will be about values, community, content, technology and business models, and it will strengthen networks and relationships across the sector. We're aiming to develop greater alignment between the sector's priorities and our activities, as well as reach consensus on key policy positions, developing goals in key focus areas that we all work towards together.
The process will engage grass-roots broadcasters, sector leaders and the Australian Government to encourage new thinking and bring decision-makers on the journey – setting out a clear, agreed evaluation framework to measure our progress over time.
We are working with the CBAA to coordinate the development of the roadmap, aiming for the process to be completed by mid-2023.
Partnering on research projects
Our knowledge about the sector and its long history, combined with our data, is an invaluable source of information for researchers. This year we supported two important projects that will provide insights into the long-term impacts of community media and also help inform the CBF's future grant making.
In early 2022, Monash University was awarded funding by the Australian Research Council (ARC) to conduct a three-year study of Australian community radio's contribution to the Australian music and creative industries. The Community Music Radio: Building the Music-Media Ecosystem project will look at the economic and socio-cultural contributions of community music radio and how community radio helps to make Australian music more visible and discoverable on global digital platforms. The project will be led by researchers from Monash and Griffith universities in partnership with the CBF, CBAA, the Australia Council for the Arts and APRA AMCOS.
In partnership with the Lowitja Institute, we also supported First Nations Media Australia (FNMA) to contribute to the Closing the Gap strategy through the Coalition of Peaks. The project examined First Nations representation in media and identified opportunities where there are data gaps that would help to demonstrate its value and impact.
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Our strong foundations
Helping us deliver on our commitments
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•	57 Net Promoter Score in Support Team satisfaction and engagement survey
•	47% women on our committees and assessor team
•	81% of applicants felt they were well-supported by the Grants Support Team
•	85% of CBF volunteers feel valued
•	114 staff and volunteers have completed cultural competency training since 2017
Everything we do relies on building a strong organisational base that enables us to fulfill our vision and purpose, and deliver on our outcomes.
This means having skilled and knowledgeable staff and volunteers who are dedicated to supporting the work of the CBF; rigorous decision-making processes based on research and insights; strong governance practices that are embedded in everything we do; and trusted collaborative relationships that harness talent, expertise and ideas for the greater good of the sector.
Measuring our progress
Strong foundations that help us deliver on our commitments
Our measures	Our progress	
Community media stakeholders feel supported, heard and engaged in our work building increased trust in the grant process and strategic direction over time	On track	
Staff and volunteers feel included, valued, informed and purposeful, and have opportunities to develop their skills	On track	
Regular review of our governance practices, ensuring we are embedding and strengthening inclusivity, accessibility and best practice	On track	
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Review of 2016 CBF Restructure
This year we appointed Tony Grybowski and Associates, in partnership with Think Insight and Advice, to undertake a review of the 2016 CBF restructure. The purpose of the review was to evaluate the effectiveness of the changes introduced to refine the governance of the CBF and its grant-making processes.
The review process involved extensive research and consultation, bringing together strategic insight on best-practice grant-making, analysis of the evidence base of our materials and stakeholder insights.
The review was very positive about the restructure and recommended a series of evolutionary refinements to our governance and operations. The findings strongly encouraged us to continue our work enhancing our evaluation and performance frameworks to support the sector's sustainability and growth. The report also encouraged the sector to develop long-term strategic priorities and aspirations through the development of a Sector Roadmap.
The final report and its recommendations will be considered by the Board in the second half of 2022.
Fostering cultural competency
Cultural competency training is completed by all the CBF Support Team, Board and committee members, and is also offered to all members of the Grant Assessor Team. This online training program is designed to provide greater understanding of Australia's diversity and foster inclusivity.
This training ensured that all staff and volunteers have the key skills, knowledge and understanding to sensitively interact with and make decisions affecting First Nations Australians, culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) people and others in our communities who are socially disadvantaged.
From a broader organisational perspective, cultural competency training strengthens our commitment to inclusivity as articulated in the CBF Diversity, Access & Equity Policy, as well as our support for reconciliation and better outcomes for all Australians.
In 2022, six CBF Grant Assessors and one staff member completed cultural competency training. Since cultural competency training has been made available to staff and volunteers, 144 online courses have been completed by our staff members and volunteers.
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Applicant, volunteer and staff surveys
As part of our commitment to best practice in grant-making, we survey our grant applicants annually. The surveys assess people's level of satisfaction with the grant application process and provide the opportunity for them to raise areas of concern. We use this feedback to inform improvements in our grant making. This year, we received positive feedback on the ease of finding information (85%), appropriate amount of information requested (70%) and support in meeting applicant needs (81%).
This year we also conducted the first anonymous surveys of the CBF Support Team and our volunteers. This allows us to track levels of satisfaction and engagement, and will help us proactively address any issues. These new annual surveys support our commitment to building a culture where everyone feels included, valued and purposeful in their work. Overall, both staff and volunteers felt valued, respected and had a sense of belonging working for the CBF.
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Our People
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Leadership
Our Board
Led by our President Ian Hamm, our Board of nine provides direction for organisational strategy, policy and practice.
Our Board members are volunteers, dedicating their time and wealth of experience to enhance community media and the work of our organisation. Many bring significant knowledge of, and experience in, community media. This is in addition to expertise in leadership and governance, law, finance and economics, strategy, social inclusion and technology.
Our Board members are responsible for a range of activities including setting strategic objectives and goals and tracking performance, overseeing policies and procedures, monitoring financial performance, managing risk, and determining the responsibilities and functions of CBF committees.
This year the Board brought their wealth of skills and knowledge to the consideration of two independent reviews – the Supporting Station Resilience Review and Review of the 2016 CBF Restructure – as well as setting the new CBF Strategic Plan.
Our President, as well as three directors Luchi Santer, Kim Borrowdale and Juliet Fox were all reappointed for further terms from July 2022. We are delighted to be continuing our work with these directors into the future.
Valuing diversity and inclusion
Our ongoing commitment to diversity and inclusion starts with the Board. In 2021/22 the Board consisted of 67% women, 22% First Nations Australians, 22% Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) people, and 11% from non-metro areas.
Diversity on CBF Board 2017 – 2022
2017
•	Women 45%
•	First Nations $10%
•	CALD 10%
2018
•	Women 55%
•	First Nations 10%
•	CALD 10%
2019
•	Women 65%
•	First Nations 10%
•	CALD 10%
2020
•	Women 45%
•	First Nations20%
•	CALD 10%
2021
•	Women 65%
•	First Nations 20%
•	CALD 20%
2022
•	Women 65%
•	First Nations 20%
•	CALD 20%
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Committees and assessors
"Assessing applications is always well worth the effort because it provides unique and up-to-date insights into the rich diversity of the community broadcasting sector – the constant innovation, clever problem solving, and authenticity revealed in the applications of community media groups. It's a privilege to witness the sector's growth, resilience and legacy."
Bill McGinnis, Development & Operations Grants Advisory Committee
Nearly 170 volunteers sit at the heart of the CBF. Their knowledge, expertise and passion for community media is central to our decision-making, ensuring our grants reflect the many perspectives, people and communities our sector serves.
The volunteers on our three advisory committees – Content Grants Advisory Committee (CGAC), Development & Operations Grants Advisory Committee (DOGAC) and Sector Investment Advisory Committee (SIAC) – are all from the community media sector as are the members of our Grants Assessor Team. Their extensive knowledge and experience of community media is a critical part of our peer-led decision-making and their input informs policy and distribution of grant funds.
Grants Advisory Committees
In addition to the many hours dedicated to considering grant applications and policy, this year our advisory committees met more regularly to consider the recommendations of the Supporting Station Resilience Review and its implications for our grant programs. We want to thank these hard-working volunteers for their creative and considered thinking around how we can strengthen our programs to better support a thriving and resilient future for our sector.
This year we saw a few changes on our committees. We were sorry to farewell CGAC Chairperson and SIAC member Michelle Brown and SIAC member Stephen Jolley – both have made incredible contributions to the CBF over many years and we are indebted to their expertise and insights throughout their terms. We also want to thank retiring DOGAC member Charlotte Bedford and CGAC member Tamara Whyte for their valuable insights and contributions throughout their terms.
We were delighted to welcome back former DOGAC Chair, Anna Schinella, to the committee after she returned from an extended stay in the UK. Current DOGAC members Brendon Adams, Zain Nabi and Evrim Şen and CGAC members Gerry Lyons and Maddy MacFarlane were all reappointed for further terms from July 2022. We are thrilled to be continuing our work with these members into the future.
•	CGAC: Michelle Brown (Chair), Wayne Bynder, Shane Dunlop, Gerry Lyons, Maddy Macfarlane, Rob Meaton and Tamara Whyte.
•	DOGAC: Meg Butler (Chair), Brendon Adams, Bill McGinnis, Zain Nabi, Melanie Page, Anna Schinella and Evrim Şen.
•	SIAC: Jurgen Schaub (Chair), Michelle Brown, Meg Butler, Stephen Jolley, Cameron Paine, Karen Paterson and Geoff Payne.
List of committee members at 30 June 2022.
Visit our website to view the current members
Grant Assessor Team
This year the CBF Grant Assessor Team consisted of 142 volunteers from the community media sector or allied fields. Every round, the Assessor Team independently consider, score and provide advice on applications to our advisory committees. Each application is considered by a minimum of five assessors. This year 88 of our assessors reviewed 336 grant applications.
Part of ensuring our organisation has the strong foundations that help us to build a thriving and resilient sector is making sure volunteers have meaningful opportunities to develop their skills and contribute to the CBF and the sector. Every assessor is given a comprehensive induction to ensure they have the knowledge and skills to confidently assess applications.
This includes training in assessment skills and best practice, financial literacy and cultural competency. We also support all assessors throughout the year with regular training workshops and ongoing mentoring.
Valuing diversity and inclusion
Our ongoing commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion saw us exceed our target of 40% to reach 47% of women represented on our committees and in our assessor team. 10% of our volunteer base are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders, 39% are from non-metropolitan areas and 20% are people with a culturally and linguistically diverse background.
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Support Team
Our small support team oversee the day-to-day operations of the CBF including administering grants and liaising with grant applicants, our volunteers, sector organisations and government.
This year there were a number of changes in the team.
In January 2022 Sheah Sutton joined the Grants Support Team. Sheah's previous roles were in arts administration and management. Sheah is the key contact for applicants in Victoria and South Australia, and supports our Sector Investment Advisory Committee.
In April, we farewelled our Finance Manager of three years Anne Harrison who took up a full-time position with an international organisation creating social change. We would like to thank Anne for her astute management of the CBF finances.
With Anne's departure, we welcomed Niraj Shah into the Finance Manager role. Niraj brings a wealth of financial management experience to the position and a passion for making a difference. He is not new to community media, having most recently been the Financial Controller at the CBAA.
In early 2022, we also welcomed back Chantelle Courtney after an extended leave of absence. Chantelle has stepped into the role of Senior Communications Advisor and is focusing on a range of strategic communications projects – it's great to have her back.
Visit our website to find out more about our current support team members.
"It's wonderful to see the dedication of so many volunteers in community radio stations around the country. Their passion and knowledge is the driving force behind this vibrant sector. Ilove hearing all the unique local stories, by local voices, for local communities."
Sheah Sutton, Grants Support Team
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Grants Allocated 2021/2022
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Transcriber's note: The following table from print page 37 to page 50 is in 6 columns, headed: Organisation, Location, State, Grant type, Grant purpose, Total. The table has been reproduced as a heading: Organisation, Location, State; followed by the a 3 column table with the headings: Grant type, Grant purpose, Total.
1ART Artsound Inc, Manuka, ACT
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 2 2021/22	Organisational expenses	$2,768	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Transmission expenses	$35,000	
1CMS Canberra Multicultural Service, Holder, ACT
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Community engagement, organisational and transmission expenses	$201,399	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 2 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$2,847	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 1 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$78,750	
1RPH Print Handicapped Radio of the ACT Inc, Gunghalin, ACT
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 2 2021/22	Transmission expenses	$10,984	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Improve governance, subsidise transmission and operational expenses	$75,605	
2BAB Bay & Basin Community Resources Ltd, Sanctuary Point, NSW
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Transmission expenses	$5,925	
2BAC (Connect FM 100.9), Padstow, NSW
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Engagement Coordinator Salary	$33,300	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 1 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$26,000	

2BAR Bega Access Radio Inc (93.7 Edge FM, Bega, NSW
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2019/20 *	Salary subsidy for Station Manager and transmission expenses	$6,803	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Equipment upgrade	$16,030	
2BAY FM Community Radio Inc, Byron Bay, NSW
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 1 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$16,275	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 2 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$747	
Development & Operations Round 2 2021/22	Rebuild main broadcast studio	$12,000	
Content Round 1 2021/22	Community Newsroom	$40,000	
Content Round 1 2021/22	Youth in Action	$30,000	
Content Round 2 2021/22	CyberBeat	$12,360	
2BBB Bellinger Community Communications Co-operative Ltd, Bellingen, NSW
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Content Round 1 2021/22	The Tiki Lounge Remix	$15,025	
2BCB Bathurst Christian Broadcasters Inc (Life FM), Bathurst, NSW
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Equipment upgrade	$45,241	
2BLU Blue Mountains Public Broadcasting Society Inc, Katoomba, NSW
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Upgrading infrastructure and equipment	$15,996	
2BOB The Manning Media Co-operative Ltd, Taree, NSW
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 2 2021/22	Transmission power and office expenses	$5,455	
Content Round 1 2021/22	2BOB's Youth Programming	$8,200	
Content Round 1 2021/22	Dis n Dat Disability Advocacy Program	$8,980	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 1 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$16,183	
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2BRW Braidwood FM, Braidwood, NSW
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 2 2021/22	Equipment and transmission expenses	$5,600	
2CBD Deepwater & Districts Community Radio Inc, Glenn Innes, NSW
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Salary subsidy for Community Liaison Coordinator	$24,804	
2CCB Conobolas Christian Broadcasters Ltd (1035fm Orange), Orange, NSW
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 2 2021/22	Mt Canobolas Antenna Repair Project	$7,160	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Equipment upgrade	$7,760	
2CHY Community Radio Inc (104.1 CHY FM), Coffs Harbour, NSW
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Relocation, equipment upgrade and salary subsidy	$113,898	
2DRY Broken Hill Community FM Association Inc, Broken Hill, NSW
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Station Manager salary subsidy	$24,649	
Content Round 1 2021/22	Live broadcast Broken Heel Festival	$7,329	
2FBi Radio Free Broadcast Inc, Alexandria, NSW
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Content Round 1 2021/22	All The Best – Australian Storytelling	$40,000	
Content Round 1 2021/22	Race Matters	$30,600	
2GCB Gosford Christian Broadcasters Ltd (Rhema FM Central Coast), Erina, NSW
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Support for radio internship and transmission expenses	$6,018	
2HHH FM Limited, Hornsby Westfield, NSW
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 2 2021/22	Transmission equipment and salary subsidy for Community Engagement Officer	$20,000	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 1 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$9,278	
2LIV Living Sound Broadcasters Ltd, Coniston, NSW
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Equipment upgrade	$29,700	
2MAX Narrabri Shire Community Radio Inc, Narrabri, NSW 
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Transmission expenses	$21,000	
2MCE-FM Community Radio, Bathurst, NSW
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 1 2021/22	Talking Newspaper	$2,540	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Transmission and organisational expenses	$10,000	
2MCR Macarthur Community Radio Inc, Campbelltown, NSW
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 2 2021/22	Transmission expenses, broadcasting equipment and music library	$5,934	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Operational expenses and equipment expenses	$20,759	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 1 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$11,100	
2MFM Muslim Community Radio, Bankstown, NSW
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Transmission expenses and equipment purchase	$40,138	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 1 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$26,040	
Content Round 1 2021/22	Road Safety in Focus	$5,870	
2MNO Monaro Community Radio Inc, Cooma, NSW
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Transmission expenses	$7,390	
2MTM Coonamble Community Radio, Coonamble, NSW
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 2 2021/22	Transmission equipment (back up generator)	$23,652	
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2MWM Manly Warringah Media Co-operative Ltd, Belrose West, NSW
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Transmission expenses	$3,497	
Development & Operations Round 2 2021/22	Sustainable Sponsorship Development project	$16,000	
2NBC Narwee Baptist Community Broadcasters Ltd, Kogarah, NSW
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 1 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$25,500	
Content Round 1 2021/22	Women's Radio Training	$8,000	
2NCR North Coast Radio Inc (River FM), Lismore, NSW
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Transmission expenses	$8,281	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 1 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$37,720	
2NIM Nimbin Independent Media Inc, Nimbin, NSW
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Transmission and broadcast support	$10,327	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 1 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$54,420	
2OCB Orange Community Broadcasters Ltd, Orange, NSW
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 1 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$3,740	
2ooo Radio 2 Triple O, Burwood, NSW
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Transmission expenses, organisational expenses and salary subsidy	$54,812	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 1 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$22,000	
2PAR Paradise FM Community Radio Association Inc, Ballina, NSW
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Equipment upgrade	$17,598	
2RBR 88.9 FM Richmond Valley Radio, Coraki, NSW
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Quick Response Grants	Replace studio equipment following severe flooding	$31,001	
Development & Operations Round 2 2021/22	Installation of a studio solar, lithium, generator and mains power supply	$8,808	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 1 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$23,834	
Content Round 1 2021/22	Having a Go and Rock & Roll Research	$9,840	
2REM Community Radio Albury Wodonga Co-operative Society Limited, Lavington, NSW
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Content Round 2 2021/22	Bonegilla Stories	$13,807	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 1 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$1,792	
2RES Eastside Radio 89.7FM, Paddington, NSW
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 1 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$8,010	
Content Round 2 2021/22	Breaking Waves	$22,600	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Organisational expenses	$49,465	
2RPH Radio For The Print Handicapped of NSW Co-operative, Glebe, NSW
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 2 2021/22	Salary subsidies, training, organisational expenses to expand listenership, transmission expenses and equipment	$26,552	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Transmission expenses/equipment and salary subsidies for Technical Manager and General Manager	$196,677	
Content Round 2 2021/22	Activated Arts radio show and podcast	$12,335	
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2RRR Ryde Regional Radio Co-operative, Gladesville, NSW
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Subsidise Station Manager and equipment upgrade	$73,000	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 1 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$20,620	
Content Round 1 2021/22	Real World Gardener	$10,000	
2RSR Radio Skid Row Ltd, Marrickville, NSW
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Strategic planning, equipment upgrades, organisational expenses and training	$170,710	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 1 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$33,750	
Content Round 1 2021/22	Anything Goes	$21,020	
Content Round 1 2021/22	History Skid Row	$13,472	
Content Round 1 2021/22	Kid Row Radio	$12,176	
2SER Sydney Educational Broadcasting Ltd, Broadway, NSW
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Content Round 1 2021/22	The Wire	$155,044	
Content Round 1 2021/22	Fourth Estate	$20,000	
Content Round 1 2021/22	2SER Newsroom	$24,362	
2SNR Radio Five 0 Plus 93.3 FM, Gosford, NSW
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 2 2021/22	Salary subsidy for Broadcast Engineer and equipment upgrade	$17,622	
2TLC Lower Clarence Community Radio Inc, Yamba, NSW
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Equipment upgrade	$12,000	
2TLP Midnorthcoast Indigenous Broadcasters Aboriginal Association, Taree, NSW
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Equipment purchase, training, organisational expenses and Station Manager salary subsidy	$25,285	
2UUU Triple U FM, Nowra, NSW
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Transmission equipment and expenses	$27,000	
2VOX FM Illawarra Community FM Broadcasters Ltd, Unanderra, NSW
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Antenna relocation, transmission expenses, training and operational expenses	$122,331	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 1 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$35,800	
2VTR Hawkesbury Radio, Windsor, NSW
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Transmission expenses	$4,900	
2WET Macleay Valley Community FM Radio Station Inc, Kempsey, NSW
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 2 2021/22	Transmission equipment expense	$24,160	
2WKT Highland FM 107.1 Co-operative Limited, Bowral, NSW
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 2 2021/22	Equipment expenses for live recording studio	$16,415	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Equipment upgrade and organisational expenses	$15,989	
2WLF Wagga's Life FM, Wagga Wagga, NSW
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Transmission equipment for essential program fail	$2,508	
2WOW Way Out West Fine Music Inc, St Marys, NSW
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Governance training and transmission expenses	$2,800	
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2XX FM Community Radio, Canberra, ACT
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 2 2021/22	Studio and broadcast equipment upgrade	$9,521	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Support for transmission expenses and Building Financial Sustainability project	$52,062	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 1 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$9,858	
3BBB Ballarat Community FM Radio Co-operative Ltd (Voice FM), Ballarat, VIC
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 2 2021/22	Equipment upgrade	$15,330	
3CR Community Radio Federation Ltd, Collingwood, VIC
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Specialist and national program support, transmission subsidy and strategic plan review	$66,198	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 1 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$99,390	
Content Round 1 2021/22	Lost in Science	$15,220	
Content Round 1 2021/22	Earth Matters	$18,583	
Content Round 1 2021/22	Women on the Line	$18,583	
Content Round 1 2021/22	Accent of Women	$18,583	
Content Round 1 2021/22	Stick Together	$18,583	
3GCB Gippsland Christian Broadcasters Inc (Life FM Gippsland), Sale, VIC
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Transmission expenses and Sponsorship Coordinator salary	$21,686	
3GCR Gippsland Community Radio Society Co-operative (Gippsland FM), Morwell, VIC
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Employ Station Coordinator, improve governance and upgrade equipment	$46,006	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 1 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$44,545	
3HOT Sunraysia Community Radio Association Inc, Mildura, VIC
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Satellite studios in Robinvale, Ouyen and Wentworth and equipment expenses	$37,637	
Development & Operations Round 1 2019/20 *	Upgrade transmission equipment, Station Manager salary subsidy and update governance policies	$53,500	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 1 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$31,600	
3INR Inner North Eastern Community Radio Inc (Inner FM), Heidelberg, VIC
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 2 2021/22	Business training	$1,500	
3KnD First Australians Media Enterprises Aboriginal Corporation, Bundoora, VIC
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Content Round 2 2021/22	Marngrook Sports Show	$5,000	
Development & Operations Round 2 2021/22	Support for transmission expenses	$46,667	
3MBS Fine Music Melbourne, Abbotsford, VIC
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Content Round 2 2021/22	Female Inspirational Arts Leaders	$8,000	
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3MDR Mountain District Radio Inc, Upwey, VIC
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 1 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$5,748	
Development & Operations Round 2 2021/22	Purchase back up power supply	$12,000	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Organisation expenses	$38,080	
3MFM South Gippsland Radio Inc, Inverloch, VIC
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Support for transmission expenses	$5,400	
3OCR FM Inc, Colac, VIC
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 2 2021/22	Talking Newspapers and Immersed in Verse	$1,003	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Strategic planning	$15,000	
3OKR FM Mitchell Community Radio Inc, Killmore, VIC
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Content Round 1 2021/22	The Community Garden	$1,514	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Transmission expenses	$4,869	
3ONEFM, Shepparton, VIC
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Salary subsidy	$6,000	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 1 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$24,513	
3PLS 94.7 The Pulse (Diversitat), Geelong, VIC
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Transmission expenses and salary subsidy	$60,000	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 1 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$33,450	
3PVR Plenty Valley Community Radio Inc, Mill Park, VIC
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 2 2021/22	Strategic planning, branding, technology and salary subsidies	$23,013	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 1 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$23,100	
3RIM Incorporated 979FM, Melton, VIC
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 1 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$6,806	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Operations and technical replacement program	$37,195	
3RPC Inc, Portland, VIC
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Transmission expenses and organisational expenses	$10,935	
3RPP FM Radio Port Phillip Association Inc, Mornington, VIC
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 2 2021/22	Salary subsidy for Community Engagement Coordinator	$30,000	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Transmission equipment, salary subsidy and organisation expenses	$53,635	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 1 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$15,170	
3RRR Triple R Broadcasters Ltd, Brunswick East, VIC
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Content Round 1 2019/20 *	Off the Record	$8,935	
3RUM Upper Murray Community Radio Inc (Radio Upper Murray), Tumbarumba, NSW
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 2 2021/22	Studio upgrade	$10,000	
3SER South Eastern Radio Association Inc, Cranbourne, VIC
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 2 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$10,000	
Development & Operations Round 2 2021/22	Strategic development training	$3,600	
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3SYN Media, Melbourne, VIC
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Tech mentoring program – training, salary and transmission expenses	$59,035	
Content Round 1 2021/22	Schools on Air	$30,000	
Content Round 1 2021/22	Fresh Air	$25,000	
3TLR Albury-Wodonga Christian Broadcasters Inc (98.5 theLight), Wodonga, VIC
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Broadcast equipment	$8,075	
3VKV Kiewa Valley Community Radio Association Inc (Alpine Radio), Mount Beauty, VIC
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 1 2021/22	Specialist radio programming – radio reading	$980	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Salary subsidies and equipment for community engagement	$18,700	
3VYV Yarra Valley FM Inc, Woori Yallock, VIC
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Transmission expenses	$4,184	
3WBC Whitehorse-Boroondara Community Radio Inc, Box Hill, VIC
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 2 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$9,850	
3WYNFM Community Radio Inc, Werribee, VIC 
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 2 2021/22	Technician fees and transmission expenses	$16,971	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 1 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$13,996	
3ZZZ Ethnic Community Broadcasting Association of Victoria Ltd, Brunswick, VIC
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 2 2019/20 *	Transmission equipment and expenses (including outside broadcasts), studio equipment, organisational expenses, training and salary subsidies	$295,000	
Content Round 1 2021/22	NPL and NPLW Victoria live broadcasts and coverage	$20,495	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 2 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$24,496	
4AAA Brisbane Indigenous Media Association Inc (98.9FM), West End, QLD
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Transmission, equipment upgrade and training wage subsidy	$45,907	
Content Round 1 2021/22	Let's Talk production	$45,000	
4BCR Bundy FM Community Radio Association Inc (Coral Coast Radio), Bundaberg South, QLD
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 2 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$9,280	
Development & Operations Round 2 2021/22	Transmission expenses and organisational expenses	$7,120	
4BI Brisbane Interactive Radio Group Inc (Brisbane Youth Radio / Switch 1197), Wynnum, QLD
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Maintain, upgrade and repair broadcast facilities to build community engagement	$16,629	
4CCR Cairns Community Broadcasters Inc (Cairns FM89.1), Mandura, QLD
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Specialist radio programming, salary subsidies, organisational expenses and equipment	$64,077	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 1 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$17,847	
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4CIM Bumma Bippera Media Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Corporation, Bungalow, QLD
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Transmission expenses and equipment	$17,845	
Content Round 1 2021/22	National TalkBlack	$44,300	
Content Round 1 2021/22	Blak Law Tribal Edition	$12,000	
Content Round 1 2021/22	Weekly Community News in Review	$12,500	
4CRM Community Radio Association of Mackay, Mackay, QLD
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 2 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$7,390	
4DDB Darling Downs Broadcasting Society Inc, Toowoomba, QLD
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 1 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$17,180	
4DDD Dalby Broadcasting Association Inc (Western Downs Region Radio), Dalby, QLD
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 2 2021/22	Emergency aerial repairs	$12,095	
4EB Ethnic Broadcasting Association of Queensland Ltd, Kangaroo Point, QLD
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Content Round 2 2019/20 *	Women of the World Festival broadcast project	$8,270	
Content Round 2 2021/22	Radyo Palaro	$13,650	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Transmission expenses and improvement to improve broadcast quality, organisational expenses and governance support	$200,000	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 1 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$65,370	
4GCR Cooloola Christian Radio Association Inc (91.5FM), Gympie, QLD
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Transmission equipment	$13,553	
4MUR Mackay & District Aboriginal & Islander Media Association Ltd (My105.9FM), Mackay, QLD
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Content Round 1 2021/22	Mackay Indigenous Rugby League Carnival coverage	$10,000	
4OUR Caboolture Community FM Radio Association Inc, Caboolture, QLD
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Transmitter upgrade	$17,337	
4RFM Rock Fm Association Inc, Moranbah, QLD
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Upgrade studio link and support of operational expenses	$25,000	
4RPH Queensland Radio for the Print Handicapped Ltd (Reading Radio), Spring Hill, QLD 
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Transmission expenses, organisational expenses and salary subsidy	$118,727	
4RRFM Bidjara Media & Broadcasting Company Ltd, Charleville, QLD
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 2 2021/22	Equipment expenses	$12,981	
4TCB Townsville Christian Broadcasters Association Inc (Live FM), Aitkenvale, QLD
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 2 2021/22	Training expenses	$14,500	
4TTT Triple T Community Radio, Townsville, QLD
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Salary subsidy for Sponsorship Sales, equipment upgrade and operational support	$40,000	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 1 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$26,290	
4TVR Tableland Christian Radio Association Inc, Mareeba, QLD
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 2 2021/22	Transmission expenses	$6,062	
4YOU Capricorn Community Radio Inc, Wandal, QLD
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Solar installation	$16,455	
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4ZZZ Creative Broadcasters Ltd, Fortitude Valley, QLD
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Strategic planning, salary subsidy and transmission expenses	$53,073	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 1 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$17,487	
Content Round 1 2021/22	The Way I See It podcast	$9,914	
Content Round 1 2021/22	The Pineapple Rebellion	$34,481	
5CST Southern and Western Community Broadcasters Inc (Coast FM), Glandore, SA
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Transmission expenses	$7,810	
5DDD Progressive Music Broadcasting Association Inc (ThreeD Radio), Stepney, SA
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Transmission expenses	$15,181	
5DRFM Dusty Radio Inc, Coober Pedy, SA
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Community engagement Coordinator salary	$23,400	
5EBI Ethnic Broadcasters Inc, Adelaide, SA
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Organisational expenses, transmission expenses and salary subsidies	$181,700	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 1 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$43,808	
5GFM Peninsula Community Broadcasters Inc (89.3 GulfFM), Kadina, SA
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Organisational expenses	$7,056	
5GSFM Great Southern Community Broadcasters Association Inc (Happy FM), Victor Harbor SA
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 1 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$1,782	
Development & Operations Round 2 2021/22	Equipment upgrade subsidies	$4,000	
5GTR South East Community Access Radio Inc, Mount Gambier, SA
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Solar installation, salary subsidy and support transmission expenses	$38,117	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 1 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$22,000	
5MBS Music Broadcasting Society of South Australia Inc, Hindmarsh, SA
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Transmitter relocation	$21,551	
5PBA Para Broadcasters Association Inc, Salisbury, SA
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Salary subsidies, organisational expenses and solar installation	$40,200	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 1 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$24,840	
5RRR Woomera Access Radio Inc (Triple R FM-Rocket Radio), Woomera, SA
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Operational expenses and subsidies for equipment upgrades	$9,500	
5THE Millicent Community Access Radio Inc, Millicent, SA
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 1 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$3,897	
5TRX Pirie Community Radio Broadcasters Inc (Trax FM), Port Pirie, SA
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Transmission support	$4,500	
5WOW Way Out West Broadcasters Inc, Semaphore, SA
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 2 2021/22	Repairs to antenna after storm damage	$7,496	
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5YYY Whyalla FM Public Broadcasting Association Inc, Whyalla Norrie, SA
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Content Round 1 2021/22	Organisational expenses	$1,500	
Development & Operations Round 2 2021/22	Improve accessibility of studio access	$17,078	
5ZZZ Southern Vales Community Radio, McLaren Vale, SA
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 2 2021/22	Equipment upgrade	$2,468	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Relocate to new FM transmission site	$6,360	
6CCR Creative Community Radio Inc (Radio Fremantle), Hamilton Hill, WA
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 1 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$10,450	
6EBA Multicultural Radio & Television Association of WA Inc, North Perth, WA
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Salary subsidies, transmission expenses and operational expenses	$195,004	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 1 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$43,680	
6ESP Esperance Sonshine Broadcaster's Inc (103.9 Hopefm), Esperance, WA
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 2 2021/22	Outside broadcast caravan maintenance and upgrade	$4,000	
6FX Wangki Yupurnanupurru Aboriginal Corporation, Fitzroy Crossing, WA
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Equipment upgrade	$23,800	
6GME Broome Aboriginal Media Association Aboriginal Corporation (BAMA), Broome, WA
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2020/21 *	Training focused on diversity and community	$2,000	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Equipment upgrade and training	$63,640	
6HRV Harvey Community Radio 96.5fm, Harvey, WA
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 1 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$17,510	
Development & Operations Round 2 2021/22	Salary subsidy	$8,000	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Salary subsidy for Station Manager and support for transmission expenses	$15,040	
6RTR (RTRFM 92.1), Mount Lawley, WA
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 2 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$6,046	
Content Round 1 2021/22	Women's Hall of Fame Digital Herstories podcast	$9,980	
6TCR Wanneroo Joondalup Regional Broadcasting Association Inc (Twin Cities FM), Joondalup, WA
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Salary subsidy for Station Manager	$39,163	
Quick Response Grants	Equipment upgrade	$11,941	
7EDG Tasmanian Youth Broadcasters Inc (Edge Radio), Hobart, TAS
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Salary subsidy for Station Manager and transmission expenses	$31,000	
7LTN Launceston Community FM Group Inc (City Park Radio), Launceston, TAS
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 1 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$9,623	
Content Round 2 2021/22	See Me – Stories of Ability and Inspiration podcast series	$10,975	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Organisational expenses	$15,000	
7RGY Huon FM Community Radio Inc, Geeveston, TAS
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 2 2021/22	Transmission expenses	$5,136	
7RPH Print Radio Tasmania Inc, Hobart, TAS
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Salary subsidies and transmission expenses	$96,142	
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7THE Hobart FM Inc, Bellerive, TAS
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 2 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$6,218	
Content Round 2 2021/22	The Language Cafe	$15,290	
Development & Operations Round 1 2019/20 *	Station Administrator and Multicultural Coordinator salary subsidies	$53,592	
7TYG Derwent Valley Community Radio Inc (TYGA FM), New Norfolk, TAS
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 1 2021/22	Specialist radio programming – Cardi Cardi	$12,110	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Transmission site upgrade	$16,669	
8CCC Community Radio (102.1 FM), Alice Springs, NT
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 1 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$2,507	
Content Round 1 2021/22	Great Cooks of the Desert	$13,750	
Development & Operations Round 1 2020/21 *	Strategic plan development	$63,940	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Salary for Tech Coordinator, organisational expenses, transmission expenses and equipment	$89,834	
8GGG Darwin Christian Broadcasters Association Inc (Darwin's 97 Seven), Casuarina, NT
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Transmission expenses	$34,832	
8KIN CAAMA Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association, Alice Springs, NT
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 1 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$70,200	
ARDS Aboriginal Resource and Development Services Aboriginal Corporation, Nhulunby, NT
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 1 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$45,499	
Content Round 1 2021/22	Yolr|u Matha News	$26,240	
Attitude Foundation, Melbourne VIC
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Content Round 1 2021/22	ReFramed – Disability in Media	$15,800	
Auspicious Arts Projects Inc, Collingwood, VIC
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Content Round 2 2021/22	Over 50? So What!	$14,000	
Content Round 2 2021/22	Do Go On: Arty-Facts	$18,222	
Bucketts Radio Gloucester (104.1FM), Gloucester, NSW
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Relocate transmitter	$33,209	
C31 Melbourne Community Television Consortium Ltd, Melbourne, VIC
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Content Round 2 2021/22	Dog Jobs Australia	$5,500	
Content Round 2 2021/22	Move It Or Lose It	$9,800	
Content Round 2 2021/22	The Eco Show	$14,610	
Development & Operations Round 1 2019/20 *	Community Builder	$30,000	
C44 Adelaide Ltd, Collinswood, SA
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Content Round 1 2021/22	Couch 44	$13,001	
Content Round 1 2021/22	Mob Talks	$19,000	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Transmission expenses	$18,000	
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Central Victorian Community Broadcasters Inc (Phoenix FM), California Gully, VIC
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 1 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$20,550	
Centre for Muslim Wellbeing Inc, Broadmeadow, VIC
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Content Round 2 2021/22	Shine A Light	$13,000	
Cinespace Inc, Footscray, VIC
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Content Round 1 2021/22	Present Day	$6,000	
Content Round 1 2021/22	Good Tucker	$24,875	
Content Round 2 2021/22	Lady Priest	$11,000	
Content Round 2 2021/22	The Sounds of Hispanic-Australians	$12,000	
First Nations Media Australia, Alice Springs, NT
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 2 2021/22	Salary subsidies for a Communications Officer and Project Coordinator to support data studio aggregator (SuperMetrics)	$37,600	
Research Grants 2021/22	Closing the Gap Data Development research project	$20,000	
Development & Operations Round 1 2019/20 *	2019 – 2021 events, indigiTUBE salary subsidy (2020/21), FNMA Awards (2020/21)	$100,000	
Foundation for The Western Australian Museum, Perth, WA
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Content Round 1 2021/22	FameLab	$11,000	
Gosford/Wyong Community Radio Association Inc, Erina, NSW
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 2 2021/22	Transmission expenses	$13,874	
Great Southern FM 100.9FM (formerly 6CRA Albany Community Radio), Albany, WA
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Quick Response Grants	Replace radio link transmitter	$7,236	
ICTV Indigenous Community Television, Ltd, Ciccone, NT
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Content Round 1 2021/22	Remote Focus	$9,500	
Development & Operations Round 1 2019/20 *	Business manager subsidy and organisational expenses	$14,000	
Development & Operations Round 1 2020/21 *	Strengthening governance and building community	$21,726	
Illawarra Aboriginal Corporation, Wollongong, NSW
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 1 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$9,100	
Lofty Community Media Inc, Littlehampton, SA
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Replace SACBA loan equipment and subsidise operational expenses	$34,000	
MAINFM Castlemaine District Radio Inc, Castlemaine, VIC
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Content Round 1 2021/22	Loddon Prison Radio project	$15,000	
Content Round 1 2021/22	Able Radio	$22,100	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Salary subsidy for Training and Volunteer Coordinator, skills training	$32,387	
Development & Operations Round 1 2019/20 *	Salary subsidy to support strategic planning, community engagement and increase income	$37,856	
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MAMA Midwest Aboriginal Media Association (Radio MAMA), Geraldton, WA
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Content Round 1 2021/22	Boyup Brook Country Music Festival	$5,000	
Content Round 1 2021/22	Tamworth Aboriginal Cultural Showcase	$11,000	
Development & Operations Round 2 2021/22	Content, IT and Technical Services Coordinator salary	$26,652	
Memphis Mayhem 101.3FM Inc, Tweed Heads, NSW
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Quick Response Grants	Equipment for mobile transmissions	$2,732	
National Ethnic and Multicultural Broadcasters' Council (NEMBC), Collinwood, VIC
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Content Round 1 2021/22	Multicultural AFL Footy Show, Radio News and reviews project	$52,600	
Ngaarda Media Aboriginal Corporation, Roebourne, WA
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Karratha transmission installation after cyclone	$78,645	
NIRS National Indigenous Radio Service Ltd, West End, QLD
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 2 2021/22	Governance training for NIRS Board	$16,800	
Development & Operations Round 1 2019/20 *	Subsidise salaries to increase revenue and improve governance	$30,000	
Development & Operations Round 1 2020/21 *	Build capacity of the news team and increase the quality and uptake across the Indigenous media sector	$50,000	
Content Round 1 2021/22	Cultural Protocols	$11,000	
Content Round 1 2021/22	NIRS AFL Indigenous broadcasting	$70,000	
Nunga Wangga Media Aboriginal Corporation, Henley Beach, SA
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 1 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$29,880	
Oz African TV, Southbank, VIC
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Content Round 1 2021/22	Oz African TV	$22,063	
PAKAM-Pilbara and Kimberley Aboriginal Media, Broome, WA
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 1 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$79,571	
PAW Media and Communications (Warlpiri Media Association), Yuendumu, NT
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	RIBS remote monitoring and transmission support	$58,784	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 1 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$138,108	
Radio Adelaide, Eastwood, SA
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 1 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$11,390	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 2 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$29,395	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Equipment upgrade, transmission expenses and organisational expenses	$98,000	
Quick Response Grants	Relocate station	$40,000	
Radio Goolwa / Radio Alexandrina (Alex FM 91.5), Goolwa, SA
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 2 2021/22	Training and podcasting	$6,400	
Riverland Life FM, Loxton, SA
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Transmission support, salary subsidy and establish remote studios	$15,700	
RusTalk TV, Marayong, NSW
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Content Round 2 2021/22	Russian Youth Show	$19,000	
Shalom Association, Balaclava, VIC
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 2 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$2,588	
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South Australian Community Broadcasters Association Inc (SACBA), Adelaide, SA
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2020/21 *	State conference support, Station Assistance Program and off-grid trials	$25,000	
Southern New South Wales Community Media Association (SCMA), Barham, NSW
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 2 2019/20 *	National Regional Rural and Sub Metro Broadcasters Conference	$12,000	
Technorama Inc, Chatswood, NSW
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 1 2021/22	Strategic planning support/Raspberry Pi class delivery support	$25,000	
Development & Operations Round 1 2019/20 *	Support Technorama Conference and Represent! Bursary	$34,000	
Tjuma Pulka Media Aboriginal Corporation, Kalgoorlie, WA
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Quick Response Grants	Relocation	$95,000	
TribeFM Inc, Wilunga, SA
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Development & Operations Round 2 2021/22	Replacement of audio mixing console	$10,715	
Vision Australia Ltd (Vision Australia Radio, Kooyong, VIC
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Content Round 2 2021/22	Vision Australia Radio Children's Program	$24,700	
Content Round 1 2021/22	Studio 1 – National Interactive Current Affairs Program	$33,584	
Development & Operations Round 1 2019/20 *	Transmission expenses, salary subsidies and training to improve governance	$606,274	
Western Regional Media Aboriginal Corporation (WRMAC), Melton South, VIC
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 1 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$15,560	
Wujal Wujal Aboriginal Shire Council, Wujal Wujal, QLD
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Specialist Radio Programming Round 2 2021/22	Specialist radio programming	$9,540	
Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA), Alexandria, NSW
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Sector Investment	CBAA sector coordination 2021–2024	$884,050	
Sector Investment	Multiplatform Distribution Project	$479,280	
Sector Investment	Enhanced National News Programming	$750,000	
Sector Investment	Amrap	$553,840	
Sector Investment	CBOnline	$569,734	
Sector Investment	Digital Radio Project	$4,343,627	
Community Media Training Organisation (CMTO), Alexandria, NSW
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Sector Investment	National Training Program	$500,000	
Sector Investment	Training – Industry Capacity and Skills Development	$507,029	
National Ethnic and Multicultural Broadcasters' Council (NEMBC), Collingwood, VIC
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Sector Investment	NEMBC sector coordination	$470,000	
RPH Australia Co-operative Ltd, Alexandria, NSW
Grant type	Grant purpose	Total	
Sector Investment	RPHA sector coordination 2021/22	$250,000	
Total Grants: $18,709,034
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Financial highlights
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•	$18,709,034 total program costs
Significant flooding events disrupted a number of community media organisations during 2021/22.
In response to this and other unexpected emergencies impacting community broadcasters we invested an additional $209k from our reserves to support organisations throughout this time.
In total we invested more than $18.7 million to support the sector, including the production of engaging content, station operating costs, national projects and sector coordination.
The CBF reported a small operating surplus of $121k due to lower than expected operating expenses.
We maintained a level of cash reserves sufficient to cover between three-and six-months' operating expenses and any committed liabilities. Cash on hand at year end was $5.9 million and includes $4.75 million relating to funds committed to be paid out in grant funding.
About our finances
The Community Broadcasting Foundation is a company limited by guarantee and a registered charity. Our financial records comply with Australian Accounting Standards and the Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission Act 2012 and associated regulations.
We manage financial risk in accordance with our Risk Management Plan and associated policies which include a Fraud Control Plan, Financial Management Policy and maintenance of adequate company reserves.
Banks Group Assurance Pty Ltd conducted the annual audit of our finances including grant allocations and payments.
Statements of Profit and Loss and other Comprehensive Income, Cash Flows and Financial Position at 30 June 2022 are summarised on the following pages. For comprehensive financials, please see our Financial Report.
We manage financial risk in accordance with our Risk Management Plan and associated policies which include a Fraud Control Plan, Financial Management Policy and maintenance of adequate company reserves.
Banks Group Assurance Pty Ltd conducted the annual audit of our finances including grant allocations and payments.
Statements of Profit and Loss and other Comprehensive Income, Cash Flows and Financial Position at 30 June 2022 are summarised on the following pages. For comprehensive financials, please see our Financial Report.
Download our Financial Report
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Other Funds
•	$1,713,261 total other funds expended and committed in 2021/22.
•	6.4% of total program costs were administrative*.
*Administration expenses this year were slightly lower (as compared to 6.7% last year).
Pie Graph
•	Operating costs and expenses, $1,041,538
•	Other expenses, $275,491
•	Expenses from company reserves, $207,910
•	Depreciation expenses, $82,803
•	Fundraising program costs, $39,083
•	Sector advocacy, $52,300
•	Finance expenses, $14,136
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Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income
	$
2022	$
2021	
Revenue	1,810,921	1,645,900	
Other income	23,816	99,380	
Total revenue and other income	1,834,737	1,745,280	
Fundraising costs	(39,083)	(74,630)	
Employee costs	(1,041,538)	(1,070,091)	
Other operating costs	(327,791)	(343,683)	
Finance costs – interest expense premises lease	(14,136)	(18,126)	
Depreciation and amortisation expenses	(82,803)	(93,091)	
Total administration expenses	(1,505,351)	(1,599,621)	
Operating surplus/(deficit)	329,386	145,659	
Expenses and activities from company reserves	(207,910)	–	
Net surplus/(deficit) before income tax	121,476	145,659	
Income tax expenses	–	–	
Net surplus/(deficit) after tax	121,476	145,659	
Other comprehensive income	–	–	
Net fair value loss on impairment of non-current assets	–	–	
Other comprehensive income for the year, net of tax	–	–	
Total comprehensive income/(loss) for the year	121,476	145,659	
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Statement of Financial Position
Assets
	$
2022	$
2021	
Current assets			
Cash and cash equivalents	5,893,703	4,945,890	
Receivables	464,033	531,651	
Total current assets	6,357,736	5,477,541	
Non current assets			
Property, plant and equipment	51,198	62,761	
Right of use asset	144,424	206,320	
Total non current assets	195,622	269,081	
Total assets	6,553,358	5,746,622	
Liabilities
	$
2000	$
2021	
Current liabilities			
Financial liabilities	4,750,163	4,039,821	
Trade and other payables	29,290	25,358	
Provisions	193,906	156,218	
Premises lease – current	76,317	68,553	
Total current liabilities	5,049,676	4,289,950	
Non current liabilities			
Premises lease – non current	113,463	190,830	
Provisions	9,530	6,629	
Total current liabilities	122,993	197,459	
Total liabilities	5,172,669	4,487,409	
Net assets	1,380,689	1,259,213	
Equity
	$
2022	$
2021	
Retained surpluses	1,380,689	1,259,213	
Total equity	1,380,689	1,259,213	
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Statement of Cash Flow
Cash flows from operating activities
	$
2021	$
2020	
Receipts in the course of operations	22,163,900	21,982,400	
Cash payments in the course of operations	(21,146,820)	(23,420,779)	
Interest received	23,816	48,868	
Other receipts	–	75,751	
Net cash inflow/(outflow) from operating activities	1,040,896	(1,313,760)	
Cash flows from financing activities
	$
2021	$
2020	
Payments for property, plant and equipment	(9,344)	(10,729)	
Net cash (outflow)/inflow from investing activities	(9,344)	(10,729)	
Cash flows from financing activities.
	$
2021	$
2020	
Repayment of lease liabilities	(83,739)	(79,504)	
Net cash (outflow)/inflow from financing activities	(83,739)	(79,504)	
Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
	$
2021	$
2020	
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents	947,813	(1,403,993)	
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year	4,945,890	6,349,883	
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the reporting period	5,893,703	4,945,890	
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