Assessor feedback for applicants

Each grant round, our volunteer assessors look closely at your applications providing comments and scores.  We’ve listed some of the most common feedback about applications ...

Development & Operations Dec 2022

Seymour Puckapunyal Community Radio (Seymour FM) https://www.seymourfm.au/ $28,640  Implementation of a six-month pilot project to hire a part-time station manager and ...

Further resources

Further resources Successful grants start with 5 key questions Top 10 tips for your CBF grant application Acknowledge the CBF in your promotions on websites, social, ...

Content grants Dec 2022

2BAY FM Community Radio Inc (Untangling the Yarn) https://www.bayfm.org $11,165 A short series of 12-minute episodes about individual people living with dementia - personal ...

Successful grants

In Round 2 2022/23 we are pleased to again progress our purpose which is to fund a thriving and resilient future for community broadcasting where it is at the heart of every ...

Communications Coordinator

We’re seeking an experienced Communications Coordinator to join our team. This is a 0.4 FTE role, offered as 12-month contract with the option of ongoing. About us The ...

Communications Coordinator

We’re seeking an experienced Communications Coordinator to join our team. This is a 0.4 FTE role, offered as 12-month contract with the option of ongoing. About us The ...

Outcomes and Evaluation Analyst

We're seeking an experienced outcomes-focused evaluator to join our team. This is a full-time, 12-month contract role. About us The Community Broadcasting Foundation is a ...

Content Grants November 2021

Bonegilla Stories (2REM)' Bonegilla Stories is an eight-part, 30-minute radio series and podcast that tells the stories of the many migrants, mostly from Europe, who came to ...

Employment opportunities

The following job opportunity is currently available at the Community Broadcasting Foundation. Outcomes and Evaluation Analyst PD - full time, 12-month fixed-term ...

Staff Professional Development Policy: Sector Participation

Background The work of the CBF involves working closely with and responding to the needs of the community broadcasting sector. In order for our staff to provide relevant and ...

Staff Conflict of Interest Policy

Background The Community Broadcasting Foundation (CBF) acknowledges that its employees often have experience in the community broadcasting sector. We value and encourage ...

Key dates

Our Content and Development & Operations grant round is currently open. The round closes on 7 March 2023 at 2pm (AEDT). Quick Response grants for projects meeting the ...

Grants Support Team - we're here to help!

Are you working on a grant application, have a question about your grant or want to know more about how to apply? Get in contact with the Grants Support Team member who is ...

Nominations Advisory Group

Our Nominations Advisory Group ensures there is independent, sector-based input into the CBF’s volunteer appointment process through the national Sector Representative ...

FAQ: COVID-19 Crisis Grant Round 2

The following list contains answers to your most frequently asked questions about our COVID-19 Crisis Grant Round 2. This Grant was established to help stations offset the loss ...

SIAC Roles & Responsibilities

The Sector Investment Advisory Committee (SIAC) advises the CBF Board which operates within the boundaries of the CBF Constitution and relevant policies of the Foundation. The ...

Supporting Content Framework

Each year the CBF provides over $3 million to support community radio and television content and related online activities. Our content grants celebrate place and identity, ...

Terms & Conditions

Win $500 for your favourite community media organisation competition Your entry into Win $500 for your favourite community media organisation competition (the Competition) is ...

Competition

CBF Style Guide

Welcome to the CBF Style Guide! This guide is designed to help you develop communications that are consistent with the CBF brand including design and writing. Follow the links ...

Purchase your studio or transmission site

Few stations are lucky enough to own their studio and/or transmission sites. With a little help from the CBF, could your organisation purchase your current or a new ...

Protect your equipment from nature and the elements

Protect the equipment that helps keep your station operational! Are resident birds attacking your antenna and installing deterrents might avoid future damage (similar to how we ...

Feedback Policy

As a practical expression of the CBF’s support for station resilience and a strong community media sector, the CBF is committed to providing meaningful feedback to applicants in ...

Extend the life of equipment

Equipment can last much longer with love, care, regular cleaning and maintenance. Establish a program to collaborate with other stations to share equipment, facilities and ...

Energy & water efficiency

Following your energy assessment, save thousands of dollars on utility costs each year by insulating rooms, purchasing energy and water-efficient appliances, reducing standby ...

Install solar panels

Consider installing solar panels to reduce your electricity bills. The Climate Council suggests energy bills are 80% higher than a decade ago, so join almost half of Australia’s ...

Action your energy assessment

An energy assessment identifies ways your organisation can improve productivity and innovate by saving energy. The assessment includes an evaluation of your energy bills, lighting ...

Bright Futures inspiration

Our Bright Futures project will invest $1.3 million in projects that improve the sustainability of community media organisations in the long-term. Here are some ideas to get your ...

Radio reading

The team at RPH Australia has prepared resources to support radio reading at community radio stations across Australia. These resources help stations improve their radio reading ...

9. What are the positive outcomes of your project?

Clearly explain how your project will benefit your station and your community. For example, if your project was shifting to solar energy: Improve the long-term financial ...

8. Why is your project needed?

Outline why your project is important and needed.  For example, if you are asking for support to install solar power, you might say: To keep broadcasting 24/7 costs can be ...

4. How does your station make a difference?

Think about what you discovered in your research and the challenges your community is facing. In your application, outline how your station is addressing each of these ...

7. Review your website and social media

Look at your website and social media through the eyes of a donor organisation. Donors are interested in who you are and what you do. They will request a station’s details in ...

6. Summarise the overall benefits of community broadcasting

Focus especially on those elements that align with a donor organisation’s vision, mission and objectives. Some examples are: Community radio supports an open society, ...

5. Make your application emotive and personal

Paint a picture of why your station is important by focusing people in your local community. Explain the value of the station at an individual human level. Include ...

3. Build your community profile

Start by researching your community. There are many free online resources you can use to build a picture of your community including the Australian Bureau of Statistics Seifa ...

2. What are the goals of the donor organisation?

How does your need meet the organisation's goals? For example, a Trust or Foundation's goals may be to build social connection, increase employment opportunities and support ...

1. Apply a different lens

View your application through the lens of the potential donor/organisation. Review their website to find out about their vision and mission, read about projects they have funded ...

Grant writing tips

Lori Kravos, former CBF Philanthropy & Partnerships Manager, complied this list of tips to help you think about what donor organisations are looking for in winning grant ...

Contents

Application process What is community media? What grants are available? How are CBF funding streams allocated? When do I apply? How do I apply? Can I apply for more than ...

Balancing Sector Organisation Support with Support for Stations and Content Makers

Guiding principles We recognise the important role that sector organisations(1) play in supporting community broadcasting sector development. When sector organisations ...

Whistleblower Policy

The Community Broadcasting Foundation (CBF) values accountability and transparency in the management of public funds. As an ethical and responsible steward of community ...

Support for Research Policy

Background The CBF is interested in supporting research relevant to the maintenance and development of Australian community broadcasting. We currently support a biennial National ...

Late Application Policy

We try to set a deadline that is fair for all applicants. Usually this will be in the middle of the week, so that CBF staff and volunteers can begin processing and assessing as ...

Fraud Control Plan

1. Purpose The purpose of the Community Broadcasting Foundation (CBF) Fraud Control Plan is to identify risks and develop appropriate prevention and detection strategies and ...

Environmental Sustainability Policy

The Community Broadcasting Foundation’s Environmental Sustainability Policy reflects and reinforces our commitment to environmental sustainability. The CBF’s Environmental ...

Diversity, Access and Equity Policy

Policy The Community Broadcasting Foundation respects and values the principles of diversity, access and equity and the benefits of their application throughout its culture, ...

Consultation Policy

Introduction The CBF is committed to actively consulting with the community broadcasting sector and other stakeholders to ensure that our grant programs and processes are ...

Code of Conduct

Introduction This is the Code of Conduct for Directors and members of the CBF’s Committees and Grant Assessor Team. It incorporates general advice on the common and corporate ...

Complaints Policy

The CBF’s grant processes are based on peer group assessment of grant applications by volunteers with relevant community broadcasting experience (Grant Assessor Team) and ...

Tips to master your Progress Report

Do you have a Grant Progress Report due? Progress Reports are a great opportunity to showcase your projects, share your plans and identify areas the CBF can help with.  Keep calm ...

Board roles and responsibilities

Our Board is a diverse group of seven to nine people who contribute a range of valuable skills, expertise and experience. Board members are volunteers recruited according to ...

Annual Report

Quick Response grant - eligibility

To be considered eligible for a Quick Response grant, you will need to answer yes to the following questions: Has this emergency/opportunity arisen unexpectedly? That is, it ...

Quick Response grant - how to apply

If you believe your project meets the Quick Response grant eligibility and funding conditions, the next step is to discuss your project with a CBF Grants Support Team member ...

Quick Response grant - funding conditions

To receive a Quick Response grant, you must meet the following funding conditions. Amount we may fund: Emergencies:  100% of the financial cost of the project ...

Quick Response grants

Quick Response grants are available to support community media organisations experiencing emergencies that risk discontinued transmission or operations, or who have been provided ...

Wage rates guide

When preparing your application for a staffing position, you'll need to calculate a proposed wage. The following wage rates are considered reasonable by the Community Broadcasting ...

Committee roles and responsibilities

We are very fortunate to have many volunteers who willingly offer their time and expertise on our grants advisory committees. Committee members are appointed by our Board through ...

Summary of improvements we're making

Continue to simplify our application process while maintaining the integrity of the peer assessment process. Ensure all questions include an explanation of why it's being ...

Gender bias in grant-making

The Community Broadcasting Foundation is committed to gender inclusion and equity. Because policies and programs can affect people of different genders in different ways, we will ...

Time wasters - unsubmitted applications

According to SmartyGrants data about all grant-makers using their system 71% of applications that are started are submitted. For 2018/19 we had a 71% submission rate. The 2017 ...

Video tutorials, webinars and other resources

55% of respondents watched our video tutorials. Of those 83% found all or some of them useful. 40% of respondents watched our webinars either live or in their own time. Of ...

Hints and tips through the application form

An overwhelming majority (92%) of respondents considered some or all the hints and tips throughout our application form helpful. But survey respondents were keen to ensure we ...

Grants Support Team - survey results

An overwhelming majority of respondents (84%) consider the assistance provided by the CBF Grants Support Team to be satisfactory. When asked what the most useful resource provided ...

Right-sizing our application forms

Right-sizing means finding the right balance between the amount of information requested of the applicant, information needed to make the best funding decision and the funding ...

How long should an application take to complete?

31% of respondents said applications were completed in less than six hours, 28% in 7-12 hours, 13% in 13-20 hours and 28% over 20 hours. The average time spent completing each ...

Development & Operations Nov 2018

New RPH service in Darwin (Vision Australia Radio Network) Vision Australia Radio Network will establish a full-time radio reading service in Darwin. This project will help ...

Content Nov 2018

Beyond the Bars (3CR) Beyond the Bars is a compelling series of live prison radio broadcasts from Victorian jails during NAIDOC week. Programming will be presented by Aboriginal ...

Grant report photos

We love seeing how our grants enhance community broadcasting. When you report back to us, photos are an easy and effective way of showing how the money we give you is making a ...

Application feedback survey results 2018

The CBF is committed to better practice as a funding agency to support better outcomes for community media.  This means embracing a culture of continuous improvement, of ...

Gender-wise grantmaking

We are committed to gender inclusion and equity. Because policies and programs can affect people of different genders in different ways, we give preference to applications that ...

Content grants May 2018

Podcast Incubator (SYN Media) Our grant will support the creative development of four original podcasts, and professional mentoring of up to eight young, emerging ...

Development & Operations grants May 2018

Multi-year funding support (City Park Radio) In a first for the CBF, City Park Radio has been offered three-year funding to support their operational costs. City Park Radio ...

Grant reporting requirements

Grant reports detail what happened with your proposed activity (successes, learnings, outcomes) and includes any information required by the special conditions of your grant ...

Grant report timing

The due date of our grant report is included in your Grant Agreement or on the correspondence we forward with your grant payment remittance advice. Please notify the CBF in ...

Personnel changes

People move around community broadcasting organisations, so if you’re leaving make sure someone else at the station can complete the grant project for you. This includes ...

Variations

We understand that unexpected events can occur such as discovering a better solution or a team member leaves. The best thing to do is pick up the phone and let us know asap! ...

Complete your Grant Report

Your Grant Report keeps us updated, documenting your achievements and what you learned. Your report is an opportunity to celebrate your project so please send us photos, videos ...

Keep records as you go

Make sure you gather reporting requirement information for your Grant Report as your project is rolled out. Keep receipts and invoices on-hand as you’ll need to account for ...

Read your Grant Report form

A grant report form will be available in SmartyGrants when you receive your grant funds. Review the Grant Report before starting your project to make sure you can provide ...

Grant Agreement

Your Grant Agreement contains your legal obligations. Read it and understand it! If you’re unsure, please contact our Grants Support Team. The important things to take note ...

Get started!

We’ve funded your initiative because it enhances community broadcasting. Get your project started sooner rather than later.

Web fests

Austin Web Festival Bilbao Web Fest Baltimore Next Media Web Fest Cinema Jove Festival DC Web & Digital Media Festival Holly Web Festival International Academy of Web ...

Film festivals

Adelaide Film Festival Adelaide International Youth Film Festival ACMI Mojo Film Festival Adventure Travel Film Festival AFI Docs A Night of Horror Film Festival Auckland ...

Other awards

AACTA Awards ACS IT Journalism Awards - the Lizzies Amnesty Media Awards Australian Podcast Awards Australian Sports Commission Media Awards Human Rights Awards Media & ...

Australian community media awards

CBAA awards First Nations Media Awards CMAA Awards NEMBC Awards SCMA X Awards SACBA Bilby Awards Antenna Awards

Planning assistance

Suppliers

Charity, DGR & fundraising

Interested in growing the income of our community media organisation? Explore our Quick Guide to Charity, Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) status and Fundraising.

Reporting

Your grant reports are an important part of being transparent about the way we distribute funds to the community broadcasting sector. Submit your grant report online >

Grant reports

What’s included in the report? If your application is successful, there will be information in your Grant Agreement focused on reporting. Your Grant Report will include a ...

Content grants

What do the CBF Content funding objectives mean? When setting the outcomes for your grant, you will need to align them with the grant category objectives as listed in the grant ...

Development & Operations grant

What do the CBF Development & Operations funding objectives mean? When setting the outcomes for your grant, you will need to align them with the grant category objectives ...

For online and screens

Websites and other screen-based uses CBF Logo for websites (PNG, 293 KB) Screens with black backgrounds CBF Logo with keyline (PNG, 245 KB)* *Only use this version of ...

For print

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Join our community to hear the latest grant news and how we're making a difference in Australian media. We value your privacy. Please view our Privacy ...

Grants available

We have funding available to support Content (including Specialist Programming) and Development & Operations grants. Quick Response Grants may also be available when ...

Managing your grant

You’ve been successful in receiving a grant from the CBF – congratulations! We proudly partner with community media to help bring stories to life across Australia. Here’s ...

Our people

Major projects

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Useful resources

CBF funded research Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA) Australian Community Television Alliance (ACTA) Christian Media & Arts Australia ...

Sector Roundtable

Representative organisations from community media meet regularly at a roundtable discussion to consider leadership, advocacy, policy and development. The Community Broadcasting ...

Funding

As an industry, community media is mostly self-funded with CBF grants forming just over 7.5%* of income. Community radio stations gain the majority of their income from business ...

Audience

Each week, more than five million listeners across Australia tune in to community radio for more than 15-hours. Community radio captures a loyal audience with engaging, local ...

Volunteers at the heart

Community media is brought to life by more than 31,000 volunteers. These dedicated volunteers sit at the heart of their local community, inspiring connection by producing media ...

Copyright

You may use any of the material on this website for your personal, non-commercial use or use within your organisation for non-commercial purposes, provided you include an ...

Strategic Plan

The new CBF Strategic Plan helps us fulfill our core purpose and vision to fund a thriving and resilient future for community broadcasting - one that is at the heart of every ...

Disclaimer

CBF website The Community Broadcasting Foundation has undertaken all reasonable measures to ensure that the information on its website is accurate and specifically disclaims ...

Our stories

Training

Our long partnership with the Community Training Media Organisation (CMTO) ensures community media organisations and their teams can access high-quality accredited training and ...

Technology

We are committed to ensuring community media has access to the technology needed to reach and grow their audiences via various platforms. The technology projects we fund ...

Research

Research helps to shape the future of community media in Australia, including insights into audiences and stations. Research helps us to keep in touch with what media ...

Amrap

Established in 2000, the Australian Music Radio Airplay Project (Amrap) has been helping Australian musicians to distribute and promote their music on community radio stations ...

Supporting Reconciliation

We acknowledge the Wurundjeri people, who are the traditional owners of the land on which our office in Parkville is located. We wholeheartedly support and contribute to the ...

Vision and values

Across our organisation, we passionately believe that community media enhances the health and wellbeing of Australians and helps people find a place to belong. We proudly champion ...

Feedback

The Community Broadcasting Foundation is a champion of community media. We take pride in the involvement of experts from community broadcasting in our grant decision process ...

Awards

Have you received a content grant from the CBF? We encourage you to showcase your achievement by applying for awards. Awards are an excellent way of gaining added recognition for ...

Specialist Radio Programming grant

Stations producing content that meets the needs of particular communities may be eligible for dedicated Specialist Radio Programming Content grants. This funding is intended to ...

Top 10 CBF tips

Your grant applications help us understand what your organisation needs and how we can best support best. So preparing a clear, well thought-out application that outlines who you ...

Financial management

Directors at a community media organisation, including members of a Board, Committee or Management Council are stewards of their organisation’s finances. Directors oversee ...

Acknowledging us

Please recognise our support in your promotions on websites and social media channels, in audio and video credits, and in your publications. We've created a toolkit for ...

Annual Report

2021 Annual Report CBF grants open up a world of possibilities for community broadcasters in Australia. In the past year, we granted community media $20.5 million, to support ...

Meet our Grant Assessors

Volunteers are the heart of the CBF, including our Grant Assessors. Our team of Grant Assessors read and review incoming applications before applications progress to our Grants ...

Content Grants Advisory Committee

Members of our Content Grants Advisory Committee (CGAC) provide independent advice on how Content grants should be distributed and help to shape funding policy.

Sector Investment Advisory Committee

Our Sector Investment Advisory Committee (SIAC) is a team of volunteers who provide feedback on policy and the distribution of funds for major projects enhancing community media. ...

Development & Operations Grants Advisory Committee

Members of our Development & Operations Grants Advisory Committee (DOGAC) provide independent advice on how Development & Operations Grants should be distributed and help ...

Grant Assessor Team

Our volunteer grant assessors sit at the heart of the CBF’s peer-to-peer grant review process. They come from all parts of the community media sector, reflecting the diversity ...

Grants Advisory Committees

Our grants advisory committees are made up of volunteers who have been appointed by the Board. These passionate committee members apply their extensive knowledge of community ...

Our history

Community broadcasting in Australia emerged in the 1960s when demand was high for unique, localised content through radio. Listeners grew as did the respective radio stations and ...

Major projects

One of our core goals is to ensure our work supports a strong and thriving Australian community media sector which connects people and their communities across the country. We ...

Learn

We are a not-for-profit organisation supporting Australian community media. Each year the CBF grants more than $20.5 million to help community media organisations around ...

Volunteer

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 ...

Gift in Will

Leaving a gift in your Will to the Community Broadcasting Foundation is an empowering way of supporting the future of independent, community-led media in Australia. Your gift ...

About community media

Australian community broadcasting is recognised internationally as one of the most successful examples of grassroots media. Community broadcasting amplifies the voice of ...

Our people

The team at the CBF are passionate about community media. From our volunteer Grant Assessors, committee members and Board to the CBF Support Team, we believe media is important to ...

Policies, guidelines and constitution

The following policies guide the decisions of the Community Broadcasting Foundation. Code of Conduct Complaints Consultation Content Monitoring Diversity Access and ...

Our stories

Board

Led by our President Ian Hamm, our dedicated Board provides direction for organisational objectives, policy and practice. Our Board Members are volunteers, dedicating their time ...

Application form

How do I prioritise my projects? Start with a conversation within your organisation. Of all the things you’re requesting funding for, which are vital right now and which are ...

Grant process

How will grant reporting work when there are lots of components to each grant application? The Grant Agreement will describe each activity that is being funded with details on ...

Assessment

When will I find out the outcome of my application? Grant applications are reviewed by a team of Grant Assessors, our Grants Advisory Committee and our Board. Once funding ...

Application process

What is community media? The Community Broadcasting Sector Compass (PDF, 627 KB) maps out the focus, vision and aspiration of the community broadcasting sector to be media that ...

Specialist Radio Programming

Summary of Programs The Summary of Programs is an online form completed in SmartyGrants that provides details of all Specialist Radio programs broadcast by your station ...

Content grants

Content Grants increase and diversify the voices heard in Australian media by supporting the creation of compelling content. Our guiding principles, approach and goals relating ...

Development & Operations grants

Development & Operations grants support community media organisations to be healthy, resilient and robust. In turn this will help create a stronger society based on greater ...

Frequently Asked Questions

Our frequently asked questions will help you with all aspects of your grant application. If you have further questions or need support, contact our Grants Support Team. They're ...

Successful grants

In Round 2 2022/23 we are pleased to again progress our purpose which is to fund a thriving and resilient future for community broadcasting where it is at the heart of every ...

CBF Privacy Policy

The Community Broadcasting Foundation (CBF) respects and upholds your rights to privacy protection under the  Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) as established under the ...

Member's Portal

Other funding

The following grant database websites provide updates as grant opportunities become available, as well as other fund-raising resources. Free grant databases: Philanthropy ...

Guides

Are you looking to apply for a CBF grant or grow the income of your organisation? We've produced these guides and templates to help you. Do you have a question about our grants ...

Our supporters

The Community Broadcasting Foundation is grateful for the generous support of donors who help us share the stories of Australians through community media. We are also very ...

Ambassadors

We are grateful for the support of our ambassadors who share their experiences to inspire others. Read their stories to see how community media can be life-changing.  

News

CBF Support Team

Our dedicated CBF Support Team, led by our CEO Jo Curtin is passionate about community media and making a difference. They oversee day-to-day operations including administering ...

Our Stories

CBF grants celebrate place and identity, bring culture to life and help independent voices speak their truth. For the broadcasters and their audiences, the outcomes can be life ...

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Donate

You can contribute to the work of the Community Broadcasting Foundation through donating to the Community Broadcasting Development Fund to help us help more stations to do ...

Give

The Community Broadcasting Foundation is a champion of community media – Australia’s largest independent media sector. From major cities to remote communities, our grants ...

Grants

Each year the CBF grants more than $20.5 million to help community media organisations across Australia communicate, connect and share knowledge through independent radio, ...

Contact

Our regular business hours are Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm AEST. If you contact us outside of these hours, a member of our our team will try to contact you on the next ...

About us

We are proud champions of community media - Australia's largest independent media sector. From major cities to remote communities, we help people to create and support local, ...

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Are you our new Outcomes and Evaluation Analyst?

The CBF is seeking an experienced outcomes-focused evaluator to join its team of 11 full-time and part-time employees and more than 100 volunteers. This is a new role that ...

Spotlight On Grants webinar series

Register now and join our Grants team members for one or all of these informative one-hour webinars! SPOTLIGHT ON: Specialist Radio Programming grant program and Summary of ...

Meet our grant assessor: Chris Deacon

Chris Deacon has been a valued grant assessor for the CBF since 2017, adding to his extensive roll call of experience in the sector which includes being a a radio presenter, ...

CBF provides quick response to Juice FM static

Juice Media is a faith-based community radio station situated on the Gold Coast, Queensland. They exist “to provide a positive radio environment with plenty of great music, ...

Round 1 grants now open!

Round 1 grants are now open! This will be our first 2023/24 Content, Development & Operations and Specialist Radio Programming grants round.  Before you apply, ...

New licensing improvements

A bill to support community broadcasting (the Broadcasting Services Amendment (Community Radio) Bill 2022) passed earlier this month.  The Bill will streamline licensing, ...

Roadmap 2033 now underway

At the recent CBAA Conference in Cairns, it was announced that the community broadcasting sector is planning to create a shared vision for the future through development of a ...

End of year office closure details

This year the CBF team will be closing the office for three weeks. We will close on Friday 23 December and open ready to start the new year on Monday 16 January. During ...

Round 2 funding announced

Community media organisations across Australia received a share of over $1.8 million in our second grants round for 2022/23. In granting these funds we are pleased to progress ...

Welcome Carolyn Wray

Carolyn Wray has joined the CBF as our Strategic Communications Manager. Carolyn is a well-seasoned communications professional with a passion for roles that ultimately help ...

Roadmap 2033 is launched

The community broadcasting sector is about to embark on a journey as we imagine the future of community broadcasting: Roadmap 2033. Roadmap 2033 was formally launched by Jo ...

Meet our grant assessor: Lisa McLean

Lisa McLean has been obsessed with community radio since she was in high school. After five years as station manager at 2MCE at Charles Stuart University Lisa has taken up the ...

Support for flooded Seymour FM

Seymour FM Seymour Puckapunyal Community Radio Inc (103.9 FM) is located on the lands of the Taungurung people in the regional town of Seymour in Victoria along the Goulburn ...

Farewell Philippa!

After three years with the CBF, our Strategic Communications Manager Philippa Costigan has moved on to pursue some fun new adventures. In many ways it was a unique and ...

2022 Federal Budget: Sector funding update

It was good news for the community broadcasting sector with the handing down of the 2022 Australian Federal Government  budget. The $4m drop in non-recurring funds anticipated ...

Review of the 2016 CBF restructure – our response to the report

Independent consultants Tony Grybowski & Associates, in partnership with Think Insight & Advice have completed their report on the review of our 2016 ...

Minister Rowland shows support for our sector

The Hon Michelle Rowland MP, Minister for Communications, attended the recent Sector Roundtable in Sydney to learn more about the vital role community broadcasting plays in our ...

Grants snapshot: stations supporting their communities around Australia

Each year, we receive hundreds of applications from community media organisations across Australia seeking support for a range of projects through our Content and Development ...

Community media recognised in awards

The talent, passion and diversity of Australian community broadcasters has been celebrated in recent awards. Congratulations to everyone recognised for their outstanding ...

CBF grant reporting update: AFCs

We’ve recently changed our grant reporting guidelines which will affect how some grantees update us on their CBF-funded projects. The change only affects organisations ...

Request for proposal - Sector Roadmap

We’re seeking proposals from consultants to work with us to develop the community broadcasting sector roadmap. The consultants will deliver a national coordinated program ...

Grants Support Team hitting the road

As the season of sector conferences begins, members of our team will be hitting the road to listen, learn and spread the word about our grants. First up, Grant Support Team ...

Quick Response Grants keeping stations on air

When the unexpected happens, our Quick Response Grants can help community broadcasters stay on air.  Earlier this year, two stations in Western Australia experienced the ...

Podcast shines 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 be exploring 94 ...

Honing skills in our assessor workshops

Every August we run a series of small, interactive online skills workshops for our assessors. This year 20 new and experienced CBF assessors came together to share their ...

Grant round is now closed

Our second grant round for 2022/23 is now closed. In the coming weeks, our volunteer Grant Assessors will start reviewing all the applications we’ve received. Their ...

Sharing local news, music and stories in remote WA

Pilbara and Kimberley Aboriginal Media (PAKAM) is an association of Indigenous media producers and broadcasters in the Pilbara and Kimberley regions of Western Australia. PAKAM ...

Ethnic funding supports over 32 language programs at 1CMS

About 60,000 people in Canberra’s households speak a language other than English demonstrating the important role Canberra’s Multicultural broadcasting service, 1CMS, ...

Meet our newest grant assessors

A warm welcome to the newest members of our Grant Assessor Team! Matt Christie has presented a range of programs for 88.6 Plenty Valley FM, has been involved in running ...

2ARM keeping people connected during COVID-19

The regional town of Armidale (Nganyaywana country) sits in the northern tablelands of New South Wales. The community is a mix of urban and rural, with academics and students ...

Explainer: What is ethnic funding?

Each year the CBF receives specific funding from the federal government to support ethnic community media. This is called the Ethnic Community Broadcasting Fund. It covers the ...

Explainer: What do you mean by 'Impact'?

When you're applying for a CBF grant, we want you to tell us about the impact your project or activity will have on individuals, your organisation or your community. This is in ...

Niraj Shah

Niraj is a Chartered Accountant with a passion for making a difference through his work. He has many years’ experience working across business and not-for-profit ...

Vaughn Bennison

Vaughn has specialised in RPH programming, sector development and station management over the past 25 years. He was manager of Print Radio Tasmania for over eight years, and ...

Dr Christine Lee

Christine is an academic at the Federation University in regional Victoria. She has over a decade of broadcasting experience at Gippsland FM104.7 where she was a presenter and ...

Libby Jamieson

Libby has over 25 year’s experience in the community broadcasting sector as a broadcaster, trainer and station manager. While studying at Charles Sturt University, she ...

Libby Jamieson

Libby has over 25 year's experience in the community broadcasting sector as a broadcaster, trainer and station manager. While studying at Charles Sturt University, she volunteered ...

Explainer: CBF Specialist Radio Programming

People often ask us about the difference between our Development & Operations, Content and Specialist Radio Programming grants. Understanding the difference is ...

Introducing Niraj Shah

Welcome to Niraj Shah, the newest member of our Support Team. Niraj is a numbers cruncher (AKA Chartered Accountant) with a passion for making a difference to our many diverse ...

Welcome to our newest committee members

We’re delighted to welcome three community media leaders to our volunteer grants advisory committees. Libby Jamieson, Vaughn Bennison and Dr Christine Lee are taking up ...

Round 1 delivers $10.8+million to community media

Community media organisations across Australia received a share of over $10.8 million in our first grants round for 2022/23. The funding supports hundreds of inspiring ...

Meet our grant assessor: Mark Perrott

Mark Perrott has been a volunteer at Kilmore's OKRFM on Taungurung Country in north-central Victoria for the last 18 years. He has also volunteered for number of other community ...

Meet our grant assessor: Heather Anderson

Heather Anderson is based in Brisbane on Meanjin Country and has been working and volunteering at 4ZZZ since 1991. Growing up in England, Heather moved with her Australian ...

CBF to partner in Monash University study

The Australian Research Council (ARC) has awarded $218,000 to Monash University for a three-year study of Australian community radio’s contribution to the Australian music ...

Celebrating our volunteers this week!

During National Volunteers Week we’re celebrating the generous contributions of the many volunteers who give so much to bring community media to life. More than 22,000 ...

Update on 2016 CBF restructure review

Our review of the 2016 restructure is now well underway. Independent consultants Tony Grybowski & Associates and Think Insight & Advice, who we appointed in early ...

Community Radio Plus: 300+ stations in one app

Community Radio Plus is a new app featuring more than 300 Australian community radio stations. It helps community radio listeners across the country easily find and enjoy ...

Over 50? It's no barrier for Carol

Presenter Carol O’Halloran is passionate about helping senior Australians to live a healthy life at home for as long as possible. It’s the core premise of her show Over 50 - ...

Meet our grant assessor: Dr Kim Stewart

Dr Kim Stewart earned her Community Broadcasting wings at 4ZZZ Community Radio Brisbane in 2000. But she was interested in community media long before then, making zines and ...

7 health grants for World Health Day

Maintaining good health is a key aspect of our lives and a benefit to the community. Community broadcasting plays a big role in exploring and spotlighting health in all. ...

Mallacoota 3MGB – new generator to keep radio on air

Mallacoota Genoa (Bidawal country) in the far East Gippsland region of Victoria has been home to 3MGB community radio station for the past 29 years. Offering live programming ...

4EB creating new generation of chefs with Taste-plosion

Our culture is closely linked to food, and something we share and pass down through our families. Brisbane's Radio 4EB is showcasing this through Taste-plosion, a 12-episode ...

Walkalan - the story of Bonefish: A Wik creation story

Eleven hours drive north of Cairns, a community of around 1200 people live on the remote western coast of the Cape York Peninsula at Aurukun (Wik, Wik Way and Kugu ...

Quick Response Grants help flood affected stations

Community broadcasters are a vital part of their local communities keeping people connected and informed about local issues. In times of crisis - such as during the ...

Explainer: 2022 Federal Budget

On Tuesday 29 March 2022, the Treasurer Josh Frydenberg will hand down the 2022/23 Federal Budget. Each year the Budget outlines the Government's plans for the year ahead ...

Let’s Talk Podcast - 4AAA Brisbane Media 

Let's Talk is a daily Indigenous current affairs radio program and podcast hosted by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander presenters covering a broad range of First Nations ...

Sheah Sutton

Grants support for radio stations in South Australia and Victoria. Sheah tried her hand at acting but soon realised her skills lay elsewhere. So has spent the last 20 years ...

Building skills for a strong and thriving sector

A core part of the CBF’s work is supporting sector-wide initiatives to build a strong and thriving future for community media. We do this by investing in a range of ...

Keeping community informed and engaged at Highland FM

In the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, amid the 2020 bushfires and a global pandemic, community radio station HighlandFM moved into a self-sustaining era where ...

Meet our grant assessor: Carol North-Samardzic

Carol North-Samardzic has been volunteering with 89.3FM 2GLF in the Liverpool and Fairfield region of New South Wales since 2002. Over two decades she has produced radio ...

Keeping miners awake with untold stories from the coalfields 

In east-central Queensland lies one of the newest towns in the state, Moranbah (Barna Country), which was specifically created for miners and their families in 1970. Locals ...

Meet our assessor: Brianna Baggow

Brianna Baggow is the Station Manager at 4RFM Community Radio Station in Central Queensland. Born and bred in Moranbah Brianna lives there today married to her high school ...

8 grants supporting women

The Community Broadcasting Foundation has a long history supporting gender equality in community broadcasting. In celebration of this year's International Women’s Day, we're ...

Call for grant assessors with tech skills

Is community media your passion? Do you have studio or transmission technology skills?   We’ve recently identified the need for more grant assessors with tech skills, ...

Review of 2016 CBF restructure begins

In 2016, we conducted a self-imposed review of the CBF structure and governance systems and processes to determine what organisational structure, governance arrangements and ...

ReFramed podcast highlights disability in media

ReFramed—Disability in Media is a podcast and vodcast series created by the Attitude Foundation that features a roundtable-type discussion on disability representation in ...

Syn Incubator Podcast Twinemies Launches

After months of hard work from writer and producer Grace Valerie-Lynette her podcast Twinemies has launched.   CBF funded the SYN Podcast Incubator - a mentoring and ...

How CBF grants help in times of uncertainty 

Sometimes the unthinkable or unexpected happens. That’s where our Quick Response Grants can help. Available all year round, these grants are specially designed to help ...

Watch our grant webinar replays

The CBF Grants Support Team held three webinars to support grant applicants and answer their questions. Included below is a full replay of each webinar as well as the Grant ...

6 top tips for a winning D&O grant application

Our Development & Operations grants support community media organisations to be healthy, resilient and robust. This year, as we all continue to recover from the impacts of ...

7 signs of a strong content grant application

Strong Content grant applications tend to have the same consistent characteristics. Here are the top seven that are common across all successful CBF grant applications.  1. ...

RTRFM championing women through HerStory

Mount Lawley-based station RTRFM are showcasing the great work of Western Australian women through their podcast HerStory. As part of their ongoing commitment to addressing ...

Sign up for the CBF grants webinar series

Do you have a question about CBF grants? Want to know what resources are available or where to go for help? Looking for some tips on how to make your applications ...

2022 board and committee nominations now open

Nominations are now open for 13 positions on our Board and grants advisory committees. This opportunity only happens once every 18 months.  If you’re passionate about ...

5 ways to avoid a low scoring grant application

We know it takes time and skill to prepare a winning CBF grant application. So the last thing you want is to receive low scores from our assessors on your answers to our grant ...

New addition to CBF team

Welcome to Sheah Sutton, the newest member of our CBF Grants Support Team. Sheah has extensive experience working in the performing arts sector, including managing Arts ...

Grants round 1 now open!

Our first 2022/23 Content, Development & Operations and Specialist Radio Programming grants round is now open. Before you apply read more about our grants, then look at ...

CBF statement on First Nations community media funding

In October 2021 the National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA) published a report prepared by Hugh Watson Consulting which outlines key reform areas for the Indigenous ...

Request for Proposal - CBF Restructure Review

We’re inviting submissions from suitably qualified consultants to provide independent, expert advice and guidance on the review of the CBF organisational structure, ...

12 grants of Christmas 

This year we've allocated many big and small grants to help community broadcasters all around Australia. Since it ‘tis the season to be jolly we thought we would share 12 ...

Grant round opens January 10, 2022

Our first grant round for 2022/23 will open at 9am on Monday 10 January and close on Tuesday 1 March, 2021 at 2pm (AEST). If you’d like to get a head start on preparing ...

Amrap helping Australian musicians be heard

Established in 2000, the Australian Music Radio Airplay Project (Amrap) has been helping Australian musicians to distribute and promote their music on community radio stations ...

Meet Anna Schinella - new committee member

We're delighted to welcome Anna Schinella back as a member of our Development & Operations Grants Advisory Committee. Anna was the Chair of the Committee for three years ...

Anna Schinella

Anna has many decades experience in media, broadcasting and communications including working at the ABC, SBS, the Weather Channel UK and Optus Television. In the 1980s, she was ...

Granting to support station resilience

What makes a station resilient and how can we support that through our grants? This question informed an independent assessment, commissioned in early 2020, which looked at ...

$980+K for community media in grant round 2

Community media organisations across Australia received a share of over $980.5K in our second grants round for 2021/22. The smaller of our two annual grants rounds, the ...

3 tips from successful grant recipients

Applying for a grant can seem like a daunting task so we asked three of our grant recipients for their best advice.  1. Have a really good business ...

Q&A with AppleFM on Outdoor Broadcast Van

Community broadcasters around the country have faced unprecedented challenges over the past two years after multiple rolling lockdowns. Stations in Victoria, ...

CBF-funded CTV series nominated in screen awards

Cookingjust4me has been nominated for a South Australian Screen Awards in the Best Web Series category. The show was produced by Carolyn Corkindale & Caroline Rowe, and ...

Sharing and preserving culture on Nyikina Country

Woonyoomboo the Night Heron is a three-part film that tells the story of the major Creation Ancestor for the Nyikina people (of the West Kimberley region in Western Australia). ...

Station visit: First Nations Broadcasting

In her day job, CBF Board Director Kim Borrowdale works for a number of mental health organisations. Last month, while she was in the Northern Territory on behalf of R U OK?, ...

Building an inclusive volunteer program

Georgie Boucher, the Grants Support Team member who looks after our hard-working volunteers, attended the recent Volunteering Victoria workshop on ‘Building an Inclusive ...

Mental health and wellbeing resources

The last 18+ months have been like no other - placing enormous stress on community broadcasters who have been dealing with the seemingly endless challenges and uncertainties ...

Sue Mathews: community broadcasting trailblazer

Sue Mathews was 25 and working at the ABC as a producer when she heard a newly established community radio station was looking for its first Station Manager. It was the late ...

Community media recognised in awards

The talent, passion and commitment of community broadcasters around Australia has been recognised in recent local and international awards. Congratulations to everyone ...

Meet our newest grant assessors

A warm welcome to the newest members of our Grant Assessor Team: Lauren Colosimo and Darren Kerby. Lauren is currently the Head of Production at Channel 31 and the Festival ...

Snapshot - how we're helping stations

Each year, we receive hundreds of applications from community media organisations across Australia seeking support for a range of projects through our Content and Development ...

Guide: how to read financial statements

This guide steps you through some of the key terminology you'll find in financial statements that can be confusing if you're not an accountant or bookkeeper - you might find ...

Keeping stations on air with emergency funds

Available all year round, our Quick Response Grants are specifically designed to help community broadcasters to stay on air when the unexpected happens and also take ...

Dropping by Townsville's Triple T

CBF Board Director, Kim Borrowdale, was on the road working and visiting family when the recent lockdowns hit the east coast of Australia. Instead of returning to Sydney, she ...

Meet our newest grant assessors

A warm welcome to the newest members of our Grant Assessor Team: Gayle Austin, Brad Knight, Ivan Behsmann, Emily Nugent and Brianna Baggow. Our grant assessors sit at the ...

CBF grants: what does community engagement mean?

Community engagement is one of those terms that can mean different things to different people, depending on the issue, the activity, the community or the organisation. It ...

On the road with Adventures of the Heart

A musician plays ‘Love Me Tender’ at a nursing home in Broken Hill (Wilyakali Country) accompanied by elderly resident Dorothea. His voice is from another era, old-timey ...

Sara Madderson

Sara has extensive experience working in administrative, secretarial and governance support roles. Most recently she was the Executive Assistant and Governance Secretary at the ...

Out and about in northern NSW

In early May, a few members of the CBF team and Board travelled to northern NSW on Bundjalung Country to attend First Nations Media Australia’s CONVERGE conference in ...

Grant Round 2 opens today!

Our second 2021/22 Content, Development & Operations and Specialist Radio Programming grants round is now open. Before you apply read more about our Content, ...

Our second grant round for 2021 is opening soon!

Our second grant round for 2021 opens next Monday 28 June at 9am and will close at 2pm on Tuesday 17 August, 2021. If you’d like to get a head start on preparing your ...

$26+million allocated in first grant round

In our first grant round for 2021/22, community media organisations across Australia received a share of over $26 million.  Requests for support continue to surpass the ...

Christina Spurgeon: community broadcasting trailblazer

Dr Christina Spurgeon discovered community radio as an aspiring young journalist in mid-1970’s at Canberra’s 2XX. Set amidst the hotbed of politics that enveloped the ...

Government increases community media funding

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s 2021 Federal Budget handed down on 11 May provided an additional $8 million over two years to the community media sector. This maintains a ...

Helping stations reach audiences anywhere, anytime

An important part of our work is investing in activities that will ensure community broadcasters have the infrastructure needed to build a thriving and sustainable ...

Tips for preparing your yearly budget

It’s that time of year again when so many of us are starting to think about what we need to include in next year’s organisational budget. We asked our resident ...

Let the sunshine in – future proofing a station with solar

2WAY FM started broadcasting more than 30 years ago from a solar-powered caravan in the Hastings River valley not far from the NSW coastal town of Port Macquarie. Now located in ...

Connecting communities in emergencies

For those living in the Victorian high country around Mansfield, lightning strikes in tinder-dry bush at the height of an Australian summer is a natural event that can have ...

Successful grants start with 5 key questions

Preparing a grant application can be very similar to formulating a well-structured story. It all starts with answering a few critical questions before you start writing. Five ...

Help when the unexpected happens

Available all year round, our Quick Response Grants are specifically designed to help community broadcasters to stay on air when the unexpected happens and also take advantage ...

Nicola Joseph: community broadcasting trailblazer

Newly appointed CBF Board member Nicola Joseph has played a pivotal role in shaping the development of community broadcasting in Australia for over 40 years. A champion of ...

Grant-making in a crisis: what we learnt

Our first grant round of 2020/21 was unlike any other. As the global COVID-19 pandemic hit Australia’s shores, our first priority was to support stations to stay on air and ...

Meet our new committee members

We're delighted to welcome four community media leaders to our volunteer grants advisory committees. Each brings years of experience, deep knowledge and passion for community ...

Welcome to our newest grant assessors

We warmly welcome the newest members of our Grant Assessor Team: Alison Troup, Christopher Crebbin, Jenni Enosa, Josh Klabbers, Stevie Marie Martin, Veronica Judge, Agnes ...

Facebook news ban: statement from the sector

Today we joined other community broadcasting sector organisations to issue the following statement in response to Facebook's announcement yesterday to restrict publishers and ...

Welcoming our newest Board members

A warm welcome to Margaret Cassidy and Nicola Joseph who recently joined the CBF Board as Directors for a three year term. Both bring a wealth of experience and knowledge to ...

Wolfgang Kreuzer: community broadcasting trailblazer

Bilingual broadcaster Wolfgang Kreuzer is the co-founder and a long-serving presenter of the German Language Program on Brisbane’s pioneering multilingual station, 4EB. ...

Margaret Cassidy

Margaret has 30 years experience working in the media including extensive editorial, policy, strategy and digital media experience in senior management roles at the ABC. These ...

Need training funds for your station?

Did you know the CBF has dedicated funds in the current Development & Operations grant round? Funding is available for training in community media skills, business and ...

Melanie Page

Melanie has been involved in the community broadcasting sector since 2003 as a volunteer, paid staff member, broadcaster, committee member and consultant. She  was the Program ...

Brendon Adams

Brendon has been involved in First Nations media, film and tourism for over 30 years. A proud Ku-Ku Yalangi/Woppaburra man from far north Queensland, Brendon worked at 4K1G in ...

Wayne Bynder

Wayne is a Noongar man whose career in community broadcasting spans 40 years. Starting at Community Radio 6NR in the late 1970s, he went on to work as a station manager, ...

Applying for a content grant? Read these tips.

Thinking about applying for a Content grant? Here's a few ideas to think about as you prepare your application, as well as some examples of activities we've supported in the ...

Inspiration for your Development & Operations grant

Looking to apply for a Development & Operations grant? Here's some inspiration for the types of activities we've supported in the past. Reflecting the diversity of your ...

Celebrating First Nations music and culture

Main River Band is one of the Kimberley region’s most popular groups writing songs that describe the love for their country, people and families. Based in the remote ...

Telling the lost stories of our Afghan desert kings

What if your important contribution to Australia’s history was all but forgotten? This was the burning question that inspired Saad Khalid - a young student from Pakistan who ...

Grant round opens in early January 2021

Our first grant round for 2021 will open at 9am on Monday 11 January and close at 2pm on Tuesday 2 March, 2021. If you'd like to get a head start on preparing your ...

Faten El Dana: community broadcasting trailblazer

Faten El Dana, OAM, is a long-serving broadcaster and Program Manager at Muslim Community Radio, 2MFM, in Sydney’s western suburbs. A woman of many firsts and the recipient ...

Appointments to our Board and committees

In January 2021, we will welcome several new members to our volunteer Board and grant advisory committees. We will also farewell those who have contributed their time, ...

Accolades for CBF-funded community media projects

Each year, the talent and diversity of community broadcasters around Australia is recognised in the CBAA's Community Radio Awards. We congratulate everyone who was honoured ...

We bid farewell to Jon King

After more than ten years working to support community media grant applicants and our grants advisory committees, Jon King will be leaving us next week. Jon has accepted a ...

What does a grant assessor do?

Ever wondered what a CBF grant assessor does? At the recent 2020 Community Broadcasting Association of Australia conference, Georgina Boucher, our Grants Support Team member ...

Wayne Bynder: community broadcasting trailblazer

In 1979 a young Wayne Bynder found his way to the 6NR university campus studios and his path in community radio was set. As Wayne winds up his tenure as Station Manager at ...

$1+million crisis funding supports 100+stations

More than 100 community broadcasting organisations across Australia received a share of over $1 million in our latest COVID-19 Crisis Grant round. Established in March this ...

Update: Deep Dive grants’ analysis

Our deep-dive analysis of the first 2020/21 grant round and COVID-19 Crisis grant round, announced in late August, is nearing completion. We started this process to help us ...

Supporting long-term station resilience

In late 2019, the CBF started the Supporting Station Resilience Review to help guide our thinking on how we can best support and sustain a thriving community broadcasting ...

Rachel Rees

Rachel supports our CEO in the strategic direction and operational management of the CBF and oversees the Grants Support Team. She has extensive experience working in the media ...

In conversation with... Ian Stanistreet

Ian Stanistreet was the perennial 1970s inner-city student living on muesli and beer with aspirations to becoming a lawyer when he discovered community radio and PBS FM. He ...

Welcome to our new EO Rachel Rees!

A warm welcome to Rachel Rees who joined the CBF as our new Executive officer this week. Rachel has extensive experience working in senior strategic and operational management ...

Flunk - teen drama series

Flunk is a short-form scripted teen drama web series set in Lilydale, an outer suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. It follows shy 16 year old Ingrid, played by Jessica Li, as she ...

CBAA awarded multiplatform delivery project

We're delighted to announce that the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA) has been awarded funding over the next four years to support multiplatform delivery ...

Sign your grant agreements online

We've recently purchased a DocuSign subscription to help community media organisations sign their grant agreements online. DocuSign software allows people to electronically ...

Deep-dive analysis of our recent grants round

Following the completion of the recent CBF first 2020/21 grant round and COVID-19 Crisis grant round, we are undertaking a detailed analysis of every aspect of the ...

In conversation with... Ellie Rennie

Writer, researcher, academic and erstwhile community TV activist, Ellie Rennie has been involved in community media for almost 25 years. In 2001 she joined the CBF Board ...

Meet our newest Board member Jurgen Schaub

Jurgen Schaub joined the CBF in 2016 as a founding member of our newly formed Development & Operations Grants Advisory Committee (DOGAC), ultimately becoming its Chair. ...

Meg Butler: new DOGAC Chair

We extend our warmest congratulations to Meg Butler who recently started in her new role as Chair of our Development & Operations Grants Advisory Committee (DOGAC). Meg ...

2020/21 grant recipients announced

We want to thank everyone for their patience in waiting to hear about the results of our recent grant rounds, especially given the many challenges community broadcasters have ...

Building community through video storytelling

Community Builder is Channel 31 Melbourne and Geelong’s social enterprise dedicated to providing storytelling, video production and digital marketing services for ...

It was 20 years ago today…

Ian joined the CBF as CEO exactly 20 years ago today. And today we bid him farewell, as he formally begins his retirement. Ian has dedicated his life to community ...

Victorian Government funds our Trauma Support Program

The Government’s Bushfire Mental Health Fund has committed $55,000 to funding trauma support and resilience programs for Victorian community radio stations and broadcasters ...

Quick Response Grants: how we’re helping

We know that sometimes stations need urgent support due to unexpected emergencies, such as bushfire, storm damage, floods and drought. We also know that opportunities ...

Supporting the art of silent comedy

Silent Comedy is a one-hour TV special featuring eight of Australia’s best new and established silent comedians. Produced by RMITV, the show was filmed before a sold-out ...

Little fictions, big Australian stories

Little Fictions on Air brings the best of contemporary Australian short stories to life every second Monday on Radio 2RPH, a station serving those who are more reliant on ...

Jo Curtin appointed as our new CEO

We're delighted to announce that Jo Curtin has been appointed as our new Chief Executive Officer following Ian Stanistreet's retirement. President of the CBF, Ian Hamm says ...

Bridging service gaps at small and remote stations

Every week in big cities and remote locations around Australia, stations are completely absorbed in the business of delivering engaging and informative content to their ...

CBF awarded Bushfire Recovery Program grant

We received some good news this week with the announcement that the Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal (FRRR), in partnership with News Corp Australia, has awarded the ...

Meet our new Grant Assessors

A warm welcome to the newest members of our Grant Assessor Team: Richard Bridge, Mackenzie Curtis, Keren Leizerovitz and Marjolein Towler. Once they have all completed training ...

New C44 web series explores the gender narrative

Transcending The Gender Narrative is an 8-part web series that investigates how we can move beyond existing gender stereoptypes. The series features interviews with women ...

DOGAC appointments announced

A few opportunities have opened up recently on our Development and Operations Advisory Committee (DOGAC) as a result of changes at Board level. After nine years on our ...

Meet our assessor: Melanie Page

Melanie is one of our volunteer assessors who has been involved in all areas of community broadcasting, first in her hometown Hobart and then in Melbourne, since 2003. This is ...

Meet our assessor: Wayne Bynder

Wayne is one of our volunteer assessors who has been working in broadcasting for over 40 years. Wayne is a proud Nyoongar man and is currently the station manager of Wangki ...

Meet our assessor: Yasmin Rupesinghe

Yasmin is one of our volunteer assessors who has been working in community radio for over 20 years. This is her story. Tell us a bit about yourself I am a Melbourne-born ...

Patrick Keyzer joins CBF Board

A warm welcome to Patrick Keyzer who has just joined our Board as an Independent Director. Patrick brings a wealth of experience to the CBF as a lawyer, educator and ...

Patrick Keyzer

Patrick is a practising barrister and Dean of the Thomas More Law School and Professor of Law and Public Policy at the  Australian Catholic University. Patrick has almost 30 ...

Online bushfire trauma support for stations

It was Australia’s Black Summer, an unprecedented bushfire disaster that turned daytime to nightime under glowing red skies. At the height of the 2019/20 bushfires around ...

FAQs: final grant report 6-month extensions

One of our commitments to support community broadcasting organisations throughout the COVID-19 pandemic was to provide an automatic six-month extension on your final reporting ...

COVID-19 Quick Response Grant announced

This week the Board approved the allocation of more than $189,000 in our COVID-19 Quick Response Grant. This grant was established to help community radio stations manage ...

How we're funding our COVID-19 grants

Yesterday, our CEO Ian Stanistreet joined Jon Bisset and Holly Friedlander Liddicoat from the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA) to talk about the funding ...

Crisis Taskforce update from our CEO

The team at the CBAA, and all of us here at the CBF, understand how profoundly challenging these times are for community broadcasters. I want to reassure you that we are doing ...

COVID-19 - Message from our President

Yesterday afternoon, the CBF Board held a special meeting to discuss the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and consider how we might best use our resources to support community ...

Changing stations - next stop Nuriootpa

The old Tanunda railway station was home to 5BBB FM for more than 20 years. While it was a picturesque, heritage-listed building on the outskirts of town, the station was ...

Support Act extends helpline for stations

The CBF is pleased to announce a partnership with Support Act to extend access to its Wellbeing Helpline to community broadcasters and station personnel. Support Act is ...

We're open, but working remotely

  As part of our ongoing response to the emerging COVID-19 pandemic crisis, the CBF Support Team will be working remotely from Thursday 19 March, 2020. There will ...

Supporting stations during the COVID-19 pandemic

Like everyone else in Australia and around the world at the moment, we're keeping a close eye on the COVID-19 pandemic and considering the impacts on community broadcasters ...

Helping stations: Quick Response Grants

We know that sometimes stations need urgent support due to unexpected emergencies, such as storm damage, floods, theft, and most recently bushfires. Our Quick Response Grants ...

Farewell Board Director Teresa Cleary

Teresa Cleary joined the CBF Board as an Independent Director in 2016. Her contribution as a corporate lawyer and governance specialist has been invaluable in helping to guide ...

Taking Phoenix FM on the road

Phoenix FM is located in the central Victorian town of Bendigo and prides itself on being of, and for, the community. Run entirely by 100+ local volunteers, the station ...

Liz Landray

Grants support for radio stations in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, community TV, and any independent producers or not-for-profit organisations looking to ...

Uniting cultures in the East Kimberley

The East Kimberley is a diverse multicultural region where First Nations’ peoples and others from around the world have made towns like Kununurra and Wyndham their home. ...

Rising against the tide of climate change

No Land, No Livelihood, No Home is a 10-part radio documentary series that looks at the profound impact of climate change on the lives of women and their communities across ...

Bushfires - practical ways you can help

It's been a truly devastating start to the year, with so many people affected by the unprecedented ferocity and scale of the bushfires. Our hearts go out to the countless ...

Matched funding leading Edge Radio into a new era

Edge Radio has welcomed new Station Manager, Hannah Rogers, thanks to matched grants from the Community Broadcasting Foundation and the University of Tasmania. Edge Radio ...

Reducing your environmental impact

We’re passionate about reducing our impact on the environment and helping community media organisations to lighten their footprint. Working together, we can help reduce the ...

Audiocraft Podcast

The Audiocraft Podcast Festival brings together 300+ audio creatives and fans for three days of conversation, celebration and workshops. If you weren't able to make it ...

Round 2, 2019/20 grants announced!

We're delighted to confirm that we have allocated more than $2.2 million for community broadcasting projects in our second round of grant funding for 2019.  View the list of ...

CBF-funded projects win awards

The talent and diversity of community broadcasters around Australia has been recognised by local industry awards. We congratulate everyone who was honoured this month for ...

Accolades for web series Dee-brief

Dee-Brief, the binge-worthy dramedy web series that is based on real women's stories, has attracted numerous accolades both here and overseas. The series has not only been ...

Bright Futures funding inspiration!

Our Bright Futures project will invest $1.3 million in projects that improve the sustainability of community media organisations in the long-term. Here are ideas to get your ...

Welcome Philippa Costigan

Warm welcome to Philippa who has joined the CBF Support Team as our Strategic Communications Manager. She brings many years' communications experience working in government ...

Philippa Costigan

Philippa is a multi-disciplinary communications specialist with over 25 years’ experience in the arts, government and not-for-profit sectors. Her work encompasses everything ...

Bright Futures project

In our first grant round for 2020/21, we will be launching our Bright Futures project with $1.3 million available to support infrastructure projects that improve the long-term ...

A voice for the LGBTIQ+ community - From Paddocks to Pride

From Paddocks to Pride provides a voice for the LGBTIQ+ community in regional Victoria, inspiring others to feel accepted as they are, in the town where they grow ...

Funds available for training

Learning new skills in media-making and running a community media organisation can be a transformative experience for your volunteers, staff and Board. It can also breathe new ...

Community media Roundtable

Earlier this month, our new President Ian Hamm and CEO Ian Stanistreet proudly participated in the Community Broadcasting Sector Roundtable hosted by the CBAA. They joined ...

Getting out and about to meet community broadcasters

We love opportunities to share information about our grants and meet with community broadcasters to hear first-hand how we can help. In recent months, Jon King from our ...

AIGM Grantmaker of the Year Runner Up

Big congratulations Jon King from our Grants Support Team who was awarded 2019 AIGM Grantmaker of the Year Runner Up!  We're so lucky to have you in our team Jon! Photo ...

Strategic planning resources

Planning for the future is important - that's why as part of our Development & Operations grant application process, we ask for a strategic plan. Here's tips to help your ...

Our new Grant Assessors

Our team of Grant Assessors continues to grow! A warm welcome to Judy Kelly, Matthew Tomich, Justine Lloyd, Rachel Tyler Jones, Jenni Rush, Liam Fallon, Kristy-Lee Horswood, ...

Welcome Juliet Fox to our Board

We're delighted to announce Juliet Fox will be joining our Board. Juliet brings more than 25 years of experience in community broadcasting and many years volunteering with ...

Dr Juliet Fox

Juliet is a community media coordinator and researcher with over 25 years of experience in community broadcasting. She has worked in Australia and overseas in radio production ...

New radio reading resources

The team at RPH Australia has recently launched new resources to support radio reading at community radio stations across Australia. We love these new resources that will help ...

SYN Media launches its Podcast Incubator

With the help of our content grant, SYN Media have released four original podcasts as part of their Podcast Incubator. SYN Media's Podcast Incubator is a mentoring and ...

Grant announcement - more than $9 million granted

We’re delighted to confirm 171 organisations will receive $9,028,240 in our first round of funding for 2019.  View the list of successful grantees this round, feedback from ...

Zain Nabi

Zain has been associated with the media industry for more than 10 years. He came to Australia from Pakistan in 2013 and started working for SBS in 2014. He has held multiple roles ...

Evrim Şen

Evrim started working in community media in 2016 as part of a culturally and linguistically diverse program on SYN Media. Since that time, Evrim has worked as SYN's Training and ...

Grant writing tips

Is your station applying for grants at other organisations? Apply these tips to enhance your chance of success!

New Minister for Communications, Cybersafety and the Arts

Congratulations to Paul Fletcher MP, our new Federal Minister for Communications, Cybersafety and the Arts. Mr Fletcher has worked extensively in the communications sector ...

Ian Hamm

A Yorta Yorta man, Ian brings extensive government and community sector experience, particularly at executive and governance levels. Ian has overseen major policy and strategic ...

Welcome Ian Hamm as our new President

We’re delighted to welcome Ian Hamm to our Board as our new President. A Yorta Yorta man, Ian brings extensive government and community sector experience, particularly at ...

Congratulations Technorama Bursary Represent! recipients

We're here to support the work of people in community media by enhancing their knowledge and skills. In additon to the training we fund through the Community Media Training ...

Share your thoughts - radio for wellbeing research

We're funding research by Dr Amanda Krause at The University of Melbourne exploring how music programming on radio impacts the lives of older listeners. Dr Krause, has ...

Congratulations award winners!

We’re delighted that projects and stations we have funded have been recognised at the recent SYN and SCMA X Awards! SYN Under 18 Volunteer Program of the Year Schools on ...

Committee finalises sector investment recommendations

We're committed to investing in the community media sector. Last weekend, volunteers on our Sector Investment Advisory Committee spent two intensive days reviewing and ...

Quick Response grant helps Ngaarda Media

Tropical Cyclone Veronica brought damaging winds and heavy rain to the Pilbara region, flooding Ngaarda Media, destroying their power amplifier. Thanks to a Quick Response ...

Expanding our technical knowledge

Dean visited Triple R last week to learn more about the technology involved in community radio. Big thanks to Technology Manager (and CBF Sector Investment Advisory Committee ...

Maddy Macfarlane

Maddy has broadcast on PBS 106.7FM since 2006. Maddy presents the all-Australian music program Homebrew, which turned 10 in 2018. Her passion for community radio also sees Maddy ...

Welcome Maddy Macfarlane

We’re delighted to welcome Maddy Macfarlane, who is filling a casual vacancy on our Content Grants Advisory Committee. Maddy has broadcast on PBS 106.7FM since 2006. Maddy ...

399 applications received, requesting $20.2m

Thanks to everyone who applied in our first grant round for 2019-20. We received 399 applications, requesting more than $20.2 million. Our team of Grant Assessors will spend ...

We've updated our Privacy Policy

We're committed to making your experience with the CBF the best it can be. That includes making sure your data is safe and protected. We've recently updated our Privacy ...

CBAA Deep Dive

Ian and Jo attended the 2019 CBAA Deep Dive earlier this week, along with representatives of some of Australia's largest community radio stations. Sessions included the ...

Celebrating diversity

During Harmony Week and every day, we celebrate the diversity of Australia.  We support projects that create a life-changing connection to language and culture, including ...

National Features and Documentary Series

Calling all radio producers at community radio stations!  Applications are now open for the 2019 National Features and Documentary Series. In addition to showcasing your ...

Sharing insights at the SCMA conference

Thanks to the SCMA and broadcasters who warmly welcomed Jo and Ally to the 2019 SCMA Conference. At a plenary session hosted by Jo, attendees heard the latest news about ...

International Women's Day

Our team is passionate about gender equality and achieving a better gender balance in community media. Read more about our approach to gender-wise grantmaking.

CBAA awarded Enhanced National News Project

We’re pleased to announce the CBAA has been awarded $2.8 million over four years to manage the Enhanced National News Project. This project will improve the quality and ...

Alpine Radio's DIY no-break power system

Alpine Radio broadcasts across the Kiewa Valley, Ovens Valley and Harrietville in north-eastern Victoria. The station is proudly independent and community owned and operated, ...

Grant application tips

Are you working on a CBF grant application? These Top 10 tips will give you the best chance of success!

Our new Grant Assessors

Our team of valued Grant Assessors continues to grow!  We’re pleased to welcome Chris Sparrow, David Lewis, Kim Borrowdale, Claire Stuchbery, Lieta Sauiluma-Duggan, Jessica ...

Welcome Meg Butler

We're delighted to welcome Meg Butler to our Development & Operations Grants Advisory Committee. Meg brings valuable hands-on station and sector knowledge, from technical, ...

Jurgen Schaub

Jurgen's career has been centred on technology, information and user experience in the not-for-profit sector. He has volunteered at 3PBS for 13 years and has served on the PBS ...

Welcome Karen Paterson

We warmly welcome Karen Paterson to our Development & Operations Grants Advisory Committee. Karen is a Meriam/Wagadagam woman from the Torres Strait who began her radio ...

Balancing support - sector orgs & stations/content makers

Balancing support between sector organisations and stations/content makers is challenging. To steer our decision making, we have launched new guidelines. In the past two ...

Our Strategic Plan Progress Report

Our Strategic Plan for 2017-2021 is our blueprint for success. We value this master plan to guide our decisions, and understand the importance of tracking the progress of our ...

Karen Paterson

Karen is a Meriam/Wagadagam woman from the Torres Strait. She began her radio career on Thursday Island volunteering for the local community radio station in the early 1980s. She ...

Incorporate radio reading at your station!

We're working with RPH Australia (RPHA) to broaden the reach of radio reading services to people living in rural, regional and remote locations across Australia. RPHA is ...

Six tips to master grant progress reports

Do you have a Grant Progress Report due? Keep calm and read these tips on mastering Grant Progress Reports from our Grants Support Team!

Gippsland FM’s new transmission tower

The team at Gippsland FM in Morwell are delighted that their station's future is secure following installation of a new transmission tower. With the station's old and rusted ...

Weedeewani Inni Language Show

Traditional owner and Roebourne Elder, Tootsie Daniel was excited to be talking in her native language – Weedeewani Inni, and broadcasting to Yindjibarndi listeners. Tootsie ...

Gununa.... Seasons Changing

Dark storm clouds gather and thunder rumbles in the distance as rain pours down, bringing fresh water and new growth to Mornington Island in the Gulf of Carpentaria. It’s a ...

Preserving Torres Strait Islander languages

Annie Gela has a vision to revive and preserve the languages of the Torres Strait Islands, where languages are passed down from one generation to another by word of ...

Free grants webinar - available now

Dean from our Grants Support Team shares tips on grant applications. Hear more about the grants we have available and how you can submit the best application possible. Big ...

Connecting through QNews radio reading

The team of volunteers at Radio 4RPH are the voices bringing news, conversations and connection into people’s lives by reading publications on-air. Their radio reading programs ...

Mentoring for change at Ngaarda Media

Ella Togo is a young broadcasting powerhouse. Her weekly 30-minute program Ella’s Radio, broadcast on Ngaarda Media across the Pilbara region of Western Australia, is all ...

Bringing African culture to life

We’re inspired by the work of dedicated broadcasters who are celebrating culture, informing, educating and preserving language. We feel privileged to help these broadcasters ...

Transforming lives of young people

Luke Kelly is a confident, motivated volunteer broadcaster at 4CRM community radio in Mackay, where he presents his own weekly program, Luke’s Choice. This 17-year-old Luke ...

Wonder Women

A bullied teen, an eco-warrior, a community activist and a pro surfer, ranging from 14 to 88 years old are all Byron Bay’s wonder women. Wonder Women on BAY FM is podcast ...

Finding a place to belong

These words were written in the diary of 10-year-old Sarah, soon after she arrived in Australia, after fleeing war-torn Syria with her family. “I have no friends, I’m so ...

Recalling the tragedies of war

Vietnam veteran Ian Getley’s voice faltered. He was holding back tears, talking about his experiences as a 25-year-old pilot during Operation Babylift, where he was saving ...

Dee-Brief - a love letter to female friendship

Based on real women's stories (with a little creative licence), Dee-Brief is a touching and hilarious dramedy web series that explores discovering yourself after a long-term break ...

Training to amplify local voices

We help broadcasters connect with their local communities, from bringing local voices to life in studio, to taking programs to the people with outside broadcasts. For 92.3FM ...

OKR FM sparking imagination with Stories and Sounds

We love when stations use our grants to bring stories to life. In partnership with Mitchell Libraries, the team at OKR FM produced Stories and Sounds in which they recorded local ...

Ninti Media - documenting life-changing events and winning awards

With the assistance of CBF Content grants, film-making duo Dan Clarke and Amy Pysden (known as Ninti Media) have produced four documentaries: Dragon Dreaming, Desert Stars on ...

Our award-winning projects

Congratulations to all those awarded for their excellence in community broadcasting at the 2018 CBAA Community Radio Awards, First Nations Media Awards and NEMBC Broadcasting ...

Quick Response grants

We understand that sometimes unexpected things happen – emergencies occur, and opportunities arise that might not time well with our grant rounds. That’s why, in response ...

Round 2 grants announced!

We're delighted to confirm 93 organisations will receive more than $1.74 million in our second round of funding for 2018.  View the list of organisations receiving funding ...

New indigiTUBE is now live

We've helped First Nations Media Australia create indigiTUBE, an online community for sharing and accessing media made by and for First Nations people. It’s a national ...

Application Feedback Survey Results 2018

We're committed to best practice to support better outcomes for community media. We embrace a culture of continuous improvement, always evaluating our purpose and processes, ...

CMTO awarded training funds for business skills

We are delighted to announce the Community Media Training Organisation (CMTO) has been awarded funding for our sector-wide training project to enhance management and small ...

Off the Record - 30 passionate years of roots and Americana music

Kinky Friedman (American singer & songwriter), Off the Record host Brian Wise, Van Dyke Parks (American musician, songwriter, arranger, and record producer) & community ...

Sector Roundtable meeting

Our CEO Ian and Board members Kim and Peter recently attended the Community Broadcasting Sector Roundtable meeting in Sydney. We’re passionate about listening to the ...

Stories from the Ngaanyatjarra Lands

We proudly help Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities express their culture through community media. With 120 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages spoken ...

Radio MAMA – reaching out

Radio MAMA (Midwest Aboriginal Media Association) in Western Australia broadcasts to an audience within an astounding nine-hour drive from the station. Outside broadcasts are an ...

Reflecting diverse cultures

We proudly help to tell the multi-cultural stories of Australia through community media. Our funding of Stereo 974 from the inner-western suburbs of Melbourne has helped to ...

Shining a light on filmmakers

We proudly bring Australian culture to life by funding films for community television. Our funding of independent films helps to share stories that may otherwise remain ...

Bringing print media to life

Access to knowledge and information has the power to transform people’s lives. Access to printed publications often informs opinions and decisions, enabling full participation ...

Inspiring broadcasters of tomorrow

Our grants bring cultures to life through unique programming. We help provide opportunities for young people to get involved with community media and for people to proudly express ...

Independent voices of journalists on journalism

Community media is an avenue allowing independent voices to speak their truth. The Fourth Estate on Sydney’s 2SER features ‘journalists on journalism’. Each week, a panel of ...

Jazz in Victoria - the music and stories

Music brings like-minded people together and helps people find their tribe. With community media playing music that would not be played by commercial stations, it's often a social ...

Dragon Dreaming

Dragon Dreaming - the Life and Art of Kushia Young, is a documentary about a young, deaf, Indigenous artist from remote Kalka in APY Lands, as she prepares for her first public ...

Health programs for First Nations people, by First Nations people

Our support of community media improves the health and wellbeing of Australians by helping people feel connected to community. For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, ...

On the Money

Community radio is one of Australia’s most trusted sources of independent media. Enhancing the reputation of community media and focused on current economic issues, is On the ...

Youth Matters

With help from the CBF, Youth Matters on ONE FM engaged and trained young people in Shepparton to host radio programs. A group of 12 young people underwent intensive training ...

Youth Jukebox - connecting young people

Every day, community media provides invaluable learning opportunities for the media makers of tomorrow. For some, these training and hands-on learning opportunities are ...

Revealing astronomical wonders

Community radio is a channel for content that may otherwise not be heard on the airwaves. Star Tours: The Night Sky produced by 2BAY FM focused on the wonders of astronomy. More ...

The F-Word - Girls to the Front

Women are under-represented in the film and screen industry*. Community media is working tirelessly to increase representation of women, providing opportunities to express their ...

Celebrating diversity - Project One Million

Australia is one of the most diverse countries in the world, a melting pot of vibrant cultures. Project One Million, a series of short films entitled I am Australian, celebrates ...

Helping get SmartFM back on-air

SmartFM in Swan Hill is a station run by a passionate team of volunteers who work each day to help listeners connect through music, interviews and broadcasts of local events. ...

FringeWatch brings festival to life 

We celebrate Australian art and culture by helping producers bring stories to life. For FringeWatch, leading artists were featured in a Facebook Live program. Over 21 days, artist ...

Jo Curtin

Jo’s commitment to social justice, inclusion and authentic human connection has led to a life-long passion for community media. Jo leads a team of 10 staff and over 160 ...

Chantelle Courtney

Chantelle brings more than 20 years of specialist communications experience in the not-for-profit and corporate sectors, including leading her own marketing agency. Her ...

Georgie Boucher

Georgie manages our large team of CBF volunteers. She has worked previously as a Grant Assistant for the Melbourne Research Office at the University of Melbourne and as a Retail ...

Dean Linguey

Grants support for radio stations and Remote Indigenous Media Organisations (RIMOs) in Queensland, Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Tasmania. Dean discovered the ...

Esther Pearce

Esther is of Aboriginal descent, from the Central Arrernte and Wombye countries. She has been an advocate for equality for all Australians for over 20 years through her work in ...

Kim Borrowdale

Kim is a senior communications specialist and storyteller who uses her professional and personal skills to positively contribute to communities, culture and wellbeing. Kim has ...

Luchi Santer

Luchi has more than 20 years' experience in ethnic community broadcasting in the Northern Territory. Through her participation on a number of local and national committees she ...

Meet our new Grant Assessors

Our team of valued Grant Assessors continues to grow! We're pleased to welcome Nicholas Stevens, Bernie Gorringe, James Preston, Simon Hydzik, Judith Shelley, Wayne Bynder, ...

Nermina Mulabegovic

Nermina has wide-ranging experience in administration and finance across the corporate and cultural sectors. Nermina's community radio experience began at 3ZZZ in Melbourne, where ...

Radio for wellbeing research

We’re proud to be funding research by The University of Melbourne exploring how music programming on radio impacts the lives of older listeners across Australia. Music is ...

Grant application checklist

Are you looking to apply for a grant but you're not sure where to start?  Here’s a checklist to help you! Review our Top 10 Tips to enhance your application. ...

Strategic Plans - shaping the future

Community media unites likeminded people, helping people find their ‘tribe’. Our grants to support business and strategic planning ensure the life-changing work of community ...

Geoff Payne

Geoff started his involvement in community broadcasting through the Vision Australia Foundation and served on the Board of RPH Australia. More recently, Geoff served on the CBF ...

Cameron Paine

Cameron is the Technology Manager at Triple R and has been the Chair of the Melbourne Digital Representative Company since 2009. He was previously the Technical Manager at 3MBS ...

Bill McGinnis

Bill has held senior positions in media, academia and government including managing the Commonwealth’s Indigenous Broadcasting Program for nine years. With hands-on broadcasting ...

Jurgen Schaub

Jurgen’s career is centred on information and user experience of technology in the not-for-profit and government sectors. He has volunteered at 3PBS since 2005, and has ...

Gerry Lyons

Gerry is from an Indigenous background (Maori) and has worked in media for over 20 years, devoting his skills to enhance community broadcasting. Gerry worked for community radio ...

Nicola Joseph

Nicola has been involved in community broadcasting since 1978 when she first went to air as a media student in Bathurst. She has worked in volunteer and paid positions at ...

Rob Meaton

Rob is one of the founding members of Manning Valley FM Radio Association and the Manning Media Co-op (2BOB). Rob has been involved in programming, presentation, production, news ...

Shane Dunlop

Shane’s long-term involvement in community broadcasting has included radio programs on former 2EAR-FM, North-West FM and producing a variety of TV programs for C31. He has ...

Additional training funds

The CBF will receive additional funding through the Australian Government Media Reform Package to improve business development skills in the community broadcasting sector. These ...

Funding to enhance national news programming

The CBF will receive additional funding through the Australian Government Media Reform Package to enhance national news programming in the community broadcasting sector. This ...

Funding to support community media

We’re very pleased that the Australian Government has continued its support of community broadcasting in last night’s Federal Budget with the commitment of a further ...

Lex Marinos OAM

Lex is a former Vice President of the Community Broadcasting Foundation who is passionate about community media. Lex is best known for his work as an actor in Kingswood Country ...

Virginia Lowe

"I wanted to feel part of something - to be more than just a passive listener.” Virginia Lowe discovered her passion for community radio after suffering a major injury that ...

Lindi Jane

“In recording my shows, I like to help socially isolated people feel included." Lindi appreciates the importance of connection from her personal experience of loneliness. As ...

Margaret van Rooyen

“I love having Eastern FM on. I’ve picked up so much local information that you just don’t get on other stations." Margaret has always been an active member of her local ...

Bob Hargreaves

“I feel joy and satisfaction hearing that the presenters are like friendly members of the listener’s family.” Bob has dedicated more than 60 years to Australian media, ...

Tess Lawley

"It was like stumbling alone in the wilderness and then finding my tribe.” Tess Lawley loves community media. After moving to Melbourne from a regional area, Tess was craving ...

Jonathan Brown (JB)

“Community radio gives unlikely people like me an opportunity.” Community radio has been a positive influence on JB since he was a child, inspired by his grandfather who ...

Syleste Molyneaux

“My involvement in community radio has changed my life. I have made friends that I’ll have forever.” Syleste moved to Australia from the UK six years ago and found her ...

Catherine Chadwick

“If other people knew how much my life has changed since becoming involved in community radio, they would jump at the chance of joining.” Community radio saved Catherine ...

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Indigitube apps - connecting First Nations communities

We're committed to helping Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities connect and preserve culture by supporting community media.  In partnership with IRCA (now known ...

Footy at its best

Community broadcasting is often a window into both local communities and diverse Australian culture, and this is very much the case for the Tiwi Islands Grand Final. We proudly ...

Perth radio reading grows

We’re committed to helping all Australians access independent media through community broadcasting. Access to printed publications often informs opinions and decisions, enabling ...

Road safety in remote First Nations communities

Our support of community media improves the health and wellbeing of Australians.  For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, road safety in remote and regional areas is ...

Writings from the Dark

Writings from the Dark is a series of six short, powerful poetry recitals from acclaimed Indigenous writer and performer Steven Oliver. Broadcast on Brisbane Indigenous Media ...