SAVE THE DATE

Friday 30th August:  Station Tour & Welcome Party

Saturday 31st August: Conference & Bilby Awards Dinner at Lakes Resort, West Lakes.

BILBY AWARDS – don’t forget to look out for entry information, submissions close 8^th July 2024.

Our conference this year includes:

Friday evening – Station tour, light dinner & drinks provided with bus provided from the conference venue and back.

Saturday workshops – sessions include the Station Round-up and a National Sector Update from the CBAA, CBF, & CMTO.

Bilby Awards dinner: 3 course dinner & awards presentations plus another tricky table challenge and fun quizzes.

All this for an amazing cost of $125 – get a bunch of station people together and come celebrate with us!

Travel subsidies available for country stations.

Last year 112 people from 26 community radio stations across South Australia came together for 2 days in September for the 37^th SACBA Conference and Bilby Awards, celebrating excellence in community broadcasting.

We kicked off with a Welcome Party hosted by Three D Radio and continued with a full day of workshops on Saturday at the Lakes Resort Hotel, including:

• Station Roundup – hearing the news from all stations
• Sector Update – with news from the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia, Community Broadcasting Foundation, and the Community Media Training Organisation
• Fundraising Principles – with Creative Australia
• Live Music Programming – panel from Three D Radio Live from Studio 3
• First Nations Engagement – panel from First Nations Media Australia, Umeewarra Aboriginal Media Association, PBAfm, & the CMTO
• Community Radio News Workshop – with the CMTO
• SACBA Equipment Bank & Off-Grid Trial

The weekend culminated in the Bilby Awards Dinner, the hotly contested quiz, and the winners from 90 awards entries – the highest number ever received.

Congratulations to all stations who participated – and don’t forget to keep adding to your Bilby Audio Folder throughout the year.

Head over to the Bilby Page for the full list of winners.