11 May 2015
Wow – Celebrations at WOW FM
SACBA member station and Small Station of the Year in 2014, WOW FM at Semaphore recently celebrated completion of their project to erect a new mast and antenna. SACBA board members joined WOW members in a BBQ in the park next to the station. If you are in the Semaphore/Port Adelaide area, tune in to
16 Apr 2015
Technorama 2015
Welcome to the sixth annual Technorama: TR15! Technorama is a grass-roots movement created to support technologists from Community Radio Stations all over Australia. At the Technorama gathering each year, technologists meet and talk to share stories and experiences about their stations to help benefit others in the sector. The next 3 day Technorama will be held
16 Jul 2014
Congratulations to the 2014 Bilby Award Recipients
SACBA would like to congratulate the 2014 Bilby Award Recipients. This year saw the largest submissions for Bilby Award nominations and we had a very difficult time wading through all the submissions trying to find that one that stood out from the rest. The quality of submissions this year was out standing and we hope
07 Jul 2014
The Countdown is ON!
Less than 5 days remain before the Annual SACBA Conference & Bilby Awards Dinner kicks off for 2014. We are super excited over the sheer quantity of entries we received for the Bilby Awards this year! In fact this year was the LARGEST quantity of entries we have EVER received. It made judging hard, but
13 May 2014
Community Radio is Safe… For Now!
Tonight, the Federal Budget was released and in there was the funding for community broadcasting The CBAA last week notified SACBA, and all community radio stations, that the Community Broadcasting Program has been identified within the National Commission of Audit Report as one of the Commonwealth grant programs they recommended to be abolished. Well after
06 May 2014
Community Radio at Risk from Audit Cuts
The CBAA notified us late last week that the Community Broadcasting Program has been identified within the National Commission of Audit Report as one of the Commonwealth grant programs recommended to be abolished. In plain language, the audit report appears to recommend that all funding from the Commonwealth Government Department of Communications to community broadcasting
28 Apr 2014
Bilby Award Categories Announced for 2014
Every year, the SACBA Conference plays hosts to the Bilby Awards aimed to celebrate the contribution community radio makes to our community and to encourage high achievement within the sector. The awards are judged by people in community radio and are assessed on creativity and excellence in broadcasting.
03 Feb 2014
CBAA conference 2014 to be hosted in Adelaide
Though the finer details have yet to be put together, we are so excited to hear that the 2014 CBAA Conference is going to be held in Adelaide, right here on our door step.
03 Feb 2014
New Website
Testing Testing 1….2…3 – Is this Mic on? Ladies and Gentelmen – Welcome to the all new SACBA website! We now have an easy way to keep you updated with SACBA news and be able to connect you with like-minded member stations to keep up-to-date with what others are doing. The SACBA website isn’t just