The CEO of the SCMA has announced that as part of the ongoing commitment and development of the association’s internet presence that the SCMA has acquired a new faster Australian based server to locate its IT services on. Web Master for the SCMA Mr Brad Ward said “The introduction of this new server will see [...]

Rob Stewart, Treasurer of 3BBR-FM, got the surprise of his life when he was announced as the recipient of a Paul Harris Fellowship. This is Rotary’s way of recognising appreciation for a substantial contribution to its humanitarian and educational programs.. Recipients are presented with a certificate, a medallion, and a lapel pin, which identifies them as [...]

Yes the Melomaniacs have over come all of the drama of the past few months and have shown their deep commitment by putting their show onto PDS effective immediately. As of right now Melomania is available via the PDS and is waiting to be added to your stations playlist. The show is broken into around [...]

ACMA has released it’s Draft Community Broadcasting Not‐for‐Profit Guidelines. Download the PDF document here, if you have anything about the draft guidelines you’d like to discuss with us please get in touch using the contact us page. Draft Community Broadcasting Not‐for‐Profit Guidelines The Australian Communications and Media Authority (the ACMA) has developed draft Community Broadcasting [...]

Peter Weeks from member station UG FM was the MC for the reopening of the Marysville SES HQ following the Feb 7th fires. As well as Peter’s involvement with UG FM he is also an SES volunteer and SES Media Liaison Officer with the Alexandra Unit. The majority of the SES Building was badly damaged [...]

A Must Read For All Community Broadcasters We all know that there is an election waiting to happen, infact by the time you read this there may already be an election underway. Politics can be an exciting game and an election even more exciting but with that game just like all games there are rules [...]

Monday 5th July 2010 Voice FM announces the release of their new website – www.voicefm.com.au An exciting addition to not only Ballarats own community broadcaster but a great community resource for all. www.voicefm.com.au is designed as a resource and information portal as well as a contact point for all things relating to the Ballarat community. [...]

Great News!  Australia’s National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders music program – DEADLY SOUNDS has joined forces with the Program Delivery System to provide member stations of the SCMA another great programming option for their stations. Deadly Sounds is a weekly national indigenous music, interview and information program that runs for around 59:00 and provides [...]

We’ve just added 4 more CSA’s to mySCMA for members to download. Included in our latest addition to the Member Downloads section of mySCMA are the following CSA’s: Lifeline – Stress Down Day – 2 mp3 CSA’s – 1x30seconds – 1x15seconds Cancer Council – Daffodil Day – 2mp3 CSA’s – 1x30seconds – 1x15seconds Members go [...]

A federal election could be called at anytime, and the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) is concerned that over 300 000 Victorian are ‘missing’ from the electoral roll. With only months to go before an expected federal election the AEC is urging everyone to check their enrolment today! State Manager for Victoria Jenni McMullan says “The [...]