We were fortunate to get Steve Ahern to attend last years conference in Wagga Wagga and the feed back from his sessions was overwhelming. So imagine how happy I was when I received an email from Steve from Afghanistan offering to return to this year’s conference and present again. That is one of the reasons [...]

TWO STATIONS CREATE A UNIQUE HOOK UP AND BROADCAST TO ALL AUSTRALIA VIA SATELLITE ON NEW YEARS EYE 2 North Queensland radio stations my105fm Mackay and 987 BBM Cairns will do a special 2 studio hook up to present 8 hours of programming on New Year’s Eve. Called the Big Murri Party Mackay’s Stephan Kent [...]

The SCMA web presence has been a little dated of late and we are working hard to ensure that not only SCMA but our information portal remains relevant and up to date with our membership. To that end our IT Team have started renovations for want of a better word on our www.scma.org.au and www.my.scma.org.au [...]

Are you ready to enter the X Awards? Have you sorted out your entries and made a plan of the pieces you intend to enter into the prestigious 2012 X Awards. You have …great because the X Awards Entries are open now and your station can enter for free provided that you are a financial [...]

MEDIA RELEASE 5th November, 2011 Community Radio stations are to be challenged to a special problem-solving session during the National Regional Rural and Sub Metro Broadcasters Conference to be held at Ballarat in March. The SCMA who organises the conference predicts the session will challenge stations attending to nominate issues that they face and then [...]

The SCMA has released the dates and location of the 2012 National Regional Rural and Sub Metro Broadcasters Conference. The 2012 conference will be held in the Historic City of Ballarat at a central CBD Location. The conference dates will be as follows: Welcome BBQ Friday March 2nd 2012 Day 1 Conference Sat March 3rd [...]

and get good results On a grey and overcast day after much to do within the township of Bordertown in South Australia for people stepped into the Studio’s of 5 TCB with a commitment to stay awake and be on air for the next 49 hours. Scad and Mandy of Melomania fame along with survivor [...]

The ACMA has released the new B66 Form for Community Radio Licence Renewal. The good news is the form has been revamped and features a new Simplified layout. The not so good news is there are some new requirements for the relicensing process and it is important that you read the form and start to [...]

Audio will be uploaded in the coming couple of weeks. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS & ALL WHO ENTERED Best In House Production Of A Sponsorship Announcement 88.6 Plenty Valley FM – Hurstbridge Town Best In House Production Of A Sweeper or Station ID Voice FM – Sparks ID Brad Ward Best In House Production Of [...]

As the excitement builds towards another National Regional Rural and Sub Metro Broadcasters Conference march 11th to 13th there are many stations who await the conference dinner and the presentation of the prestigious X Awards. This year has seen a record number of entries received for the X awards. A huge thank you must go [...]