The SCMA is proud to announce that one of its members has been awarded the Order of Australia Medal for services to Community Broadcasting. Roger Wood one of the founders and stalwarts of Community Station 2 RBR Coraki in N.S.W has received recognition in the Australia Day Honours list. Roger is one of the grass [...]

In 2011 the National Regional Rural and Sub Metro Broadcasters Conference will welcome Steve Ahern as a guest Speaker. Steve has a wealth of knowledge on not only Community Radio but broadcasting in general and will be a great assets to this years conference and one of the many must attend sessions of the conference. [...]

Solidarity with Community Radio Stations in Flood Affected Areas. The World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters, Asia Pacific (AMARC-AP), sends it greeting to all community radio station affected by the floods which have recently occurred in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania. AMARC-AP also offers its condolences to all those who have lost loved [...]

Members, Go to www.my.scma.org.au and enter the X Awards!!!!! There is less than 1 month left to submit your entries for the prestigious 2011 X Awards. Entries to the awards close on the 31st of January 2011 at midnight. So get to it search through all of the production that your station has done over [...]

88.6 Plenty Valley FM, with the assistance of a dedicated team of SCMA volunteers, is pleased to be producing, once again, the 2011 Victorian & National Country Music Awards from the Plenty Ranges Arts and Convention Centre, Saturday 12th February 2011. The Awards will be broadcast ‘LIVE’ via  the Community Radio Network (CRN) and, in [...]

The CBF has a vacancy for a Grants Administrator. The vacancy arises from an internal promotion. The role of the Grants Administrator is to ensure the efficient administration of the grants process and servicing of the CBF Board and Grants Advisory Committees.  The position entails a high level of contact with grant applicants and grant [...]

For sale. Beyer Dynamic DT109 headsets (3 available). Location: Plenty Valley FM Melbourne. Industry standard headsets, great for O/Bs.(200ohm mic / 400 headphone) in good working condition. New retail price about $399.00ea. Fitted with genuine velour earpads (not standard plastic ones), and 5 pin Male XLR connectors.(will give connector pinouts & copy of service manual [...]

We regularly run spots for a Travel Company here on the SunshineCoast in beautiful Queensland..‘Trade Travel’.anyway the local guy came to me and said they had a tour they needed to fill that hadn’t been advertised on our station…anyway they had no bookings and needed at least 20 people to make the trip break even…..after [...]

The SCMA has announced that delegate’s fees for The National Regional Rural and Sub Metro Broadcasters Conference now in its 7th Year will remain frozen at 2010 rates. This means all delegates fees will remain below $200 for the entire weekend. Fees for the 2011 National Regional Rural and Sub Metro Broadcasters Conference are once [...]

Two more community radio stations have become official emergency broadcasters in time for the bushfire season, Minister for Emergency Services Bob Cameron announced today. Visiting Stereo 974 FM in Brooklyn and Plenty Valley FM today, Mr Cameron said the stations will become emergency broadcasters in a further bid to boost emergency messaging to communities in [...]