It’s now a published view, the famous X Awards have been reffered to as ‘The Logies Of Community Radio’
It’s great to see Great Lakes FM extending their achievements to the Community they serve.
It’s great to see the X Awards getting attention outside the Community Radio sector!
Here’s a copy of the article published in the Great Lakes Advocate on 31st March 2010.
The Southern Community Media Association has received wide praise for the success of the 2010 National Regional Rural and Sub Metro Broadcasters Conference.
The President of the Association Helen Bath said “It was very gratifying to get so much great feedback about the conference so quickly” This year the conference focused on making sure that Regional Rural and Sub Metro community stations had the best possible grass roots information available.” The 2010 conference had a new format that seemed to work seamlessly and provide all delegates with the maximum amount of opportunities to attend workshops and plenary sessions and gain the information that their station needed.
The weekend got off to a great start thanks to the efforts and hard work of the team from OAK FM who used their community networks to host the traditional free Welcome BBQ. Oak FM volunteers threw open their station to all visiting delegates as well as providing a great venue for people to get to know each other and kick off the weekend in an informal and friendly gathering. The networking was flowing and the food, refreshments and conversation made it a great event.
This year the conference did not have a keynote speaker as the informational opportunities were too many to not utilize every second the conference had to offer. It was apparent right from the start of the conference that delegates were there to learn, network and enjoy the friendly and open atmosphere of the event. Southern Community Media Association worked had to ensure that this year’s conference was arguably the best of the six annual events so far and the delegates went a long way to ensure that was the case. With delegates from every State in Australia, some travelling huge distances, it was apparent very early that this conference was going to be something special
This year’s conference dinner and X Awards presentation was a great night of food, wine, conversation and fellowship with delegates moving from table to table enjoying each others company and conversation. With yet again record numbers of entries into the X Awards the awards were presented under a new format that was very well accepted by all at the event. There were many happy faces as finalist certificates were presented and awards were handed out. Congratulations to all winners. All winners will be announced in a media release later today.
The final day of the conference saw record numbers of delegates stay around to be involved in plenary sessions and be involved in lively discussions on several topics. It was great to see so many stations so actively involved in the sessions and the conference in general.
The organising committee thanks ARFC, Air News, MJM Solutions, Klotz Digital and the team from Mind Frame for their continued support of the National Regional Rural and Sub Metro Broadcasters Conference. We also wish to acknowledge the great group of people who took time out of their lives to assist the conference by presenting a workshop, training session or plenary. It was fantastic to see the level of involvement, the reaction and the interaction to your presence at this years conference. Speakers at this years conference were: ACMA, David Wilson Business coach, Brad Ward, Michael McFeeters, Andy Ingram, Denise Kuchmar, The CBF, Di Richmond, ARFC, Air News, AMRAP, Helen Bath and Ray Hazen.
Of course that does not include the wealth of advice and information passed between delegates at various times through out the conference.
There is no doubt that this years National Regional Rural and Sub Metro Broadcasters Conference has laid a firm and substantial foundation for future conferences to grow and expand. If you attended this year’s conference, see you next year and thank you for helping to make this year’s conference great. If you were unable to be at this years conference perhaps this will inspire you to attend in 2011.
Date of release: 18-03-2010
Here is the latest news for the National Regional Rural and Sub Metro Broadcasters Conference
1/ The welcome BBQ is the first event for the weekend make sure you are at the studio’s of OAK FM to enjoy the hospitality of the host station and the great food and drink that will be available not to mention a great chance to meet the majority of the delegates in a fun relaxed social atmosphere. All the information you need including a map to the Venues is on the website www.scma1.com
2/ Don’t forget the collateral table at the conference for a great opportunity to promote your station your cause and your ideas for promoting community radio. Bring your stations stickers, note pads, pens fridge magnets and whatever else and put it on the collateral table for all to see, sample and enjoy.
3/ Just relised that this is the conference you need to be at ……great contact the conference convener via conference[at]scma1.com and fiend out how to register and attend the conference even at this late time.
4/ Cant make it to the conference but want to send something to promote your business or special cause contact us via conference[at]scma1.com
5/ Cant make the conference but would like to attend the X Awards and conference dinner $60-00 will get you in just contact conference[at]scma1.com to arrange your place and enjoy the friendly fun atmosphere of the friendly conference and the X Awards
6/ Want any information on the conference including the latest conference program and schedule, directions and much more visit www.scma1.com and follow the links to the conference information pages
7/ See you in Wangaratta march 12th to 14th 2010
Online now is the final version of the 2010 Conference Schedule.
Please download the 2010 National Regional Rural and Sub Metro Broadcasters Conference Schedule
The 2010 National Regional Rural and Sub Metro Broadcasters Conference is a great opportunity for your station to learn, network and enjoy the social side of community broadcasting in an open and friendly atmosphere.
Take a few minutes to have a look at the conference schedule and information, we’ll see you in Wangaratta Victoria on March 12th to 14th 2010.
10 Workshops – 8 Plenary Sessions – 3 Days – 1 BBQ – 1 Dinner…. Make sure you don’t miss it…. in Wangaratta!
Greetings One and All,
As some of you have rightly pointed out to me the 31st of January is a Sunday and have requested that entries now close on 1/02/10. As a result of your constant requests it has been decided to extend the closing date for the X Awards to 1/02/10.
There will be no further extensions for the award deadline
So please make sure you have submitted your entries by the 1/02/10 entries received after that date will not be entered into the awards.
Best Wishes to all those stations that have already entered the X awards.
Remember if you are not in it you cannot win it.
Gotta get an X award………………….more information and entry forms available at here [Follow Link To 'X' Awards...]
There have been rumors circulating that there are no accommodation available at the 2010 conference venue or within the township of Wangaratta. Having just been in touch with the conference venue and tourism Wangaratta I can assure you that the rumor is far from the truth.
When booking at the conference Venue “The Wangaratta Gateway” please ensure that you tell them that you are booking in for the conference. The Gateway has rooms put aside for conference delegates and there are still more than 20 rooms available for both Friday March 12th and Saturday March 13th. We recommend that if you wish to stay at the conference venue you book in as soon as possible.
There is also a wealth of alternative accommodation available close to the conference venue. If you visit the associations website here there are links to both the Gateway and Tourism Wangaratta to see what accommodation is available.
The 6th National Regional Rural and Sub Metro Broadcasters Conference is shaping up to be the best yet with members and non members alike registering for this years conference.
It’s not too late to grab an early bird special or a member’s special. For more information on these go to the website and check out the conference page. Entries are also still open for the prestigious X Awards
The 2010 National Regional Rural and Sub Metro Broadcasters Conference is a great opportunity for your station to learn, network and enjoy the social side of community broadcasting in an open and friendly atmosphere.
Take a few minutes to have a look at the conference schedule and information and then make your booking to be in Wangaratta Victoria on March 12th to 14th 2010.
We will make you welcome!
It is with great excitement that I announce the launch of the new and improved Southern Community Media Association website. By now you would have noticed the new website and logo, but that’s only the start……
We’re working on some innovative features for the website, that will include access for SCMA Members, Australian Music Artists as well as the general public. We’ve planned a range of features for the new website over the next few months, and I hope you’ll stay with us as we go places no one has ever been.
The new website is designed to provide a basic information portal for SCMA members as well as non-members, and at this stage serves a fairly basic purpose, however you should expect a considerable amount of changes and additions to the website that will launch at the upcoming conference in Wangaratta including a great new way for Aussie artists to get their music out to the Community Broadcasting sector by using SCMA’s Program Delivery System and the soon to be announced Artists platform.
I’m looking forward to the conference myself as I will be presenting an Internet Technology workshop, focusing on using the Internet to provide an additional outlet for your radio station to connect with your listening audience. I’m very keen to demonstrate that the power of engaging your audience off air and online can be a great benefit to your station.
Anyway I should not give it all away about what I’ve got planned for the workshop or the website, I do like to offer surprises, so come along and let me surprise you!
Cheers,
Brad Ward
SCMA Webmaster
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