Community Television
Community broadcasting: its requisite role in modern media
Introduction
The Australian community broadcasting sector is host to numerous broadcasting stations within the areas of television and radio. Run mostly by volunteers, these stations are non-profit organisations that were founded on and function on principles of open access, localism and diversity (section 15 BSA), and have grown and strengthened over the past decade despite facing uncertain futures of funding and licensing (CBAA 61.1, p 8). Although being recognised as a vital role in Australia's media and recently receiving permanency of licence, the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA) still expresses concern for the future of community broadcasting, particularly for television due to the eventual – and expensive – need to transition its broadcasting to digital (CBAA, 61.1, p. 8). Fortunately for community radio, after lobbying hard for the past twenty years to have the same entitlements to......
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