Community Radio

Adrian Basso

18 years in community radio

Former CBAA Board President – 5 years and Treasurer – 3 years

Classical music station 3MBS 103.5FM – 8 years

Currently General Manager of alternative music station PBS 106.7FM – 9 years

Accounting degree and Diploma of Music Performance

The Australian Media Sector

260 commercial radio stations

65 government-funded stations: ABC and SBS

More than 350 community radio stations (long-term) plus 100 aspirant radio stations

The Community Radio Sector

40 years old

357 community radio stations

More than 22,000 volunteers

Extremely diverse

More on the Community Sector 19 Indigenous + 46% of stations include indigenous

programming

34 religious

15 Radio for the Print Handicapped

6 ethnic

8 youth

8 seniors/mature age

4 fine music stations

1 gay and lesbian station

Others include specialist music, the arts, university content

34% across metropolitan and suburban locations

41% in regional areas

25% in rural areas

How PBS makes ends meet

Every which way we can, in

line with our vision of:

nurturing, inspiring and

championing Melbourne’s

diverse music community

Main content

Listener support: members

and donors

Events: more content, money

and community

What else do we do? We support

the community.

Digital radio, a bump in the road