The Wire

While the commercial broadcasters have sorted out their own deal on access and funding for digital radio, the community radio sector had their fingers crossed for enough dollars in this years budget to make the transition. They got it – and some money for training the many volunteers who work in community radio stations around the country. Not as much as hoped but at least enough to train station managers in smaller stations and to be able to afford the infrastructure needed to go digital. However the the community television sector was completely ignored by the budget – which means that when Australia goes to set top boxes – there won’t be any more community television on our screens.