The Wire

Australia’s Commercial Radio Industry has called on the Federal government to ban any new licences for general community radio stations. The lobby group says the government should only licence, new, specialised community stations like Aboriginal or ethnic broadcasters. Under the CRA plan stations similar to 3RRR in Melbourne, FBi in Sydney or 4ZZZ in Brisbane would be banned. The submission has angered the Community Broadcasting Association, which says the request is designed to stop competition. Mark Robinson asked the Association’s General Manager Barry Melville for his reaction to the commercial radio suggestion.