CBAA Conference wrap-up

Written by Claire Monday, 21 November 2011

Lyndelle and I represented the 4PeopleMedia team at the CBAA conference on the Gold Coast over the past few days and what a great opportunity it was to catch up with some of the stations we only get to have phone and email contact with in person. It was a pleasure to see all of you!

As the 4PeopleMedia word spreads we’re excited about some developing relationships with new stations and look forward to adding further stations still to our ever-growing collective list.
To the stations we do work with, thank-you again for your support and for demonstrating what a fine group of dedicated and passionate volunteers community radio attracts from all over the country. It was great to see just a little snippets of your hard work on display. And also to keep a track of it all via Twitter. If you didn’t make it to the conference and have time for a little entertainment and insight – try searching #cbaa2011 on Twitter.

We also walked away from this year’s conference excited about some of the survey work McNair are undertaking next year to help deliver some additional really useful audience data on individual stations. Some very interesting discussions took place around the future of citizen journalism and community broadcast in all it’s possible forms looking to the future. What a great opportunity to remind ourselves of why we broadcast and how powerful our medium can be in local communities.

In news on the homefront, there has been a lot going on around the office of late too.
97.9FM helped launch the new Coles store in Taylors Hill last Wednesday. You can see some photos from the event on our Facebook page – http://www.facebook.com/4peoplemedia
97.9FM are raising money to fund their relocation at the moment and have a benefit gig happening at the Corner Hotel this Wednesday November 23 featuring Ross Wilson, Dave Graney, Angie Hart, Georgia Fields and Al Newstead from 7:30pm. For full details visit http://www.cornerhotel.com or http://www.979fm.net

This Friday you can hear 3RPP, Radio Port Phillip broadcasting live from the opening of Coles Patterson Lakes.

The Road & Traffic Authority invite residents in Taree and the Great Lakes region to take part in a live webcast on the Pacific Highway upgrade on Tuesday November 29 from 7-8pm. To pre-register visit http://www.rms.nsw.gov.au

And finally, a happy anniversary to Jason Gipps who celebrates 12 months with 4PeopleMedia this week! Yay, we love you Jase!