The CBAA podcast "What's the buzz"

CBAA Podcast Ep 13 (00.00-00.50) Intro's (00.50-11.20) Forums, What's the ideal on-air announcers mic? Be part of the Governance Process at your station? Soundcards? (11.20-17.26) Audience Research. Become part of the brains trust? (17.30-22.00) CBX Magazine. Key articles and lends us your voice for a podcast of the mag? (22.00-33.05) Seth Jordan interview. Seth Jordan, the CBAA's Content Services Manager chats about the CRN, CDF and programming (33.05-35.45) Grants CBF and other (35.45 -37.43) CBAA National Conference. Key dates and reminders.

In this episode John, Stephen and Amy talk Technorama and the CBAA Forums, as well as interviews with Giordy from the CMTO and Georgie from the CBF.

The Podcast Ep 11 00.00 - Introductions 01.00 - from the forums - a robust on-air discussion on station formats and servicing the community of interest, CMTO.org.au and Pathways Programming 08.45 - from the forums - radio automation software - www.radioautomationreview.com 12.10 - from the forums - MP3 sampling, what is a codec? 16.10 - from the forums - APRA/AMCOS lic agreement and the PPCA/CRA Highcourt finding 19.20 - interview with David Sheils - Dir. Broadcast and Online - APRA/AMCOS 21.30 - what's on at Technorama/SACBA.org.au 24.50 - The CBAA Annual Conference - get your workshop and award entries in 25.50 - the CBOnline Project, NLS, www.cbonline.org.au/resources/social media. www.academia.edu and Radio2.0 blog 29.55 - Codes of Practice, stage 2 review and feedback process 32.25 - Walkley Award Wining radio from All the Best/FBi 33.20 - wrap up and farewells.

0.00-04.53 Intro, forums, updates. 04.54-12.42 Nick Basset - JOY 94.9 talks SMS and Twitter. 12.42-26.38 Recent Conferences; CMA - interesting research, Connecting UP - tech & NFP's, APRA Song Summit - copyright and collections. 26.40-37.00 Upcoming conferences; Techonrama (and a discussion on WH&S), SACBA, CBAA National Confernece - ACCESS ALL AREAS. 37.00-38.10 Adrian Basso CBAA President - Budget update. 38.10-39.40 Reminders, farewells and people to thank.

00.00-00.45 Hello and welcome! 00.45-04.28 Forum posts - streaming/broadcast panels 04.30-10.52 - Station Census - key findings 10.55- 29.29 In depth interview with Matt Balogh about the upcoming National Listener Survey 29.30-32.47 What's in the CBX mag? Grant opportunities, Online Grants, APPLY NOW! 33.25-34.13 Reminders and farewell until next time

John Maizels and Stephen Hahn cover - 1. CBF Grant closing dates. 2. From the forums - to minisdisc or not! - MP3's and quality control - - Technorama - details. 3. Martin Walters, Satellite Operations Coordinator joins is for a good discussion on the CRN service and what it provides, from the sustaining service to the DDN+ system. 4. Accessing the Broadcasting Australia conference materials 5. Reminders and the upcoming CMA (Christian Media Association conference)

John and Stephen talk about the recent Australian Broadcasting Summit. Jon King, from the CBF, joins us to discuss Amrap and CBOnline grants. Jon gives us examples of what's received funding in previous rounds and some pointers for successful applications. John points out some bargains that you can use in your studio and we do a quick sweep through the forums.

Amy, John and Stephen review the forums. 1. SMS and audience input. 2. Some advice on giving constructive programming feedback. We are also joined by Jo Curtin, Senior Grants Administrator at the CBF to discuss - i. Small Equip Grants for stations with less than $100k income ii. Transmission Subs Grants iii. General Station Grants iv. Content Development Fund v. The new SmartyGrants system. We then discuss the upcoming National Listener Survey and what to do with complaints and breaches! Enjoy!

A jammed packed episode. Kim Wilkinson and Stephen Wilkinson from Hope/Inspire Digital join us to discuss their digital service and the tech requirements behind the scenes. Alex White from the DRP runs us through some of the other innovative digital broadcasting happening across Australia. We touch on the Technorama conference and John asks Stephen W what he thought of the last one. We also chat to John Goslino from Audience Dialogue about how to start audience surveying at your station.

In this episode - we revisit the RDS discussion, DIAL - the sectors iPhone App, the new CBOnline website and the Radio 2.0 blog, Alex White from the Digital Radio Project joins us to discuss the project and content on digital radio David Sice, the CBAA's Technical Consultant goes in-depth about digital radio planning! Next episode we cover "What to do about a breach" John Goslino from Audience Dialogue will join us to discuss what you can do to measure success and audiences numbers at your station.

In this episode - How is the Station Census used. The 2012 National Listener Survey. The changes to the CBOnline website. TenFM using google docs and where to find out about other free solutions. Nicola Joseph (CEO of the CMTO) chats about training and her real passion, multi-platform broadcast and production and how to use this to connect with audiences. Licence Renewals - lessons learnt from Radio Skid Row's experience "maybe it's not as bas as you think". Opportunities - volunteer graphic designer needed (aren't they always!) and where to find other positions (paid and volunteer) within the sector. Studio acoustics your thing? Then keep an eye out for the next Technorama.

Amy, Stephen, John and guest Andrew Cheetham chat about the TweetUp, the Station Census Report, the forums/Drupal set up, RDS and sponsorship implications, Phone Systems and where you can get a copy of Ellie Rennies Life of SYN.

Introduction to CBXpod. A regular wrap up of activities in the community broadcasting sector. This ep covers the CBAA Forums and how to join the discussions taking place, including using Facebook and Twitter