Indigenous Broadcasting Program
The Indigenous Broadcasting Program (IBP) supports Indigenous community radio broadcasting through direct funding for individual broadcasters and indirect support of activities such as regional and peak bodies, radio content production and media training for the sector. The program also supports Imparja Television, Australia’s only Indigenous-owned commercial television service. The program’s main objective is to help provide broadcasting services that promote Indigenous culture and language and inform Indigenous Australians on accessing a range of health, legal, education and housing services.
The IBP is a competitive funding program. Not all funding requests are able to be met. In 2008-09, the IBP is providing $14.244 million in funding to support over 61 Indigenous community broadcasting projects in rural, remote, urban and regional locations. Current funding includes support for:
- community radio stations in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane and Darwin;
- licensed community radio stations in 19 regional centres;
- 40 Remote Indigenous Broadcasting Services (RIBS);
- eight Remote Indigenous Media Organisations (RIMOs) which provide technical support and training for RIBS;
- Imparja Television which distributes National Indigenous Television (NITV) and 8 community radio feeds;
- five Indigenous organisations producing radio content and distributing it to Indigenous broadcasters; and
- three Indigenous media peak bodies.
Photos: Broadcasters Alby Reuben and Anita Billy of radio station Townsville 4K1G in Queensland
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Contacts
For information on the Department’s Indigenous arts, broadcasting, culture and languages programs contact your nearest Indigenous Coordination Centre.
Or to discuss a program policy issue contact the DEWHA national office:
Project Officer
Indigenous Broadcasting Program
Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
GPO Box 787
Canberra ACT 2601
(02) 6275 9396
Email: indigenousbroadcasting@environment.gov.au
