{"id":41610,"date":"2020-01-15T08:16:54","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T12:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=41610"},"modified":"2020-01-15T08:16:54","modified_gmt":"2020-01-15T12:16:54","slug":"community-radio-stations-help-inform-those-affected-by-fires-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/community-radio-stations-help-inform-those-affected-by-fires-in-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Community radio stations help inform those affected by fires in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Source Radio.info<\/a> via Michael Bird)<\/p>\n

Nearly 80 community radio stations are broadcasting in fire affected areas of Australia.<\/p>\n

With around 450 stations in the sector, community broadcasters are represented in most larger towns in Australia. Many of them are staffed by small handfuls of volunteers who keep the station on air in normal circumstances, but during the current bush fire situation, many of those stations are facing severe pressure on their people and resources.<\/p>\n

The Community Broadcasting Association (CBAA) has been in contact with many of the stations in affected areas and tells radioinfo that, thankfully, most don\u2019t have a lot of damage to their property or equipment, but they are struggling with exhaustion and reduced volunteers to broadcast live shows from the stations.<\/p>\n

Many community stations are located in protected areas at the centre of their town and often have their transmitters atop their building, so the infrastructure threat has not been as serious as might be expected. However the cost to people has been high.[…]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Click here to continue reading the full article at Radio.info.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source Radio.info via Michael Bird) Nearly 80 community radio stations are broadcasting in fire affected areas of Australia. With around 450 stations in the sector, community broadcasters are represented in most larger towns in Australia. Many of them are staffed by small handfuls of volunteers who keep the station on air in normal circumstances, but […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[8242,4744,7554,6324],"class_list":["post-41610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-australia-fires","tag-australia-radio","tag-michael-bird","tag-radio-info"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-aP8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":37040,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/radio-world-australia-still-has-shortwave-voices\/","url_meta":{"origin":41610,"position":0},"title":"Radio World: “Australia Still Has Shortwave Voices”","author":"Thomas","date":"April 30, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Radio World via Michael Bird) HANS JOHNSON ? 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