{"id":4697,"date":"2010-09-09T03:03:08","date_gmt":"2010-09-08T19:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/curtin-fm-primed-for-digital-challenge\/"},"modified":"2022-12-07T13:06:33","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T05:06:33","slug":"curtin-fm-primed-for-digital-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/curtin-fm-primed-for-digital-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Curtin FM primed for digital challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

WA’s oldest community radio station has received a five-year licence extension that will see it power into the digital era.<\/p>\n

Curtin FM<\/strong><\/a> station manager Quinn Glasson said the recent Australian Communications and Media Authority licence renewal to 2015 would allow the station to progress plans to launch a digital service next year.<\/p>\n

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Curtin FM's Quinn Glasson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“The biggest challenge over the next five years will be broadcasting digitally,” Mr Glasson said.<\/p>\n

“That’s on the horizon and it opens up opportunities to offer additional programming.”<\/p>\n

Mr Glasson said the licence renewal had been far from a fait accompli<\/em>, with Curtin FM needing to demonstrate it still served its community of interest.<\/p>\n

“It’s a fairly laborious process because ACMA wants information about everything you do,” he said.<\/p>\n

“The credit pretty much goes to the 12 staff down here and the 100 volunteers that make the place tick.<\/p>\n

“It’s certainly a team effort.”<\/p>\n

Curtin FM has seen a lot of changes since launching on the AM band as 6NR (6 New Radio) in 1976.<\/p>\n

“Its community of interest has meandered a bit over the years,” Mr Glasson said.<\/p>\n

“Because when it started it was the only community broadcaster in the state, so we did a lot of the stuff that other community broadcasters now do.”<\/p>\n

Mr Glasson said the station now focused on an “older demographic” and financial sponsorships were ploughed back into student services.<\/p>\n

“We have a fully funded cadet program (for Curtin journalism students) and newsroom,” he said.<\/p>\n

“We have three cadets in at a time, and after three to four months working for us many find jobs in radio stations.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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