Day: July 1, 2024

The Pacific’s biggest music competition, ABC Radio Australia’s Pacific Break, is now open for artists from across the Pacific and Timor-Leste.

The search has begun for the Pacific and Timor-Leste’s best original, unsigned talent with entries now open until midnight Sunday 25 August.

The top prize is an all-expenses-paid trip to perform in 2025 at WOMADelaide – Australia’s largest international music festival. The winning artist or group will be revealed on ABC Radio Australia’s flagship daily morning program Nesia Daily on Wednesday 2 October.

The 2024 competition launched with a live concert on Wailoaloa Beach in Fiji featuring performances from Pacific Break stars including 2023 winner Ju Ben (Fiji), 2022 winner Danielle (Papua New Guinea) and 2019 winner Sprigga Mek (Papua New Guinea) as well as 2023 finalists Bibao and Lonna (Solomon Islands), Ratu (Fiji) and Oni (Fiji).

ABC Radio Australia’s resident reggae DJ and Island Music presenter Rick Howe also performed a DJ set at the launch, which was hosted by ABC Radio Australia music host and Pacific Break judge, Sose Fuamoli, and ABC Australia’s The Pacific presenter Johnson Raela.

The judging panel for this year’s competition sees the return of Papua New Guinean-born Australian new soul diva Ngaiire as well as ABC Radio Australia music presenters Sose Fuamoli (Sista Sounds and On The Record) and Rick Howe (Island Music) and hip-hop artist and ABC Radio Australia host Hau Latukefu (In The Fale) with WOMADelaide Associate Director Annette Tripodi.

For more information about Pacific Break’s 2024 judges, click here.

HOW TO ENTER

Artists from the Pacific or Timor-Leste can submit their original track(s) one of three ways:

1. 1.Complete the Online Entry Form, available at https://pacificbreak.typeform.com/entryform
2. 2.Contact us via Whatsapp +61 447 310 986 and send through your songs and info
3. 3.Complete and send the Email Entry Form to pacificbreak@abc.net.au and include your music files as an attachment.

For more information about Pacific Break, including competition details and terms and conditions, visit www.abc.net.au/pacificbreak

 

About ABC International Services

Since 1939, the ABC has been broadcasting to audiences overseas. The International division reaches an estimated 14,224,065 unique monthly overseas audiences through owned and operated platforms including ABC Australia, ABC Radio Australia and ABC websites and apps including ABC Pacific and ABC Asia. The ABC’s international audiences come from all corners of the globe. ABC Australia, the ABC’s international television service available in 37 markets throughout Asia and the Pacific, has a monthly viewership of at least 3,905,050. ABC Radio Australia, the ABC’s international radio service available via FM in the Pacific and Timor Leste, has a monthly listenership of at least 321,225. Outside Australia, ABC websites and apps have an average global monthly usership of 9,997,790 which includes approximately 7,505,085 users across the Americas, Europe and Africa and 1,865,655 users in Asia.

*Figures based on the ABC 2022-23 Annual Report

LiSTNR today announced a new partnership with ACE Radio which will see its 21 stations made available to stream on the LiSTNR app, offering advertisers an additional 2 million-plus digital listening hours.

SCA already has an exclusive sales representation agreement with ACE Radio and its stations in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and regional NSW and Victoria. The new agreement, effective from 1 July, builds on an already successful relationship between ACE and SCA for its radio representation to now include digital audience monetisation opportunities.

The ACE stations include metro stations 4BH (Brisbane), Magic 1278 and 3MP (Melbourne), and 2UE (Sydney) and regional stations TRFM and Gold (Sale/Traralgon), Coast FM and 3YB FM (Warrnambool), Mixx and 3CS (Colac), Mixx and 3HA (Hamilton), Mixx and 3WM (Horsham), Mixx and 3SH (Swan Hill) and Edge and 3NE (Wangaratta) in Victoria; 2AY (Albury) and Edge and 2QN (Deniliquin/Echuca).

Working together with LiSTNR, ACE will migrate its digital audience, including its many mobile and web listeners, to the LiSTNR platform giving them a personalised listening experience. The additional 21 ACE stations will significantly increase the known LiSTNR audience base and first party database to further enhance LiSTNR’s AdTech Hub capabilities and advertiser solutions.

“We are thrilled to extend our already successful partnership with ACE Radio to now include the availability of the company’s 21 successful radio stations on LiSTNR, as well as extend our current sales representation agreement from AM/FM radio to now include all digital radio sales via the LiSTNR app and website,” SCA CEO, John Kelly, said.

“ACE’s online radio audience is significant with 2 million-plus digital listening hours per month across its network, supplementing LiSTNR’s almost 2 million signed-up user base, and confirms LiSTNR as a clear market leader in digital audio. We look forward to delivering a fantastic, personalised listening experience to ACE’s digital audio audience on the LiSTNR app and ensuring our advertising partners can now benefit even further from a larger audience base and known listener insights.”

ACE Radio Chairman and owner, Rowly Paterson, said: “Partnering with LiSTNR is a significant step for ACE Radio as it allows us to enhance our digital presence and provide our listeners with a more personalised and engaging experience. By joining forces with LiSTNR, we are not only expanding our reach but also offering our advertisers unparalleled access to a larger and more diverse audience. This partnership aligns with our commitment to innovation and delivering value to both our listeners and advertisers.”

Advertising on ACE stations will be available as part of the LiSTNR digital audio solutions. From July 1, all ACE marketing material across press, digital, online, social and all owned radio stations will encourage consumers to ‘also listen’ via the LiSTNR app.

The ACE Radio partnership expands SCA’s reach to 135 stations, offering advertisers the largest possible regional radio audience of 3.051 million and SCA’s combined regional and national audience now surpasses 9.859 million*.

Listeners can stream all ACE Radio’s 21 stations on the LiSTNR app from 1 July 2024.

Source: * Audology (All Surveyed Regional Markets) P10+, Cume Reach, Latest Survey dated 26^th June 2024.  GfK Metro Survey #3 2024 (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide & Perth) and Provincial Survey#1 2024 (Newcastle, Gold Coast & Canberra), P10+, Cume Reach.  Total SCA/ACE unduplicated cume reach.

 

About LiSTNR

LiSTNR is a curated and personalised, free app offering radio, podcasts, music, and news, creating a new audio destination for all Australians. Featuring a fun and intuitive onboarding process, LiSTNR delivers an audio destination that is built for individual listeners’ routines and preferences. Highly personalised, it provides listeners a new world of audio entertainment, with their own daily feed of audio and easy discovery of new content through curated recommendations. Available across a large array of devices including both iOS and Android, CarPlay and Android Auto, Google Assistant and Alexa and Android TV, LiSTNR enables a fantastic listening experience, anytime and anywhere. Open your Ears to a new world of audio – download the free app today. LiSTNR.com

• Opportunity to make an impact
• Responsible for DAB+ and digital radio services coordination and administration
• Sydney location, other locations and virtual/hybrid work arrangements will be considered

THE ORGANISATION

The Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA) is a leading member based, for purpose organisation. We provide programs and services that aim to strengthen the capacity and sustainability of over 450 community radio and media organisations.

With over five million listeners each week, community radio plays a vital role in providing a voice for multicultural, First Nations and other underrepresented groups, as well as supporting independent and emerging musicians, and communities not adequately serviced by other media services.

THE ROLE

Provides coordination and administration to support the operation of community digital radio services, including station liaison and stakeholder management.

The CBAA operates and supports the delivery of over 60 DAB+ radio services nationally, and manages digital platform infrastructure, service delivery, and data systems for digital services on behalf of all eligible community radio licensees.

Responsibilities:

• General administration including broadcast agreements and maintaining project documentation and information systems
• Maintenance of Electronic Program Grid’s in collaboration with Station staff.
• Providing administrative support to community radio licensee Digital Representative Companies (DRCs)
• Managing enquiries, communications and follow up on digital radio and with stations operating digital radio services
• Assist with reports and submissions related to digital radio including research support
• Support the service development and establishment of new DAB+ services

YOUR SUCCESS PROFILE WILL INCLUDE:

• A passion for Community Media
• Relevant tertiary degree or equivalent work experience
• Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills
• Developed writing and research skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and use of data-base systems and online tools
• Proven stakeholder management skills and experience
• Superior organisational skills and attention to detail and accuracy
• A familiarity with the community broadcasting sector and radio broadcast operations
• Proactive approach to problem solving
• Demonstrated ability to work efficiently and autonomously

If you are seeking an opportunity to make an impact in an organisation that makes a real difference, this is the role for you.

APPLICATION PROCESS

CBAA has a policy of inclusion and we welcome and encourage applications from First Nations people, people from a diversity of genders, cultures, linguistic backgrounds, abilities and experiences.

The position is envisaged as full-time and flexible working arrangements, including other locations and virtual / hybrid work arrangements, will be considered for the right candidate.

Please submit your resume (max 3 pages) and a cover letter (max 2 pages) addressing the essential success profile criteria and reason for your application to the Manager, DAB+ Service Development. Successful applicants will be contacted for interview.

Please note that there is no formal closing date for this role. Early applications are strongly encouraged, and suitable candidates may be shortlisted for an interview as applications are received.

If you have any questions or would like to have a confidential discussion about this role, please email jobs@cbaa.org.au.

 

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