Community Media Snapshot: 2008

• 57% Australians (15+) listen to community radio every month
• 9.5 million Australians (15+ ) listen to community radio every month
• 351 fully licensed community radio stations
• 50 temporary licensed community radio stations
• 7 ethnic stations
• 15 RPH stations
• 19 Indigenous stations
• 34 religious stations
• 8 youth stations
• 5 senior/mature age stations
• 4 fine music stations
• 20,751 volunteers
• Average 74 volunteers per station
• 90% of stations have volunteers under 26 years of age
• 32% of all community radio stations are sole providers of local programming in their area
• Community radio stations broadcast 131 hours of local content average week
• 36% of music programming is Australian music
• 12,549 hours of Australian music broadcast weekly across Australia
• Average of 44 hours Australia music broadcast by community radio stations every week
• Nationally, 234 hours of Australian music recorded every week by community radio stations
• Nationally 2,439 hours of programs broadcast for people from non-English speaking background, weekly
• 41% (1,411 hours per week) of stations broadcast programming aimed at Indigenous audiences
• 17% of stations provide programming for people who are print handicapped (1,594 hours per week)
• Sponsorship largest income category – 41% of national income
• Subscription/membership 7% of national income