http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/12/survival-of-community-broadcasting-at-stake/ now with extra source Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:29:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/12/survival-of-community-broadcasting-at-stake/#comment-4253 Diana Day Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-4253 I'm a bit confused here. As a volunteer at Access31 in Perth I was quite distressed at the very recent announcement of a meeting to vote on going into voluntary liquidation.<br />Now Margaret Simons' article quotes $11.2m for the conversion of community digital ratio which means how much more to convert community television Australia-wide?<br />If there's a grand plan that's about to be revealed, it's got to be very grand indeed. As to a possibility of neglect - it's the squeaky wheel that gets the oil and I've never noticed community broadcasting doing much more than occasionally whimper. I’m a bit confused here. As a volunteer at Access31 in Perth I was quite distressed at the very recent announcement of a meeting to vote on going into voluntary liquidation.
Now Margaret Simons’ article quotes $11.2m for the conversion of community digital ratio which means how much more to convert community television Australia-wide?
If there’s a grand plan that’s about to be revealed, it’s got to be very grand indeed. As to a possibility of neglect - it’s the squeaky wheel that gets the oil and I’ve never noticed community broadcasting doing much more than occasionally whimper.

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