SBS Radio to beef up in Canberra

So you are talking about local content then?

you’re joking right?

There’s bugger all local radio aside from the ABC and the grannies on 2CC.

But the broadcasting of multicultural content is most likely part of their licensing agreement anyway.

And playing the devils advocate, what role does 2XX fill that is not already covered by other broadcasting outlets?

I’m saying that if they ever want an audience they need to be intelligible to the overwhelming majority of the community.

And now SBS is going to be filling the ethnic broadcasting role.

Are you say that one of Canberra’s main community broadcaster should only service a part of their community?

not if you can’t speak rumanian.

Other cities have much larger audience base.

Better to have some one talking intelligently in Romanian, than total dribble in English…

only if you speak rumanian

otherwise it makes it impossible to listen to casually.

other cities have community radio that isn’t totally unintelligible half the time.

Community broadcasting licences are defined by the broadcaster servicing the largest base, including the ethic community. So, chances are that it is part of their community broadcasting licence that they broadcast ethic content. Or rather they have to service the multicultural listeners as well there other listeners.

Plus it makes up a large amount of content and it is good to have a local independent multicultural voice.

nah everyone announces there tests smackbang. Get with the program.