Promoting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Artists on Australian Radio By Andrew Khedoori, Manager CBAA’s Amrap
IN AN INNOVATIVE PARTNERSHIP, 2019 SAW THE CBAA AND FIRST NATIONS MEDIA AUSTRALIA TEAM UP THEIR RESPECTIVE AMRAP AND INDIGITUBE INITIATIVES TO DELIVER MORE ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER ARTISTS TO AUSTRALIAN RADIO. THE RESULTING COLLABORATION IS FIRST SOUNDS, A SERIES OF COMPILATIONS SET FOR BROADCAST ON THE TRUE HOME FOR NEW AND EMERGING AUSTRALIAN MUSIC – COMMUNITY RADIO. OVER THE COURSE OF 2020, FOUR VOLUMES OF FIRST SOUNDS WILL BE SENT TO OVER 200 COMMUNITY RADIO STATIONS AND BROADCASTERS EAGER TO PRESENT GREAT NEW AUSTRALIAN MUSIC TO DEVOTED AUDIENCES. ALL FIRST NATIONS ARTISTS SUBMITTING MUSIC TO FIRST SOUNDS WILL BE MADE ACCESSIBLE TO COMMUNITY RADIO VIA THE AMRAP AND INDIGITUBE PLATFORMS. Pictured Boox Kid OCTOBER 2019 6 CBX CBX MAY 2020
