Community non-commercial Radio Broadcasters are generally one of two main types: Access or Iwi. These broadcasters derive income from a variety of sources that includes limited advertising, government appropriation (NZ On Air funding) and sponsorship or subscription revenue.
APRA have different licence schemes operating for community non commercial radio, depending on the station's status, and each type of community radio service is dealt with separately for licensing purposes.
Broadcast Licences
Licences are held by individual radio broadcasters.
Reproduction Licences
We offer community radio stations a choice of licences covering several areas of activity:
- the broadcasting of sound recordings in our production music libraries, either in advertisements, sponsorship announcements or as part of programs; and
- the reproduction of musical works and sound recordings in our production music libraries, either into advertisements, station IDs, sponsorship announcements or programs.
A licence is required for each of the above activities. There is a flat annual fee for this licence. This fee is subject to changes in the Consumer Price Index.
Advertisements
Neither agreement allows the station to incorporate commercially-released music into advertisements. For information on this see Advertising.
More information
If you would like more information or have any queries, contact the Broadcast Services team.