BURSTSydney’s influential community radio station has cut roughly half its permanent staff and told volunteers it needs ‘$1m to survive and $2m to thrive’
In February the Sydney community radio station FBi sent out an email to its entire volunteer base, and its few staff members, to attend an emergency meeting at the station that evening.
At the meeting, 10 permanent staff – roughly half of FBi’s employees – announced that their jobs had been cut, due to the organisation being in extreme financial distress.
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