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NFCB has produced this manual in recognition of the tremendous human effort that nourishes community radio. We have amassed your collective wisdom in this concise yet comprehensive guide to volunteerism. Community radio relies heavily on the hours and creativity offered by volunteer workers or unpaid staff. A station's approach to the role and contribution of volunteers has tremendous impact on organizational character and is an important factor when evaluating the station's overall performance in serving the needs of the community. If the station treats the volunteer with the same professionalism given a paid worker (i.e., recruiting, selecting, and training the right person for the right job), then the volunteer will take the station seriously. Recognizing the volunteers' impact on the station is the first step towards developing a comprehensive volunteer management program. Volunteer management is both a strategy and a philosophy - it's a way of looking after your unpaid workers that benefits everyone. The purpose of this manual is to offer a simple guide to volunteer management at a community radio station.

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NEW!
Press Release
Native Public Media Hires New Director of Development
[Click here to read the Press Release]

NEW!
Press Release
New NFCB Hire Will Head New Technologies, New Station Building
[Click here to read the Press Release]

Legal Handouts from the Community Radio Conference
The law firm of Garvey Schubert Barer provided these handouts on legal issues at the 2008 Community Radio Conference.
[Click here to access the documents.]

Full Conference Agenda
Descriptions of all the Conference sessions and the full schedule of events are now online.

NEW!
Latino Public Radio Consortium
The LPRC issues a Brown Paper calling for a different kind of public media system.
[Click here to read the Brown Paper]

Youth in Radio Journalism and the First Amendment
NFCB—in association with the RTNDF and the Georgia First Amendment Foundation—will train young producers in radio journalism and the First Amendment, a project funded by the McCormick Tribune Foundation.

Native Public Media Testifies at Future of Radio Hearing
Washington DC--Native Public Media (NPM) Advisory Council member, Geoffrey Blackwell, testified on behalf of Native Public Media and its parent organization, National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB), at the House Telecommunications and the Internet Subcommittee hearing on the Future of Radio on March 7, 2007.
[Read the Testimony]
[View the Press Release]

audio video blog
View Highlights of the 2007 Media Reform Conference at FreePress.net

Basic Radio Station Website Strategies
See the PowerPoint presentation on listeners’ use of station websites and tips for designing yours.
[View Now]

Music Licensing Information
Includes fee schedules and links to licensing applications.

Check Your Indecency IQ
John Crigler of Garvey Schubert Barer has a new indecency quiz. Take the quiz and see how much you know about current FCC indecency rulings. He's also written an indecency primer. Download and read the Primer.