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National Indigenous Radio Service

Satellite Indigenous radio service

The National Indigenous Radio Service Limited (NIRS) enables aspiring and remote area broadcasters to provide relevant Indigenous broadcasting to their community. For broadcasters who meet the licensing and equipment requirements for a full time service, but lack the funds or resources to provide a full 24 hour service, the NIRS will enable them to fill any holes with its continuous programming.

NIRS also provides technical and marketing services to Indigenous stations and provides an opportunity for these areas to hear national Indigenous issues, as well as enabling them to boost local airtime. The NIRS also provides licensed broadcasters access to national current affairs and issues, which would not normally be accessible to these stations. Over 130 broadcasting to Remote Indigenous Broadcasting Services (BRIBS) units, 23 Indigenous radio stations and 120 community radio stations can receive NIRS.

The NIRS is a not-for-profit private company incorporated under the Corporations Law on 27 February 1997. NIRS is a national service provided from a hub station residing in Brisbane, which networks material for Indigenous media organisations to provide a 24-hour high quality broadcast to their audience.

Last updated by Hoda Toloui-Wallace (2011-10-29)