Australia’s community radio sector contributes an estimated A$153.1 million to the country’s struggling music industries each year. Shane Homan, Monash University; Heather Margot Anderson, Monash University, and Susan Forde, Griffith University Blackfire performs live at the Share The Spirit Festival. Photo: Jonathan Brown Our new research findings show community radio airs an estimated 390,960 hours of Australian music each year. This is more than double commercial radio’s 160,000 hours.