Amrap is a community radio initiative that works with musicians and community broadcasters to get great Australian music national airplay, faster. We offer services for signed and unsigned Australian artists, major and independent record labels and all community radio stations around Australia.

Key services include Amrap's Monthly CD Mailout, AirIt, and Amrap Pages.

Amrap charges a small fee to distribute ‘radio ready’ CDs of new releases by Australian signed and independent artists to community radio stations nationwide. We bundle CDs from different artists into packages and  deliver them to radio stations and broadcasters who are likely to play it.

The service is targeted and cost effective, removing some of the guess-work from your promotions to community radio stations. 

Mailout’s fill quickly so aim to book ahead. Amrap can distribute releases containing covers however higher priority is given to releases containing 100% original Australian compositions. 

Click here for more information, including fees, and to apply.

AirIt is community radio's Australian music catalogue and distribution service. AirIt contains Australian music from major and independent record labels and unsigned artists. 

Program makers register and log in to AirIt to preview tracks in full and order tracks for broadcast. Music directors order music to add to their station's library. These radio users can order tracks for airplay via encrypted digital download or can compile a CD containing tracks and we press and post the CD for broadcast. 

AirIt is 100% free for community radio, record labels and unsigned artists.  

For more information & to apply click AirIt in the menu bar.

AirIt Public is a public website that showcases every artist added to Amrap's AirIt catalogue for radio distribution. AirIt Public provides a snapshot of music that’s getting traction on community radio. 

AirIt Public displays the information that labels and unsigned musicians submit to AirIt for radio distribution including videos, links to retailers and tour dates. AirIt Public is a win-win for Australian labels and musicians - authorised information is displayed to all public web users, but only registered AirIt Radio Users can preview and order the music for airplay.

The AirIt Public homepage also displays - the AirIt Great Southern charts and AirIt Now charts. Plus a top 5 ‘tracks most ordered for airplay’ list is displayed in real-time for each music category, as well as a weekly top ten of the ‘most ordered tracks for airplay’. 

The AirIt Now charts are cutting edge and engaging music charts. They include tracks recommended by Amrap's 'Music Directors Alliance' which is made up of proactive and influential MDs from stations across Australia. The AirIt Great Southern charts feature music which is good for airplay at any time of day. Mix these tracks with your tried and true collection to showcase fresh new Australian music. Check out the AirIt charts for this week here.


AirIt Public is valuable resource for all radio sectors, journalists, bloggers, print media, labels, and publicists. In time we’ll add even more analytics and features to AirIt Public. 

Checkout AirIt Public for yourself at www.airit.org.au.

Amrap Pages bridge the gap between radio airplay and Artist's online promotions. Amrap Pages enables Stations and Broadcasters to post their radio playlists online and showcase artist bios, videos, news and music retail options. Amrap Pages will draw radio listeners onto the net to interact with artists that are broadcast on radio stations nationwide.

Amrap Pages have been live on FBi Radio Sydney since April 2011, 4ZZZ Brisbane since June, Bay FM Byron Bay, CAAMA Radio NT since July, and Triple RRR Melbourne, Fresh 92.7 Adelaide and Edge Radio Hobart since August. More key stations and programs will be added to Amrap Pages throughout 2011-12.

Click here for more information.

In addition to all the music distribution, grants, and newsroom services we provide, Amrap curates useful resources to help you attract new audiences & build more community support for your station. The resources available include how to run a succesful music open day, how to build a CD Library, how to conduct an outside broadcast and a useful guide on conducting music interviews. 

Community radio can register to access these resources here.

Amrap grants are available to community radio stations via the Community Broadcasting Foundation (CBF). Amrap grants help to promote and develop contemporary Australian music and musicians through airplay on community radio. Current grant recipients need to complete this form when sending audio and content to Amrap.

For more information visit www.cbf.com.au.