The problem
Australian commercial broadcasters must record their broadcasts and keep the recordings — and be able to produce and review them when the ACMA or a complainant asks. Under the commercial codes that generally means keeping as-broadcast recordings for at least six weeks, and longer while a complaint is unresolved. Raw audio at that scale isn't searchable, so complaint response is slow and manual.
How Whipscribe helps
Whipscribe turns your as-broadcast recordings into timestamped, fully searchable text, so a Commercial Radio or Television Code complaint can be answered by searching for the words in question and jumping to the exact moment — with the audio staying on infrastructure you control.
Made for code complaint response
Search as-broadcast transcripts to locate the segment a Commercial Radio or Commercial Television Industry Code complaint concerns, in seconds.
Retention you control
Keep searchable transcripts across your retention window and beyond if a complaint is live; delete on your own schedule.
Hundreds of stations, one workflow
From metro networks to regional and community licensees, the same fast, private transcription across every hour you air.
Data stays onshore-friendly & private
Transcription on our own servers means broadcast material is never handed to a third-party AI service — a real consideration for regulated content.
Questions
What exactly are the retention rules?
Australian commercial broadcasters must record broadcasts and retain them under the applicable code — generally at least six weeks, and longer while a complaint is unresolved, producible to the ACMA on request. Always confirm your current licence conditions and code; this is general information, not legal advice.
Does this meet our compliance obligations?
Whipscribe is a transcription tool that makes your recordings searchable; it complements — not replaces — your recording and retention systems. Your obligations remain yours to meet.
Is our audio kept in a third-party AI service?
No — transcribed on our own servers, nothing sent to OpenAI or Google, no training on your content, retention under your control.
Note: Whipscribe is a transcription tool that makes recordings searchable; it complements your recording and retention systems, it does not replace them, and nothing here is legal advice. Confirm your current obligations with your licence conditions and the applicable code.