In general, recording a program from pay or free-to-air television, or from the radio, is likely to infringe copyright in the broadcast and in the script for the program, as well as in any copyright works and other material included in the program. (There are certain limited exceptions, applying to educational institutions and governments acting within the terms of statutory licences, or to people and organisations relying on the fair dealing and private use exceptions.)

Broadcasting the recording, or making further copies of it, is likely to be a further infringement unless, for example, one of the fair dealing provisions applies.

Unless an exception is available, a community broadcaster will generally need to get permission to record and re-transmit such material from the other broadcaster and from the owners of copyright in the underlying material (for example, any volunteer announcers who have written scripts, as well as from film producers, publishers and record companies). Note that they may refuse permission, or may charge you a licence fee.