Chris Johnson has worked in the music industry for over ten years as a sound engineer, radio maker and new-media developer. Chris is a qualified audio technician, journalism graduate, and skilled new media strategist.  Chris was the founding manager of nationally award winning station ‘Edge Radio’ in Tasmania. He sat on Arts Tasmania’s grants advisory panel to allocate funds to artists, and community radio’s national Digital Radio Standing Committee. He won the ‘Career Achievement’ category at the 2006 Tasmanian Young Achiever awards.  He took on management of Amrap – The Australian Music Radio Airplay Project – when it was revitalised with Commonwealth Government funding in 2008. Chris is developing Amrap to generate stronger ties between musicians, the music industry and community radio to get great Australian music national airplay faster. Chris also volunteers his time as a councilor on the Music Council of Australia, a 50-member national peak music organisation for Australia.