Stereo974 - Melbourne, Australia

STEREO 974 SCOOPS THE POOL AT SOUTHERN COMMUNITY MEDIA ASSOCIATION AWARDS

Posted: Tue 6th May 2008 - 04:45:20 PM

"STEREO 974 was thrilled to have taken off 7 'X AWARDS',at the Southern Community Media Association's Conference and Awards Dinner held in Ballarat over the weekend.

The Awards were all related to Production of various recorded announcements that are regularly played "On-Air", on STEREO 974.

Finalist Awards

IN HOUSE PRODUCTION OF SWEEPER
IN HOUSE PRODUCTION OF STATION IDENTIFICATION.
IN HOUSE PRODUCTION OF SHOW PROMOTION
IN HOUSE PRODUCTION OF A SPORTING BROADCAST
IN HOUSE PRODUCTION OF LOCAL MUSIC PROGRAM
IN HOUSE PRODUCTION OF BEST INTERVIEW

X AWARDS

IN HOUSE PRODUCTION OF A SWEEPER.
IN HOUSE PRODUCTION OF LOCAL MUSIC PROGRAM.
IN HOUSE PRODUCTION OF A SPORTING BROADCAST.

Rod Boyd, General Manager of STEREO 974 accepted the awards on behalf of Bob Taylor (Production Manager), who volunteers his time to not only carry out the role of Production Manager, but also to Train Volunteer Announcers.

Bob Taylor has been involved in the Radio and Media Industry for over 50 years. As well as Top Rating "On-Air" roles, he has spent years in Management, moving on to set up and run successfully THE ANNOUNCER'S ACADEMY based in Melbourne, until he went into partial retirement 9 years ago. During his time Bob has trained and nurtured hundred's of Announcers, some of which are household names today. He has also Voice Trained, Public Speakers, Business Leaders, Politicians, News Readers (both Radio and Television), and the list goes on.

Since Bob arrived at STEREO 974, he has assisted Volunteers who have moved on into the Media and pursued careers. Likewise he has lifted the skills of Volunteer Announcers with his training expertise, including his Production skills.

These Awards are a tribute to Bob, and the many hours that he freely volunteers to STEREO 974.

	LIVE ON THE INTERNET, WEB SITE STATISTICS FOR APRIL 2008 – 100,137 HITS	Posted: Mon 5th May 2008 - 02:52:24 PM
	"STEREO 974 is thrilled to announce that for the Month of APRIL 2008, we logged 100,137 HITS ON OUR WEB SITE. We have been streaming in STEREO live on the Internet for approx 2 Years. This has assisted communication with our culturally and linguistically diverse community throughout the World". It will also further heighten the dissemination of information in our role as an EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND RECOVERY BROADCASTER". Patient Television Sets have been programmed to receive STEREO 974 Programs at FOOTSCRAY, SUNSHINE and WILLIAMSTOWN HOSPITALS. This further creates awareness of STEREO 974, throughout not only the English speaking community of the Western Suburbs, but also the Non English speaking community via Ethnic Language Programming (Currently 58 HOURS PER WEEK Broadcasting in 12 Ethnic Languages). STEREO 974 has always had a flexible outlook towards programming, and our commitment to Emergency Response Broadcasting both in Ethnic and English Languages places us in a unique position whereby we can service the needs of our community and listeners. As a Volunteer based Not For Profit Incorporated Association, STEREO 974, would like to thank the Community Broadcasting Foundation Limited for their continued support. This support enables us to continue providing a quality broadcasting service to our Ethnic and English Language Listeners. It also gives Ethnic Communities, the opportunity to reach thousands of listeners who are not catered for in the main stream Media. Log onto http://www.stereo974.com/ to listen "LIVE IN STEREO" TO YOUR STATION STEREO 974.

	BEATLES PROGRAM CELEBRATES 700 PROGRAMS	Posted: Mon 28th Apr 2008 - 03:37:54 PM
	General Manager of STEREO 974 Mr Rod Boyd announced today that "STEREO 974 is thrilled that our BEATLES PROGRAM (10pm to 12 Midnight, MONDAYS), is celebrating their 700 PROGRAM TONIGHT. The Program which is presented and produced by GRAEME DICKENSON, and his team first went to air here at STEREO 974 on 25 SEPTEMBER 1992. Graeme and his team are dedicated Beatles fans and this reflects in the quality of their program. Graeme and his Team are to be congratulated on their efforts over a period of nearly 16 Years, again this typifies the dedication of our VOLUNTEERS here at STEREO 974.

	NEW PROGRAMMING INITIATIVE	Posted: Tue 8th Apr 2008 - 09:15:34 AM
	General Manager of STEREO 974 Mr Rod Boyd announced today that "STEREO 974 is thrilled to be announcing a new programming initiative which will commence on MONDAY 14 APRIL 2008." COUNTRY MUSIC with an emphasis on promoting Australian Country Music Artists and Industry will go to air 5 days a week from 9am to 6 pm. This will further enhance STEREO 974's commitment to the Local Music Industry. STEREO 974 has always had a flexible outlook towards programming which places us in a position whereby we can service the needs of our Community and Listeners. STEREO 974 adheres to our motto of – "by the community for the community". "For quite some time now Australian Country Music in Melbourne has not had a vehicle to receive the airplay that it deserves. STEREO 974 will now become this vehicle. So now Country Music has a home - at YOUR STATION STEREO 974."

COMMUNITY BROADCASTERS MUST STAND UP AND BE COUNTED

Posted: Tue 5th Feb 2008 - 01:44:14 PM

Community broadcasting in Australia is at the cross roads and strong leadership is required to ensure that community broadcasters are able to meet the demands of their communities in the 21st century Mr. Graeme Macartney President of the Southern Community Media Association said today.

"The role of community broadcasting has expanded since its inception and in some cases Community Radio is the only local electronic media in the community. Community Radio is a "Volunteer Driven Sector" that has been the heart and soul of community's right across our nation. Community Radio is diversity with ethnic programs, indigenous programs, special interest program, local news and information and the entire spectrum of musical genres. Our sector is catering to the Cultural and Linguistically Diverse Communities, and Emerging Communities an important part to play in our ever growing and evolving national melting pot. Give consideration to the role that community radio plays in the integration process of newly arrived people trying to understand and adapt to life in a new country especially with the Federal Governments Citizen Test. The essence of our sector is that community radio is by the community for the community and the ACMA is currently imposing an unrealistically high expectation on a sector that is not only volunteer driven but community committed.

This is particularly evident in times of natural disasters such as bushfires and floods. Government policy needs to be changed to encourage deregulating the industry to ensure that Community Broadcasters are able to respond to their local communities needs.

The guidelines currently being circulated by the Australian Communications and Media Authority will take the community broadcasting sector back 20 years Mr. Macartney said.

For far too long the sector has been represented by toothless organisations unwilling to make the hard decisions and stand up and be counted, if community radio is to survive as a strength within the broadcasting sector we need strong representation to government bodies and serious policy to ensure not only the sectors survival but it's continued growth.

The continually growing number of community licenses that have not or will not be renewed by the ACMA is of grave concern to the Community Broadcasting Sector and it would appear that the Authority have a agenda to reduce the sector and the role it plays within the community.

Mr. Macartney said that the Southern Community Media Association was committed to ensuring that community broadcasters we given the opportunity to provide a significant service to their communities. He called upon all Politicians and other sector bodies to work together to ensure the future of the Community Broadcasting Sector.

Over the last few years we have had many resources researching the sector both through the Community Broadcasting foundation and the House of Representatives inquiry into Community broadcasting. There is an urgent need to have the Australian Government adopt the recommendations of the report and we as an association call upon the Minister to not only adopt the findings of the House of representatives report but to expedite the implementation of those findings.

The time for Action has come; there is no time to continue talking about what should be done. More than ever it is evident that many communities are in danger of losing their local community radio station unless there is a change in current approach to the renewal process by those in positions of authority within the regulator body of Community Broadcasting. The damage that is being done will be extremely hard to repair with stations closing their doors and disposing of equipment there must be immediate action.

INMATES TEED UP WITH HOPE

Posted: Thu 29th Nov 2007 - 11:15:43 AM

STEREO 974 general manager Rod Boyd has been rewarded for "doin' time" with young prisoners to help them reintegrate with society.

The Deer Park resident co-founded the small business program called Serving Time at Port Phillip Prison's Penhyn Youth Unit, which screenprints T-shirts under the Doin' Time brand.

All profits made from the T-shirts go to the charities Kids Under Cover, Whitelion and the Good Friday Appeal.

Corrections Victoria awarded Mr Boyd a Community Work Partnership Supervisor Award on November 7 for his work with the program, which was given the Most Outstanding Location-based Project award.

The 57-year-old former policeman said the program started in 2005 after he and the Truganina prison's youth officer, Annie Hooker, thought of the idea.

"My idea is that the hope lies with the youth," Mr Boyd said.

"Although they've hit a hurdle, one day they're going through the front door of that prison and hopefully it's not a revolving door."

Mr Boyd said all of the 35 youths are assigned duties, which gave them life skills.

"The beautiful part about it is they support one another and we create that environment where everybody is putting in and helping everybody out," he said.

"The place is abuzz when we are printing the T-shirts.

"That's what makes it a pleasure to walk in there."

Mr Boyd said the program had sold "a good couple of thousand" of the T-shirts and raised $36,000 for charity.

He said that listeners of the western suburbs community radio station he ran had supported the program.

"We run a community announcement on air and one of our listeners heard about it and went out and sold $1300 worth of T-shirts," he said.

"It blew me away, it really did." Mr Boyd said this year a $13,000 step-down monitor was bought for the Royal Children's Hospital from money raised from the program.

"They couldn't bring it in, but God did they bring in some magic photos of it monitoring a prem baby," he said.

"That brought a tear to my eye because it was actually being utilised and it was helping that prem baby, so we are making a difference."

Corrections Commissioner Kelvin Anderson said Mr Boyd had been a terrific mentor to the young prisoners and helped them develop the skills they needed to embark on a crime-free life at the end of their sentences.

"Rod's achievements in working with young prisoners have been outstanding," he said.

"He has broken down barriers and stereotypes often held by young prisoners about police officers and authority figures." For more information visit the website http://www.servingtime.org/

Source: The Maribyrnong Leader, Nov 20 2007

	EX POLICE OFFICER HELPS YOUNG PRISONERS BREAK OUT OF OFFENDING CYCLE	Posted: Fri 9th Nov 2007 - 02:56:08 PM
	EX POLICE OFFICER HELPS YOUNG PRISONERS BREAK OUT OF OFFENDING CYCLE A former Victoria Police officer has been recognised for his voluntary work which has helped young prisoners reintegrate into society. Corrections Commissioner, Kelvin Anderson, said Rod Boyd had won the Supervisor Award at the Community Work Partnership Awards 2007 for his volunteer work with prisoners from Port Phillip Prison’s Youth Unit. Mr Anderson said Rod had been a terrific mentor to the young prisoners and helped them develop the skills they needed to embark on a crime-free life at the end of their sentences. "Rod’s achievements in working with young prisoners have been outstanding. He has broken down barriers and stereotypes often held by young prisoners about police officers and other authority figures. "As well as being heavily involved in the unit’s Small Business Program, Rod often attends court and is a familiar face on the prisoners’ release," he said. Mr Anderson said under Rod’s guidance the Small Business Program had raised more than $36,000, all of which was donated to the community. The Community Work Partnership Awards were established in 1999 to recognise and celebrate the outstanding partnerships forged between Corrections Victoria and the community. The awards were open to all Community Correctional Service (CCS) offices - which supervised and managed offenders on parole or court imposed orders - and prisons. They were judged by a 15-strong panel which included magistrates, academics and representatives from victims of crime groups and not for profit organisations. In 2006-2007 prisoners and offenders performed more than 710,000 hours of unpaid work, valued at approximately $15.6 million. "This year we received more than 80 entries from CCS offices and prisons from across the state," Mr Anderson said. Roland Wade was named runner up in the Supervisor category for his voluntary work with Ballarat CCS. Mr Anderson encouraged anyone interested in volunteering with Corrections Victoria to contact their local prison or CCS offices. Contact details can be found at www.justice.vic.gov.au The 2007 Community Works Partnerships Award winners are: Most Outstanding New Project: Dhurringile Prison and Goulburn Valley Football Umpires Association Local Council/Local Shire Initiative: Beechworth Correctional Centre and Indigo Shire Council Educational Institution/Educational Program: Reservoir Community Correctional Services and Preston Reservoir Adult Community Education Environmental Projects: Dhurringile Prison and Department of Sustainability and Environment Projects Involving Special Category Offenders/Prisoners: Broadmeadows Community Correctional Services and Victorian P-12 College of Koorie Education Water Saving Programs (Prisons): Dame Phyllis Frost Centre and City West Water Water Saving Programs (CCS Locations): Werribee/Newport Community Correctional Services and Altona North Primary School Supervisor Award: Port Phillip Prison and Rod Boyd Field Officer/Staff/Location/Region: Dhurringile Prison and Senior Prison Officer Steve Herbert Most Outstanding Location Based Project: Joint winners - Port Phillip Prison and Doin' Time and Beechworth Correctional Centre and Healesville Sanctuary – Raptor Program

	STEREO 974 LIVE ON THE INTERNET. WEB SITE STATISTICS FOR OCTOBER 2007	Posted: Thu 1st Nov 2007 - 12:21:33 PM
	"STEREO 974 is thrilled to announce that for the Month of OCTOBER 2007, we logged 105,944 HITS ON OUR WEB SITE. We have been streaming in STEREO live on the Internet for approx 2 Years. This has assisted communication with our culturally and linguistically diverse community throughout the World". It will also further heighten the dissemination of information in our role as an EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND RECOVERY BROADCASTER". Patient Television Sets have been programmed to receive STEREO 974 Programs at FOOTSCRAY, SUNSHINE and WILLIAMSTOWN HOSPITALS. This further creates awareness of STEREO 974, throughout not only the English speaking community of the Western Suburbs, but also the Non English speaking community via Ethnic Language Programming (Currently 60 HOURS PER WEEK Broadcasting in 10 Ethnic Languages). STEREO 974 has always had a flexible outlook towards programming, and our commitment to Emergency Response Broadcasting both in Ethnic and English Languages places us in a unique position whereby we can service the needs of our community and listeners. Log onto www.stereo974.com to listen "LIVE IN STEREO" TO YOUR STATION STEREO 974.

	GARDEN CLINIC OB	Posted: Thu 18th Oct 2007 - 12:53:12 PM
	On Saturday November 3rd, our Garden Clinic program with television celebrity gardener Graham Ross and his daughter Linda will be broadcasting LIVE between 11am and 1pm from station sponsor Auman’s Nursery 756 Plenty road South Morang. So come along and meet the Garden Clinic team, that’s Saturday November 3rd, 11am till 1pm.

GARDENING MOVES INTO THE GARDEN STATE

Posted: Tue 11th Sep 2007 - 03:47:33 PM

Gardening moves into the Garden State
Australia's most successful gardening radio show, the Garden Clinic™, presented by TV's celebrity gardener Graham Ross, is expanding into the Melbourne radio market with the September 2007 launch of The Garden Clinic™ on Melbourne's Stereo 974.

This new programme will be broadcast live from the Melbourne studios every Saturday between 11am – 1pm, beginning Saturday 22nd September 2007.

With over 27 years of onair experience, the Garden Clinic™ will become the largest commercial gardening radio network in Australia with a cumulative audience of over half-a-million listeners every week.

The Garden Clinic™ is "first aid for your garden", a source of expert help for a community of gardeners. The programme will answer gardeners' questions, present weekly segments including Potted Garden, Bush Garden, Vegie Patch, What's On, What to do this Week and Plant of the Week and will invite regular guests.

With this new programme, The Garden Clinic will encourage and inspire gardeners and so support the horticultural industry in Victoria.

With over $3 million in prizes given away to listeners over 27 years, gardeners in Melbourne are excited to have the opportunity to learn more about their garden, solve their gardening problems and win great prizes every week.

"I am delighted to have this opportunity to broadcast
live from the studios of Stereo 974 in Melbourne. I
know there is a huge audience for Better Homes &
Gardens. I look forward to this chance to speak to
more gardeners each week about what's happening
in their garden and help solve the problems to make
gardens grow better, and flower longer."

WANGARATTA PRODUCTION WORKSHOP

Posted: Thu 6th Sep 2007 - 04:05:04 PM

On Saturday 1 September 2007 our Bob Taylor conducted a Production workshop at Wangaratta, where over 40 Volunteers involved in Community Radio Stations from Victoria and New South Wales attended. The session was organised by the Southern Community Media Association.

Bob managed to get Rod Boyd involved in the workshop and it was a dynamic and informative training session.

Bob talked on most aspects of production from copywriting through to the dynamics of production and held all in attendance mesmerized with the wealth of experience and knowledge that he has.

Ray Hazen (C.E.O. Southern Community Media Association) said, "One of the things that I feel was stand out for this workshop was the little asides and anecdotal examples that came from Bob's obvious deep knowledge and experience. They made the examples he gave come to life and easily absorbed by all those present. Every one in attendance was impressed with the workshop and presenters of the workshop and it is clear that the members of Community Radio Stations, appreciate the opportunities to learn and gain knowledge that the association puts together by way of workshops. Several stations asked that the workshops be repeated in opposite states in the near future and the SCMA is looking into that possibility".

	STEREO 974 LIVE ON THE INTERNET - WEB SITE STATISTICS FOR AUGUST 2007 - 78,049 HITS.	Posted: Thu 6th Sep 2007 - 04:02:49 PM
	"STEREO 974 is thrilled to announce that for the Month of SEPTEMBER 2007, we logged 78,049 HITS ON OUR WEB SITE. We have been streaming in STEREO live on the Internet for approx 18 Months. This has assisted communication with our culturally and linguistically diverse community throughout the World". It will also further heighten the dissemination of information in our role as an EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND RECOVERY BROADCASTER". Patient Television Sets have been programmed to receive STEREO 974 Programs at FOOTSCRAY, SUNSHINE and WILLIAMSTOWN HOSPITALS. This further creates awareness of STEREO 974, throughout not only the English speaking community of the Western Suburbs, but also the Non English speaking community via Ethnic Language Programming (Currently 58 HOURS PER WEEK Broadcasting in 12 Ethnic Languages). STEREO 974 has always had a flexible outlook towards programming, and our commitment to Emergency Response Broadcasting both in Ethnic and English Languages places us in a unique position whereby we can service the needs of our community and listeners. As a Volunteer based Not For Profit Incorporated Association, STEREO 974, would like to thank the Community Broadcasting Foundation Limited for their continued support. This support enables us to continue providing a quality broadcasting service to our Ethnic and English Language Listeners. It also gives Ethnic Communities, the opportunity to reach thousands of listeners who are not catered for in the main stream Media. Log onto www.stereo974.com to listen "LIVE IN STEREO" TO YOUR STATION STEREO 974.

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