Community Radio

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100.1 2HHH with some lengthily intermittent audio dropouts past couple of days. :confused:

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3923

The finalists for the 2025 Community Broadcasting Awards have been announced! This year’s entries were as exciting as ever, with over 260 spanning more than 20 categories.

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Listening to Fresh 92.7 this morning and the most recent ad break featured Harvey Norman, Sydney Tools, SA Police recruitment, all agency ads. Good on 'em for getting major ‘sponsors’.

Should we really still be required to adopt the ‘sponsor’ tag on ads on community radio? It’s a bit of a silly, legalistic, regulatory anachronism. Particularly outdated when paired with national advertisers. Time for an ACMA change methinks.

Speaking of Fresh, wow, Lukie has been cranking it this morning! Currently pounding out Indestructible by Becky Hill - sounding so good. This is what Wild would have sounded like had it survived:

My People - The Presets

Sep 13, 09:43

Turn Back Time (Retrospect) (Radio Edit) - Kokiri

Sep 13, 09:40

Desire - Ian Asher, Olly Alexander

Sep 13, 09:38

All Good - Catching Cairo, MANIA

Sep 13, 09:35

System - Odd Mob, OMNOM, HYPERBEAM

Sep 13, 09:30

If I Lose Myself - OneRepublic

Sep 13, 09:26

Blackberries - FISHER, bbyclose

Sep 13, 09:24

Sleepyhead 2025 - Passion Pit/Sofi Tukker

Sep 13, 09:16

Edge of Desire - Jonas Blue, Malive

Sep 13, 09:14

Don’t Forget My Love - Diplo/Miguel

Sep 13, 09:11

Wash Over (feat. RIZ LA VIE, Benni Ola) - What So Not/Daktyl

Sep 13, 09:06

All My Life - Purple Disco Machine, The Magician

Sep 13, 09:04

Higher Power - Gryffin, Lavern, AR/CO

Sep 13, 09:01

Boomerang (Round & Round) - DJ S.K.T, Jem Cooke

Sep 13, 08:57

Running feat. KLP - Dombresky/CHANEY

Sep 13, 08:54

Life - Jamie xx, Robyn

Sep 13, 08:50

Love It - HVRDVR

Sep 13, 08:48

MAGNETIC - Sigma/Julia Church

Sep 13, 08:45

As the Rush Comes - Motorcycle

Sep 13, 08:41

Unforgettable - Alok, Daecolm, Malou

Sep 13, 08:38

Location - Zerb/Ty Dolla $ign/Wiz Khalifa

Sep 13, 08:36

1-800 - bbno$/Ironmouse

Sep 13, 08:33

Last All Night (Koala) - Oliver Heldens

Sep 13, 08:29

iPod Touch - Ninajirachi

Sep 13, 08:26

Don’t Care Much (For Dancing) - Dave Winnel/Alex Hosking

Sep 13, 08:23

A New Day (feat. Celine Dion) - Sebastian Ingrosso, Celine Dion

Sep 13, 08:16

You - Dom Dolla

Sep 13, 08:12

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I think so, some of them like Fresh sound pretty slick (I did listen to them for a bit when in Adelaide last week, they play some good songs too) and would pass for a commercial station without some kind of reminder (like the “station sponsor” tags) that they are still a not for profit community station.

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Yeah. Good point. Actually the more I think about it, the more that makes sense. Not just because they have a community licence, but also because they’d be getting government grants on the basis of their NFP status.

I guess I was just thinking about the sponsor tags impeding their slick sound.

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3927

Maybe just say it after each block of ads - “station sponsors”?

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3928

Remembering Former Hope Media Chair and TV Legend Roger Climpson OAM: 1931-2025

Australian media icon and faithful leader of Hope Media Roger Climpson passed away peacefully early yesterday at 1am, aged 93.

Roger was best known for his decades-long work in radio and TV, hosting Seven Network shows This Is Your Life (1977–1980) and true crime reenactment series Australia’s Most Wanted (1997-1999). He also presented Sydney’s 2GB afternoon shift from 1977, and anchored Sydney’s Seven News between 1989 and 1994.

However, it was Roger’s strong Christian faith — “his love for God” and “love for communicating” — that saw him Chair the Board of the Christian Broadcasting Association (as Hope Media was known at the time) in 1995.

He steadfastly served the Sydney listening community for two decades before handing over the reins to former Hope Media Chair Stephen O’Doherty in 2005.

Hope Media CEO Phillip Randall said “Roger left a legacy of love, faith and vision at Hope Media. So much so, it’s virtually impossible to sum it all up in a few words”.

https://hope1032.com.au/faith/remembering-roger-climpson-oam-1931-2025/

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3929

What FM community stations in Melbourne are mostly talkback?

Random Radio
3930

Can’t detect any signal from 100.7 WOW-FM Western Sydney at the moment.

Anyone heard any gossip about the station recently?

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I’ll try and find out through someone who knows someone, who knows someone….etc etc.

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3932

A quick online seaerch came up with this. Looks like they’re finished!

Mark Gould Music Site

NOTIFICATION
	  
	Dear Listeners,
	Radio station WOW-FM 100.7 at St. Marys has been the community station
	for the Nepean Valley and Lower Blue Mountains for many years.
	Sadly, the station is no longer able to meet its financial obligations and
 	has appointed liquidators. This development has come as a shock to its
	presenters, all of whom have lost their shows. It has, of course, also
	impacted my own Saturday Night Rock and Roll Party Show, which will no
	longer be heard on WOW-FM.
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3933

This has also appeared on a Google search

2770 Community Watch And Surrounds. **The original** | What is happening with wow fm radio StMarys I hear it is closing down | Facebook

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3934

Thanks for those posts. The end of 100.7 Wow FM…

I assume the plug was pulled late last week (past few days).

3935

I guess we’ll now have a long drawn-out process to re-allocate the license to a new group, similar to what happened in Windsor a few years ago.

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AM and FM DX (2015-2025)
3936

Yes. I was thinking the same thing, if there’s interest?

Thinking about closure of 97.4 3WRB in Melbourne, years later this remains a vacant frequency.

In the meantime hopefully the frequency stays vacant over the summer for the Sydney dxers :grin:

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I didn’t think their signal got out very well anyway… even during strong Sydney tropo when nearly every other Sydney community station is loud and clear, 100.7 was still fairly weak for me.

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3938

For a long while (most of this year at least) the signal was very weak.

But early in the peace signal certainly was healthy & blocked most or many dx opportunities.

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AM and FM DX (2015-2025)
3939

I remember listening to it Friday morning when I forgot it existed and tried to get Triple M Port Macquarie.

hit102.3 didn’t come in though so I’m pretty sure it wasn’t Triple M

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A new update from Mark Gould Music Site

	Community radio WOW-FM 100.7 at St. Marys ceased transmission on radio and the 
	Internet on 17th. Septemeber. Options for the statiom's future will be decided
	upon by members at a forthcoming meeting.
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3941

3CR and 3RRR have talkback shows.