Community Radio Network - Program Guide & Schedule

2RDJ

Transporting you to all of the hidden, and sometimes more obvious, corners of the world.

Plays: Saturdays 21:00
Duration: 55’50
Tags: Hip-Hop, R&B and Soul

DJ D, Australia’s Premier Turntablist, creates a mix on the 1200s (turntables) using a DVS (digital vinyl system), 12” or 7” vinyl, with original samples of tracks played taking us on a journey through the decades, from the 1950s to now. 

2RDJ

Transporting you to all of the hidden, and sometimes more obvious, corners of the world.

Plays: Saturdays 22:00
Duration: 55’50
Tags: Hip-Hop, R&B and Soul

A project of 1200 Degrees and DJ D, 1200 Twelves is a DJ mix spun by one of 100 DJs from around the globe who were tasked with creating a mix from 12 of their 12” vinyl records, all adding up to 1200 twelves. Each episode will feature 1-2 DJs mixing live with minimal talk breaks in between.

THE PULSE

Songs too good to forget

Plays: Wednesday 22:00 (Side A); 22:56 (45RPM Xtra); 23:00 (Side B)
Duration: 2 x 55’50 (Xtra runs 04’10)
Tags: Nostalgia; Pop

Saltgrass is produced on Djaara country in Central Victoria, Australia Each episode is a new story, a different angle and a fresh voice. In-depth interviews featuring everyday folk; farmers, psychologists, ecologists, artists, change agents, scientists and concerned citizens – talking about what can be done about the climate crisis at a local level.

Interviews with the music makers of the 60s 70s and 80s

Plays: Tuesday 04:00
Duration: 2x 18’00, 1x 16’00
Tags: Arts and Culture; Australian Music

A light and breezy mix of music, interviews and interesting stories from the worlds of music and entertainment. Sandy’s warm, relaxed, magazine takes listeners behind the scenes and features informal chats with our favourite musicians and moviemakers. We meet international
superstars and up and coming locals. Showcasing their work, loves and lives.

FINE MUSIC 102.5FM

The best contemporary & nostalgic jazz

Plays: Saturday 17:00
Repeats: Thursday 02:00
Duration: 55’50
Tags: Jazz

Barry O’Sullivan presents the very best in contemporary reflective and nostalgic music in the jazz form from swing to bebop to mainstream and free form. The program features recorded music from Australian and international performers plus frequent interviews with music makers.

3CR

A voice for underrepresented women

Plays: Tuesday 13:32
Repeats: Thursday 01:04 (only on CRN-2 Night Talks)
Duration: 27’50
Tags: News and Current Affairs; Society and Politics

A project of 1200 Degrees and DJ D, 1200 Twelves is a DJ mix spun by one of 100 DJs from around the globe who were tasked with creating a mix from 12 of their 12” vinyl records, all adding up to 1200 twelves. Each episode will feature 1-2 DJs mixing live with minimal talk breaks in between.

NEMBC

An exclusive preview for each weekend of the season

Plays: Friday 14:04
Run: From March to December of 2024 season
Duration: 27’50 each
Tags: Sport; Limited Series
Notes/sponsorship: Only available during the AFL Premiership season

NEMBC’s award-winning AFL Multicultural Football Show is dedicated to the diversity of AFL footy. Bounce off the weekend’s action with match reviews, previews and news with an emphasis on the League’s ethnic and diversity issues and personalities. Produced in the 3ZZZ studios and co-funded by the CBF, AFL and NEMBC.

FBI RADIO, SYN & 3RRR

New Australian storytelling

Plays: Tuesday 20:00
Repeats: Monday 10:04, Thursday 13:04 and Thursday 22:04 (only on CRN-2 Night Talks)
Duration: 27’50
Tags: Storytelling and Documentary
Notes/sponsorship: Contains occasional strong themes and/or language. Presenter warnings provided.

A program devoted to new Australian storytelling. Produced by FBi Radio in Sydney, in association with SYN and 3RRR in Melbourne. Hear short form documentaries, personal narratives and creative audio from across the country.

Analysis & views mainstream media ignores

Plays: Monday 09:04
Repeats: Wednesday 23:04 (only on CRN-2 Night Talks)
Duration: 55’50
Tags: Society and Politics

Independent, unembedded, and exclusive to community radio. For over 30 years Alternative Radio has been putting audiences in touch with a different perspective on international issues. Featuring such speakers as Noam Chomsky, John Pilger, Naomi Klein, Arundhati Roy and Tariq Ali, AR offers you the chance to hear voices and views that are marginalized or ignored by the mainstream media.

3CR

Radio’s most vocal anarchist

Plays: Wednesday 10:04
Duration: 55’50
Tags: News and Current Affairs; Society and Politics

After 40 years on-air, Anarchist World This Week remains Australia’s only nationwide broadcast delivering current affair analysis from a non-hierarchical anarchist viewpoint. Join host Dr. Joe Toscano in an entertaining alternative to commentary on public and corporate owned radio. He provides an analysis that no other program does, examining events from a nonauthoritarian egalitarian perspective.

Arts and culture current affairs radio

Plays: Monday 16:04
Repeats: Saturday 12:04; Thursday 23:04 (Thurs repeat only on CRN-2 Night Talks)
Duration: 55’50
Tags: Arts and Culture
Sponsorship/notes: 1 min per edition - start and end

Arts Alive has a national perspective, actively seeking stories from all parts of Australia and occasionally from NZ and Singapore. The show is structured in three parts: news and current events, the guest of the week - authors, writers, actors, painters or administrators - and a review of some current film, book or play.

2RRR

New local and independent Aussie music

Plays: Monday 21:00
Repeats: Saturday 03:00
Duration: 55’50
Tags: Australian Music; Blues and Rock; Pop

Focusing on new local and independent Australian music and giving much needed exposure to artists who do not gain airplay through mainstream media. From rock to pop, blues to folk, hip hop to funk, so long as it’s Australian, there’s a good chance you’ll hear it on Aussie Music Weekly.

AMRAP/CBAA

Great Australian artists playing great Australian music

Plays: Friday 10:32
Duration: 27’50
Tags: Australian Music

Featuring topline Aussie acts talking up and playing their recent Australian music faves, Australian Music Is Bloody Great is a great way not only to discover the incredible range of sounds being produced here, but also a reminder to share them and support our artists.

The sounds of Memphis

Plays: Tuesday 23:00
Repeats: Thursday 04:00; Sunday 02:00
Duration: 59’50
Tags: Blues and Rock
Sponsorship/notes: 15 seconds of sponsorship, at start of each edition.

The most widely distributed blues radio program in the world attracts more than 3 million listeners each week. Produced in the home of the blues and the birthplace of rock & roll, Beale Street Caravan covers the world with The Sounds of Memphis. Each week, our audience experiences the heartfelt sounds and colourful stories of Memphis music in intimate, live-in-concert performances.

PARADISE FM

A Heart Journey through the genres of blues roots and country

Plays: Saturday 18:00
Duration: Three parts: 18’00, 18’00 and 16’00
Tags: Rock and Blues, Country, Australian Music

Blues Roots N Boots explores the three genres that have come to underpin most of what we listen to today. With a focus on revealing the depth of talent that exists in Australia within these music forms Blues Roots N Boots is unashamedly weighted in its content to Australian artists while allowing room for the best of what is available from the international scene.

JOY 94.9

Giving a 1-UP to diversity in gaming!

Plays: Tuesday 19:04
Duration: 55’50
Tags: Arts and Culture; LGBITQ

A CBAA Community Radio Award winner! With the games industry changing often, it’s our goal to make sure you’re aware of the stories that matter! With coverage of all the latest major releases and hardhitting discussions, the show is all about keeping you up to date and breaking down one of the most popular medias in the world.

2SER

Indie pop goodness that sparkles and shines!

Plays: Sunday 17:00
Repeats: Saturday 04:00
Duration: 55’50
Tags: Blues and Rock; Pop

Featuring topline Aussie acts talking up and playing their recent Australian music faves, Australian Music Is Bloody Great is a great way not only to discover the incredible range of sounds being produced here, but also a reminder to share them and support our artists.

EASTSIDE FM

Your weekly guide to the movies

Plays: Thursday 13:04
Repeats: Thursday 18:04
Duration: 27’50
Tags: Arts and Culture

Whatever the genre, whoever the star, Cinemascape will pass judgement. Hear interviews with the makers, reviews, plus passionate and informed discussion about every aspect of new releases. One reviewer’s popcorn gold could be another’s celluloid nightmare, but we take into account all cinematic tastes.

Indie/alternative/new wave/other

Plays: Thursday 23:00
Repeats: Saturday 02:00
Duration: 59’50
Tags: Blues and Rock; Pop

The long-running left-of-centre specialist music program hosted by Andrew Lambkin. Beginning on 2RDJ-FM, Burwood NSW from 1988 until 2002, it has been produced directly from CRN’s studios since October 1999. That’s closing on 30 continuous years of volunteer-radio music programmes from someone who must love music quite a bit. Great music with a sense of history; wide reading for your record collection.

3BBR

Music of the World

Plays: Thursday 16:04 and repeats Saturday at 19:00
Duration: 55’50
Tags: World Music; Roots and Reggae

Music of the World; cross-cultural, traditional, acoustic, trance, electronic, folk and singer-songwriters; with new and forthcoming releases — distinctive global music outside the mainstream.

A celebration of fatherhood and masculinity

Plays: Thursday 09:04
Repeats: Tuesday 22:32 on CRN-2 Night Talks
Duration: 27’50
Tags: Society and Politics; Lifestyle and Community

A fascinating insight into mainstream society’s shifting attitudes towards fathers and fatherhood, the program features informative and entertaining conversations with a wide range of experts and interesting people. Dads on the Air also gives a voice to less represented groups in our community such as incarcerated dads, Indigenous dads and gay dads.

RADIO ADELAIDE

Showcasing the very best ATSI HipHop, RnB & Soul music from around Australia

Plays: Friday 23:00
Repeats: Monday 01:00
Duration: 55’50
Tags: Hip Hop and R&B and Soul

Whatever the genre, whoever the star, Cinemascape will pass judgement. Hear interviews with the makers, reviews, plus passionate and informed discussion about every aspect of new releases. One reviewer’s popcorn gold could be another’s celluloid nightmare, but we take into account all cinematic tastes.

1WAY FM

Australia’s gospel hip hop show

Plays: Friday 20:00
Repeats: Friday 01:00
Duration: 55’50
Tags: Hip Hop and R&B and Soul

Positive hip hop. Playing real hip-hop from Christian artists, to Australia and beyond! This music has reached the unreachable and touched the untouchable which is the definition of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Independant international media action

Plays: Wednesday 01:00
Duration: 59’00
Tags: News and Current Affairs

US public radio’s award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman & Juan Gonzalez. Access people and perspectives rarely heard in the corporate-sponsored media: international journalists, ordinary people directly affected by U.S. foreign policy, grassroots leaders & peace activists, artists, academics & independent analysts. Hear real debates-between people who substantially disagree, such as White House or Pentagon spokespeople & grassroots activists.

New, hard, pop, historic & silly science

Plays: Thursdays 13:04
Repeats: Wednesday 01:04 (only on CRN-2 Night Talks)
Duration: 27’50
Tags: Science and Technology

A fascinating insight into mainstream society’s shifting attitudes towards fathers and fatherhood, the program features informative and entertaining conversations with a wide range of experts and interesting people. Dads on the Air also gives a voice to less represented groups in our community such as incarcerated dads, Indigenous dads and gay dads.

2SER

Roots and roll

Plays: Friday 04:00
Repeats: Friday 14:04; Saturday 10:04 Duration: 55’50
Tags: Blues and Rock; Roots and Reggae; Country and Folk

Whatever the genre, whoever the star, Cinemascape will pass judgement. Hear interviews with the makers, reviews, plus passionate and informed discussion about every aspect of new releases. One reviewer’s popcorn gold could be another’s celluloid nightmare, but we take into account all cinematic tastes.

2MWM

A weekly radio show about money, finance and investing

Plays: Tuesday 10:04
Duration: 27’50
Tags: Business and Industry

Positive hip hop. Playing real hip-hop from Christian artists, to Australia and beyond! This music has reached the unreachable and touched the untouchable which is the definition of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

2RRR

Music from the first half of the 20th century

Plays: Sunday 9:04 and repeats Tuesday at 14:04
Duration: 55’50
Tags: Nostalgia

For music from the first half of the 20th century join host Streamer as she takes you ‘down memory lane.’ Hear those great tracks..crooners, big bands, vintage comedy, and sing-along favourites.

3CR

Environmental justice stories

Plays: Saturday 09:32
Repeats: Monday 13:32; Thursday 00:32 (only on CRN-2 Night Talks)
Duration: 27’50
Tags: News and Current Affairs; Environment and Nature; Society and Politics

Broadcast nationally since 1996, Earth Matters presents local, national and international grassroots perspectives on environmental concerns. Hear a wide variety of voices and stories on nature conservation, environmental justice, mining, water, pollution and government policy. Be updated on campaigns and the movement for a more sustainable future.

4EB

Grassroots issues viewed from a multicultural perspective

Plays: Saturday 08:04
Duration: 27’50
Tags: News and Current Affairs

Whatever the genre, whoever the star, Cinemascape will pass judgement. Hear interviews with the makers, reviews, plus passionate and informed discussion about every aspect of new releases. One reviewer’s popcorn gold could be another’s celluloid nightmare, but we take into account all cinematic tastes.

2SER

Your essential dose of books, writing & literary culture

Plays: Thursdays 18:00
Duration: 27’50
Tags: Arts and Culture

Every week we feature interviews with Australian authors that get to the heart of their work, as well as festival, events and all the news you need to understand the world of Australian letters. Final Draft is committed to supporting a strong and diverse culture of storytelling by elevating the voices of debut authors, indigenous authors & writers of colour. We understand the importance of the stories we tell in shaping the world in which we live and seek to get to the heart of what Australia’s literary culture tells us about out world.

Fine Music 102.5/3MBS/4MBS/5MBS

Exclusive live performances

Plays: Sunday 18:00
Repeats: Saturday 04:00
Duration: 55’50
Tags: Classical and Stage

For music from the first half of the 20th century join host Streamer as she takes you ‘down memory lane.’ Hear those great tracks..crooners, big bands, vintage comedy, and sing-along favourites.

Music without borders

Plays: Thursday 18:04
Repeats: Monday 00:06
Duration: 55’50
Tags: Pop; Roots and Reggae; Electronic and Experimental

World music with a difference – a musical carpet ride for armchair travellers. Habib Massad presents a celebration of cultural diversity that features music from all corners of the globe.

20s & 30s popular & unpopular music

Plays: Sunday 20:00
Duration: 59’50
Tags: Nostalgia; Jazz

Since March 1978! Vintage music from the 20s & 30s, or more precisely, 1926- 1937: jazz, big bands, and some Australian bands, personalities and music from the movies. Monthly specials highlight a personality or a band, a vocalist, musician, some relevant calendar event, perhaps a type of music or dance.

94.7 THE PULSE GEELONG

Music for enjoyable listening

Plays: Sunday 12:04
Repeats: Tuesday 03:00
Duration: 55’50
Tags: Jazz

Every week we feature interviews with Australian authors that get to the heart of their work, as well as festival, events and all the news you need to understand the world of Australian letters. Final Draft is committed to supporting a strong and diverse culture of storytelling by elevating the voices of debut authors, indigenous authors & writers of colour. We understand the importance of the stories we tell in shaping the world in which we live and seek to get to the heart of what Australia’s literary culture tells us about out world.

It’s a gas! The top 10... from when?

Plays: Monday 20:00
Repeats: Sunday 03:00
Duration: 59’50
Tags: Nostalgia; Pop

Looking at the best of the charts from this week… in a year between 1960 and 1999! Hosts William Brougham and Barry McKay also bring the year alive with trivia about the songs in the charts at the time. Don’t miss It’s Time - or your memory won’t forgive you!

2MBS Fine Music Sydney

Let creativity speak!

Plays: Friday 14:04
Duration: 55’50
Tags: Arts and Culture, Classical and Stage

Each week presenter Simon Moore spends an hour in conversation with one of the greatest musicians, singers, composers, or conductors, along with up-and-comers and others who influence our arts landscape.

2SER

Supporting Australians on the inside

Plays: Wednesday 18:32
Duration: 27’50
Tags: Society and Politics

Jailbreak reaches out to listeners on the inside and connects people and families in the community who feel isolated, separated or caught up in the criminal justice system. Jailbreak’s keeping you company with stories and music you can relate to! Check out our Facebook page - search for ‘2ser Jailbreak’.

Valley FM

Classic and rare sounds

Plays: Saturday 19:00
Duration: 55’50
Tags: Blues and Rock, R&B, Soul

Coming to us from Valley FM in Canberra, Jump Children is a music show encompassing Blues, Vintage R&B, and Soul with some stories behind the music, as well as performer interviews.

TRIPLE A MURRI COUNTRY

First Nations issues from a First Nations standpoint

Plays: Monday 18:04
Duration: 55’50
Tags: Indigenous; Society and Politics

National Indigenous talk show focusing on current affairs and issues of importance to Indigenous people. This program is Murri Country’s flagship program and is listened to by a large Indigenous audience in Brisbane and around the country via the National Indigenous Radio Service, and now the Community Radio Network.

3CR

Australia’s top band parade

Plays: Monday 14:04
Repeats: Thursday 03:00
Duration: 55’50
Tags: Classical and Stage

Much-loved show featuring a cavalcade of the best brass, military, pipe and concert bands from around the world, playing the best and widest selections from the band repertoire, as well as playing listener requests.

DEUTSCHE WELLE

Environment stories from around the world

Plays: Tuesday 12:30
Duration: 30’00
Tags: Environment and Nature

An award winning environment program produced by our partner Deutsche Welle. Explore topics that touch our lives every day, from the food we eat to the waste from products we consume - not to mention all creatures great and small.

3CR

Lose yourself in a world of science

Plays: Thursday 13:32
Repeats: Saturday 9:32; Wednesday 00:32 (only on CRN-2 Night Talks)
Duration: 27’50
Tags: Science and Technology

As you may expect, it’s a science program! Its presenters are happily lost in a world of science and are excited to present to listeners a gamut of interesting and engaging information on the latest science news and issues, along with some of their own interests and areas of expertise.

2RRR

Storytelling in a unique way

Plays: Saturday 12:00
Duration: 55’50
Tags: Arts & Culture

The legendary film critic Roger Ebert described movies as “… a machine that generates empathy.” Some movies can change the way we see the world, like the 2004 movie The Day After Tomorrow, which helped increase climate change awareness. Meet Me At The Movies isn’t just about a movie, it’s also about the narrative of the actors, directors and composers with soundtracks, weaving through their stories.

2SER

Mostly chilled-out, mostly electronic

Plays: Friday 18:04
Repeats: Sunday 16:04 and Tuesday 21:00
Duration: 55’50
Tags: Electronic & Experimental

Music for Beaches is the product of a musical journey through the landscape of all kinds of dance music from the last 5 decades... or thereabouts. An almost spiritual experience on a dance floor one Sunday afternoon in the midst of Acid House is the feeling that drives MFB. The music selection is wide & varied but is mostly chilled out, mostly electronic, sometimes Balearic but always beautiful music for chilled souls.

NIRS

Indigenous magazine show

Plays: Monday 12:30
Duration: up to 25’00
Tags: News and Current Affairs; Indigenous
Sponsorship/notes: Approximately 1 minute of sponsorship per edition.

An Indigenous-produced and presented magazine-style news and current affairs program, providing a platform for in-depth coverage of issues affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. The program provides a balance to a lot of mainstream coverage of Indigenous issues, informing and entertaining all Australians about these issues.

Take a bite out of ‘The Big Apple’

Plays: Wednesday 19:04
Repeats: Wednesday 02:00
Duration: 1’55’50
Tags: Jazz; Nostalgia

“Our musical bag is nostalgia” says Tom Parker in his trip down memory lane, showcasing the very best in jazz from New York and cities across the USA. All the great names are there, from the 40s through to the current era, remembered with stories and anecdotes contributed by Tom and his listeners. Cast yourself into a world of ‘late night’ American jazz clubs and be charmed for two hours by a man of style and eloquence who lives in New York but still calls Australia home.

BAY FM

Celebrating all colours of the rainbow

Plays: Currently not playing
Duration: 55’50
Tags: News and Current Affairs; LGBTIQA+; Society and Politics

Not thinking straight is a broadcast for everyone, and is a celebration of the LGBTQIA+ community. The program features chats with LGBTQIA+ community members, artists, performers, activistis, and legends, showcasing stories about what’s happening across the rainbow spectrum.

3RRR

More old-fashioned than ever before

Plays: Saturday 16:04
Repeats: Thursday 22:00
Duration: 59’50
Tags: Blues and Rock; Country and Folk

Roots music from around the world with veteran presenter Brian Wise. New releases & classic reissues from across the roots music spectrum. Regular interviews with local and international musicians on-location at music festivals and stageside, plus special in-studio performances. A multiple CBAA award-winner!

6DBY

Giving voice to the First Nations people of the Kimberley and throughout Australia

Plays: Saturday 13:00
Duration: 55’50
Tags:A Current Affairs; Indigenous

A current affairs program looking at issues effecting First Nations people from a First Nations point of view. Giving voice to the First Nations people of the Kimberley and throughout Australia connecting through story and culture. Features interviews and music from prominent members of the First Nations community hosted by Jodi Ryder a proud Ballardong, Bibbulmun Whadjuk & Yued Noongar woman with connections to the Jaru people of the East Kimberley.

2NSB

Where motoring, transport & culture meet

Plays: Saturday 11:04
Repeats: Saturday 00:32 (only on CRN-2 Night Talks)
Duration: 27’50
Tags: Business and Industry

An informed, humorous and irreverent look at motoring and transport from Australia and overseas. Features regular interviews with industry insiders and those well-placed for insightful comment. Each program has the following segments: News; Interview; Road Test; Quirky News.

2NSB NORTHSIDE RADIO

A weekly tip into the vinyl vault

Plays: Friday 19:04
Repeats: Friday 00:06
Duration: 55’50
Tags: Nostalgia; Pop
Sponsorship: 30 seconds per edition; 15 seconds at start, 15 seconds at end.

Jane Arakawa enters Pop Heads Musicologist Roddy Lee’s Vault of Vinyl to be taken back to a time and place that reflects the theme of each weekly program. Over the hour they inform and entertain on the songs, musicians and songwriters of the vinyl years 1950s to the 1980s.

3WBC & SBN

Young voices for our planet

Plays: Tuesday 16:04
Duration: 55’50
Tags: Society and Politics; Children’s

Ground-breaking, award-winning children’s edutainment hosted entirely by young people from mid-primary to mid-secondary age range. Hear perspectives on a wide variety of local/global topics via interviews with leaders and experts in various fields. Each month the program includes ‘Music Matters’: live performances from emerging artists and interviews with industry professionals from Australia and the world.

FBI

Exploring the values and complexities of race, culture and identity

Plays: Wednesdays 16:04
Duration: 55’50
 Society and Politics

Race Matters is an anti-racist show that explores the values and complexities of race, culture and identity. With  a weekly broadcast of in-depth interviews and unique storytelling spanning arts, music, politics, global and local events, and more often unheard in the mainstream and approached with a critical and compassionate lens. Its current contributors are Alicia Zhao, Toobs Anwar, Joannie Lee, Samantha haran, Tim Worton, plus an orbit of contributors nationally and internationally. The Executive Producer is Shareeka Helaluddin, and the show is made possible by the Community Broadcasting Foundation.

3CR

Nuclear, peace and energy issues

Plays: Tuesday 18:04
Repeats: Thursday 01:32 (only on CRN-2 Night Talks)
Duration: 27’50
Tags: Society and Politics; Environment and Nature

Australia’s longest running show focusing on nuclear issues. For over 40 years it has brought attention to the devastation caused by the nuclear industry to communities everywhere, with a focus on the voices of First Nations. With connections around the world, we share national and international news, insights, recordings and stories from people directly affected by this toxic industry.

2RRR

A gardening show with a twist

Plays: Saturday 09:04
Repeats: Tuesday 18:32; Tuesday 22:04 (only on CRN-2 Night Talks)
Duration: 27’50
Tags: Environment and Nature; Lifestyle and Community

Something for everyone who likes gardening, no matter where you live in Australia. Presenter Marianne Cannon is a horticulturalist and educator presenting a new holistic approach to gardening organically. Join the team of leading gardening industry experts in garden design, plant health, growing your own vegies and herbs, learning to cook with exotic spices, and much more.

2BOB

Roots’n’Reggae from Australia and around the world

Plays: Saturday 20:00
Repeats: Tuesday 14:04; Thursday 01:00
Duration: 55’50
Tags: Electronic and Experimental; Roots and Reggae

The Roots’n’Reggae Show presents a variety of reggae music styles from Australia and around the world - including foundation tracks to electronic dub, plus everything in between. The show’s presenter for over 10 years, Sista Selecta, serves up a weekly feast of roots and rasta riddims to make you move, think, feel good and irie too.

COAST FM

A little bit of everything to start your weekend off the best way

Plays: Saturday 05:06
Duration: 2’55’50
Tags: Arts and Culture, Society and politics, Australian Music, storytelling and documentary, LIfestyle and community
Notes/sponsorship: Live-only, not available for DDN capture. Contains time calls. Maximum of 2.5 minutes of sponsorship per hour.

You’ll hear from some of Australia’s most iconic musicians & newcomers plus a smorgasboard of interesting people with unique stories from the heart of our Australia. We’ll talk about your health, regional matters, something delicious from the kitchen, the latest in technology, what’s new in movies and books plus music. We’ll talk about current events and of course there’s the music. A little bit of everything to start your weekend off in the best way. 

DEUTSCHE WELLE

The fascinating world of science & tech

Plays: Friday 12:30
Duration: 30’00
Tags: Science and Technology

From advances that will change our lives to offbeat oddities, Science unscripted keeps you abreast of developments in the realm of  European science and technology news

88.9 DCFM

Astronomy, space and science news

Plays: Saturday 13:32, repeats Thursday at 18:32
Duration: 27’50
Tags: Science and Nature

All things space - news, travels, discoveries, the mysteries and more... with world renown and respected astronomer, Dr. Fred Watson, with
broadcast journalist, Andrew Dunkley. They are your space nuts, and have been talking all things space with each other for over 25 years - this program is their latest sojourn in the world of space.

Throwing the focus on a country musician

Plays: Thursday 21:00
Repeats: Monday 04:00; Saturday 05:06
Duration: 59’50
Tags: Country and Folk

For serious music-lovers! Veteran music journo and broadcaster Kev Walsh takes an in-depth look at a well-known musician or group. It’s hour-long format allows an in-depth portrait of the artist to emerge through interview, archival audio, and songs not usually heard on the radio. Previous guests have included John Williamson, Adam Harvey, Tex Morton, Arthur Blanch, Smokey Dawson, Mary Duff, Willie Nelson, Reg Lindsay, Mick Foster (& Allen) and Graeme Connors.

3CR

Union and workplace justice issues

Plays: Wednesday 18:04
Repeats: Tuesday 01:32 (only on CRN-2 Night Talks)
Duration: 27’50
Tags: News and Current Affairs; Society and Politics

A half-hour weekly show about workers rights and current affairs. Stick Together features interviews with workers, unionists, community campaigners and academics from right across Australia. Explore the contribution that unions make to broader social justice movements, such as environmental campaigns, indigenous sovereignty, women’s rights, migrants’ rights and more.

Big science from the small island

Plays: Friday 16:32
Duration: 27’50
Tags: Science and Technology
Notes/sponsorship: Contains up to 30 seconds of sponsorship per episode.

A team of women in science and tech bring a fresh perspective to the issues that matter to you. Explore elements of science that are at the heart of our communities. From bushfires to compost, Indigenous Knowledge, brewing beer and the tech behind the world around us.

Rock on with a blues chaser

Plays: Sunday 00:06
Duration: 1’54’00
Tags: Blues and Rock
Notes/sponsorship: Contains a mid-point farewell at the 1 hour mark

Twenty years on-air and still with the passion of the new, Tecka brings you the latest hard/pub rock and blues from across the globe, plus an acoustic segment each hour. He has you covered with the latest material from both independent and major labels, so jump on board and enjoy the ride.

BBC WORLD SERVICE

Journey into the heart of global events

Plays: Wednesday 09:04
Duration: 23’00
Tags: News & Documentary

Investigations and journeys into the heart of global events from BBC correspondents. A weekly current affairs programme which reports from locations around the world, telling the world’s stories from the point of view of those most affected by them - the victims, the witnesses as well as the perpetrators.

BAY FM

Rediscover the language of poets

Plays: Sunday 10:04
Repeats: Tuesday 01:04
Duration: 55’50
Tags: Arts and Culture; Storytelling and Documentary

The Bohemian Beat takes the listener on a journey through the minds and lives of some of the greatest men and women that have ever lived, weaving a tale through the creative inspiration that has manifested in the literature, music, visual arts, philosophy, science and sociology of the day. By revealing the events that shaped such potent expression, Riddhi discovers the truth, beauty and humanity behind these ageless words.

4MBS

Contemporary and modern jazz

Plays: Tuesday 22:00
Repeats: Friday 02:00
Duration: 59’50
Tags: Jazz

Contemporary and modern jazz, as well as traditional New Orleans styles, mixing both instrumental and vocal tracks, giving a smooth sound with a touch of funk. Interviews and all the latest news in Jazz.

HIGHLAND FM

The best music from the 1990s to now

Plays: Sundays 15:00
Duration: 2 x 55’50
Tags: Pop
Notes/sponsorship: Both parts designed to be taken independently or together

Corey Barnett brings you the Top 40 from the 90s-to-now! Hear all the major chart hits from 1990 to 2020, plus a weekly AMRAP Top 5 that is all-Australian. If it’s current in the charts, or rarely on the radio anymore, it’s on The Chill.

BBC WORLD SERVICE

Local to global documentaries

Plays: Tuesday 09:04
Duration: varies
Tags: Storytelling & Documentary

Regular documentaries from the Australian community radio sector, our partners and the BBC World Service.

RADIO ADELAIDE

The best in folk music and culture

Plays: Saturday 10:04
Duration: 55’50
Tags: Country and Folk

Selecting the best of Anglo-Celtic, Australian and contemporary folk for over 30 years. Join Julie Cavanagh, David Cavanagh, Eric Ford, David Long, Margaret Monks & Jane Bower for an hour of folk.

2SER

Journalists on journalism

Plays: Monday 13:04
Repeats: Monday 22:04 (only on CRN-2 Night Talks)
Duration: 27’50
Tags: News and Current Affairs

How was the news reported this week? Join some of Australia’s best known journalists to talk about how news is reported, which news is reported, and how the industry is working. Cover topics from the coverage of climate change to jobs for journalism students, and everything in between, with guests from the world of TV, newspapers and radio.

AUSTRALIAN MUSIC RADIO AIRPLAY PROJECT

A weekly wrap of what’s getting attention on community radio

Plays: Wednesday 21:00
Repeats: Saturday 00:06 & Monday 19:04
Duration: 55’50
Tags: Australian Music; Pop

The Local Source (formerly known as the AMRAP Radio Program) is a weekly wrap of what’s getting attention on community radio through the Australian Music Radio Airplay Project. Here is where we spend some time with the songs, artists and industry players that use Amrap to reach the airwaves.

BAY FM

Explore the wonders the world of books has to offer

Plays: Sundays 10:04
Duration: 55’50
Tags: Arts and Culture

The Narratives Library asks authors to read from their own work and dive more deeply into their work with host Karena Wynn-Moylan. Each week The Narratives Library explores the vast spectrum the world of books has to offer including crime, romance, science fiction, young adult, the arts and many more. Karena travels up to six major writers festivals each year to record author contributions and interviews live. Always entertaining and often surprising, The Narratives Library brings you the full spectrum of wonder the world of books of books has to offer.

2SER

Live 1920s to 60s radio swing and jazz

Plays: Sunday 18:04
Repeats: Monday 03:00
Duration: 55’50
Tags: Jazz; Nostalgia

A show that’s so unusual, so entertaining; so pacey, that it’s always one of the most talked about and listened to programs on every station it’s played. The Phantom Dancer, DJ’d by 1920s-30s singer Greg Poppleton, is your non-stop mix of swing and jazz from live 1920s-60s radio. Lots of live high energy music, lots of first hand history from original radio broadcasts, very little talk. How does he do it? CBAA Best Music Show Award 2007. Finalist 2016.

2BBB

World, jazz, beats, exotica

Plays: Sunday 21:00
Repeats: Tuesday 01:00
Duration: 2 x 55’50 (or 1’55’50 live with break/out point at 0’55’50)
Tags: Electronic and Experimental; Roots and Reggae
Notes/sponsorship: Available as a full 2-hour program, or as a standalone hour long edition.

The rebirth of an old favourite and former CBAA Award winner hosted by Seth Jordan! Hear the latest in world music, contemporary jazz, digital beats and aural exotica, along with insightful feature interviews with international and Australian artists, producers and festival organisers.

2SER, 4EB & RADIO ADELAIDE

A weekly digest of our sector’s current affairs program

Plays: Saturdays 08:32
Duration: 27’50
Tags: News and Current Affairs; Society and Politics

A weekly wrap on the news and stories that matter to you, brought to you by our sectors current
affairs project, The Wire. The Wire Weekly is a great addition to your program guide, and can be taken independently or in conjunction with the regular Wire broadcasts.

International LGBT radio magazine

Plays: Wednesday 09:30
Duration: 28’50
Tags: News and Current Affairs; LGBTIQA+; Society and Politics

International LGBT news, music, politics, culture and much more in a weekly magazine-style show now airing on over 200 community radio stations worldwide. Since 1988, This Way Out has broken new ground with its award-winning coverage of this advancing social change and civil rights movement - mostly through the commitment of volunteer workers with a tattered shoestring budget. If you have a news tip or a submission to offer, let us know! Financial support is also appreciated.

BBC WORLD SERVICE

The top 20 UK chart + interviews

Plays: Thursday 00:06
Duration: 49’30
Tags: Pop

The extended version of the Top of the Pops. Kim Robson presents the weekly UK top 20 countdown, with extra info, gossip and interviews included.

Ambient & atmospheric music

Plays: Sunday 13:30
Duration: 1’29’50
Tags: Electronic and Experimental

Ambient and atmospheric music from across the ages and around the world, heard on Australian community radio since 1989. Ultima Thule weaves a mix of ambient, trance, drone and chill-out electronica, spacemusic, ancient, medieval and neoclassical creations, traditional and world music, soundtracks, cool jazz and impressionist soundworks into an exquisite, chatter-free 90-minute musical narrative.

Upfront and independent RnB, soul and urban tunes

Plays: Friday 21:00
Duration: 55’50
Tags: Hip Hop and R&B and Soul; Pop

Featuring music you won’t have heard on commercial stations: independent releases, quality underground tunes, and big tracks predominantly from the US and UK, before they make it big over here. If you want to keep UPFRONT and INFRONT then the Urban Meltdown will be the place for you to be.

VISION AUSTRALIA RADIO

Promoting blindness & low vision issues

Plays: Friday 09: 04
Repeats: Tuesday 23:04 (this repeat only on CRN-2 Night Talks)
Duration: 55’50
Tags: Lifestyle and Community

A weekly digest from Vision Australia, the country’s largest service provision organisation for people who are blind or have low vision. It comprises the weekly programs Talking Vision (a weekly half-hour magazine program), New Horizons (a weekly fifteen minute program from Blind Citizens Australia), and the latest from Talking Tech.

2DRY

Life, culture and the big issues on Australia’s waterways

Plays: Thursday 18:30
Repeats: N/A
Duration: 27’50
Tags: Environment, Science, Community

Water Watch is a weekly deep dive into news and current events Australia’s inland rivers. We cover every thing from policy to ecology, art to climate with a diversity of community voices and experts in the field. Water Watch celebrate life and culture of along our waterways and investigate the big issues facing the future of our rivers to tell important stories about the human relationship with land and water.

2NUR

A radio guide to a healthier lifestyle

Plays: Thursday 10:04
Repeats: Monday 09:04; Friday 22:04 (this repeat only on CRN-2 Night Talks)
Duration: 27’50
Tags: Health and Wellbeing

Health issues for people of all ages. Wellbeing aims to inform the community about conditions and diseases as well as dispelling medical myths. Jack Hodgins delves into the most pressing topics around mental and physical health, talking with leading experts in their fields and those with lived experience.

JOY

Health and Wellbeing of LGBTIQ+ Communities

Plays: Tuesday 20:32
Duration: 27’50
Tags: Health and Wellbeing

Well Well Well looks broadly at issues surrounding the health and wellbeing of our LGBTIQ+ communities, with a specialty on HIV and sexual health. The show focuses on connecting listeners with clinicians, researchers, and subject matter experts in an unvarnished conversation that is sex-positive, accessible, and de-stigmatises health topics that might otherwise be considered taboo.

Women’s International News Gathering Service

Raising women’s voices through radio

Plays: Thursday 12:30
Duration: 28’50
Tags: News and Current Affairs; Society and Politics

WINGS: Women’s International News Gathering Service is a weekly half-hour of news/current affairs by and about women around the world. We’ve been following global developments in the women’s movement and women’s analyses and actions since 1986, with the help of hundreds of contributors from dozens of countries. Pitches invited.

3CR

National women’s current affairs

Plays: Friday 13:32
Repeats: Wednesday 22:04 (only on CRN-2 Night Talks)
Duration: 27’50
Tags: News and Current Affairs

Produced and presented entirely by women and gender diverse people, Women On The Line began in 1986 at Melbourne’s 3CR to encourage the participation of women in high quality current affairs radio on women’s issues. Each week, hear from women on local, national and global current affairs with a commitment to improving the status of women in Australia and globally.

JOY

Australia’s best interviews from a Queer perspective

Plays: Currently not playing
Duration: 55’50
Tags: Lifestyle and Community; LGBTIQA+

Australia’s best interviews from a Queer perspective, delving into the extraordinary lives of everyday people, highlighting every shade of queer culture whilst reflecting the spectrum of diversity that makes Australia today. Sometimes challenging, often inspiring, always engaging, and constantly entertaining, Word For Word is JOY 94.9’s premier long-form interview program and is syndicated nationally via the Community Radio Network.

4ZZZ

Video games and gaming culture

Plays: Saturday 11:32
Repeats: Thursday 22:32 (Thursday repeat only on CRN-2 Night Talks)
Duration: 27’50
Tags: Arts and Culture

Reviews, news, discussion and commentary on issues and events concerning gamers, interviews with developers and people in the industry as well as various game-related music that you won’t hear on any other program. Zed Games’ position as an independent voice in the gaming media means that our listeners can trust us to deliver news, reviews and opinions that are completely free from bias or commercial influence.