By Margaret Maccoll
Noosa Community Radio 101.3FM is holding an open day to give residents a behind-the-scenes look at the inner workings of radio and some live entertainment and food while helping to fund its planned expansion of services.
Radio president Stephen Casely said the radio aimed to be a communication resource for the whole area and give a voice to local community groups.
They also aim to start a youth station for streaming only and provide training to young people.
Steve said on the day visitors would have a chance to be a DJ for 10 minutes in a rehearsal studio and record what they are doing on a CD.
“Financially, we want to raise a lot of money on outside broadcast equipment to cover local events,” he said.
In the near future, people will be able to watch the event on YouTube with only a few seconds delay, he said.
“We stream all over the world. We have feedback from soldiers in Afghanistan. They say it’s a warm friendly voice in a cold place,” he said.
Steve said the community radio while run entirely by volunteers had a number of retired professionals in its membership.
The group provides training in all areas of radio including presenting and producing.
“A lot of people think I’d like to be a radio presenter, but I can’t do it,” he said. “We have some high end training programs beginning from scratch.”
The open day will be held on Saturday 15 July from 9am to 4pm at the Noosa 101.3 FM studios next to The J theatre, at 60 Noosa Drive, Noosa Junction. For more information, phone 5447 2233.
