Bunbury Community Radio to celebrate a decade of broadcasting this week

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Bunbury Community Radio to celebrate a decade of broadcasting this week

A community radio station in the South West will celebrate it’s 10th year on air this week.

Bunbury Community Radio started from humble beginnings, broadcasting from a single computer, to now having two studios and more than 20 volunteer hosts who provide about 80 hours of live and local programming each week.

Broadcasting on 103.7FM, the station plays music such as jazz, blues and folk in addition to popular contemporary music, and strives to promote local musicians.

Chair Jeff Macnish said the station — which is supported by a number of businesses through sponsorship — has evolved a great deal over the years.

“When we first started, we basically had a 1000 watt transmitter. We’ve now increased that to up to 8000 watts, or eight kilowatts,” he said.

“Our reception and expansion of the signal and strength of the signal has increased, as has our number of listeners and number of sponsors.”

Mr Macnish told the Bunbury Herald community radio “filled a void” of local content, which wasn’t being covered by other stations.

According to the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia, almost one quarter (24.8 per cent) of Australians listened to community broadcasters.

“What we keep hearing from our listeners is that they enjoy what we do,” Mr Macnish said.

“They know that we’re local and that we’re actually providing support to local industry and to local artists, and they love the music and the format that we have.

“We also support not-for-profit organisations, sporting organisations, any of those groups which need to have some avenue to get their message out.”

Based out of Dalyellup College, the radio station engages students and provides training to young journalists looking to break into the industry — offering a radio club where they can prepare and pre-record their own show which airs on Wednesday afternoons.

Mr Macnish said the station was planning a celebration later in the year to mark the decade of broadcasting, which they will celebrate on Thursday.

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