Radio

  • Colac to cosmonauts reaches BBC program

    In the 1990s, amateur radio enthusiast Maggie Iaquinto was making history speaking to Russian cosmonauts on the Mir space station from her Colac home.

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  • Legal eagle gracing airwaves

    Birregurra’s Charles Reichman has travelled the worlds of the law and academia for the new frontier of community radio.

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  • Storm cuts broadcasts

    Colac-based community radio station OCR FM hopes to restore transmissions soon after a storm damaged broadcast equipment.

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  • Council’s radio deal under fire

    A Colac Otway Shire councillor says a million-dollar loss on a two-way radio contract comes down to an unprecedented finance deal, which councillors never authorised.  

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  • Community radio to present creative stories

    Colac district radio listeners will perk up their ears with presenters reading out community-written stories over the coming month.

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  • Special broadcast for seniors

    The Victorian Seniors Festival has taken to the radio airwaves so seniors can still enjoy the festival from home this year.

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  • Volunteers tune in to changes

    Colac and district community radio station OCR FM has been adapting to COVID-19, helping people broadcast from home and training new volunteers.

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  • People’s radio remains on air

    Colac’s community radio station isn’t letting the coronavirus pandemic take it off the air.

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