89.3 2GLF

The board resolved at a recent meeting to remind all presenters of their obligations in regards to incidental advertising material. 2GLF as a Community Station is not allowed to broadcast any reference to a product, service or organisation except in very limited circumstances.

Peter Smith, better known to us as “Whiskers” passed away this afternoon after a long battle with lung cancer. Peter was a fixture at our outside broadcasts – be it Moon Festival, NAIDOC week or Australia Day, Whiskers was always there. He also co-hosted Morning Variety on Fridays for more than a decade and was a passionate supporter of the station within the community. He will be sorely missed by all of us and our thoughts are with his family during this difficult time. His funeral service and burial details are below: When: Monday October 8th 2012, 10am Where: Our Lady Queen of Peace Chapel 215 Western road, Kemps Creek

We are launching our RPH program later this year for both Fairfield and Liverpool areas. RPH (also known as the Talking Newspaper) is a radio reading service for people who cannot see, handle or understand printed material.

Today we welcomed Skye McParland who will be joining us as an intern to support programs with current local news and affairs. Give her time to find her feet and make contacts and then she will be off and running so that the talk on our shows, Mornings in particular, will have heaps of flair.

We have a series of Outside Broadcasts coming up at the station in the next couple of weeks. We will be attending the NSW Police Awareness Day on Saturday September 8th 10am – 3pm (same day as the Council elections) and the Cabramatta Moon festival Sunday 23rd September 11am – 8pm. More details are on our website in our new section http://893fm.com.au/category/ontheroad/. We attended both events last year. They are a great opportunity for us to promote the station and as an outside broadcast. To help prepare for these two events we will be holding a short meeting at the station on Saturday, September 1st at 3pm with anyone interested in helping out at either event. If your program airs …

The Scottish Crew on Saturdays have decided to hang up their headphones. Eleanor, Josephine and John have been a Saturday morning institution on the station for 23 years and deserve a Saturday morning to sit back and relax! Their last show will air next month. Subsequently, the 10am – Noon Saturday shift is now vacant. Applications will be open until Sunday and the application process is the same as for the shifts advertised yesterday.

The Programming Committee has drafted our Summer programming grid (it even starting to feel like Summer) for the review of all members. Most programs are unaffected and if your program is you would have already been contacted. Click here to view the PDF copy.

Can you believe it has been twelve months since we received the faithful notice that we had six months to find a new home! In the end were lucky and a bonus month to make it a lucky seven. We remember August 9th very well – it was a mostly sunny morning until high noon, Carol signs off from Mornings and there was a knock on the door. That faithful knock started a wave of activity to keep the station on the air. Twelve months on, success! We built new studios and are back to business as usual. We even updated the sign at the front of 161 Bigge Street with our name (see above) – a true sign of …

We will be hosting a stall at the GWS Giants Fan Zone, our local AFL team on Sunday August 12th. There be more than 1,000 people attending with a coaching clinic and other activities during the morning. Meet at 9am, the day kicks off at 9:30am and finishes at Noon. Our stall will include some stickers and program guides which makes it a great chance to promote the station. We will also do some live crosses from the event. RSVP if you can make at the usual address office AT 893fm.com.au Greenway Park, is on Greenway Drive at Carnes Hill. A general location map is below. View Larger Map