About 2AAA-FM

2AAA-FM broadcasts from studios in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia.

For our overseas listeners, this is what Australia looks like!

You can see where we are on the map of New South Wales, below.

If you have Google Earth on your PC you can download this placemark to fly over the top of our building.
 

Or you can click here to open Google Maps and see where we are on a street map. Our building is on the irregular shaped block of land at the junction of Coleman and Young Streets

2AAA's service area is shown below.

The name Wagga Wagga is Aboriginal for "place of many crows". The city is in Wiradjuri country on the Murrumbidgee River. For more information about Wagga Wagga, visit Tourism Wagga Wagga, Wagga Wagga City Council or write to The Wagga Wagga Chamber of Commerce & Industry.

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2AAA-FM STRUCTURE

The incorporated body has some 230 financial members who elect a Committee of Management at an Annual General Meeting.

The Committee of Management consists of seven directors. Each director is a financial member of the incorporated body and serves the committee for two years. There are three positions available for election one year and the next year there are four. A majority of the Committee of Management is elected every two years.

The Directors elect a Chairperson, a Secretary and a Treasurer. The Committee reports back to the members of Wagga Wagga Community Media Incorporated via the Annual General Meeting.

The Directors call on a number of personnel and sub-committees to assist in the operation of 2AAA-FM. They are:

• Sales/Marketing Manager
• Operations Manager
• Library committee
• Multicultural committee
• Technical committee
• Training committee
• Building/Grounds committee
• Program committee

The Program sub-committee comprises coordinators from different music / program genres within the station. A Director of the Management Committee attends Program Committee meetings. The Program Coordinators represent the following programs:

• Rock
• Country
• Daytime
• Drivetime & Sunday afternoon
• Breakfast
• Jazz and Sunday evenings
• Folk / Blues

2AAA-FM and the Australian Radio Industry

The Government has the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) to assist it in setting guidelines for broadcasters. These matters include ownership, advertising, programming, and broadcasting standards, to name just a few. Radio is just one area of interest for the ACMA.

In Australia there are 3 radio sectors. They are:

• The ABC (Government funded and commercial free),
• The Commercial Sector (Privately owned with commercial interests),
• Community Radio (Community funded).

There are presently almost 200 licensed community radio stations in Australia with over 100 more groups hoping for a license.

The majority of Australian Community Radio Stations are members of the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA).

2AAA-FM - "The Local Voice of Wagga Wagga"

2AAA-FM is a Community based group and relies on volunteers to staff the station.

In a recent report, the Chairman praised all of the station's volunteers. She says, "...The volunteer camaraderie that exists is one of the great strengths of 2AAA (Our) volunteers come from a wide variety of backgrounds and ages but they have one thing in common – they all love music! Of course, those tastes in music are many and varied – that adds to the magic of the station." She adds, "As for the future, we aim to provide better reception to our listeners in the southern suburbs of Wagga Wagga, and the feeder communities of Junee, Coolamon and maybe Gundagai."

Only a handful of people receive remuneration for their duties.

2AAA-FM is funded via sales of sponsorship announcements, marketing & promotional activities, government grants, Community Broadcasting Foundation (CBF) grants and donations from the public. Your tax deductible donation is welcome at any time!