History

I can think back to presenting test music at the Australian Arcade on Friday afternoon from 4 to 6pm and Saturday morning.

Soon we commenced broadcasting (in an egg carton lined studio!) from Friday 4pm and through Saturday and Sunday.

Within a year, new studios were built by volunteers on the corner of Young and Coleman Street. Everybody was asked to buy a brick.

The committee worked almost day and night to get this concept of Community Radio with FM sound, a first for Wagga Wagga off and running. We were a unique organization serving Wagga Wagga as a community Radio Station, with a different music mix, a superior sound, and a group of very nervous presenters with limited training background, but experts in their music, from classical to Jazz to multicultural, eg. Greek, Dutch, German, French Italian , all part of receiving a licence to Broadcast.

Settled in the new Studio, we commenced with breakfast shows from 6am to 9am. Then close studio till 4pm. Every step was exciting and new presenters had to be trained.

New programmes flourished like country, jazz and "Strolling", a programme with nostalgic music, taking requests from the nursing homes and senior citizens.

Talking Newspaper, another new programme , recorded on to cassettes for the visually impaired listeners.

In 1988 the station was fortunate to obtain the Macquarie National News, a great milestone, it is the best available news service to radio in the country.

The funding of the multicultural programmes was very vital to the station thanks to Mr. Jan Kuiper. The Community was very supportive, and many businesses bought sponsorships. Fundraising was necessary and that was held in the form of trivia nights, charity golf days, bush dances, and concerts.

The challenge was great, all jobs were done voluntarily: presenters, office work, library, technical, gardening, etc. We all enjoyed working together for the community. We were the largest community organization in the city. The station has moved on and on, from records, tapes and cassettes, to minidisk to CDs and now to computer and digital, all to keep up with technology.

With the workload getting ever bigger, we now employ an Operations Manager and a breakfast announcer , plus the sales team.

Keep listening to great sound on 107.1 2AAA-FM!

Elisabeth Rorrison, July 2006