Events

3CR has a range of annual events like the 3CR Radiothon, Subscriber Drive and a number of special broadcasts. Our website also has a Community Event Calendar.

NAIDOC Week and 3CR'S Beyond the Bars Project: July 2008

Indigenous people in three Victorian prisons speak out in live radio broadcasts during NAIDOC (National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee) Week.

Melbourne’s community radio station, 3CR 855AM, will conduct live radio broadcasts with Indigenous prisoners in Port Phillip Prison, Dame Phyllis Frost Centre and Fulham Prison.

Part of 3CR's Beyond the Bars project, the broadcasts will go to air on 855AM and stream globally on www.3cr.org.au from Monday 7 to Friday 11 of July.

Highlights of the broadcasts will be launched as the Beyond the Bars CD in November this year.

These award-winning prison broadcasts are unique in Australia and give Indigenous prisoners in Victoria their only chance to participate with the community during NAIDOC Week, a time of celebration and coming together within Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

3CR Indigenous broadcaster and comedian Shiralee Hood will be part of the team conducting music and spoken word workshops with Indigenous women prisoners in the lead up to the broadcast at Dame Phyllis Frost Centre. For Shiralee the broadcasts are a way of getting voices heard from the inside. We aim to encourage and support the women during the week of celebration that is NAIDOC Week.

The prison broadcasts are part of a week of Indigenous special programming on 3CR 855AM from 7 –10 July. The prison programming will be simulcast on 3KND 1503AM.

Beyond the Bars 2008 is funded by the City of Melbourne, the Department of Justice and the Community Broadcasting Foundation.

For more information or to arrange interviews:
Bree McKilligan, Special Projects Coordinator, 03 9419 8377

Juliet Fox, Programming Coordinator, 03 9419 8377

3CR NAIDOC WEEK SCHEDULE>>>

Monday 7
11 – 2pm*
LIVE WOMEN’S PRISON BROADCAST from the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre (Deer Park Women’s Prison) hosted by Shiralee Hood, Fiona Dean, Kim Kruger and Janina Harding
2-4pm
Music and talk

Tuesday 8
9 – 11am
GOOD JOB with Shiralee Hood
11 - 12pm
FOOTPRINTS with Kutcha Edwards

Wednesday 9
7 – 10am
REPEAT Women’s Prison Broadcast
Dame Phyllis Frost Centre
11 – 12noon
FIRE FIRST with Robbie Thorpe and Clare Land
12 – 2pm
THE KOORI SURVIVAL SHOW LIVE from the Aboriginal Health Service
with Gilla McGuinness and the Koori Survival Show
2 – 4pm*
FULHAM (GIPPSLAND) PRISON BROADCAST with Gilla McGuinness and Johnny Mac (PRE-RECORD)

Thursday 10
7-10am*
LIVE from the Aboriginal Community Elders Service
Breakfast
12 – 4pm*
LIVE MEN’S PRISON BROADCAST from Port Phillip Prison hosted by Gilla McGuinness, Johnny Mac, Freddy Norris, Anthony Brown, Robbie Thorpe, Ross Morgan, John Sheppard, and Kutcha Edwards

Friday 11
11 – 12noon*
MARNGROOK Aboriginal Footy Show
12 – 1pm
NAIDOC March post-rally coverage
1 – 4pm
MAYSAR HEALTHY LIVING LIVE BROADCAST from the Melbourne Aboriginal Youth Sport and Recreation Centre (MAYSAR)
*Simulcast on 3KND 1503AM

Special Event: 4 June 2008

Elgin Street Live!

On June 4th at 20 Elgin Street the Carlton community came together to create a mass group photo of Carlton housing estate residents past and present.

There were also many other things happening during the party including music and dancing by residents as well as delicious halal food and Ethiopian coffee.

3CR joined the party with an internal broadcast called Elgin Street Live which could be heard throughout the event. Carlton housing estate residents Phoebe Belbin and Maurice Milroy, as well as 3CR’s own Pilar Aguilera (pictured above right with resident Maria) and Mohammed El-leissy hosted Elgin Street Live, taking their microphones into the crowd to listen to residents’ thoughts and feelings about many aspects of existing and upcoming redevelopments in the Carlton Housing Estates.

Many stories were shared about growing up in Carlton and about moving away through relocation. We also talked with the photographer Angela Bailey and writer Helena Spyrou about their ongoing art projects within the estate including the evening’s photo shoot.

Mohammed El-leissy also scooped a quick interview with Housing Minister Richard Wynne about the redevelopment plans for the area. 3CR produced our broadcast on-sight from a fantastic portable studio designed by RMIT design students for the event.

Elgin Street Live was a dynamic and interactive evening amongst a huge community party!

Thanks to everyone mentioned above as well as 3CR technicians Lotti Stein and Michael Smith, and the 3CR Elgin Street Live! Coordinator Nicole Hurtubise.

The project was staged by the City of Melbourne, RMIT, the Office of Housing, 3CR, Polyglot Theatre and writer Helena Spyrou and photographer Angela Bailey.

Radiothon: June

Radiothon is 3CR's yearly fundraising event where we aim to raise as much money as we can! The 2008 Radiothon dates are 2 - 15 June.

As an independent media voice 3CR does not receive commercial sponsorship and is the recipient of small, one-off government funding only.

3CR depends on the financial support of its audience, broadcasters and supporters.

For 2 weeks in June 3CR broadcasters are set funding targets to raise through donations directly to their radio program and by staging fundraising benefits.
Many 3CR programs give away prizes to donors.

3CR would like to thank its supporters over the years and encourage everyone to maintain support for independent media in Australia.

You can donate to Radiothon anytime, including online - the easiest way to donate to uncensored, community radio.

Read the Station Manager's article on why you should donate to Radiothon in 2008!

Subscriber Driver: November

Every November 3CR stages a week-long Subscriber Drive.

We encourage all of our listeners to Subscribe. Subscribing means that you become a member of the station. As well as supporting independent media, Subscribers receive 3CR's CRAM Guide twice a year and get subscriber discounts.

3CR Programmers must be subscribers in order to be on air.

3CR Special Broadcasts

3CR has a number of broadcasts that take place each year and celebrate important community activist events. For more information about 3CR Special Broadcasts contact 3CR's Programming Coordinator

Survival Day: January 26

This broadcast by 3CR's Indigenous broadcasters marks Australia's Invasion Day.

International Women's Day: March 8

A 24-hour broadcast by 3CR's many women programmers focuses on women's issues globally.

May Day: May 1

Worker's issues around the world are presented by union, feminist, queer and Indigenous 3CR presenters. Often the broadcast will include live crosses from the May Day Rally organised by the Victorian Trades Hall Council.

NAIDOC Week: July

3CR celebrates National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee Week with a series of special broadcasts during a week in July.

Part of the week-long broadcasts include 3CR's unique Prison Broadcasts - the Beyond
the Bars project - which 3CR has staged since 2002. These award-winning broadcasts take place after a series of workshops in the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre women's prison, Port Phillip Prison, and Fulham Prison.

The Beyond the Bars broadcast highlights are produced as the Beyond the Bars CD. For a free copy of the CD and for more information contact the Special Projects Coordinator.