In the context of 3CR's 40th birthday special broadcast, Jiselle Hanna and Lourdes Garcia-Larque were joined by a panell of Community languages broadcasters Vicky Ferrada (Spanish language programming) and Melba Marginson (Tagalog programming) to discuss the history of the participation of CALD women in community radio over the last four decades.
We talked about the challengesfemale programmers faced within their communities broadcasting in their languages, and the importance of raising issues such as family violence and feminism in Ethnic Radio.
The audio for this show was recorded from the live broacasting "Community Language Programmingh" on April 8, for the 3CRs 40th birthday, broadcasted from Gertrude Studios in Fitzroy.
Jiselle Hanna