We are sad to announce our much loved comrade Bill Deller passed away peacefully on Friday 17 October.
Update: Memorial Meeting to celebrate the life of BILL DELLER (3 August 1949 – 17 October 2014) to be held at 2pm on Saturday 8 November 2014. At the Council Chamber, Victorian Trades Hall Council, Cnr Victoria and Lygon St, Carlton South (enter via driveway to left of building in Lygon St). After at Bella Union Bar. For further information email Jacob Grech.
Bring your friends for a movie night out at 3CR’s screening of the new political comedy ‘Pride’ on Thursday 6 November. Set in the Margaret Thatcher’s England in the summer of 84, ‘Pride’ is the story of how a London-based group of gay and lesbian activists join forces with the National Union of Mineworkers to raise money to support the strikers' families.
3CR is very proud to announce the launch of the Beyond the Bars 2014 CD. The 2014 CD is a selection of songs, poems, raps, stories and conversations from Aboriginal men and women inside 6 Victorian prisons broadcast during NAIDOC week. The launch will feature excerpts from the CD, live music and a panel discussion MC'd by Beyond the Bars founding member, Kutcha Edwards.
Coinciding with the G20 summit in Brisbane in November, 3CR will be presenting a series of live radio broadcasts from the Musgrave Park Aboriginal Tent Embassy’s First Nations with alternative vision - Decolonisation Before Profit and The Peoples Summit. Tune in from Saturday 8 November to Sunday 16 November. 3CR will be out in force with dangerous ideas.
Hip Sista Hop are doing it again... we know how much you LOVE the Hip Sista Hop t-shirts and hoodies, so we've got a new batch ready to go - buy yours at our 3CR online shop here! All proceeds go to 3CR Radio as our Hip Sista Hop's contribution to the annual Radiothon. Ethically made in Australia and screen printed at a small local business. Go on treat yourself!
You're invited to a special get-to-know-you day and fundraiser for Left after Breakfast on Saturday 25 October. This is a chance to meet some Living Legends over lunch! No, we don’t mean we’re the Legends. Every Listener counts at 3CR, every Listener is a Legend, and we’ll be having lunch with some well-known Legendary Listeners. Come and join us, then you get to have lunch with them too!
Come to the first Melbourne screening of this great new documentary and support 3CR Community Radio and Green Left Weekly this Friday! Radical Wollongong is the documentary tale of miners battling deadly working conditions, women fighting Australia's biggest company, activists jailed for resisting the Vietnam draft, and today's movement to stop coal seam gas.
3CR is very excited to announce that we are finalists in two 2014 CBAA award categories. Longtime programmer, Bill 'The Greek' Pappaionou has been shortlisted for Outstanding Volunteer Contribution for his dedication to the station and his outstanding work on Monday Greek. Shortlisted for Excellence in Training was our Aboriginal Women's Radio Training project that trained local Aboriginal women in radio presentation, paneling and audio editing.
For one week a year 3CR listeners and programmers dedicate time to listening to each other's programs and providing feedback. Our programmers really appreciate the feedback and it helps improve the sound of 3CR.
