Celebrating 35 years of Jazz on a Saturday

12th October 2011
3CR's Jazz on a Saturday show is celebrating 35 years on air. Tune in during October and celebrate the program’s history and jazz in Melbourne, including a live broadcast from the Wangaratta Festival of Jazz on 29 October. Jazz on a Saturday first went to air on the 2 October 1976. Today the show is still doing what it started out to do - broadcasting great jazz and news about the jazz scene. Tune in each Saturday from 4 - 5.30pm.

Visioning Justice Launch

23rd September 2011

Springvale Monash Legal Service in conjunction with 3CR invite you to the Visioning Justice Project Launch. There'll be performances, snacks and the opportunity to hear radio documentaries produced by young people from diverse backgrounds exploring the justice system.

Tabloid Film Fundraiser

21st September 2011

Join Women on the Line for an evening of love gone wild. Come along to see Tabloid - a documentary on a former Miss Wyoming who is charged with abducting and imprisoning a young Mormon Missionary.

Tickets are $20 and all proceeds go to the object of our obsession - 3CR. The film starts at approximately 7pm on Thursday 22 September at Cinema Nova Lygon Street, Carlton. Please RSVP your love and attendance to womenontheline@hotmail.com

Congratulations to 3CR Technician Greg Segal

15th September 2011
3CR's own Greg Segal received a Lifetime Technical Contribution to Community Broadcasting Award 2011. The award was presented at the 3rd Annual Technorama Conference on the 10 September in Canberra and recognises a significant contribution made to community broadcasting.

Greg has worked as a technician for 3CR since 1978 and one of his proudest achievements is the setting up of 3CR's own AM transmitter at Werribee. Congratulations Greg! (pictured)

3CR Gardening Clearance Sale!

6th September 2011

Come along to the 3CR spring gardening sale and buy some great products to get your garden ready for summer. The sale will include compost, plant shop vouchers, seeds, fertilizers and a wide range of gardening books, all items will be discounted.

There'll be food and coffee for sale to help the Food Fight team reach their Radiothon target for 2011. The sale will be cash only and will be held at 3CR 21 Smith Street Fitzroy on Sunday 18 September from 9.30-12pm.

Chin Community on the Airwaves

18th August 2011
Every Thursday evening from 7:30pm – 8pm Melbourne's Chin community broadcast via 3CR 855AM, 3CR Digital and online via 3cr.org.au. Chin Radio presents community news, news from Chinland, community activities, interviews, Chin music and culture, and is the first Chin community radio show in Australia.

Congratulations to Beyond the Bars 2011

5th August 2011
3CR's Beyond the Bars prison broadcasts received a Commended in the Queensland University's Communication and Social Change Award 2011. The award recognises the use of communication to transform and empower marginalised communities.

Have your say with our website survey

28th July 2011
What would you like the future 3CR website to look like? Got some ideas for your favourite programs’ homepage? The 3CR Webteam wants the station's website to keep up with how people interact with their community media.

Visit the survey to have your say http://bit.ly/j8uKHR before the end of August.

Solidarity Breakfast on the Road

20th July 2011
Join the Solidarity Breakfast team in person at an evening of public discussion questioning the absence of progressive voices in current political debate.

This Q&A style forum will invite robust dialogue exploring how the populist challenges to dictatorial regimes in the Arab world generate new possibilities in both global and local settings.

6.00pm Wednesday 27 July 2011
Springvale Uniting Church
Cnr Balmoral & Albert Aves, Springvale

Beyond the Bars at Federation Square 2011

7th July 2011
Beyond the Bar's Fulham radio program will be broadcast from Federation Square this Thursday evening as part of NAIDOC Week 2011 celebrations.
From 6.30 - 8.30pm on Thursday 7 July the stories, raps, shout-outs and perspectives of the Indigenous men at Fulham Correctional Centre in Gippsland will be shared with passers-by and visitors to Federation Square.
Be sure to stop and listen in!