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3CR Station Tours

Do you want to see how a busy radio station works? Curious about how nearly 400 broadcasters come together to produce radio 24/7? Interested in being in a studio? Want to find out more about 3CR's unique radio philosophy? 3CR runs Station Tours for groups and organisations such as tertiary and secondary institutions, special interest community groups, conference visitors and just about anybody else! For more information click here!

Music Matters 3CR Benefit Friday 7th February

Music Matters without borders! A 3CR benefit at The Public Bar, North Melbourne, on Friday 7 February. Featuring from Beijing - Alpine Decline, post-punk/noise act - The Primary, 3 piece noir rock band - Tangrams, plus experimental, oriental, paganfolksy, dubby ...and country with a bit of punk combo - Crybones.

Nightowls On Rhythm & The Hot Damn Tamale Show present a benefit for 3CR.

Nightowls On Rhythm & The Hot Damn Tamale Show present a benefit for 3CR. An afternoon of blues, boogie and western swing. This Sunday 19 January from 2-6pmat Way Out West Roots Music Club Williamstown RSL, Corner Melbourne Road & Ferguson Street.


3CR is serving up a juicy menue of listening delights for you this Summer.

Nelson Mandela
We present a very special breakfast on the 25th December as we dig into the archives to bring you a unique address by Nelson Mandela to the Victorian trade union movement in 1990 at Melbourne Town Hall. Mandela had come to thank them for their solidarity work and for their support in bringing down the apartheid system in South Africa, and 3CR was there broadcasting live. Listen in Wednesday 25 December from 7am.

Historic Broadcasts
Wednesday
December
3CR has an amazing history of broadcasting important political and activist events. Here are a few from our archives.
Disability Day 2013

Tuesday 3 December is International Day of People with Disability, and 3CR is celebrating with 12 hours of radio by, for and about people with disability. So Welcome to Our World! Disability is still a very different world, where many basic human rights are yet to be achieved - but it’s also a world of creativity, community, and passion for social justice.

Maisie, Gracie and Joe.
Friday 12:00pm to 2:00pm
Diverse new sounds from independent local & global artists, special live-in-the-studio performances, interviews and local gig guide.
3CR Fundraiser - Pussy Riot

Join 3CR for an evening of punk and protest on the big screen with Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer. Five women wearing brightly coloured balaclavas rushed the altar of a Moscow Russian Orthodox Cathedral with microphones, speakers and a guitar and launched into a "punk prayer" in protest against Vladimir Putin's "excessive nationalism". Come to the 3CR film fundraiser and get the real story of what happened next.

Music Sans Frontieres Fundraiser Gig

Five choirs, a soloist and a trio are playing a live concert at 1 Mark St. North Fitzroy to raise funds for the Music Sans Frontieres Radiothon effort on Saturday 21 September at 8pm.

John Harding Wins Deadly

A huge congratulations to Indearts presenter John Harding for wining the  "Community Broadcaster of The Year" Deadly Award. You can catch Indearts on air every Tuesday from 10-11am on 855AM, On Demand, or on Digital Radio.