Golden Days Radio
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Golden Days Radio is a community radio station broadcasting in Melbourne
, Australia
. The station plays music from the '30s to the '60s. Golden Days Radio is an incorporated body (ABN 29 845 875 007) and has its own Rules of Association and is owned by members and broadcasts on the 95.7 MHz frequency.
By early 1992 membership stood at around 40, and with an established constitution and name change to Golden Days Radio, an application was made for a test licence. In September 1992 the first test broadcasts were made and went to air for 7 days at 10 hours per day. The subsequent conversion of the Australian Broadcasting Tribunal to the Australian Broadcasting Authority led to a change in categories of community broadcasting licensing and it became obvious that there would be considerable delay before a permanent licence would be issued.
Progress continued however, and the first broadcast was made from premises provided by the VATC at Caulfield Racecourse using a rented transmitter in March 1994. A series of temporary restricted licences continued for several years. Dom Iacono died in May 1996. He did not live to see the success of his labours, culminating in the granting of a full time licence in July 2001.
In 2009, following a request from the MRC (Melbourne Racing Club), the station moved into new premises at 1236 Glen Huntly Road Glen Huntly 3163. The new premises have 3 state of the art studios together with reception, a scheduling room and music library. The station is operated entirely by volunteers numbering approximately 80.
In February 2011, the station started streaming its broadcast signal around the world. This has increased the number of listeners considerably as this station is the only station in the world that plays music from the '30s to '60s constantly.
From 1st November 2011, the station's application for entry to the Register of Cultural Organisations was approved by the Federal Government. This means that donations of $2-00 or more to the public fund Golden Days Radio Development Fund are now tax deductible.
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. The station plays music from the '30s to the '60s. Golden Days Radio is an incorporated body (ABN 29 845 875 007) and has its own Rules of Association and is owned by members and broadcasts on the 95.7 MHz frequency.
History
Golden Days Radio history goes back to June 1990 when Dom Iacono, registered an expression of interest with the Australian Broadcasting Tribunal for a “special interest licence” catering to the needs of senior citizens. The organisation's He placed advertisements in suburban newspapers asking for interested persons to contact him with a view to forming an association for that purpose. Dom convened the first meeting of the group at the Bentleigh RSL. He invited Col Williams (who had already applied for a licence on behalf of the war veteran community) to join the group. Both men, together with Jack Burgesson, the then station engineer at 3SCB Moorabbin, formed a steering committee, under the working title "Spirit Of Australia Broadcasters".By early 1992 membership stood at around 40, and with an established constitution and name change to Golden Days Radio, an application was made for a test licence. In September 1992 the first test broadcasts were made and went to air for 7 days at 10 hours per day. The subsequent conversion of the Australian Broadcasting Tribunal to the Australian Broadcasting Authority led to a change in categories of community broadcasting licensing and it became obvious that there would be considerable delay before a permanent licence would be issued.
Progress continued however, and the first broadcast was made from premises provided by the VATC at Caulfield Racecourse using a rented transmitter in March 1994. A series of temporary restricted licences continued for several years. Dom Iacono died in May 1996. He did not live to see the success of his labours, culminating in the granting of a full time licence in July 2001.
In 2009, following a request from the MRC (Melbourne Racing Club), the station moved into new premises at 1236 Glen Huntly Road Glen Huntly 3163. The new premises have 3 state of the art studios together with reception, a scheduling room and music library. The station is operated entirely by volunteers numbering approximately 80.
In February 2011, the station started streaming its broadcast signal around the world. This has increased the number of listeners considerably as this station is the only station in the world that plays music from the '30s to '60s constantly.
From 1st November 2011, the station's application for entry to the Register of Cultural Organisations was approved by the Federal Government. This means that donations of $2-00 or more to the public fund Golden Days Radio Development Fund are now tax deductible.