Toodyay Community Radio
Encyclopedia
Jukebox Radio is the Callsign for Toodyay Community Radio. It is a community radio
station broadcasting to Toodyay
and the surrounding Wheatbelt area of Western Australia from studios in the suburb of Toodyay, Western Australia
. Its format is general music from the 1950s onwards, drama plays, comedy series documentaries and children's interests.
Toodyay Community Radio was established in 2010 under the name Toodyay Community Radio Inc. Assoc. It is a volunteer run organisation and is listener funded.
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music, Disco and Club Classic music as well as many Drama plays
, comedy series and documentaries
. Part of its commitment to the community is supporting local music and the arts.
. This marked a first for radio in Australia, as no other radio station, community or commercial gave it's listeners this much control over the music that was played.
. In 2011, the Year 9 and 10 Drama students were involved in recording an updated version of the drama play 'Six From Borneo' that was originally broadcast on ABC radio in 1947. The play tells the story of over 2000 prisoners of war, held by the Japanese in Sandakan
, North Borneo during World War II. The play, quite dramatically, tells the story of the Sandakan Death Marches
that the prisoners were taken on, and how only six POW's survived by escaping. All six to escape were Australian Soldiers. The story is very poignant to Toodyay, as three brothers from the town were killed on these death marches. The play went into production in May 2011 and was recorded by Toodyay Community Radio, and is due to be broadcast in late 2011.
Community radio
Community radio is a type of radio service, that offers a third model of radio broadcasting beyond commercial broadcasting and public broadcasting. Community stations can serve geographic communities and communities of interest...
station broadcasting to Toodyay
Toodyay, Western Australia
Toodyay is a town located in the Wheatbelt region in the Avon Valley, 85 km north-east of Perth, Western Australia. Toodyay is connected to Perth via both rail and road.-History:...
and the surrounding Wheatbelt area of Western Australia from studios in the suburb of Toodyay, Western Australia
Toodyay, Western Australia
Toodyay is a town located in the Wheatbelt region in the Avon Valley, 85 km north-east of Perth, Western Australia. Toodyay is connected to Perth via both rail and road.-History:...
. Its format is general music from the 1950s onwards, drama plays, comedy series documentaries and children's interests.
Toodyay Community Radio was established in 2010 under the name Toodyay Community Radio Inc. Assoc. It is a volunteer run organisation and is listener funded.
Programming
Toodyay Community Radio has a comphrehensive schedule and plays a mix of Rock and RollRock and roll
Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music...
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1950s in music
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1960s in music
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, 70's
1970s in music
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, 80's
1980s in music
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music, Disco and Club Classic music as well as many Drama plays
Radio drama
Radio drama is a dramatized, purely acoustic performance, broadcast on radio or published on audio media, such as tape or CD. With no visual component, radio drama depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine the characters and story...
, comedy series and documentaries
Radio documentary
A radio documentary or feature is a purely acoustic performance devoted to covering a particular topic in some depth, usually with a mixture of commentary and sound pictures. It is broadcast on radio or published on audio media, such as tape or CD...
. Part of its commitment to the community is supporting local music and the arts.
Jukebox Radio
Toodyay Community Radio has been very innovative in it's daytime and overnight programming. Being a community radio station, and therefore relying on volunteers, Toodyay didn't want to be prone to the same problems facing other community radio stations, where the availability of its volunteers and presenters can be unpredictable. Toodyay Community Radio took the bold step in turning itself over to its listeners during the day, and overnight, by allowing them to access part of the stations music library through the stations website, and to request the music that they wanted to hear. This service differs greatly from request services offered by other radio stations, in that other stations allow you to email the station, and a request gets assigned to the next appropriate program. Toodyay's Jukebox Radio, allows the listener's request to enter into a queue to be played in order, just like a JukeboxJukebox
A jukebox is a partially automated music-playing device, usually a coin-operated machine, that will play a patron's selection from self-contained media...
. This marked a first for radio in Australia, as no other radio station, community or commercial gave it's listeners this much control over the music that was played.
Close Ties With Toodyay District High School
Toodyay Community Radio is involved in many projects with the local community, but has very close ties with Toodyay District High SchoolToodyay District High School
Toodyay District High School is a co-educational state school located in Toodyay, Western Australia. It caters for around 550 students from Kindergarten to Year 10, and services the town of Toodyay and surrunding agricultural areas.-History:...
. In 2011, the Year 9 and 10 Drama students were involved in recording an updated version of the drama play 'Six From Borneo' that was originally broadcast on ABC radio in 1947. The play tells the story of over 2000 prisoners of war, held by the Japanese in Sandakan
Sandakan
Sandakan is the second-largest city in Sabah, East Malaysia, on the north-eastern coast of Borneo. It is located on the east coast of the island and it is the administrative centre of Sandakan Division and was the former capital of British North Borneo...
, North Borneo during World War II. The play, quite dramatically, tells the story of the Sandakan Death Marches
Sandakan Death Marches
The Sandakan Death Marches were a series of forced marches in Borneo from Sandakan to Ranau which resulted in the deaths of more than 3,600 Indonesian civilian slave labourers and 2,400 Allied prisoners of war held captive by the Empire of Japan during the Pacific campaign of World War II at prison...
that the prisoners were taken on, and how only six POW's survived by escaping. All six to escape were Australian Soldiers. The story is very poignant to Toodyay, as three brothers from the town were killed on these death marches. The play went into production in May 2011 and was recorded by Toodyay Community Radio, and is due to be broadcast in late 2011.
See also
- Toodyay District High SchoolToodyay District High SchoolToodyay District High School is a co-educational state school located in Toodyay, Western Australia. It caters for around 550 students from Kindergarten to Year 10, and services the town of Toodyay and surrunding agricultural areas.-History:...
- List of Australian radio stations
- List of Radio Stations in Western Australia
- List of radio station callsigns in Western Australia