RTRFM calls on Perth to share the love

Perth community radio station RTRFM 92.1’s annual subscriber drive Radiothon returns this August 11 – 20.
 
This year is particularly significant, with the station reaching the major milestone of 40 years since hitting Perth airwaves as 6UWA on April 1st 1977.
 
In RTRFM’s 40th year the station’s presenters, volunteers and staff are calling on their listeners and supporters to Share the Love and pledge support to the radio station which has championed West Australian arts, music and social issues for four decades.
 
The love in will kick off at 6am, Friday August 11 on Breakfast with Caitlin and last for 10 days, finishing on Sunday August 20 after the conclusion of Sunday Morning Coming Down at 12 noon.
 
Throughout the 10-day Radiothon, the RTRFM studios will be inundated with special guests across the program grid – from appearances of former presenters and visits from local personalities to live performances from musicians all sharing their love for a radio station with real heart.
 
This year’s first prize is the Clean and Green Package, a 1.5kW home solar package valued at $3000 thanks to our friends at Infinite Energy, plus a stylish electric bike values at $1500 thanks to Solar Bike in Fremantle. Our amazing second prize is The Essential Live Music Pass thanks to Cool Perth Nights, free entry for you and a friend to every Cool Perth Night event for 12 months including gigs at Rosemount Hotel, Mojos, Babushka and the Fremantle Festival.
 
Subscribers also have the chance to win a smorgasbord of other prizes, including all 90 RTRFM Feature albums from the last year and a Hi Fi system from Rhubarb Records, $1000 Tokyo Bike package from William Street Cycle Co, a $1000 to spend at Bivouac for you and 9 mates, a Supreme Pizza Party from Mack Daddy’s Pizza and Mane Liquor, cooking classes for from Salt and Company and a family trip to the Donnelly River Village. 
 
Plus, a collection of daily prizes throughout the 10 days of Radiothon. Something for everyone while you Share the Love to RTRFM. Winners will be announced daily. 
 
RTRFM offers subscription packages for students and concession holders, bands, businesses and families, as well as offering special bonuses to Gold & Platinum subscribers. 

Each subscription category has its own associated major prize, while subscribers who pay for their subscription upfront will be eligible for daily prizes to be announced in the coming weeks.

The major prize will be drawn on Saturday September 30th after the pledging period closes.
  
Listeners can also subscribe online at rtrfm.com.au.
 
RTRFM is a not-for-profit independent radio station that survives only through the support of listeners by way of subscriptions and donations.

Money raised from Radiothon makes up more than a third of RTRFM’s operating income and enables us to continue producing high-quality music & talks programming year-round.

Radiothon is an annual tradition and the biggest event on RTRFM’s busy event calendar. It coincides with the RTRFMRadiothon Party, a celebration of all things community radio and local music, where 20 local acts will take over four spaces in Northbridge: The Bird, Ezra Pound, Tetsuo, the State Theatre Centre Underground Foyer & Studio Underground, with full details to be announced later this week. 

 

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