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I applaud the team at Hawkesbury Gold for their great effort so far for getting to air and for involving businesses and the community which has not been seen before in the area, good luck in the future as it can only get better from this point on.
I really find this difficult, these two guys are the two persons responsible for bringing down our local radio station, Hawkesbury Radio.
Please surf through [the net to find what] these two guys pioneered it is incredible. They put [a website] together to cause huge problems for Hawkesbury Radio all because they were kicked out.
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I certainly question the comment from "straight talker"... Businesses and Community have always been involved with Hawkesbury Radio 89.9, as evidenced by both their always filled 5 minutes of permissible advertising per hour and constant noticeboard announcements of current events in the Hawkesbury.
What evidence do you offer for such a claim 'straight talker'.
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My evidence is simple I was a director so I know, I also know that HR had the least amount of members because whilst I was a director they only had 63 members not real good after over 3 decades of broadcasting and when I mentioned that we should chase new members I was asked " What For " so before anyone else posts comments about who brought the station down the answer is very simple - The directors for NOT following ACMA rules and guidelines after multiple warnings which are all on public record and they do not lie
Interesting comments Helen, but ill-informed.
I was a member and Presenter at Hawkesbury Radio for over 10 years. During that time I witnessed management of the Station at close quarters. It wasn't TWO members who were responsible for Hawkesbury Radio having its broadcast licence renewal refused; rather it was the Board, FOUR of the directors having held their positions continuously for almost TWENTY YEARS.
The Board failed to comply with repeated directives from the ACMA to open the Station to community participation, thereby breaching the Broadcast Act. That's what precipitated the extremely rare refusal of licence renewal, not the actions of any of the members.
You have suggested that those interested have a look at [a] website. This site was launched and supported by a very significant proportion of the Hawkesbury Radio membership, myself included. We were frustrated by the state of the Station and the partisan management style. Personally I can't wait to see a new licence holder so that this radio station can be returned to those who rightfully own it.... the entire Hawkesbury COMMUNITY!
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