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Hawkesbury Radio to stay on air longer, other groups also contest licence

5 October 2017 After recently losing its full time licence, community station Hawkesbury Radio received some good news last week: it will be able to stay on air...

Full time siren for Hawkesbury Radio footy broadcaster after 20 years of calling League

2 October 2017 Hawkesbury Radio 89.9FM in Sydney’s west has just wrapped up two decades of calling Rugby League. Hawkesbury Radio’s own MG, Michael Golikov, has been a...

Rotary clubs plan to rescue Hawkesbury Radio

10 September 2017 It was only a couple of weeks ago we reported that the ACMA declined to renew the broadcast licence for Hawkesbury Radio. The embattled...

‘Disappointing’ news for two community stations that will go dark

28 August 2017 Two community radio operations today have joined a small group of stations to have lost their licences in Australia. The Australian Communications and Media Authority...

Two community stations not renewed in ACMA re-licencing process

28 August 2017 The Australian Communications and Media Authority has renewed 148 of 150 community broadcasting licences assessed in the last financial year. Two of 150 renewal applications received in the...

The ACMA finds against Hawkesbury Radio in long running dispute

21 February 2017 The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has ruled against community station 2VTR, Hawkesbury Radio and in favour of two complainants who accused the licensee...

ACMA finds 2VTR not doing enough to encourage community participation

20 October 2015 2VTR, communtiy radio station in Windsor, NSW has been issued remedial directions from the Australian Communications and Media Authority after it was found to be...

Hawkesbury Radio in hot water again. This time from the ACMA

7 July 2014 Less than two weeks ago, Hawkesbury Radio 89.9 FM, a community station on the outskirts of Sydney, lost a case in the NSW Supreme Court...

Complaints and legal threats for Hawkesbury Radio after expelling member

18 July 2013 A dispute inside Hawkesbury Radio resulted in the expulsion of member John Bryant this week. But that may not be the end of it.

Community station votes to expel a member

14 July 2013 Sydney community station Hawkesbury Radio has begun the formal process of expelling a member, but it has divided the station and made the process...