The WIRE

CBAA and ABC announce news partnership

8 November 2023 I attended Amplifying Local News, Disaster Preparedness and Making Engaging Current Affairs sessions at last week’s Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA) conference. They were all informative and exceptional, with the underlying message being how important, and at times essential, community radio news is to regional and underrepresented areas and groups of Australia.

Community radio’s award winning current affairs program is back for season 16

30 January 2020 As Community Radio’s national current affairs program, The Wire launches its 16th season, it is keen to expand its pool of contributing...

Let’s hear it for the girls

18 February 2016 Amid the on-going debate in Australia about the number of women on-air, the role of women in radio at the...

Community radio tackles the NDIS

30 November 2015 With the International Day of People with Disability approaching on Thursday 3rd December 2015, the Community Radio Network’s flagship current...

History, as community radio covers the 2015 Budget

8 May 2015 As the Macquarie Radio Network prepares to broadcast the Federal Budget for the first time, so too does community radio.A...

The Wire turns 10

10 June 2014 And we don’t mean the TV series about drugs. The Wire is a daily current affairs program broadcast exclusively on Community...