Curtin Radio

Curtin Radio
Bentley, Western Australia;
Broadcast area	Perth
Frequency	100.1 MHz FM
Programming
Language(s)	English
Format	Community
History
First air date	16 October 1976
Links
Website	curtinfm.com.au

Curtin Radio is a radio station based in Perth. The station broadcasts from studios at the Bentley campus at Curtin University. As well as broadcasting on radio, the station also broadcasts digitally on CurtinDG as well as live-streaming via their website.

History

The station was formerly known as Curtin Radio 927, and became the state's first community broadcaster on 16 October 1976.^[1] The station held one of only five special licences granted by the then Minister for the Media, Moss Cass, after he 'discovered' community radio in the United States. Curtin Radio is still officially known as 6NR (6 New Radio), and the Western Australian Institute of Technology (WAIT), now Curtin University, continues to hold the licence.

After 26 years of AM broadcasting, the station converted to the FM Band in 2002. The radio station is available on the DAB+ format (digital radio) as CURTINDG and is also available on the World Wide Web, and streaming services such as iHeartRadio.

According to their website, Curtin Radio has a weekly cumulative listenership in excess of 239,000 people (all ages 15+) and has more than four thousand subscribing members. Curtin Radio also has more than 100 on-air & production volunteers.

Presenters and Shows

Curtin Radio shows and presenters
Time slot	Name	Host(s)
Monday to Friday 6:00am to 9:00am	Breakfast	Greg Pearce and Glenn Mitchell (alternating each week)
Monday to Friday 9:00am to 12:00pm	Down Memory Lane with Peter Waltham	Peter Waltham
Monday to Friday 12:00pm to 3:00pm	Afternoons with Jenny Seaton	Jenny Seaton
Monday to Friday 3:00pm to 6:00pm	Drive with Ray Finn	Ray Finn
Monday 6:00pm to 9:00pm	Monday Evenings	Tracey McGrath and Julie Holmshaw (alternating each week)
Tuesday 6:00pm to 9:00pm	Tuesday Evening	Dale James & George Monaldi (alternating each week)
Wednesday 6:00pm to 9:00pm	Wednesday Evening	John Cranfield’s Reminiscing
Thursday 6:00pm to 9:00pm	Thursday Evening	Gerry Milford and Carol Kennedy (alternating each week)
Friday 6:00pm to 12:00am	Friday Night with Grant Lear	Lindsay Walker, Alan Wilson & Grant Lear (alternating each week)
Monday to Thursday 9:00pm to 12:00am	Late Night with Gordon Gee	Gordon Gee
Saturday 6:00am to 8:00am	Saturday Breakfast	Allan Symons and Chris Bartlett (alternating each week)
Saturday 8:00am to 10:0am	Let's Talk Gardening	Faye Arcaro and Rae Burton
Saturday 10:00am to 12:00pm	Classic 60s & 70s	George Monaldi and Jim Krynen (alternating each week)
Saturday 12:00pm to 6:00pm	Born in Boots with Brendon T Moylan	Brendon T Moylan
Saturday 6:00pm to 10:00pm	The Late Flashback Party	Lawrence Noakes
Sunday 6:00am to 9:00am	Easy Listening	Gillian Bush
Sunday 9:00am to 12:00pm	From The Vault	Alan Mannings
Sunday 12:00pm to 3:00pm	Sunday Session	Dean Martin
Sunday 3:00pm to 6:00pm	Sunday Afternoon	Don Dryden
Sunday 6:00pm to 9:00pm	The Album Show	Karl O’Callaghan
Sunday 9:00pm to 12:00am	Reminiscing

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Volunteer presenters and producers broadcast during the evenings and weekends.

Newsroom

A training ground for students who study at the Curtin School of Journalism, Curtin Radio has assisted with producing some of Western Australia's most respected radio and television journalists.^[3]^[4]

The Curtin Radio Newsroom is staffed by two full-time journalists, Courtney Thornton and Ruby Devlin. It is also occasionally staffed by volunteer students, who study at the Curtin School of Journalism and prepare news bulletins.

The station has news updates from 6AM to 6PM each weekday and 6AM to Midday on weekends.