Just over 30 years ago, a group of enthusiastic people put together a proposal to establish a community radio station to serve the southern and bayside suburbs of Melbourne. That dream turned into reality when Southern Community Broadcasters was granted a licence to broadcast on the FM band. In November 2020, Southern FM celebrates its 30th anniversary. Over the years,
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The new Mayor of the City of Kingston Cr Steve Staikos chats with Colin Tyrus in this podcast from A Newsman and his Music as broadcast on Monday 23 November 2020. A Newsman and his Music is on-air every Monday from 9 AM to 11 AM on 88.3 Southern FM. Photo courtesy City of Kingston
Read moreThe lockdown has put pressure on local councils to open up or repurpose golf courses for use as public parkland. The Elsternwick golf course is an example of a recent conversion in the bayside area. And whilst golfers grow anxious about their threatened habitats, so to do beetles, birds, bees and bats, just some of the fauna that thrive in
Read moreFrom Mornington to Rome, Karen Turner’s career as a historical romance fiction writer has come a long way. Hear and There presenter Nathan Reynolds caught up with Karen to discuss the journey.
Read moreSECA Round 2 played out on Saturday with reduced overs grades and juniors joining in the fun. The SECA Panel had a lot to talk about with a lot of action happening including a massive 208 from Zac Rattray in D Grade off a ridiculous 62 balls. We talked to Zac and also caught up with Brighton Union President Russell
Read moreScotty & Ruttsy discussed the SA pizza lockdown fiasco, which was a super-supreme, cheese filled, party-size extravaganza cooked up by a selfish idiot and eaten by a gullible Premier. We farewelled the smorgasbord, once made famous by Sizzler, The Keg, The Swagman & Smorgy’s and discussed the finger lickin’ feud between the Colonel and Grill’d. We told some Dad jokes,
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