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Vision Statement
To build and maintain a viable community owned and operated radio station that supports and provides an outlet for alternative music genres and multicultural programs in the Sunraysia region.
To build and maintain a viable community owned and operated radio station that supports and provides an outlet for alternative music genres and multicultural programs in the Sunraysia region.
Mission Statement
To operate and maintain an informative, entertaining, socially connected community radio station that offers the community the opportunity to access programs not available through other sources. Hot FM is committed to providing training and access opportunities for members of the public to be trained in all aspects of the radio industry.
To operate and maintain an informative, entertaining, socially connected community radio station that offers the community the opportunity to access programs not available through other sources. Hot FM is committed to providing training and access opportunities for members of the public to be trained in all aspects of the radio industry.
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History Community Radio in Mildura was established by Max Thorburn through his desire to establish a Country Music radio station in Regional Australia. Sunraysia Community Radio Association was formed in 1983 with the purpose of establishing and operating a community radio station in the Sunraysia area, developing Max’s ideas and plans. With humble beginnings in a flat in Ontario Avenue Mildura, then a stint in a balcony enclosure on the second floor of the former Wintersun Hotel, studios were constructed at 6 Byrne Court and have remained there since. |
Max Thorburn with the original desk that operated the station's first test transmissions in 1983
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More About Hot FM
Community Radio Hot FM is well established in Sunraysia with a loyal listening audience and a loyal sponsor base. Hot FM maintains a focus on country music during the day with multicultural programs and varied genre programs filling many of the evening time slots. Hot FM has nine different cultural groups presenting programs. Some of the groups have subgroups also presenting programs. The cultural programs fill a need in the local community reaching differing language groups with music and information in their native tongues. Music played on Hot FM ranges through, Country, Folk, Contemporary Christian, Jazz, Blues, Rock, Pop, Classic, Hip Hop and more. The diversity of music genres caters for the many interest groups in the listening audience with each individual program having a loyal group of listeners. Hot FM provide live football coverage of one match each week during the Sunraysia Football League season. The Millewa Football League Grand Final is also broadcast live from Lake Cullullaraine. The broadcasts are one of the major strengths of Hot FM’s programming and they attract a large listening audience. Hot FM has a strong band of community volunteers who make up the average of 50-65 presenters who broadcast with the station on a weekly basis. Hot FM enjoys a long history of community support, with the advantage of not being a commercial operation with commercial costs Hot FM provides a low cost, high quality community broadcasting service. |
