Contact FM
Contact FM is a
The Independent Broadcasting Community relaunched Contact on a low-power frequency 106 MHz, before settling with its current frequency of 88.1 MHz.[1][2] The station celebrated its 30th birthday in October 2009.[3] The current Management Committee of the Independent Broadcasting Community (Hamilton) Incorporated, who run Contact FM, is chairperson Nick Johnston, treasurer Daniel Farrell, secretary Lauren Kerr Bell, and officers Ayman Aneece, Shane Griffin and Luke Jacobs.[4]
Contact hosts many local Hamilton music events. Since 2008, it has run annual Hamilton music festival Hamilton Circle Jerk. The event features 15 Hamilton bands performing 3 song sets, two songs by other Hamilton musicians as well as an original.[5] The festival had previously struggled to attract sponsorship, in part due to being controversially named after the mutual masturbatory act.[6]
References
- ^ Neems, Jeff (8 August 2010). "Contact FM wants frequency back". Waikato Times. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
- ^ Contact FM website Archived 2014-10-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Swainson, Richard (6 October 2009). "Press Release for Contact FM's 30th Birthday". Retrieved 15 November 2010.
- ^ "IBC Committee". 12 November 2012. Archived from the original on 4 May 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
- ^ "6th Annual Hamilton Circle Jerk". 5 May 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
- ^ "Hamilton hosts its 6th annual Circle Jerk gig". 3 News. 28 May 2010. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2010.