Radio Skid Row

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Radio Skid Row
Broadcast area
Community Radio
Ownership
OwnerRadio Skid Row Ltd
History
First air date
10 August 1983
Technical information
Transmitter coordinates
33°52′23″S 151°12′20″E / 33.87306°S 151.20556°E / -33.87306; 151.20556
Links
WebsiteOfficial Website

Radio Skid Row (callsign 2RSR) is a

Inner West suburbs of Sydney. This includes the former municipalities of Leichhardt and Marrickville, and the existing City of Sydney. Its broadcast signal can be received across much of Sydney, and its audience extends to many communities in Greater Western Sydney and, through online streaming, across the world.[1]

Radio Skid Row has built a reputation for development and training projects with

Muslim radio started in Sydney
.

History

Radio Skid Row began as a

Long Bay Gaol and local drop-in centres. The station secured a community radio
licence in 1983 to broadcast to the inner-city areas of Sydney.

Initially the plans for the station was that it would play commercial music and would broadcast relevant information that homeless people needed, such as accommodation availability and where to obtain free meals.

Tensions emerged during the first year of operations at the station, sparked by a management style that limited volunteer involvement in the structures and operation of the station, thereby going against the principles of community broadcasting.

In June 1984 the management tried to close the station down and lock out the volunteers and community program makers. The station was off the air for three weeks and when it reopened was only on air for twelve hours a day. Station workers then took the opportunity to overturn the

Annual General Meeting, which happened shortly after the lockout. The station then set about reforming itself based on a cooperative model, in a style similar to that of 4ZZZ.[3]

Current Activity

The station's mission is to provide a voice for youth, community groups and in languages other than

marginalised
members of the community.

In 2019 the station held its first supporter drive with an online fundraising campaign, surpassing its initial target of $36,000 AUD.[4]

Programming

Radio Skid Row plays a mix of music, with a focus on

Tongan, Cook Islands, and Maori shows. It also specialises in talk programs presented from a radical viewpoint and covering local and national issues. Radio Skid Row is also the only station in Australia to broadcast the award-winning US current affairs show, Democracy Now!, daily at 9am.[5]

Sister Agnes Ware, a Torres Strait Islander woman, was one of the first Indigenous DJs on air at Radio Skid Row. She interviewed artists such as Burning Spear, The Wailers, Steel Pulse and Laurence Fishburne. [6]

See also

References

  1. ^ Radio Skid Row online stream - https://onlineradiobox.com/au/skidrow/
  2. ^ Redfern Oral History - http://redfernoralhistory.org/Enterprises/RadioRedfernKooriRadio/tabid/206/Default.aspx
  3. ^ Radio Skid Row about page - http://www.radioskidrow.org/about
  4. ^ Start Some Good Skid Row campaign page - https://startsomegood.com/radioskidrow
  5. ^ Radio Skid Row program guide - http://www.radioskidrow.org/programs
  6. ^ "Blak Friday / Koori Connection". Retrieved 29 July 2023.

External links

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