| City: | Bentley, Western Australia |
| Curtin Radio | |
| Airdate: | 16 October 1976 |
| Frequency: | 100.1 MHz FM |
| Area: | Perth |
| Format: | Community |
| Language: | English |
| 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.
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.
| 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 |
Volunteer presenters and producers broadcast during the evenings and weekends.
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.