Radio Adelaide

Radio Adelaide 101.5 FM (formerly 5UV)
City Adelaide
Broadcast area Adelaide, South Australia
Branding Radio Adelaide
Frequency 101.5 MHz FM, DAB+
Language(s) English, Mandarin, Japanese, Spanish, Polish, Farsi, Swahili, Persian, Bhutanese,
Website https://radio.adelaide.edu.au/

Radio Adelaide (call sign: 5UV) is Australia's first community radio station; established by Adelaide University in 1972. It broadcasts from street front studios on North Terrace, Adelaide. The signal reaches across the Adelaide metropolitan area to the Mid North, the Yorke Peninsula and Fleurieu Peninsula, the southern Barossa, Kangaroo Island, Riverland and parts of the Eyre Peninsula broadcasting at 13 kilowatts on 101.5 MHz FM. The transmitter power was only 7 kW until an upgrade on 2 November 2006. Radio Adelaide is a Registered Training Organisation providing nationally accredited training and in 1999 won Adult Learning Australia's Outstanding Training Provider of the Year Award. Radio Adelaide has audio production facilities available including recording, mastering, duplication, online audio, digital transfer, message on hold, equipment hire and expert technical advice.

Radio Adelaide was formerly known as 5UV, denoting its links to the University of Adelaide, the university where the radio station was originally located and started. Whilst Radio Adelaide is technically still owned by the University of Adelaide it is highly autonomous. The station is run by over five hundred volunteer station workers as well as a small amount of paid staff. Because Radio Adelaide is a community radio station, there are many program styles including comedy, music, etc. Because of this, Radio Adelaide uses strip programming to ensure some consistency and coherency. Programs on Radio Adelaide are provided by volunteers and also by access groups who pay for on air time. The largest purchaser of access time was "Student Radio" a collection of Radio Programs provided by university students from the University of Adelaide, Flinders University and the University of South Australia. After the introduction of Voluntary Student Unionism the hours which Student Radio broadcasts have been reduced, making the "Roundabout" program the largest purchaser of access time.

Radio Adelaide studios on 228 North Terrace in Adelaide on 31 January 2016.

History

In 1970, Kenneth Stirling, an accountant who worked for a mining company, anonymously donated $100,000 to the University of Adelaide to establish an educational community radio station. It was an idea being developed by key people at the University interested in broadening access to education, but it was also an innovative and creative leap, as there were not any such stations in Australia. Stirling died in 1973 and his anonymous donation became public. When 5UV opened in 1972, it had a special one-off licence, but the momentum for community access to broadcasting was happening nationally and it became a ‘public radio’ licence in 1974 along with a further 11 stations all in other Australian states. Stirling's donation gave 5UV Radio Adelaide a special place as the first station in Australia’s very diverse community radio sector.[1]

In 1972, the newly created 5UV radio station began broadcasting in small rooms under the former Hughes Plaza, now the Hub Central, on the University of Adelaide campus. The University of Adelaide purchased the site on 228 North Terrace in the mid 1980s and Radio Adelaide's relocation was managed by its 1984 Station Manager Jill Lambert, with the new studios being built from 1988 and opened in April 1989.[2]

In 2014, the University of Adelaide's Vice-Chancellor Warren Bebbington announced changes to the funding model and location of Radio Adelaide to invest in other projects and its new Medical School. In June 2015, the University of Adelaide sold the station's studios at 228 North Terrace and the staff and volunteers were told to move by mid 2016. In December 2015, the University of Adelaide released a discussion paper to invite briefings from key stakeholders regarding the future of Radio Adelaide which included shutting down Radio Adelaide, ending 43 years of broadcasting and partnership with the University of Adelaide.[3][4][5] Following the announcement that Radio Adelaide may face closure, the station's staff and volunteers began a grassroots campaign online and via social media to ensure the station's future.[6][7] A week later, the University of Adelaide announced it will inform the station's staff and volunteers of Radio Adelaide's future in early January 2016 after the University released a Registration of Interest document seeking potential owners for Radio Adelaide, with a closing date of 24 December 2015.[8][9]The University of Adelaide scheduled a meeting with the station's staff in late January 2016 but cancelled at the last minute citing "The assessment of short-listed bidders for Radio Adelaide is not yet complete."[10][11]

On 18 February 2016, the University of Adelaide signed a deal with community radio station Fresh FM 92.7 to help operate and manage the station to become an independent not-for-profit organisation from July 2016.[12] Under the new agreement with Fresh FM, Radio Adelaide will retain its educational mission and will initially co-locate with Fresh FM in their Rundle Street Studios with a view to moving to new studios in the future. The transfer of the broadcasting licence from the University to a new entity cannot be finalised until approved by the broadcasting authority ACMA.[13] It remains unclear how much of Radio Adelaide's current facilities and capacity will be retained in the shift, as Radio Adelaide's schedule tended to be eclectic with a mix of ethnically diverse programming, access groups, education and arts coverage.[14]

In March 2016, a group of Radio Adelaide station workers and volunteers formed a body named RadAd Station Workers Association (RASWA) to represent the broader station community and to provide public comment on recent developments regarding the station's future due to a continued gag placed on paid station staff.[15]

Adelaide University Student Radio

Student Radio
Broadcast area Adelaide
Frequency 101.5 FM, online and on digital radio[16]
Language(s) English
Transmitter coordinates 34°55′18″S 138°36′16″E / 34.921628°S 138.604449°E / -34.921628; 138.604449Coordinates: 34°55′18″S 138°36′16″E / 34.921628°S 138.604449°E / -34.921628; 138.604449
Owner Adelaide University Union
Website www.auu.org.au

Adelaide University Student Radio (AUSR) is an access group at Radio Adelaide and is funded by Adelaide University Union. It is the oldest student radio program in Australia, having been broadcasting since 1975. AUSR suffered severe funding cuts since the introduction of Voluntary Student Unionism legislation with weekly hours being cut from nine to three, before being increased to six and then seven in 2016. Local Noise, a live local band show, was the flagship of AUSR until 2007 when it was decided that funding was insufficient to maintain it and it was handed over to Radio Adelaide. Local Noise now broadcasts on Tuesday nights at 9pm showcasing Adelaide bands.

Adelaide University Student Radio previously aired Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights from 11pm-1am, but as of 2016 broadcasts 6pm-1am on Friday nights. The current student radio broadcast schedule can be found at the Radio Adelaide Website.[17]

Student Radio is overseen by up to three Student Radio Directors, who must be members of the Adelaide University Union and are elected during the annual Union elections.

Student Radio Directors[18]

2010 Casey Briggs and Chrissy Kavanagh
2011 Casey Briggs, Timothy Molineux and Sebastian Tonkin
2012 Timothy Molineux, Taherah Tahmasebi and Joel Parsons
2013 Kate Drinkwater, Bernard Evans and Luke Eygenraam
2014 Galen Cuthbertson and Jennifer Nguyen [19]
2015 Matthew Bell, Wang Yang and Isabella Xu (part)
2016 Sophie Atkinson and Rob Lawry

Flinders University Student Radio

Flinders University Student Radio (FUSR) was broadcast on Radio Adelaide from 1997 to 2006, when funding was withdrawn following voluntary student unionism. FUSR was a 3-hour timeslot produced in a number of formats: comedy, variety, punk, metal, talkback, political discussion, sports, and even radio plays. All shows were solely hosted by students from Flinders University.

References

  1. ↑ Staff writer, Radio Adelaide (3 January 2016). "A 43 Year Legacy". Radio Adelaide. Radio Adelaide. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  2. ↑ Staff writer, Radio Adelaide (19 August 2015). "Seeking New Home For Irreplaceable Radio Station". Radio Adelaide. Radio Adelaide. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "5UV- Radio Adelaide and the future: A briefing inviting response from key stakeholders (page 2)" (pdf). University of Adelaide. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  4. ↑ Staff writer, ABC News Adelaide (1 December 2015). "Future of Radio Adelaide in doubt as University of Adelaide considers selling iconic station". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  5. ↑ Bennett, Tim; Reid, Khama (8 December 2015). "Radio Adelaide closure could cut off remote communities, Indigenous advocate says". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  6. ↑ Henry, Helen (2 December 2015). "Save Radio Adelaide". Community Broadcasting Association of Australia. Community Broadcasting Association of Australia. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  7. ↑ "Save Radio Adelaide". Save Radio Adelaide. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  8. ↑ "Invitation to Register Interest for: The Community Broadcasting Licence and associated activities currently operating as Radio Adelaide" (pdf). University of Adelaide. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  9. ↑ Williams, Tim (14 December 2015). "Adelaide University talking to parties interested in taking on ownership of Radio Adelaide". AdelaideNow. News Corporation. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  10. ↑ Kelton, Sam (29 January 2016). "Decision on the future of Radio Adelaide has been delayed for 'some days'". AdelaideNow. News Corporation. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  11. ↑ Washington, David (5 February 2016). "Changes at the Tiser, shadows grow". InDaily. Solstice Media. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  12. ↑ Staff writer, ABC News Adelaide (19 February 2016). "Radio Adelaide to move into Fresh FM's studios after deal". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  13. ↑ Washington, David (19 February 2016). "Adelaide Uni cuts Radio Adelaide free". InDaily. Solstice Media. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  14. ↑ Marsh, Walter (19 February 2016). "University of Adelaide gives Radio Adelaide a fresh start". Rip It Up. Rip It Up. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  15. ↑ Washington, David (18 March 2016). "Radio Adelaide workers fear station's "slow death"". InDaily. Solstice Media. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  16. ↑ https://radio.adelaide.edu.au/listen-online/
  17. ↑ current Student Radio schedule
  18. ↑ http://studentradio.com.au/about/
  19. ↑ http://issuu.com/adelaideuniversityunion/docs/edition_11_book_issuu

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