Local hills community radio 3MDR has a special anniversary coming up and is creating a podcast series to celebrate – community involvement very much encouraged.
Mountain District Radio Inc, 3MDR 97.1fm will be turning 40 in 2025, celebrating 40 years of community broadcasting and is super excited to be producing a special series of podcasts to celebrate the colourful history of the local radio station.
On the scorched earth in the aftermath of the horrific Ash Wednesday bushfires in February 1983, a group of hills locals got together and got the ball rolling on setting up a radio station for the purposes of emergency broadcasting.
3MDR would like to hear from anyone who was involved in 3MDR’s early days – committee members, volunteers, presenters and long time listeners are encouraged to contact 3MDR to share their stories of how the station came into being.
It’s been a long, sometimes bumpy road traversing the airwaves for 40 years and it’s all due to the community coming together to contribute to this much loved local broadcasting operation which continues to be an important part of the ever changing media landscape.
Community news, interviews, local and not so local music, special interests and CALD community language programs, 3MDR has something for everyone.
If you, or someone you know has had any involvement in 3MDR’s early days please contact the 3MDR office on 9752 5678 or email 3MDR’s Station Manager, Nat Grant on office@3mdr.com and get involved in documenting the history of Mountain District Radio Inc.
