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90.7 SYN-FM / Youthworx Radio
My Involvement
90.7 SYN-FM is a community radio station, with the purpose of serving the student and youth community of Melbourne. 90.7 SYN-FM provides access, participation, education and training to all students and youth that are into radio and digital media, providing practical experience in these mediums.
Programming is divided equally between tertiary and secondary/youth interests. The music played on air is determined by the presenters, and therefore ranges from punk to hip hop, and from reggae to electronica and everywhere in between.
The talk based programs include programs that deal with teen focus issues, religion, the arts, education/curriculum, sport, feminism comedy and youth at risk issues.
I have been responsible for two aspects of the development of 90.7 SYN-FM.
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The development and management of the YouthWorx Youth Media Development and Training program which is targetted at getting young people at-risk involved in the media in general and SYN-FM in particular. This includes directly reaching out and developing programs for homeless young people, those with drug dependence issues, young people in the juvenile justice system and young people with disabilities. The Youthworx Youth Media Development and Training program is based on work orginally developed by Lee Burton and David MacKenzie. It has been very successful with one of the radio programs from the 2001 Test broadcast winning the National Youth Media Award for Current Affiars / Documentary. My currently activity with YouthWorx is securing financial support for the project from Philanthropic, Business and Government sources.
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I have been directly working with the Board of SYN-FM to develop Governance structures and to develop a range of policy documents and procedure manuals. I am a co-opted member of the SYN-FM Board and this work is undertaken on a voluntary basis.
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