Disability Day 2013

Tuesday 3 December is International Day of People with Disability, and 3CR is celebrating with 12 hours of radio by, for and about people with disability. So Welcome to Our World! Disability is still a very different world, where many basic human rights are yet to be achieved - but it’s also a world of creativity, community, and passion for social justice.

3CR wins CBAA Award for Beyond the Bars

We are very happy to announce that 3CR has won the 2013 Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA) Award for Contribution to Indigenous Broadcasting for Beyond the Bars! The award was accepted by Shiralee Hood via phone at the 2013 CBAA Conference in Sydney on the weekend.

3CR Raffle

Get ready for some amazing prizes in this year's 3CR fundraising raffle! Prizes up for grabs include: a Bicycle from Reid Cycles, 2 nights weekend accommodation at Hepburn Springs Chalet, an Hibatchi BBQ from BBQs Galore, a double pass to MONA FOMA Festival plus moreTickets are available from the station and are just $2 each, or 3 tickets for $5. The raffle will be drawn and winners announced on air on Wednesday 11 December. Get yours today! Read more for the full prize list.

Beyond the Bars CD Launch

Once again 3CR is very proud to announce the launch of the Beyond the Bars CD. This is the 10th CD to feature highlights from the Beyond the Bars NAIDOC week broadcasts. The launch will feature excerpts from the CD, a panel discussion with Vickie Roach, Shiralee Hood and Daniel Skipper, MC'd by Beyond the Bars founding member, Kutcha Edwards and with music by Johnny Mac. Thursday 21 November 6-8pm at the New Ballroom, Trades Hall, cnr Victoria and Lygon Sts, Carlton. Light refreshments and non-alcoholic beverages available. Please come to the launch and celebrate with us the achievements of this amazing project.

Brainwaves on 3CR

3CR’s Brainwaves celebrates Mental Health Week 2013 with the music, stories and creativity of people with mental illness. Tune in during Breakfast on Thursday 10 and Friday 11 October for great music and insights into mental health, from people who know. 

3CR Fundraiser - Pussy Riot

Join 3CR for an evening of punk and protest on the big screen with Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer. Five women wearing brightly coloured balaclavas rushed the altar of a Moscow Russian Orthodox Cathedral with microphones, speakers and a guitar and launched into a "punk prayer" in protest against Vladimir Putin's "excessive nationalism". Come to the 3CR film fundraiser and get the real story of what happened next.

Freedom Flotilla

The Freedom Flotilla to West Papua was an unprecedented event of creative resistance to the Indonesian occupation of West Papua. Highlighting the abuses of human rights and land rights carried out under the occupations of their lands on an international stage. The Freedom Flotilla sucessfully completed their sacred mission on Friday 13 September 2013.

Music Sans Frontieres Fundraiser Gig

Five choirs, a soloist and a trio are playing a live concert at 1 Mark St. North Fitzroy to raise funds for the Music Sans Frontieres Radiothon effort on Saturday 21 September at 8pm.

John Harding Wins Deadly

A huge congratulations to Indearts presenter John Harding for wining the  "Community Broadcaster of The Year" Deadly Award. You can catch Indearts on air every Tuesday from 10-11am on 855AM, On Demand, or on Digital Radio.

Girls Radio Club

3CR has been running the Girls Radio Club for young women from Indigenous, refugee, asylum seeker and migrant backgrounds aged 15 to 20. The Girls Radio Club is now broadcasting on 3CR every Thursday 5-5.30pm until September 19. Listen in on 855am, or stream it hereWe are very excited to announce a special extra day of training as part of the project. 

Left After Breakfast Legendary Lunch

You are invited to a special get-to-know-you day and fundraiser for Left After Breakfast on Sunday 29 September. Come along and meet some living legends over lunch! No, we don’t mean we’re the Legends. Every listener counts at 3CR, every listener is a legend, and we’ll be having lunch with some well-known legendary listeners. Come and join us, then you get to have lunch with them too!