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Community Newsroom - 20 February 2026
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CN 13-02-26: Following the $$ in Byron Shire and how to have your say; The Byron beach frothing in a bad way; NZ gov’t accused of racist politics; Filming the last days of independent Russian TV
Today we follow the money, in the Byron Shire at least, with an expert guide to ‘developer contributions’ ie. fees… but not always, as we learn thanks to the council’s assets and major projects manager, who joins us in the studio to explain how you can have a say in how the funds are spent. Someth…
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Community Newsroom - 6 February 2026
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Community Newsroom - 30 January 2026
Join us for our first live show of 2026 — we’re thrilled to be back in the Community Newsroom. To open the program, we speak with Australia Day 2026 Honours List recipient Nicole Lockie, a remarkable local woman from the Northern Rivers who has made an extraordinary contribution to our community. …
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Community Newsroom - 23 January 2026
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Community Newsroom - 16 January 2026
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CN 09-01-26 From Sheffield to the Bay, cheerio Radio Mundial
Steve Snelgrove presented his last Radio Mundial program for Bay FM in March 2025, after 24 years. Hear how a boy from Sheffield, UK, who had no sense of sound for his first four years of life, came to become an avid fan of a genre record companies called “world music,” he says, because “they coul…
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CN 02-01-26 Whistleblowers, strip searches, threatened species and poetry in the rain
Two days into the new year, with the silly season pretty well over, seems the perfect time to reflect on some of the people and stories that captured our attention in 2025 as we slow down with summer and take stock of how far, or otherwise, we’ve come. Poetry is often a perfect partner for reflect…
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Community Newsroom - 26 December 2025
Nan’s The Word – Bumpy Shadows – Cooee Take Me to The River – Emma Donovan Wild Horses and Broken Hearts – KYARNA Jensen’s Swap – Justin Standley At least for now (feat.Anthony Liddell, Jake Amy, Kasinda Faase) – Kee’ahn & Pataphysics The Fixer (feat.Quarralia Knox & Kutcha Edwards) – KYARNA …
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CN 19-12-25- Grand plans for Bexhill quarry; Thousands of turtle eggs saved; Elliot’s 8th Labor win; Newsreader tries stand-up
Today’s program is our last official program for the year and we spend some time listening back to some highlights from the year gone. We hear about turtle eggs rescued across the NSW north coast before tidal surges from ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred; how community groups across the region including …
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