Home Page
Hawkesbury Radio site. A great little community radio station in Sydney's north west. Firmly founded in the local community, the station provides interesting content related to the Hawkesbury area, sports, music and talk aimed at the local listeners.
Vale: Bonnie McAlester
We are saddened to report that long-time listener to the station, Yvonne Dulcie McAlester passed away on 28 January 2012. She was known as Bonnie to all, and was the mother of Hawkesbury Radio drive time presenter Donna Cole. She is survived by her husband Melvin, 5 daughters, 2 sons and 17 grandchildren. In our Hearts forever and always.
The funeral will be held at St Mathews Anglican Church, Moses St, Windsor Friday 3rd February at 1pm.
International Sand Sculpting Competition 2012
Australia Day Extravaganza 2012
Australia Day 2012 will go down as a day of stress at the outset, and leading to a feeling of success by the end of the day. The station had done a lot of planning along with the Windsor RSL for a great day of fun for the whole family, outside on the grass area alongside the club. But rain threatened the day, with a pretty dismal forecast that lead to many events around the Sydney area being cancelled.
Thanks to the splendid planning and careful thought of Cate O'Kane, Dan Richardson and many others, the event was quickly moved inside into the auditorium. Some of the activities had to be cancelled (it's a bit hard to have ferris wheels inside the club!! ) but the day went off well anyway in its reduced-size configuration.
Hundreds of people, including lots of children came to the club for a terrific day of entertainment and activities. Local bands played some great music to the delight of the crowd, Moondust Creations painted faces and applied temporary tattoos, and Brabazon and Belladonna puzzled with their unique brand of magic.
And all this at the same time as raising money for the Special Olympics.
New soundproofing in Studio 1
At long last our new sound deadening foam has been installed in Studio 1 - the broadcast studio.
First - move the broadcast setup to studio 2 - normally used just for recording the less-complicated pieces to be included in shows. Michael Golikov runs his show from the temporary studio while the work continues
Next - clean down the wall - remove all the papers pinned there, and dust etc. Then glue the new foam to the wall. Here is Steve Wilkins and Seth Lewis hard at work
The new studio look is spick and span. Seth Lewis, Chris Dries and Steve Wilkins are obviously pleased with the new sound deadening.
The Winner of our Logo Competition
We are delighted to reveal at last the winning entry in our recent Logo Competition. We were delighted with the number of very thoughful and inspired entries - a great many people have given a lot of thought to how their local station should be portrayed, and taken into account the way they see the station integrating with the Hawkesbury community and joining with the community to make our area a better place to live and work.
Chris Muscat from the Slopes, NSW submitted the winning design. He says about his design:
"The Blue colour represents the 'blue' of our iconic Blue Mountains, the backdrop for the Hawkesbury Region. The Equalisers represent sound/music/mix levels and also have been chosen and shaped to symbolise the silhouette of the Blue Mountains."
You can see Chris's other design, and the other finalists on our special Logo Competition page.
Congratulations to Chris Muscat, who wins the $1000 in prizes from our sponsors, and will get to sit in on a radio show at a time that suits him.
The photo shows Chris Muscat, (middle) with Andrew Reilly (L) Advertising Manager of Hawkesbury Newspapers, and Mike Kear (R), Sales & Marketing Director of Hawkesbury Radio, at the presentation ceremony.
Hawkesbury Radio would like to thank the following sponsors that have made our competition possible:
Studio 2 reno moves along
The renovation of studio 2 to be a combined green room and recording studio is moving along. Some time ago, the wall between the old tiny green room and studio 2 was removed, making one bigger room. In the last couple of weeks, new carpet tiles have been laid, and furniture has been moved in, making it much more comfortable for guests waiting for their interview time, or our hosts waiting for their show time to come around.
Here are a couple of pictures of Big John Little trying out the new furniture for size.
Even a couch!
The room looked a mess for a while. It may not happen in a jiffy because we're an all-volunteer organisation but it's looking pretty spiffy now! Here's how it looked when the hammers were flying and the saws were buzzing ...
An Old Flame Burns Bright For Us - RAAF Boys Say Thanks, Their Way!
Once again Hawkesbury Radio got out and joined the community at the 2006 Richmond Airshow in October. Hawkesbury Radio has capabilities that few community stations can offer.