The following course is offered at Holmesglen Institute of TAFE (Chadstone Campus, in Melbourne’s south east):
Diploma Of Broadcasting
CUF50501
More information about CUF50501 is available via NTIS.gov.au
Brian Wise is the course’s main trainer. Brian also presents Off The Record on Triple R 102.7FM, and publishes Rhythms Magazine a roots-music monthly.
Brian Wise writes a blog for current students radio2007.wordpress.com.
The Iranian Society of Victoria (ISoV) acknowledges two Persian programs on Melbourne radio: one SBS, one 3CR 855 AM.
Plenty Valley FM (88.6) have a Baha’i program for listeners in Melbourne’s north
Would Iranians in Melbourne listen a new Persian-Farsi radio program on 3ZZZ?
If you are keen to volunteer to help create a weekly 1-hour Farsi-Persian program on 3ZZZ 92.3 FM, please contact the 3ZZZ office or leave a comment on this blog (see below).
For news from Iran see www.farsinet.com (in English), or inet.uni2.dk/home – a list of news sources in both Farsi and English.
Radio 3ZZZ 92.3 FM in Melbourne, Australia, has programs from several Arabic speaking countries:
Programs in languages other than Arabic include
The 3ZZZ Arabic Youth program (Fridays, 12 noon to 1pm) has young presenters from
Many of these countries are part of the Arab League of nations, either as members or observers:
Arab League members: Algeria [CIA info] · Bahrain [CIA info] · Comoros [CIA info] · Djibouti [CIA info] · Egypt [CIA info] · Iraq [CIA info] · Jordan [CIA info] · Kuwait [CIA info] · Lebanon [CIA info] · Libya [CIA info] · Mauritania [CIA info] · Morocco [CIA info] · Oman [CIA info] · State of Palestine [wikipedia info] · Qatar [CIA info] · Saudi Arabia [CIA info] · Sudan [CIA info] · Somalia CIA info] · Syria [CIA info] · Tunisia [CIA info] · United Arab Emirates [CIA info] · Yemen [CIA info]
Arab League observers: Eritrea [CIA info] · India [CIA info]
From Wikipedia
The countries of the Horn of Africa are culturally linked together. Local people have been using the plow for cultivation and kept the Arabian dromedary as domestic animals for a long time.
Some important ethno-linguistic groups in the Horn of Africa are:
In Djibouti: the Afar (Danakil) and the Somali (Issa) In Eritrea: the Bilen, the Afar, the Hedareb (Beni-Amer/Beja), the Kunama (Baza), the Nara (Nialetic), the Saho (Irob), the Rashaida, the Tigre, and the Tigrinya. The Jebertis are Muslim Tigrinyas who consider themselves as a separate ethnicity, but are not recognized by other sources. In Ethiopia: Amharas, Afars, Agaw groups, Gurages, Hamers, Hararis (also Hadere or Adere), the Irob (Catholic Sahos) Oromos, Saho, Sidamas, Somali, Tigrayans, as well as many other small groups (see also ethnicities listed at Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People’s Region) In Somalia: the Somali
From the BBC country profile of Iran
Iran was one of the first countries to be occupied by the early Islamic armies which burst out from Arabia in the seventh century.Persia, as it was, had been one of the greatest empires of the ancient world, and has long maintained a distinct cultural identity within the Islamic world by retaining its own language and adhering to the Shia interpretation of Islam. [more]
3ZZZ currently has no program involving people from Iran. However, 3ZZZ would like to hear from people interested in contributing to such a program. For more information please contact 3ZZZ or leave a comment on this blog (see below).
From the BBC country profile of Sierra Leone
Liberia is Africa’s oldest republic, but it became better known in the 1990s for its long-running, ruinous civil war and its role in a rebellion in neighbouring Sierra Leone.Although founded by freed American and Caribbean slaves, Liberia is mostly made up of indigenous Africans, with the slaves’ descendants comprising 5% of the population. [more]
3ZZZ currently has no program involving people from Liberia. However, 3ZZZ would like to hear from people interested in contributing to such a program. For more information please contact 3ZZZ or leave a comment on this blog (see below).
3NOW 98.9 FM is a community radio station in Glenroy, Victoria, Australia.
The station is run by North West Community Radio Association Inc. Bob Rau is president.
North West FM has programs in English and other languages including:
Bob Rau and others at NOW FM believe these programs provide important assistance to new settlers.
For program times and broadcaster details see www.northwestfm.org/ethnic
Angela Randall is the Federal Liberal candidate for Bruce.
Angela has extensive experience working for almost thirty years in the hospital system and understands first hand the challenges involved in providing world class public health care [more].
Angela is running against Alan Griffin in what is commonly regarded as a safe seat for the Australian Labor Party (ALP) in the forthcoming Australian Federal election.
The Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA) reports:
Community radio and TV stations are hugely important to the vitality of local communities, say the authors of a groundbreaking study being launched today.
In the largest project of its kind in the world, researchers from Griffith University have spent two years interviewing audiences across the country, including listeners of Indigenous stations, ethnic language programs, metropolitan, suburban, regional, rural and remote radio, as well as TV audiences in the emerging community TV sector.
The resulting report, Community Media Matters – an audience study of the Australian community broadcasting sector, reveals the integral role played by community broadcasting as described by some of its more than seven and a half million listeners.
The Hon. Helen Coonan, Minister for Communication, Information Technology and the Arts is launching the report at the Melbourne studios of 3RRR-FM, today, Friday August 17. [more]
Read more about the launch via the CBF.
This week’s Starting Out was presented in Dinka, by Peter, a broadcast trainee from southern Sudan.
Please tune to 92.3 FM 7-8am, or listen via 3zzz.com.au after the program.
Peter’s next broadcast is Wednesday August 22.
