On the 6th of November 2011 UGFM officially opened the new home of the Marysville Studio in the Resouce and Recovery building in the heart of Marysville. The studio was initially built in a portable building located at the temporary village established following theVictorian Bushfires with funds from the Lord Mayors charitable foundation and Regional […]
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Following the 2009 bushfires and after the departure of the temporary studio and transmitter the ABC established on FM 94.5 MHz in July 2009 to help with the initial stages of recovery, UGFM established a relay for the Kinglake Ranges from UGFM on FM 94.5 for the Kinglake Ranges that began broadcasting on 6th […]
On Tuesday, 16th November, 2010 the Federal Member for McEwen, Rob Mitchell MP spoke for some five minutes on the role of volunteers in his electorate and particularly on Upper Goulburn Community Radio Inc.Hansard indicates that Mr Mitchell spoke of UGFM`s 16 years of very successful existence and its recent 16th Birthday celebrations held in […]
Tuesday, 16 November 2010 BY AUTHORITY OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Tuesday, 16 November 2010 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 94 CHAMBER Mitchell, Rob, MP Mr MITCHELL (McEwen) (9.45 pm)—There is no doubt in my mind that volunteers of community groups are the backbone of our communities. They contribute so greatly. It is […]
Bendigo Bank Links Murrindindi with UGFM. Following the major fires of February, 2010 the Bank conducted an Bushfire Relief Appeal which was very well supported. The Bendigo Bank is now involved significantly in the UGFM broadcast area with a number of branches in the area and the possibility of more in the future. In fact […]
UGFM BECOMES FIRST COMMUNITY EMERGENCY BROADCASTER 28/4/2010 UGFM – Radio Murrindindi has become the first Australian community broadcaster to have official emergency broadcaster status, Minister for Police and Emergency Services Bob Cameron announced Friday. The station on Friday signed a formal Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for emergency broadcasting with the Victorian Government in […]
Story thanks to www.radioinfo.com.au “Now that all the media hype is gone [after the bushfires], our community radio station is still there during the recovery, which will go on for years,” says Peter Weeks who tells radioinfo this week how his station, Radio Murrindindi UGfm, survived the Black Saturday Bushfires and is now helping to rebuild the […]
The CBAA’s prestigious Tony Staley Award for Excellence in Community Broadcasting has gone to UGFM based in Alexandra, which battled the Victorian Bushfires and continues to play an important role in the recovery process for local communities. As the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA) celebrates innovation at its National Conference […]
Story from www.radioinfo.com.au UG FM’s Peter Weeks could not hold back the tears as he accepted the Tony Staley award on behalf of his station at the Community Broadcasting Awards last night. Upper Goulburn Community Radio, known as Radio Murrindindi, was right in the middle of last year’s disastrous Victorian bushfires. It lost two transmission […]
**DURING BUSHFIRES OR EMERGENCIES TUNE TO UGFM – IN THE MURRINDINDI SHIRE** Alexandra/Lake Eildon 106.9FM Marysville/Triangle/Lake Mountain 98.5FMFlowerdale/Hazeldene 98.8FMKinglake Ranges 94.5FMYea/Highlands/Strath Ck 88.9FM Also streaming on the web at www.ugfm.org *** UGFM is an official Emergency Broadcaster for the State of Victoria *** ……………………….. Bushfire Warnings & Emergency Life Threatening Information will be aired every 15 minutes. Bushfire Information & Incident Information will be aired every half hour or hourly depending on the threat level. All Emergency Warnings given will be relevant to UGFM’s listening area and surrounds.(Murrindindi, Mansfield, […]