Tune in to 3CR from 6 - 10 July for 3CR's annual week of special programming celebrating NAIDOC Week (5 - 12 July). Indigenous 3CR programs Good Job, Gecko's Show and new show Dgym Time (Friday 11am - 12 midday) will have a special focus on NAIDOC Week during their programs.
You can also hear what the brothers and sisters inside Victorian prisons have to say in 3CR's live prison broadcasts, unique in Australia. Go to our Broadcasts page for more information and the listening schedule. Find out about other NAIDOC Week events at 3CR's Online Community Calendar.
3CR's live prison broadcasts, unique in Australia, go to air this NAIDOC Week. Tune into Dame Phyllis Frost Centre on Monday July 6, 11 – 2pm; Barwon Prison on Tuesday July 7, 11 – 2pm; Fulham Prison (pre-recorded) on Wednesday July 8, 12 – 2pm; and Port Phillip Prison on Thursday July 9, 12 – 4pm.
The broadcasts form part of 3CR's Beyond the Bars. Highlights of the broadcasts will be released as the Beyond the Bars CD later this year. This annual project is funded by the Neighbourhood Justice Centre, the City of Melbourne, the Department of Justice and the Community Broadcasting Foundation. The above photo is by Eddie Jim/Courtesy of The Age.
A big thank you to everyone who pledged to the annual fundraising drive!
We have been heartened by the great generosity of our supporters, and its lovely to get so much positive feedback for our programmers. Our overall target is $210,000. So far we have raised $ 170,000 which is a great effort and we already have $146 000 paid up.
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3CR recently ran a radio training project for a small group of people from the Doutta Galla Community Health Service with the focus being the production of an audio segment each.