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Nominations are now open for Station Worker and Subscriber Representatives to the Community Radio Federation, the highest decision making body at the station.

If you are interested in getting involved in the decision making processes of 3CR please contact the Rachel the Volunteer Coordinator or download the form from here.

Please note you must be a financial subscriber to nominate for a position. Forms must be signed by two financial subscribers and returned to the Station Manager by 5pm on Wednesday 22 February 2012.

If you have any queries please contact the Station Manager Loretta O'Brien on 03 9419 8377.

Tune in to 3CR from 12 -6pm on Thursday January 26th for special broadcasting to mark the 40^th Anniversary of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra. Established on the lawns of Old Parliament House in January 1972, the embassy has been a focal point for the struggle for Aboriginal rights. Few Australian political protests can claim to have made an impact as great or as lasting as the Tent Embassy.

From 12 - 4pm 3CR will be broadcasting live from the embassy site in Canberra, featuring news, live updates, music and interviews with Indigenous activists from around the country. Presented by 3CR broadcasters Robbie Thorpe, Johnny Harding and Gilla McGuiness. 

Later in the afternoon, some 3CR legends will return to the airwaves for a one-off music special to acknowledge this historic occasion. At 4pm Johnny Mac will bring you hip-hop and R‘n’B followed by Kutcha Edwards from 5pm and his unique blend of music and storytelling.

On 20 January 1842 Tunnerminnerwait and Maulboyheenner - two Indigenous freedom fighters - were executed on the corner of Bowen and Franklin Streets in Melbourne. A quarter of Victoria's white population came in carnival mood to see the killings. Join us on Friday 20 January from 12 noon to 1pm for a live broadcast to commemorate the execution of Tunnerminnerwait and Maulboyheenner and to call for the creation of a significant monument on the site they were executed.

(Photo: 3CR broadcasters Joe Toscano and Robbie Thorpe at last year's commemoration)

3CR’s Hot Damn Tamale and Night Owls On Rhythm present a Benefit for 3CR featuring the Chris Wilson band, Dave Hogan's Melt Down, Sweet Felicia and the Honeytones, and Stringy Bark McDowell at the Wayout West Blues Club, Williamstown RSL Club (cnr Melbourne Rd and Ferguson Street Williamstown). Saturday 15 January 2pm – 6pm $20 full, $15 3CR subscribers, Wayout West members and concession. Tickets available at the door. Contact : Steve Fraser 0419 328 729.