On Thursday 25 December from 10am-2pm,Tamil Voice and En Raasavin Manasile program teams will be taking to the 3CR airwaves to raise money for e-Kalvi. e-Kalvi charity fund focuses on providing a combination of effective and efficient education tools such as face-to-face and online learning as well as offline self-learning to the underprivileged children in Sri Lanka.

We wish all our listeners and supporters a safe and peaceful festive season. The station office will be closed over the new year, but we'll be loud and proud across the airwaves. Check out our summer specials line up of new content, and enjoy highlights and reflections from the year that was. See you all in 2026 (our 50th birthday!) for another year of radical radio. 

Get ready for Disability Day and our 12-hour broadcast on Wednesday 3 December - ‘RIGHT RELATIONS & INNOVATIONS.’ This year’s theme is about disabled people’s visions of a safe future for everyone, and the relationships and innovations that can get us there. From disabled peoples’ relationship with unceded Indigenous land and Sovereignty, community relationships, arts and culture, access and inclusion, intimate relationships and ending violence, marriage equality for disabled people, forming families, assistance animals, transformative justice, disabled people’s relationships with technology, carer relationships, and so much more. 7am-7pm Wednesday 3 December. Full details here. 

We’d love to see you at the Beyond the Bars 2025 CD launch THIS Thursday. 
WHEN? Thursday 20 November, 6.30-8.30pm.
WHERE? The Djerring Centre, Eddy Court, Abbotsford. 
Join MC Shiralee Hood and a panel of First Nations broadcasters plus music with Bart Willoughby and good food from the Black Peoples’ Union. All free, all welcome. We look forward to seeing you there.

Congratulations to our three winners at the recent Community Broadcasting Association of Australia Awards! 3CR Breakfast Shows took away the ‘Best Program: News and Current Affairs’, Rachel Kirby was awarded ‘Outstanding Station Leadership’ and Tilde Joy won the inaugural ‘Jane Brownrigg Award - Outstanding Volunteer Contribution’. Fantastic! A special shout out to the other finalists including The Sporting Record, Nasser Mashni from Palestine Remembered and Vivien Langford from The Climate Action Show. A huge congratulations to all!

3CR’s Committee of Management has passed a declaration formalising our commitment to a Free Palestine. As an Apartheid Free Zone, we’re committed to boycotting Israel’s regime of oppression. We stand firmly against apartheid in Palestine and encourage other organisations to join us in this struggle. Read the full declaration here and learn more about our commitment to justice and liberation for Palestine and the Apartheid Free Zone movement.

Want to work at 3CR? We're hiring! Office & Finance Coordinator (short-term). Join 3CR and support our vibrant community radio station with finance, admin, and payroll tasks. Must have nonprofit finance experience, great org skills, and be across MYOB, Salesforce & MS 365. Passion for community media essential. Apply by 11:59pm, 26 Oct 2025. Information and Job Description: 3cr.org.au/jobs

TODAY (Friday 10 October 2025) marks 50 years since 3CR Community Radio (Community Radio Federation) gained its licence! After years of agitating, organising and advocating, we successfully applied for what was then a ‘restricted commercial licence’ under the provision of the Broadcasting and Television Act. Full-time broadcasting kicked off the following year (1976) in early July. So save the date now - we’re celebrating 50 years on air on Saturday 4 July 2026 with an event at the Collingwood Town Hall.