Hadfield, Victoria, Australia

v 2012 Community Radio National Listener Survey

In an average week, more than 15.6 million Australians listen to radio. 4,446,000 of those listen to community radio every week (25% of our population). This is an increase of about 10,000 people from last survey in 2010. This was the fifth listener survey, it is conducted every 2 years.

These figures were provided by McNair Research at the CBAA Conference in Melbourne in November 2012. Read more.

News at 98.9 North West FM

98.9 North West FM is a community radio station and we broadcast from the North West suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Check out the links on this page to our broadcast map, program guide, streaming, presenters, ethnic radio programs and our radio training school.

v Streaming on the internet

We have been streaming live on the internet since July 2011.

If you have not used our radio streaming feature before, click on the “Streaming Information” link below the orange “Listen Live” button at the top right of this page. This will explain bypassing the popup blocker that most computers use.

Then every time you want to hear us streaming, simply click on the orange “Listen Live” button at the top right of this page.

v Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea (2013)

	North West FM will host its annual Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea on Thursday 20th June, 2013 at 10 am at our studios at the rear of 100 Middle Street, Hadfield.
We invite all our listeners to join us, have a look around our studios, meet some of our presenters, share a cuppa and help raise much needed funds to assist the Cancer Council in research and support services.

v Essendon District Football League (EDFL) 2013 Season

North West FM will broadcast the Saturday Match of the Day as chosen by the EDFL from 2 pm to 5 pm.

We will have half time scores and full time scores from the other EDFL games and interviews after the match with players and coaches.

Listen to the broadcast on 98.9 FM or via our live streaming on the internet.

Tune to Sports Of All Sorts for the EDFL show on Saturdays from 10 am to 11 am.

v Radio Training Course

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The latest radio training course for wannabe radio presenters started on Saturday February 9^th, 2013. Courses are run over four days on weekends. Attendance on all four days is compulsory.

Bookings and expressions of interest are now being taken for the next course. Read more

Email us to have your name added to our waiting list for the next training course.

v Presenters of the EDFL Match of the Day wins 2012 AFL Media Award

Congratulations to the presenters of the EDFL Match of the Day on North West FM for winning the AFL 2012 Community Football Media Award in the Best Radio Matchday category

The Award was announced on Friday November 16, 2012. This is the first year the AFL has introduced this category.

Teo & Frank accepting the award

News Archive

v Additional news items older than 12 months can be found in our News Archive.

New Program Highlights

v Check out our new programs: Worldly Music, Melbourne's Best Mix of Smooth Jazz, The Variety Show, Tuesday Breakfast Patrol, It's Not Rocket Surgery, Shaken & Stirred, Melbourne’s Musos, Dance To The Radio, Centrelinked, The Independent Music Show, Radio Roarhouse, Assyrian, The Bash, The Late Show, Keep Left, Croatian Forum, Barely Breaking Even, The Jump Off, Overload, Environmentality and the Samoan Program.

v Football returns on Sunday April 14 for the 2013 season:

· The North West Amateur Footy Report (VAFA) Sunday review 6 pm - 9 pm

- Review and results of VAFA matches - Glenn Scarborough

v Check out our full Program Guide.

Website created and maintained by Frank McHugh

Website hosted by James Buchanan Photography and Multimedia

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Phone: (03) 9304 4989	Web: www.northwestfm.org
Fax:	Email: info@northwestfm.org
Studio SMS: 044 77 77 989
Snail mail: PO Box 403, Glenroy, Vic, 3046 (Australia)

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Program Podcasts

Portions of some of our programs (EDFL Match of the Day and Environmentality) are now available through the CBAA podcast website.

Click here and scroll down to “Stations and Feeds” and select “98.9 North West FM”.

Youth On Air

Youth On Air is a program designed to be implemented into any secondary school's curriculum in order to introduce them to community radio while teaching them new skills and helping expose them to new opportunities.

The program can run from a minimum five weeks to eight weeks and takes students from program development all the way to production and eventual broadcast.

Codes of Practice

Community radio stations are required by the ACMA to have accessible copies of licences other specified documents.