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January /February

2010

MONTHLY ESSENTIALS FOR RADIO ADELAIDE STATION WORKERS

Remember.... Station forms, handbook, Voltage etc are all available at: www.radio.adelaide.edu.au/stationworkers

1 VOLtage - the essential source of news and gossip for Radio Adelaide Station Workers JAN / FEB 10

Creme d’MonthStation Workers of the month -

Chrissy Kavanagh and Casey Briggs

The 2010 Student Radio Directors have been dedicating a lot of quality time to the station lately interviewing and training up a whole new team of enthusiastic broadcasters. Chrissy and Casey have taken on their roles with a real passion and commitment to quality that we always love to see and listeners love to hear. They’re instituting a new slogan for Student Radio – Ban Banal Banter so stay tuned.

Tuesdays – Thursdays 11pm – 1am.

Attention ALL Station Workers:

STATION PLANNING MEETING

This Saturday, Feb 6 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

The Wheatsheaf Hotel39 George Street, Thebarton

(please note, it’s not at The Gov this time!)

All station workers are warmly encouraged to come along and be part of planning the next stage of Radio Adelaide.Whether you are part of an access program, a station pro-

gram, student radio, or in training, this is for you!

This year’s first station meeting will have a broad and open agenda, and plenty of opportunity for you to raise issues or throw out ideas. And it’s a great chance to get together with

a wide range of other Radio Adelaide people.

Bring a bit of food to share; all sorts of drinks are available at the bar.

Please RSVP by email to:[email protected]

Or by calling Sarah or Jessie at Radio Adelaide reception on 8303 5000.


Womadelaide 2010 LIVE!Our live to air national broadcasts from the Womadelaide festival are over three nights this year:

Saturday March 6, 6.30 - 8.30pmSunday March 7, 6.30 - 8.30pmMonday March 8, 6.30 - 8.30pm

Programs who are having a night off, or have a slightly altered schedule for that week were notified before Christmas … but if you are unsure about what is happening with your program on that night please contact Nikki Marcel or Manuel Otero.

Thanks to Steve Sokvari who will be the studio office for all three shows. What a trooper.

Our Womadelaide coverage is online as well as on air through the national community radio network satellite service. Here’s the website, have a look! http://womadelaidelive.com/

Our Womadelaide onsite team is nearly in place, with a few positions still to be confirmed. As usual our presentation team is a national one, in keeping with the national reach of our broadcast. Thanks to all those who put their hands up for a spot on the team; hotly contested as always. To date, the team is

Executive Producer; Deb WelchTechnical Co-ordinator: Don BalazOnline Co-ordinators: Jonathan Brown and Nicole StevensIT support: Anthony GibbsVisuals Co-ordinator: Manuel OteroStudio Officer; Steve Sokvari

Presenters: Michelle Smith, Radio Adelaide, Roger Holdsworth, 3PBS Mel-bourne, Systa BB, 3RRR Melbourne, Seth Jordan, 2ser Sydney

Production Assistants: tbc (sorry, just going through the applications at the VOLtage deadline!)

Writers Week – Recordists WantedAre you a book lover who can use a portable recorder ... or can learn to?

Each Writer’s Week, Radio Adelaide records all the talks at both Writers Week tents, and then we produce a special series using those recordings.It usually goes to air from about June/July, so the producer(s) have from March to May to create the series.

We’re looking for people who would love to go to all of Writers Week, and whilst they are there, record the talks. You need to- be able to spend all or most of the daytime from 28 February - 5 March at Writers Week in the Pioneer Women’s Memorial Gardens- have done the Basic Radio Skills course, or most of it

If you are interested, please email Nikki [email protected]

or you can call Nikki

Farewell from Manuel Otero...

Saying goodbye it’s not the same that keep in touch. I have been part of Radio Adelaide for almost the entire time that I have living in Australia and I’m not planning to stop now. I was part of Amistad the second week after my arrival to this country; but for the last year I have been more involved with this beautiful family. Being the music program coordinator for a year has been one of the most special experiences of my entire live and I am very grateful for the opportunity. Deal-ing with the volunteers in this role has been extremely rewarding. I’ll take all my memories and anecdotes of this year away with me.

I’m not saying good bye, I’ll say see you around. I’ll be part of Radio Adelaide all my life… just in a different role. (Presenter and producer for Amistad)

I know that I leave you with a beautiful and charismatic person that will maintain this job in the high standard that I received it and maintained for the last year.

Kat the ball is in your hands now…

Cheers,

Manuel Otero

*Editor’s note* Manuel gave me the task of choosing a photo of him for the VOLtage...There were so many to pick from, but this one has to be in my top favourite “Manuel Moments!”

Welcome back Kat McGuffie...Kat McGuffie returns to Radio Adelaide on February 15th.

After spending a year with her daughter Audrey, Kat is ready to jump back into Program Coordinator - Music seat!

Invitation...Please come along to a “Thank you Manuel /

Welcome Back Kat” Lunch

Friday 19th February from 12:30pmat Radio Adelaide

See you there!

Manuel at the CBAA Conference November

2009

Volunteers Rep - Jonathan Brown0439 384 569

[email protected] workers are also welcome

to raise issues with me at the station.


February Tech ReportBy Anthony Gibbs

One doesn’t just get viruses during winter; in fact we had a recent case of illness here at the station. I’m fine by the way, thanks for asking.It was of course a computer virus outbreak, or to

be more correct a Trojan/Worm mostly on the back computers during January. As luck would have it, while it was a little annoying, it didn’t do any real serious damage. Which was just as well, given that the McAfee virus scanner we use at the University didn’t pick it up at all.That has of course now been rectified; with info passed on and new virus definitions deployed (we had a fairly new variant of the Worm that wasn’t being picked up using the old definitions). However, this does highlight the need to be careful and observant (thanks to the volunteer that initially picked this one up) and to also maintain good security software on ones own personal computers.Now that McAfee does detect and stop the Worm, the amount of potential infections has been a steady and growing number and it’s not like this is the first time our anti-virus software has stopped infections on any computer within the station.What this means, is that various people have infected computers at home and are transferring those viruses via USB memory sticks or data CD’s or are downloading something from the Web that they shouldn’t be. So make sure that your home PC has anti-virus, either a commercial product or a free one like AVG or AVAST! As well as something to deal with Trojans/Worms like Search & Destroy or Malwarebytes. Plus, don’t forget to apply the security updates from Microsoft, etc, most of the times these Trojans/Worms get into systems via a security hole that was patched months, if not years ago.

New Scheduling Request FormDo you have a new promo for your program? (All of you should!) Your latest interviewee did a station ID? Want your theme put into the left hand side of the Dinesat screen rather than your instant play page? Or anything else you think should go into the scheduling for others to play?

Well the requests still go on the bottom clip outside Darren & Peter’s office, but there is a new form sitting on the on-air shelf to help get your request across more effectively.

If you have any questions or are not sure about something please see Darren.

Back on The WireThe return of The Wire on February 8 means that once again we get our daily dose of independent news and current affairs. Friday’s program produced in Brisbane has a new producer Faith Valencia. She joins the national team with Shevonne Hunt in Sydney and Annie Hastwell and Catherine Zengerer and the volunteers here in Adelaide. The Wire, daily at 5.30pm

Making the NewsThe close of 2009 and the start of 2010 has seen some pretty big news stories…Copenhagen talks, a state election looming and on going com-munity battles like the Chelsea cinema sale and St Clair reserve land swap.

You’ll have heard those stories, and more on Radio Adelaide Breakfast News with a new team of presenters. Every summer while the journalism students are on break, Radio Adelaide volunteers prepare and present the morning news.

The current team have consistently presented bulletins to a very high standard, working professionally, diligently and accurately – great job! They continue until early March when the next group of Uni SA students commence in the news room.

APRA* WEEK12.01am Wednesday 3 March - 11.59pm Tuesday 9 March

Complete your APRA forms and help your favorite musicians get paid!

1) Fill out all music details for your program on the APRA forms provided in the broadcast studio, on the on-air shelf or from the station workers web page(ALL COLUMNS NEED TO BE COMPLETED)

2) Put the completed form/s into the IN Tray in the broadcast studio

See Darren, Manuel or Kat if you are uncertain what to do

Introducing The Big F

Radio Adelaide is presenting The Big F again this year with over 50 hours of dedicated cov-erage of the Adelaide Festival, Fringe, Garden of Unearthly De-lights, Writers’ Week, WOMAD and Future Music Festival.

The Big F takes over the airwaves from February 15 – March 5 on• Breakfast with Peter Godfrey weekdays at 8.40am• The Range weekdays, 4-5.30pm• Arts Breakfast, Saturdays, 9-11am

The Big F team includes: Program Manager and Big F Executive Producer - Nikki Marcel Arts Producer – Cath KenneallyBreakfast Producer - Peter Godfrey

The Big F producers – Emma Brasier, Catherine Zengerer, Logan Bold, Anna Donoghy, Kat McCarthy, Ewart Shaw, Manuel OteroThe Range Presenters – Mary Campbell, Daniel Frangos, Tara Egan, Leigh McGrane, Sam Deere, Richard Ensor, Chrissy Kavanagh, Casey Briggs, Cassie Egan, Jonathan BrownTechnical – Dan Davis, Ian Newton, Phil Van HoutContributions: Myk Mykta, Pia Volk

Next VOLtage out in AprilDeadline: 29th March 2010

December 09 and January 10Subscriber FeedbackWelcome to the 2010 subscriber updates! Throughout December and January, we had 20 new subscriptions and 44 people re-subscribe, hoping to win the Reserve Shiraz from Fox Creek Wines or the Digital FM Tuner thanks to Blackwood Sound. We also had 35 new volunteers and access users, with 18 of these our brand, shiny new Student Radio 2010 team! And lastly, during January we had a new lifetime subscriber!!

Shows that our subscribers gave special mention to were; The Range, Student Radio, Represent, Angry Hour, Up-Down Under, Top Brass, Nostalgia, Roundabout, Jazz on the Terrace, Classical Connection, Breakfast, The Future, Local Noise, Saturday and Sunday Morning (Wally is a hoot!!), The Folk Show, Primetime Jazz, Arts Breakfast, Rhythm Stick, The Wire, Public Domain

Our listeners subscribe because…

“I tisten To Radio Adelaide a lot and thought about it for some time. And this month’s prize seems very good”“Excellent Programs”“It is quality radio, refreshingly good music and dedicated”“My Stupid Emotions always get the best of me…”“Been meaning to for ages”“Radio Adelaide is such a quality radio, I just have to support it and it’s the right thing to do.”“A feeling of wanting to support a good thing. Awareness for fundraising required and I benefit from this radio station”“Time to do something nice for Radio Adelaide”“Christmas present for my partner”“I listen a lot, which means I should”“Listen quite a bit and you hear little announcements and it’s important. I have also won a few prizes on Top Brass”“Would love to be part of the team.”“Believe in Community Radio”“To support Community Radio. Past Subscriber. Past and Future Station Worker”


Training Newsfrom Training Manager, Nicky Page [email protected]

The new generation of trainers is thriving at Radio Adelaide. Chrissy Kava-nagh and Casey Briggs have taken our basic course, condensed it into 4 days and delivered it to all their new Student Radio broadcasters. Mean-while the old guard, (Sarah Tomlinson) has the first 2010 group up and running in the 13 week Basic Radio Skills Course. It is great that this group includes several people from our ethnic broadcasting shows. We know that you’ll do your best to help anyone asking questions about anything. We have all been there ourselves, wondering how to do something and having to ask another station worker.

We HAVEN’T raised our fees this year, so my job continues to be strategiz-ing to bring in the money and keep the whole project up to standard. We were thrilled to win a CBAA Award last year for our partnership with Music SA, and that will continue.

Our two University courses start on March 1st. Journalism students from Magill will run the daily news bulletins, and I am pleased that Kylie Ryan will be looking after them again. Kylie is a graduate of the course herself. Then the third year Bachelor of Media students will pick up their first semester shows of MediaRites and Y, led by their teachers Anna Gillam and Charli Bedford

Meanwhile Sarah and I are designing short courses for TRAX FM in Pt Pirie and Wow FM in Semaphore. That’s all for now

TRAINING TIP Are you a heavy breather on air? Try to take in a good

big breath BEFORE you start talking, with an open mouth, and do it AWAY from the mic. Then you have plenty of breath for speaking and the listener doesn’t

hear your big gasp for air.

Did you Know....

All the swans in England are prop-erty of the Queen.

An elephant trunk has no bone but 40,000 muscles.

Crocodiles swallow stones to help them dive deeper.

Dogs and cats, like humans, are either right or left handed... or is that paws?!

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