Territory FM – community radio or commercial crap?

Submitted by nader on Wed, 13/04/2011 - 7:25pm

If a Community Radio station plays wall to wall classic hits, replays Alan Jones and Channel 9 news, is it really a community station?

Territory FM in Darwin is currently the subject of a complaint to Mediawatch because it looks, sounds and feels like a commerciala station.

And on top of that is owned by a University! - Charles Darwin University.

One student has told Mediawatch that the station doesn’t even allow volunteers to get radio training.

The station sounds like 2WS with a steady diet of 70’s, 80’s and 90’s hits. And now they play “The Best of Alan Jones” every morning.

Community radio stations are supposed to provide an alternative to mainstream media and give local people access to the airwaves. This station fails on both counts.

Read the comments on the Mediawatch Forum Visit Territory FM’s hilarious website.

 

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 14/04/2011 - 8:57am

We have 20 hours per week Aboriginal broadcasting, training when we can, 3 - 4 other Ethnic programs, we are small, but free, except the internet provider sponsorship.
30 volunteer presenters around the week - AND NO ONE GETS PAYED !!!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 22/04/2011 - 6:51pm

WHO has 20 hours of Aboriginal broadcasting?

Certainly not territory FM. It's a disgrace.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 18/10/2011 - 10:57am

As one Community radio comentator stated " a commercial wolf in community clothing"
As for voulenteers, check their website, daytime line up are mostly paid ex commercial broadcasters, ACMA should be asamed of not acting on this breach of the community broadcasting license.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 13/03/2012 - 3:44pm

Far from crap it's the best station in Darwin and what's more it helps so many people when they're at the end of their tether, that's what I call influential. They play sme great songs not like other community station which sound bloody awful. There's only a couple of average announcers at 1041, the rest as really good. If they sound good and make enough money to keep going what's the issue? Do they have to sound shit and go broke to be community?