Radio Adelaide

Radio Adelaide is Australia s first community radio station; established by Adelaide University in 1972. It broadcasts from street front studios on North Terrace, Adelaide. The signal reaches across the Adelaide metropolitan area to the Mid North, the Yorke Peninsula and Fleurieu Peninsula, the Sourthen Barossa, Kangaroo Island, Riverland and parts of the Eyre Peninsula broadcasting at 7 Kilowatts on 101.5 FM.

Radio Adelaide is a Registered Training Organisation providing nationally accredited training and in 1999 won Adult Learning Australia s Outstanding Training Provider of the Year Award. Radio Adelaide has audio production facilities available including recording, mastering, duplication, online audio, digital transfer, message on hold, equipment hire and expert technical advice.

Radio Adelaide was formely known as 5UV, denoting its links to the University of Adelaide, the university where the radio station was originally located and started. Whilst Radio Adelaide is technically still owned by the University of Adelaide it is highly autonomous. The station is run by over five hundred volunteer station workers as well as a small amount of paid staff.

Because Radio Adelaide is a community radio station, many different program styles are prevelant, including comedy, music, etc. Because of this, Radio Adelaide uses strip programming to ensure some consistency and coherency. Programs on Radio Adelaide are provided by volunteers and access groups who pay for on air time. The largest purchaser of access time is Student Radio a collection of Radio Programs provided by University students from the University of Adelaide, Flinders University and the University of South Australia. Some concerns have been raised about the continuation of Student Radio after the probable introduction of Voluntary Student Unionism.

==External link== *[http://www.radio.adelaide.edu.au/ Official site]