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4ZZZ

March 21, 2023

4ZZZ (pronounced "Four Triple Zed" or simply "Triple Zed") is an independent community radio station operating in Brisbane, Australia at the frequency 102.1 FM. As a community radio station, 4ZZZ is a member of the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA). The station broadcasts to much of South East Queensland, parts of northern New South Wales and web streams from its website.

4ZZZ
Broadcast areaBrisbane RA1 ([1])
Frequency102.1 MHz FM (also on DAB+)
Programming
Language(s)English
FormatCommunity radio
Ownership
OwnerCreative Broadcasters Ltd
History
First air date
4 March 1975 (1975-03-04)[1]
Technical information
ERP12,000 watts
HAAT233 m[2]
Transmitter coordinates
27°27′47″S 152°56′49″E / 27.46306°S 152.94694°E / -27.46306; 152.94694
Links
Websitewww.4zzz.org.au

History

4ZZZ was established to provide a radical alternative to mainstream news, to promote a sense of engagement and activism in community life and to promote Australian music.[3] The station began transmission on 8 December 1975 as 4ZZ at 105.7 MHz, the first FM community broadcaster in Brisbane transmitting in stereo.

The station's first studios were constructed by announcing staff and volunteers, using second-hand building materials and furniture. The first transmitter was hand built by the station engineer Ross Dannecker with help from Dave Aberdeen. Founders included activist, Jim Beatson, journalist Marian Wilkinson, Arts Administrator, John Stanwell and academic Alan Knight. Announcer John Woods launched the station with The Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again" at Midday 8 December 1975 (a month after The Dismissal). Along with 2JJJ and 3RRR, 4ZZZ has been a major promoter of independent and alternative music providing exposure for many Australian and international artists. Through the late 1970s and early 1980s the station also produced many groundbreaking and award-winning features and documentaries.

On 30 November 1978, the transmitter moved from the University of Queensland student union building to Mount Coot-tha when the station was granted a full licence. At this time, the frequency changed from 105.7 MHz to 102.1 Mhz.[4]

4ZZZ pushed the boundaries by broadcasting illegal obscenities. In 1981 an organisation called "The Society to Outlaw Pornography" reported them to the Australian Broadcasting Authority. 4ZZZ successfully defended themselves, leading to changes which make it legal to swear on Australian TV and radio under certain circumstances.[5][6]

On 14 December 1988, as part of a conservative backlash to the ousting of Queensland Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen, 4ZZZ was taken off air and forcibly evicted from its University of Queensland premises by the then UQ Union ALSF and Young Nationals student union executive. While university students rallied to support the station, 4ZZZ moved to alternative premises on Coronation Drive in the suburb of Toowong. In 1994 the station was able to obtain a loan to buy the former headquarters of the Communist Party of Australia. 4ZZZ still broadcasts from these premises on Barry Parade in Fortitude Valley.

Station philosophy and funding

The motto for the station is agitate, educate, organise. (The saying dates from New York in the early 1880s.)[7] They aim to "Provide a voice for marginalised communities" -[8]

4ZZZ aims to challenge the mainstream media by providing access for the community to radio, by supporting local bands, artists and events, by providing training for station volunteers, and by disseminating alternative news and current affairs.[3]

All fundraising is run by the station. The main sources of income are subscriptions, sponsorship, promotions and 4ZZZ events. 4ZZZ collaborates with local businesses, gig promoters, etc. to provide incentives such as discounts for subscribers.

The station's volunteers have won many awards including Community Broadcasting Association of Australia awards and national media awards.

In 2015 4ZZZ won the Tony Staley Award for excellence in community broadcasting for its efforts to include more people with a disability via the Ability Radio Project and appointed the first Station Advocate for People with a Disability in 2017.[9]

Programming

As a community radio station, 4ZZZ broadcasts a wide variety of music, information and news. Presenters do not have to follow a playlist. Announcers personally choose the on-air musical content, or station subscribers request tracks. Unlike other radio stations, there is no music or program director. There are coordinators for those departments, however the ultimate decision rests with the program makers who must abide by the station policy of playing a minimum of 30% Australian or New Zealand based content, 30% new music (released in the previous four months), 30% female content (not just female vocal, including all female contribution to the work) and 15% local (broadcast area – South-East Qld). In 2018, after extensive consultation, 4ZZZ increased its female content quota to an aspirational 50%.

All 4ZZZ announcers are current financial subscribers to the station as well as dedicated volunteers who have completed the station's In House Announcer Training.

Programming is divided into two types of shifts, 'strip' shifts that broadcast a wide variety of music and information, news programs and 'block' shifts that cater to specific genres of music. Magazine shows (combination of music, host chat & banter and interviews) cross both formats.

The block programs on 4ZZZ include: The Anarchy Show, The Jazz Show, Locked In (Prisoners' Request Show), Nothin But The Blues, Rock 'n Roll Show, The Punk Show, Eco Radio, Queer Radio, Dykes on Mykes, SkaTrek, Film Club, The New Zealand Show, The Youth Show, Dark Essence, The Yard, Brisbane Line, World Beat, Megaherzzz, Goldilocks Folk, A Primate Evolved, Electric Crush, Indigi-Briz, Nowhere To Run, Paradigm Shift, Radio Reversal and Only Human.

4ZZZ events

The Hot 100 is broadcast New Years Day from Midday to approx 8 pm. In 2007, 4ZZZ commenced online voting.

Fundraising events include:

  • Dub Day Afternoon (usually November)
  • Brain Banana (usually Queen's Birthday weekend, June)
  • Birthday Party (near 8 December)
  • Radiothon (usually August or September), a subscription drive
  • Market Day, an outdoor festival featuring local music (annually previous to 2003)

Winners of the Hot 100

1996 market day riots

Cybernana Market day was held on 19 October 1996 in Musgrave Park, West End. During the night, a large police presence was seen patrolling the area outside the fence around the Park. There were several arrests for alleged drug possession and other minor street offences. At around 8:20 p.m. a severe storm hit without warning and organisers were forced to close the event. Within 10 minutes more than half of the crowd had left and police began to appear in larger numbers.

It is estimated that more than 100 police were mobilised, including mounted police and police from the Public Safety Response Team equipped with riot gear.[14] The arrival of such large numbers of police at less than 10 minutes notice indicated that police were on stand-by for the event. Crowds sheltering in tents were physically forced from the park, people attending the event were beaten with batons and arrested.[14]

Complaints were made to the Criminal Justice Commission but no police were ever reprimanded.

References

  1. ^ (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2007. Retrieved 24 December 2007.
  2. ^ HAAT estimated from http://www.itu.int/SRTM3/ using EHAAT.
  3. ^ a b 4ZZZ – 'About'
  4. ^ Radical Times (25 April 2014). "4ZZZ History" (PDF). Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  5. ^ Barry, Derek (3 May 2007). "Woolly Days: 4ZZZ: a retrospective". Woolly Days. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  6. ^ "A Brief History of Brisbane Radio Station 4ZZZ-FM" (PDF). Radical Times. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  7. ^ Robert Allen (2017). "Agitate, Educate, and Organize: Radical Networks in New York in the Early 1880s". Organizing Democracy. pp. 211–231. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-50020-1_11. ISBN 978-3-319-50019-5. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  8. ^ It's All About Community – Documentary film, 2016 (In production, as of 29 September 2016)
  9. ^ 4ZZZ appoints advocate for people with a disability to increase inclusion
  10. ^ "4ZZZ".
  11. ^ "4ZZZ".
  12. ^ "4ZZZ".
  13. ^ "4ZZZ".
  14. ^ a b . The Sunday Mail. Archived from the original on 11 September 2006. Retrieved 5 January 2007.

Sources

  • Walker, Clinton (1996). Stranded: the secret history of Australian independent music, 1977–1991. Sydney: Pan MacMillan. ISBN 0-7329-0883-3.
  • Knight, A. 2000. Won't get fooled again.
  • Olah, P. 2003. 4ZZZ market day riots of 1996.
  • 4ZzZ Homepage, About 4ZZZ [4]
  • Stafford, A 2004 Pig City
  • 25th Birthday Celebrations [5]
  • Media Search (including map of studio location)
  • Poster Archive [7]
  • CBAA 2007 Awards
  • 4ZzZ Market Day 2006
  • 4ZZZ appoints advocate for people with a disability to increase inclusion [10]

External links

  • Official website
  • Hot 100

March 21, 2023
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This article includes a list of general references but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations December 2016 Learn how and when to remove this template message 4ZZZ pronounced Four Triple Zed or simply Triple Zed is an independent community radio station operating in Brisbane Australia at the frequency 102 1 FM As a community radio station 4ZZZ is a member of the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia CBAA The station broadcasts to much of South East Queensland parts of northern New South Wales and web streams from its website 4ZZZBrisbane QueenslandBroadcast areaBrisbane RA1 1 Frequency102 1 MHz FM also on DAB ProgrammingLanguage s EnglishFormatCommunity radioOwnershipOwnerCreative Broadcasters LtdHistoryFirst air date4 March 1975 1975 03 04 1 Technical informationERP12 000 wattsHAAT233 m 2 Transmitter coordinates27 27 47 S 152 56 49 E 27 46306 S 152 94694 E 27 46306 152 94694LinksWebsitewww wbr 4zzz wbr org wbr au Contents 1 History 2 Station philosophy and funding 3 Programming 4 4ZZZ events 4 1 Winners of the Hot 100 4 2 1996 market day riots 5 References 6 Sources 7 External linksHistory Edit4ZZZ was established to provide a radical alternative to mainstream news to promote a sense of engagement and activism in community life and to promote Australian music 3 The station began transmission on 8 December 1975 as 4ZZ at 105 7 MHz the first FM community broadcaster in Brisbane transmitting in stereo The station s first studios were constructed by announcing staff and volunteers using second hand building materials and furniture The first transmitter was hand built by the station engineer Ross Dannecker with help from Dave Aberdeen Founders included activist Jim Beatson journalist Marian Wilkinson Arts Administrator John Stanwell and academic Alan Knight Announcer John Woods launched the station with The Who s Won t Get Fooled Again at Midday 8 December 1975 a month after The Dismissal Along with 2JJJ and 3RRR 4ZZZ has been a major promoter of independent and alternative music providing exposure for many Australian and international artists Through the late 1970s and early 1980s the station also produced many groundbreaking and award winning features and documentaries On 30 November 1978 the transmitter moved from the University of Queensland student union building to Mount Coot tha when the station was granted a full licence At this time the frequency changed from 105 7 MHz to 102 1 Mhz 4 4ZZZ pushed the boundaries by broadcasting illegal obscenities In 1981 an organisation called The Society to Outlaw Pornography reported them to the Australian Broadcasting Authority 4ZZZ successfully defended themselves leading to changes which make it legal to swear on Australian TV and radio under certain circumstances 5 6 On 14 December 1988 as part of a conservative backlash to the ousting of Queensland Premier Joh Bjelke Petersen 4ZZZ was taken off air and forcibly evicted from its University of Queensland premises by the then UQ Union ALSF and Young Nationals student union executive While university students rallied to support the station 4ZZZ moved to alternative premises on Coronation Drive in the suburb of Toowong In 1994 the station was able to obtain a loan to buy the former headquarters of the Communist Party of Australia 4ZZZ still broadcasts from these premises on Barry Parade in Fortitude Valley Station philosophy and funding EditThe motto for the station is agitate educate organise The saying dates from New York in the early 1880s 7 They aim to Provide a voice for marginalised communities 8 4ZZZ aims to challenge the mainstream media by providing access for the community to radio by supporting local bands artists and events by providing training for station volunteers and by disseminating alternative news and current affairs 3 All fundraising is run by the station The main sources of income are subscriptions sponsorship promotions and 4ZZZ events 4ZZZ collaborates with local businesses gig promoters etc to provide incentives such as discounts for subscribers The station s volunteers have won many awards including Community Broadcasting Association of Australia awards and national media awards In 2015 4ZZZ won the Tony Staley Award for excellence in community broadcasting for its efforts to include more people with a disability via the Ability Radio Project and appointed the first Station Advocate for People with a Disability in 2017 9 Programming EditAs a community radio station 4ZZZ broadcasts a wide variety of music information and news Presenters do not have to follow a playlist Announcers personally choose the on air musical content or station subscribers request tracks Unlike other radio stations there is no music or program director There are coordinators for those departments however the ultimate decision rests with the program makers who must abide by the station policy of playing a minimum of 30 Australian or New Zealand based content 30 new music released in the previous four months 30 female content not just female vocal including all female contribution to the work and 15 local broadcast area South East Qld In 2018 after extensive consultation 4ZZZ increased its female content quota to an aspirational 50 All 4ZZZ announcers are current financial subscribers to the station as well as dedicated volunteers who have completed the station s In House Announcer Training Programming is divided into two types of shifts strip shifts that broadcast a wide variety of music and information news programs and block shifts that cater to specific genres of music Magazine shows combination of music host chat amp banter and interviews cross both formats The block programs on 4ZZZ include The Anarchy Show The Jazz Show Locked In Prisoners Request Show Nothin But The Blues Rock n Roll Show The Punk Show Eco Radio Queer Radio Dykes on Mykes SkaTrek Film Club The New Zealand Show The Youth Show Dark Essence The Yard Brisbane Line World Beat Megaherzzz Goldilocks Folk A Primate Evolved Electric Crush Indigi Briz Nowhere To Run Paradigm Shift Radio Reversal and Only Human 4ZZZ events EditThe Hot 100 is broadcast New Years Day from Midday to approx 8 pm In 2007 4ZZZ commenced online voting Fundraising events include Dub Day Afternoon usually November Brain Banana usually Queen s Birthday weekend June Birthday Party near 8 December Radiothon usually August or September a subscription drive Market Day an outdoor festival featuring local music annually previous to 2003 Winners of the Hot 100 Edit 1976 The Beach Boys Good Vibrations 1980 Sex Pistols Anarchy in the UK 1982 The Clash London Calling 1983 Joy Division Love Will Tear Us Apart 1984 President s XI Summer Vacation 1985 Echo amp The Bunnymen The Cutter 1986 The Cult She Sells Sanctuary 1987 Painters and Dockers Die Yuppie Die 1988 The Primitives Crash 1989 Dinosaur Jr Freak Scene 1990 Sonic Youth Kool Thing 1991 Chopper Division Chill Out America 1992 Ministry Jesus Built My Hotrod 1993 The Breeders Cannonball 1994 Beastie Boys Sabotage 1995 Wishing Chair Dreaming 1996 Escape From Toytown Fish n Chip Bitch From Ipswich 1997 Blur Song 2 1998 Not from There Sich Offnen 1999 Regurgitator I Wanna Be A Nudist 2000 Dandy Warhols Bohemian Like You 2001 Gazoonga Attack Cinderella 2002 The White Stripes Fell In Love With A Girl 2003 Dollar Bar Cute Gurls Have the Best Diseases 2004 Dick Nasty I m More Australian Than A Book of Bush Poetry by Russell Crowe 2005 The Disables ASIO 2006 Texas Tea Macy and Me 2007 Texas Tea Whiskey and Wine 2008 The Emu Smugglers Born and Bred On Triple Zed 2009 I Heart Hiroshima Shakeytown 2010 Transvaal Diamond Syndicate Home 2011 Gotye featuring Kimbra Somebody That I Used To Know 2012 Velociraptor Cynthia 2013 The Flangipanis I m Drunk So What Fuck You 2014 Violent Soho Saramona Said 2015 The Flangipanis Getting Shit For Free 10 2016 The Flangipanis Double Standards 11 2017 The Flangipanis Sportsball 12 2018 Waax Labrador 13 2019 Goatzilla Dropbear The Legend of 2020 The Flangipanis Asshole Aunt 2021 Waax Most Hated Girl 2022 Square Tugs feat Polly Cooke I Don t Like It 1996 market day riots Edit Cybernana Market day was held on 19 October 1996 in Musgrave Park West End During the night a large police presence was seen patrolling the area outside the fence around the Park There were several arrests for alleged drug possession and other minor street offences At around 8 20 p m a severe storm hit without warning and organisers were forced to close the event Within 10 minutes more than half of the crowd had left and police began to appear in larger numbers It is estimated that more than 100 police were mobilised including mounted police and police from the Public Safety Response Team equipped with riot gear 14 The arrival of such large numbers of police at less than 10 minutes notice indicated that police were on stand by for the event Crowds sheltering in tents were physically forced from the park people attending the event were beaten with batons and arrested 14 Complaints were made to the Criminal Justice Commission but no police were ever reprimanded References Edit Community Radio Broadcasting Licenses PDF Archived from the original PDF on 7 October 2007 Retrieved 24 December 2007 HAAT estimated from http www itu int SRTM3 using EHAAT a b 4ZZZ About Radical Times 25 April 2014 4ZZZ History PDF Retrieved 22 October 2021 Barry Derek 3 May 2007 Woolly Days 4ZZZ a retrospective Woolly Days Retrieved 4 September 2019 A Brief History of Brisbane Radio Station 4ZZZ FM PDF Radical Times Retrieved 4 September 2019 Robert Allen 2017 Agitate Educate and Organize Radical Networks in New York in the Early 1880s Organizing Democracy pp 211 231 doi 10 1007 978 3 319 50020 1 11 ISBN 978 3 319 50019 5 Retrieved 28 October 2021 It s All About Community Documentary film 2016 In production as of 29 September 2016 4ZZZ appoints advocate for people with a disability to increase inclusion 4ZZZ 4ZZZ 4ZZZ 4ZZZ a b Russell Cooper to rock on 27 October 1996 The Sunday Mail Archived from the original on 11 September 2006 Retrieved 5 January 2007 Sources EditWalker Clinton 1996 Stranded the secret history of Australian independent music 1977 1991 Sydney Pan MacMillan ISBN 0 7329 0883 3 Knight A 2000 Won t get fooled again 2 Olah P 2003 4ZZZ market day riots of 1996 3 4ZzZ Homepage About 4ZZZ 4 Stafford A 2004 Pig City 25th Birthday Celebrations 5 Media Search including map of studio location 6 Poster Archive 7 CBAA 2007 Awards 8 4ZzZ Market Day 2006 9 4ZZZ appoints advocate for people with a disability to increase inclusion 10 External links EditOfficial website Hot 100 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 4ZZZ amp oldid 1140843462, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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