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Indigenous radio first for ÑÇÖÞ²ÊƱ¹ÙÍø

Thursday, 30 June 2005

's Indigenous broadcasters will make history next week with ÑÇÖÞ²ÊƱ¹ÙÍø's first ever Indigenous radio station.

Radio NAIDOC 101.5 FM, broadcasting through Radio ÑÇÖÞ²ÊƱ¹ÙÍø, hits the airwaves from Monday, July 4 to Friday, July 8 during NAIDOC Week. ÑÇÖÞ²ÊƱ¹ÙÍø is the national focus city for this year's NAIDOC Week, which celebrates Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's achievements, culture and survival.

For this special five-day event, Indigenous broadcasters from around SA and Australia will join the Nunga Wangga (or "Aboriginal people talking") team from Radio ÑÇÖÞ²ÊƱ¹ÙÍø.

Highlights will include:

• the NAIDOC March and Corroboree in a live broadcast from Victoria Square (Tardarnyangga) on Friday, July 8;
  
• NAIDOC Forums exploring important Aboriginal issues ranging from social justice and native title to reconciliation;
  
• showcasing Indigenous musical talent with daily live-to-air performances.
  

"Radio ÑÇÖÞ²ÊƱ¹ÙÍø's programming during NAIDOC Week will help put ÑÇÖÞ²ÊƱ¹ÙÍø's Aboriginal community on the national map," says Jupurru Stagg of the Nunga Wangga team. "We are at a confusing time in history when the agenda is changing for Aboriginal people. The aim of our programming is to signal the way forward."

People throughout ÑÇÖÞ²ÊƱ¹ÙÍø, Australia and the world will be able to tune in to Radio NAIDOC. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities from remote areas to major cities will be linked via the National Indigenous Radio Service. Listeners worldwide can access Radio NAIDOC .

"Radio ÑÇÖÞ²ÊƱ¹ÙÍø is proud to support ÑÇÖÞ²ÊƱ¹ÙÍø's first Indigenous radio station, "says Manager Deborah Welch. "ÑÇÖÞ²ÊƱ¹ÙÍø is the only mainland capital city still without its own Indigenous-run station. We'd love to see that happen down the track, with Radio NAIDOC creating the foundation. We're delighted to be invited to share in the NAIDOC celebrations."

Radio NAIDOC has been made possible through the support of the , the and the .

LISTEN:

• in ÑÇÖÞ²ÊƱ¹ÙÍø and environs through 101.5 FM
  
• nationally through local Indigenous radio
  
• online at the Radio ÑÇÖÞ²ÊƱ¹ÙÍø
  

Radio ÑÇÖÞ²ÊƱ¹ÙÍø is part of the University of ÑÇÖÞ²ÊƱ¹ÙÍø.

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