2GCR has gone digital.
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With help from Veolia Mulwaree Trust, the radio station has a new Wheatstone IP-12 digital broadcast panel.
It also has a fully refurbished studio and new desk that was built and installed by Roger Dougherty.
Presenter on 2GCR for 10 years and the community station’s president Jeff Dunn said the new equipment would help them prepare for the digital change.
“The government said all radio stations will go digital in the next few years, so we are getting a head start,” he said.
Plenty of changes are in store for 103.3 FM as the volunteer-run station looks to expand on programming.
“One of the main changes is that we hired a new station manager,” Mr Dunn said.
“All programs are being renewed and we will have a new website.
“There are also new presenters coming on board.”
Since receiving the new panel, presenters have had to do a lot of training.
“We have had to go through many long hours of technical work with Michael Rowe and Adrian Van Der Byl,” Mr Dunn said.
“I had a few technical difficulties with the sound at first, but I am very comfortable with it now.”
2GCR – Goulburn Community Radio – is completely focused on the community.
“We hope to have as much community involvement as we possibly can,” Mr Dunn said.
The station started with the late Brian Baxter’s dream to broadcast from his tin shed in 1983.
The first test transmissions were in 1984.
They were presented by Ron Gersbach.
After a fire damaged the original station on Sloane Street, the present station was opened at the Goulburn Railway Bowling Club on November 12, 2004 by MP Alby Schultz and president Bruce Waugh.
- To get involved, email 2GCR at radio2gcr@live.com.au or call them on 4822 1103.