• Protecting our volunteers, presenters and staff by introducing new health and cleaning practices in the radio station.
• Protecting our community by suspending group visits to the studios until further notice.
• We’ll continue to broadcast our regular programs hosted by our dedicated volunteer presenters wherever possible.
• We’ll bring you local news, local personalities and plenty of music to soothe your soul.
• Promoting caring, sharing, warmth and kindness in our community.

Health information

• You can find public health announcements on the Australian Government Department of Health website at Health Alerts
• For health information about Coronavirus in Victoria go to About Coronavirus (COVID-19)
• If you have concerns about your health or suspect you may have the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19),  speak to your GP (please call ahead to your medical centre) or call the dedicated hotline – 1800 675 398  – open 24 hours, 7 days.
• Please keep Triple Zero (000) for emergencies only.

Sharing facts to reduce social stigma and anxiety

• Your community radio station plays a critical role in delivering its community with informed, factual information while also preventing the social stigma associated with COVID-19. You can find resources here.
  

The Gather Festival outdoor broadcast was a huge success for Alpine Radio. Congratulations to our presenters and technical team for giving their time and adding to the festive atmosphere. Technical Officer & Sound Engineer, Ken Halse, worked long hours to set up for the event and pack everything up at the end. What’s more, he stayed all day to make sure the technical proceedings went smoothly.
A big thank you to special guest presenter Dylan, 17 years old and winner of the 2019 Comedy Cup.
Gather Festival was just the tonic needed in our region after the really tough summer here. The festival was made possible by a passionate collaborative team and the generosity of local businesses who still put their hands in their pockets, or donated their time after losing their peak tourist season.
This was a wonderful event to be involved with, and we look forward to being there in 2021 for the next Gather Festival.

​Awards were presented for the following categories:
Alpine Shire Local Achievers of the Year

• ​Bright and District - Graham Gales
• Kiewa Valley - Nicholas Brown
• Myrtleford and District - Gail Cresswell-Dawson

​Alpine Shire Local Young Achievers of the Year

• Bright and District - Matilda Manning
• Kiewa Valley - Axel Mero
• Myrtleford and District - Liam MacGowan
• Alpine Shire Lifetime Achievement Award - Hazel Riordan
• ​Lifetime Achievement: Event - Myrtleford & District Agricultural and Pastoral Annual Show
• Community Event of the Year - 1st Bright Cub Scouts: Project Platypus
• Alpine Shire Citizen of the Year - Nicholas Brown
• Alpine Shire Community Organisation of the Year - Myrtleford Riding Develops Ability

Alpine Radio congratulates all the winners and all those who were nominated for awards.

“Alpine Radio is your official Emergency Services Broadcaster in the Kiewa and Ovens Valleys.  Thanks to our tremendous volunteers, we were able to broadcast numerous warnings put out by Forest Fire Management Victoria over the last two weeks since the lightning started several bushfires on New Year’s Eve.  On Saturday 4th January we had several volunteers who broadcast (on a roster basis) right through the night ensuring that the Emergency Warnings and Evacuate Now messages were broadcast over the airwaves in a timely manner and in accordance with our agreement with Emergency Management Victoria.  And we were prepared to do it all again last Friday 10th January when, at the last minute, the Emergency Warning was downgraded to Watch and Act, and we were able to cancel the overnight roster.  As it is, Kenny Gilmour and Izzy Raw did a solid 5 hour stint from 7pm to midnight that night, reading the warnings and playing some great music – Izzy is a natural and should be a regular presenter!!  I am very proud of all our volunteers, who have worked tirelessly to keep our community informed through this very difficult time. 

We also took a live audio feed from one of the many community meetings (taking the feed from the Alpine Shire Facebook page), and Ian Smith & Bruce Vine had an interview with Deputy Incident Controller Jarrod Hayes from Ovens Incident Control Office on Monday  6th January to update our listeners on the latest events concerning those bushfires.  I hope we got the messages through for people to leave early if that was in their bushfire plan, and, from what I hear, we helped many in our community feel reassured and informed. 

Nick Brown,
President, Alpine Radio.  

2019/2020 Fire Season -  Understand Risks and Warnings – How Well Do You Know Fire?”

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Alpine Radio Committee of Management is very pleased to announce the appointment of Rebecca Shegog as our new Secretary, effective 4th October 2019.  Rebecca is also our hard-working Sponsorship & Marketing Manager.  You can catch up with who is on the new Committee of Alpine Radio elsewhere on this website, under the heading "About".