Alpine Radio will be broadcasting live from Tavare Park at the Harrietville Bush Market this Easter Sunday, 4th April 2021.

The Harrietville Easter Market hosts lots of interesting stalls and local producers serve up great food and coffee. Join in the fun of the annual Duck Race to raise money for the Harrietville Primary School, proudly presented by the Harrietville Historical Society. Tavare Park is in the heart of Harrietville, alongside the Ovens River. It is located near the Pioneer Park Museum and toilets. 

Look out for Alpine Radio's marquee, come and say hello to our presenters and request a song. We'll be there from 9am to 1pm. It's a great location and it will be a terrific day! 

On Friday 29th January 2021, Alpine Radio announced station volunteer and presenter Mary Pike, as the Warwick Randall Award winner for 2020. 
 
The Warwick Randall Award recognises a volunteer who has made a significant contribution to the station and this has positively affected the station and, as a result, the wider community in the last 12 months. 

Mary has made an outstanding contribution to Alpine Radio over the past year, which has gone above and beyond what we could ever have hoped for.  In such a daunting year as it was, Mary was always keen to be involved in all aspects of the station, and helped contribute to our advancement as a station, even during the toughest of times.  We all thank you for your efforts Mary, you are so deserving of the acknowledgement and reward.
 
The evening was also a special tribute to Nick Brown, who is leaving the valley to return to his homeland of Adelaide. Thank you to everybody that came along to Nick’s farewell.  It was a fantastic night, and the perfect way to say goodbye to such a valued member of the Alpine Radio community.  We will all miss you Nick. 

The evening was a great success thanks to the Alpine Radio team and our hosts at the Settlers Tavern in Tawonga South.

Congratulations again to Mary and farewell to Nick, we wish you well.

Alpine Radio will host present a Tribute Program to remember Ian Erbacher (Mr P) who passed away on Saturday 3rd October. The program will air from the Alpine Radio studio.
 
The program will be presented by his colleagues from Alpine Radio, from 12 noon to 3pm on Friday 30th October when his normal “High Country” program would be on. We will play songs that Ian liked to play on High Country, The Year That Was and Valley Sports, and we will ask friends and colleagues to say a few words about Ian’s life. 
 
Ian was born in Mount Beauty, lived here all of his 63 years, and was a life member of the Bogong Clay Target Club (a member there for 44 years), a keen bowler with Dederang Bowls Club, and a life member and founding member of Alpine Radio.
 
Alpine Radio listeners are welcome to call the station on 5754 4554 to say a few words or request a favourite song of Ian’s.

Alpine Radio's Annual General Meeting was held on Monday 26th October 2020 at 11:00am in the Alex McCulloch Hall, Mount Beauty Neighbourhood Centre. 24 people attended in person in two venue spaces  (with seating and capacity arranged in line with DHHS Regional Victoria Third Step restrictions effective 11.59pm 18th September 2020) and via Zoom conferencing.

Thank you to all who attended and to those who sent proxy forms (or apologies) because they could not attend.
President Nick Brown presented the President's Report and Treasurer Keith Pike presented the Financial Report. Dick Puttyfoot took the chair to conduct the executive and committee election process.

The 2020/202 Committee of Management (all elected unopposed) consists of:
President: Nick Brown
Vice-President: Dick Puttyfoot
Secretary: Linda Parkinson
Treasurer: Keith Pike
Committee (4): Helen McDougall (Volunteer Coordinator), and new members Christine Riches, Craig Vine,  and Vivienne Rochford.
Welcome to our new committee members and thank you to Hugh Paton, Scottie Graham and Ken Halse, committee members stepping down.

A big thank you to Mount Beauty Neighbourhood Centre, staff and volunteers for their hospitality and helping us make our meeting a success and COVID safe.
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Reports
President's Report

Alpine Radio is celebrating ROCKTOBER this month, and we are giving you the chance to win some great PRIZES!!!
We want to see your ROCKTOBER themed posters.
What is ROCKTOBER? It’s our celebration of all things rock, from the classic rock era, through to your modern rock favourites.  Why not have a go at coming up with a poster to help us celebrate?

• Posters can be hand drawn, painted, or created on a computer
• Poster size must be either A4 or A3
• The words ‘Alpine Radio’ must be mentioned somewhere on the poster, for example, ‘ROCKTOBER' with Alpine Radio.

There will be a winner chosen from each of these three categories:

• Children up to 12     PRIZE: $50 voucher from Tawonga South Newsagency and Post Office.
• Teens 13 to 17         PRIZE: $50 voucher from Swiss and Chips, Tawonga South.
• Adults 18 and over  PRIZE: Voucher for 2 takeaway dinners from Roi’s Restaurant, Tawonga.

A huge THANK YOU to these businesses for their generous prize donations!
Entries close Friday 16th October 2020.
For full details, CONDITIONS OF ENTRY and an ENTRY FORM click here.

​R U OK? is calling on Australians to include staying connected in their daily routine as they deal with the lasting impact of the Coronavirus.

R U OK? CEO, Katherine Newton says the virus has affected everyone in some way and we all need to actively seek ways to connect, and in some cases reconnect, with those in our world who might be struggling.

“The pandemic has inspired some wonderful examples of how caring our community can be and we need to hold on to that because that sense of genuine care and concern can be life changing for those grappling with the impact of recent events.

"Some people find change pretty scary,” said Ms Newton. “Many might be feeling disconnected from day to day life, have new financial and employment pressures, added family stressors, be physically unwell, or experiencing heightened levels of anxiety.

To #StayConnected:
• Create a list: Think about who in your world, personal or professional, near or far who might be struggling.
• Dedicate the time: Make ‘time to ask’ as part of your daily routine.
• Choose your channel: Communicate in way that works for you both: make a phone call, send an SMS, video call, email or, if you can meet in person you might want to chat over the fence, go for a walk together or catch up for a cuppa. 

If you need guidance on how to support someone, visit ruok.org.au
If you need support or know someone who does, visit ruok.org.au/findhelp for professional support services and self-care tools.

Source of this article: ​https://www.ruok.org.au/make-staying-connected-a-new-daily-routine