Black Star Celebrates Aurukun Day
On Friday the crew from the Black Star hub were in Aurukun to help celebrate Aurukun Day with the locals. We set up outside the Retail Store and broadcast live […]
Category Archives: News
QRAM launches new service at Lakeland Downs
Lakeland is situated at the crossroads of the Peninsula Developmental Road, heading north up through the Cape towards Weipa and the Mulligan Highway heading east to Cooktown. But don’t expect to […]
Sticks racks up four years on air
In our 2013 training course, we first met Sticks from Pormpuraaw. Trying out the option of a career in radio, he was taking to the medium like a duck to water, as […]
Large crowd farewells Ken Reys
We’re sad to say farewell to Mr Kenny Reys, who passed away last week after a long illness. Friends and family from across the country gathered in Edmonton, near Cairns […]
Kowanyama closes the technology gap
Upgrades to studio technology continues across the Black Star network, with Kowanyama Black Star Radio Service now the fifteenth station to be equipped with the ZETTA play out system and […]
International Profile
Radio World is a leading news source for the broadcast radio industry globally, published in 5 editions – in English, French and Spanish – including the Radio World International edition. The […]
New Journey for the G-man
Gerry Terati Lyons, aka The Gman, has pulled the pin and is moving on from his long tenure as the Radio Manager at CAAMA in Alice Springs. QRAM acknowledges his […]
The Last Connection
Friday’s horrendous rain storm in the Gulf of Carpentaria prevented any satellite communications from reaching into Mornington Island. Whilst people in the South may be able to rely on the […]
Gail Bennett – A Good Bureaucrat
What makes a good Bureaucrat? Nugget Coombs is an example many people quote. He got down on the ground with people, he listened and learnt about cultural issues and turned […]
Making It Local
Local communities are finding new ways to be local and vocal on Black Star Radio. Lavinia Collins is the newest staff member at the Black Star hub in Cairns, securing […]
