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: On the Road
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 […]
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 […]
Normanton service now on air and testing on 98.5FM
There’s a new sound in the air at Normanton today, now we have turned on the newly installed transmission equipment in the centre of town, for their new Black Star radio service. […]
Black Star Radio – Sponsor of Laura Festival 2015
The 34th Laura Aboriginal Dance Festival is on again this year from June 19 to 21 on the sacred grounds at Ang-Gnarra, 15km south of the small town of Laura, […]
QRAM meets with Atherton TableLand Community Members
QRAM Black Star radio service in the Atherton Tablelands is set to power up and expand its services to listeners in the coming months. Last week, QRAM director Neville Reys […]
On the Road Again
QRAM Directors Aaron Teddy, Burt Edwards and Bobby Thompson recently hit the road, travelling with QRAM Manager Gerry Pyne north to the tip of Cape York. Along the way they […]
New Director Appointed as QRAM Board meets at New Mapoon
The Board of QRAM last week held its first ever meeting away from Cairns when they met in the Northern Peninsular Area for their regular Board Meeting. The venue was […]
All Roads Head to Red Dust Country
Over 150 delegates converged on the Northern Peninsular Area last week (September 22-26) for the 16th Annual National Remote Indigenous Media Festival. This years festival was hosted by IRCA in conjunction with […]
