2ser Programs

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2SERis a not-for-profit radio station in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, broadcasting on the frequency 107.3 FM. It is operated by Sydney Educational Broadcasting Ltd, and co-funded by two Universities, University of Technology Sydney and Macquarie University. It is a member of the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia. The station has a metro-wide license and broadcasts a mix of programming styles - specialist music, general magazines, and specialist talks.

2SER broadcasts a wide range of music and talk shows. Talk show topics include science, current affairs, health, conservation, publishing, gender and queer culture, music, arts and theatre. Music genres include experimental, metal, pop and spatial audio.

Some programs have been on air for more than 30 years, including Back To Funk,[1] Static[2] and The Phantom Dancer.[3] Gaywaves, an LGBTQIA+ program, aired from November 1979 to 2005. [4]

In the mid-1990s the station expanded its programming to emphasise underground dance music[specify]. This caused friction within the station but 2SER organised a series of highly lucrative fund raising events called Freaky Loops in association with Sydney promoters such as Cryogenesis, Clan Analogue, Club Kooky and Elefant Traks which sustained the move to a new musical format for several years until 2001.[citation needed]

The station worked on improving its brand across the 2003-2005 period, incorporating a fresh new logo and brand elements, while the station's online presence was also redesigned to deliver a rich content experience.

In late 2004, the station was faced with a projected budget shortfall of up to $100,000 that financial year. Management addressed the situation by reducing the number of paid staff, putting forward proposals to scale down the use of its studio at Macquarie University and attempting to cater for a slightly older audience. These ideas were met with frustration from some volunteers.[7] Internal activism resulted in a softening of policy and in early 2005, the new program grid was launched. Despite the controversy in its lead-up, it proved to be a simple reshuffle of the existing grid rather than a dramatic overhaul.

From the late 2000s and into the 2010s, 2SER has continued to expand its offerings across broadcast and digital, as well as with podcasting. It has won international awards for its collaborations, including a Silver Radio Prize at the New York Festivals Radio Awards for History Lab (with Impact Studios).[8]

The station celebrated its 40th anniversary in October 2019 with a podcast series,[9] exhibition[10] and book, An Incomplete History of Community Radio: 2SER's 46 Boxes of Stuff.[11] The station's long-term publication, Listening Post, was also digitised in full and placed in the Australian open access archive Trove.[12]

The station helped launch the broadcasting careers of Julie McCrossin, Robbie Buck, Richard Kingsmill, Helen Razer, Eleanor Hall, Fenella Kernebone, Steve Ahern, Jess Scully, and Jonathan Harley - all of whom started out on the station as volunteers.[13]

Congratulations to Ellen Leabeater (former Think: Health and current Digital Futures reporter) Jake Morcom (Think: Sustainability reporter), Josh Nicholas (former Think: Digital Futures reporter), Ninah Kopel (former Think producer), Miles Martignoni (former Think Supervising Producer) Emma Lancaster (Think Supervising Producer) and Station Manager Melanie Withnall. And a massive thank you to the many UTS staff members and all the academics who have appeared on the Think programs or helped out in creating content in some way.

2SER is supported by UTS to produce four half hour programs each week that communicate the innovative research done by UTS academics in an entertaining radio format. The programs aim to show the impact of this research. They are made by a team of radio producers including: Ellen Leabeater (previous Think: Health and current Digital Futures reporter) Jake Morcom (Think: Sustainability reporter), Josh Nicholas (previous Think: Digital Futures reporter), Ninah Kopel (previous Think producer), Miles Martignoni (previous Think Supervising Producer), Emma Lancaster (Think Supervising Producer) and Melanie Withnall (2SER Station Manager).

Today, 2SER operates as a company limited by guarantee and is jointly owned by Macquarie University and the University of Technology, Sydney. Both institutions contribute an annual grant to 2SER, however the station is largely self-supporting, relying upon revenue raised through programming, sponsorship, fund-raising events and listener subscriptions.

2SER holds a community broadcasting license with a special interest defined as educational broadcasting. Through its programs, and the making of programs, 2SER aims to stimulate learning and educate its listeners and is committed to social change, access and diversity.

2SER wins several awards including a Silver Medal from the New York International Radio Festival, a Certificate of Commendation from the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Media Awards and three Awards for Excellence in Programming for the Public Broadcasting Association of Australia.

Despite tough competition from the likes of Radio New Zealand, Swedish radio, TBI and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the Sydney-based community radio station has been awarded both Gold and Silver awards in the category of Information and Documentary for programs Think: Health (Gold radio winner) and Think: Digital Futures (silver radio winner).

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CCFS Investigators, associated staff, early-career researchers and postgraduates had a high profile at 24 peak geophysical, metallogenic, geodynamic and geochemical conferences as convenors, invited speakers, or presenters, with 138 presentations including:

CCFS fosters links nationally and internationally through visits of collaborators to undertake defined short-term projects, or short-term visits to give lectures and seminar sessions. Formal collaborative arrangements are facilitated by partnerships in grants with reciprocal funding from international collaborators. The global COVID-19 pandemic left little opportunity fo for face to face interaction in 2020. Despite these difficulties, collaboration continued remotely via video conferencing and webinars.

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