Victorian Jazz Club
At the end of November this program will celebrate the significant milestone with its 2500th edition – same station, same time with the original presenters Roger and John still on air. Amazing as when the program began they thought they would be lucky to last to the end of the year!
The first Saturday in October marks the 48th anniversary of the Victorian Jazz Club’s “Jazz On A Saturday” first broadcast at 4pm on the first Saturday of October 1976, just three months after the launch of Australia’s first regularly-licensed public broadcaster 3CR from its (then) primitive first studios in suburban Armadale.
Over that time, with the addition of Geoff and John T to the team they have maintained their objective of producing high quality programs featuring the broad spectrum of traditional and mainstream jazz from its origins over 100 years ago right up to the present day. They have seen the program evolve through the ages of limited AM radio reception and original sources of vinyl and analogue tape through the CD era to worldwide digital streaming and the challenges of home production.
From the beginning the program has been a production of the Victorian Jazz Club, which was founded 1968 with the aim of promoting and providing opportunities for the live performance of jazz. And our grateful thanks to the Club and the many generous 3CR listeners for the support that has helped keep us (and 3CR) on air over that time.
They look forward to your company at 4pm in Melbourne on Saturday afternoon on 855 AM, on Digital Radio as 3CR Digital, They also welcome the global audience listening via 3CR's live streaming and Audio on Demand. Stay up to date with our events on the Victorian Jazz Club website.
Listener Feedback: Because of difficulty with phone messages, you can now contact the team directly with comments, suggestions and requests at joas45@panatrope.com
Catch 12 hours of programming on Tuesday 3 December for International Day of People with Disability. This year’s theme is EMBODIED SOLIDARITIES. How can we better practice solidarity with each other as fellow disabled people of different backgrounds and abilities, locally and across borders, at a time in humankind’s existence where mass-disabling violence is increasing? How can non-disabled people better practice solidarity with us? Listen in as we reflect and explore through conversation, music, and more. Check out all the details here.
Who doesn’t love a rummage through some books and CDs on a Saturday morning? Come join us at the 3CR garage sale - Saturday 16 November, 9am-2pm in the 3CR carpark at the rear of 21 Smith Street, Fitzroy. There’ll be CDs, records, cassettes, books, household goods, 3CR merchandise and much more! Curated by the weekly show The Sporting Record and all proceeds go directly to the station. This event is part of the Garage Sale Trail.
Applications are now open for DJing, DJ production (Ableton live) and darbuka workshops as part of the 3CR Salaam Radio Music School. We have limited places available for each of the three streams of training and all workshops are free of charge. Applicants from the SWANA diaspora and First Nations communities are strongly encouraged to apply. The aim of the workshops is to solidify the participants skills to be able to perform (if they wish) by the end of the training course live on Salaam Radio Show. More detail and the application form are here. Applications are due by 5pm on Friday 18 October to projects@3cr.org.au. This project is financially supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.
