Forty Years of 2SER

By the time the station finally launched on October 1, 1979, it was a (dream) team effort. Featured here are some of those legends, and reflecting on that time is founding station manager Keith Jackson.

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Community radio is an essential way that community musics travel. This image shows 2SER’s country music community literally on the move as part of a short lived but well loved ‘traveling fan’ experience in the early 1980s. Although they don’t happen anymore (or at least, at the moment!), the importance of reaching out across the community for country and other musics remains. Here 2SER and industry legend Barbara Morison explains more.

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Cheeky fake ad - 1991
We’ve had fun trying to get your attention over the years. Here one of our presenters got well into the swing with a fake ad trying to get you to subscribe. Trying not to be offended, but if the spirit moves you, please do go ahead and subscribe!

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Acclaimed journalist Cath Dwyer started at 2SER as a student volunteer and eventually went on to run our newsroom, as well as working on a whole host of other programs. Here Cath talks about her time nurturing new talent and the importance of community newsrooms, as well as sharing some insight into how proper community news can really make a difference. Her love of radio, and how it began, shines through here too.

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Acclaimed journalist Cath Dwyer started at 2SER as a student volunteer and eventually went on to run our newsroom, as well as working on a whole host of other programs. Here Cath talks about her time nurturing new talent and the importance of community newsrooms, as well as sharing some insight into how proper community news can really make a difference. Her love of radio, and how it began, shines through here too.

Podcasting has revolutionised radio in many ways. 2SER is now a world leader in this field, led by the vision of 2SER’s Managing Director from 2011-18. Taking the station’s remit for educational radio into the twenty first century, and with a particular passion for mobilising academic research and content, here Melanie talks about the process of establishing podcasting at the station and the impact the station’s success has had in the sector more broadly.

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Podcasting has revolutionised radio in many ways. 2SER is now a world leader in this field, led by the vision of 2SER’s Managing Director from 2011-18. Taking the station’s remit for educational radio into the twenty first century, and with a particular passion for mobilising academic research and content, here Melanie talks about the process of establishing podcasting at the station and the impact the station’s success has had in the sector more broadly.

During its 40 years 2SER has featured a wonderful selection of non-English language programming. Put together by community groups to provide specialist news, events and cultural connection, we have proudly featured these diverse voices and sounds over our history. From an archive point of view, however, this type of programming seems to have never been centrally preserved. While we keep searching, in the meantime we’ve put together just the tiniest taste of these broadcasters – a selection of promos from the 2000 Radiothon appeal, “Yum Cha For Your Ears”. By no means is it complete, but it’s a taste.

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In the early 1980s Nicola Joseph helped build some incredibly important parts of 2SER. Drawing on her experience at 4ZZZ in Queensland, Nicola established 2SER’s newsroom - only the second of its type in the country at the time. In this clip Nicola talks about that time, but she’s contributed much more including the important eventual break away of Radio Redfern and Radio Skid Row. For more of the story look for our extended interview series.

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