April 2024

SPECIAL – The 36th JOHN WEST LECTURE  A Good Riddance: The Inception of Criminal Deportation in Colonial Australia Over the past decade, many Australians have become familiar with the concept of criminal deportation. Since December 2014, more than 3,000 people...

November 2023

OUR STATION PROJECT – SIDE1TRACK1 OK… we are about to get started on this City Park Radio community project. The response has been overwhelming and I wish to thank all for the commitment .To refresh program guidelines – One or two albums per presenter (double...

August 2022

A CLASSICAL ENCOUNTER Recently Launceston had the opportunity to hear one of its own in concert. On a visit back to Launceston in June, Sarah Cabrol-Douat presented a free piano recital of Bach, Hayden, Beethoven and Brahms pieces. Having grown up in Tasmania, Sarah...

Friends of FM – October 2019

CITY PARK RADIO DOING OUR BIT Earlier this year, a day-long music festival was held along the North-west Coast at Turner’s Beach, featuring several Tasmanian artists. One such artist was Claire Anne Taylor, who travelled down from her home near Wynyard to play, and...

Friends of FM – March 2018

CPR LISTENER RISES EARLY TO WIN NATIONAL GUITAR COMPETITION Stephen McCarthy likes an early cuppa and listening to Good Morning Country on City Park Radio between 5-6am weekdays. Imagine his surprise when he won the competition for a guitar signed by the 2017 Golden...