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If listeners are the soul of community radio, volunteers are its heart and muscle. Radio Adelaide has a small staff who co-ordinate activities, but it is Radio Adelaide's 400+ volunteers who facilitate day to day operations and produce what you hear on air. Without them, Radio Adelaide would not exist.
Every volunteer brings a unique contribution, sharing our belief that Radio Adelaide plays an essential role in the cultural life of Adelaide. Radio Adelaide's volunteer community is a network of interesting people committed to media independence, diversity, access and innovation.
If you believe in these principles and you are interested in volunteering with us, we have a 2 stage process to ensure you are genuinely keen and that we are the right place for you.
How to Apply as a Group
Not-for-profit incorporated associations may become a member of Radio Adelaide and apply to produce an Access Program. Click here for more information.
How to Apply as an Individual
Radio Adelaide receives enquiries about volunteering from 20 - 40 people each month. For that reason, we have a process for getting involved with several stages, to ensure you are genuinely keen and that we are the right place for you.
1. Information Night
Phone or email us, or visit us during business hours to register for a free Radio Adelaide Information Session (usually on a Monday evening 6-7pm). At this session, you'll receive information to help you decide whether you're interested in this station. If you are, then we'll set up a personal interview with a Staff Member.
2. Interview
At this Interview you'll discuss your radio interests. If you both decide you and Radio Adelaide are a good match it's time to sign up as a Station Worker.
3. Subscribe and become a Station Worker
Everyone who works at the station - staff or volunteer - is called a Station worker and all are required to become a Subscriber - a financial supporter of the station. This means making a GST-free, tax-deductible donation of $52 or $26 concession. You also fill in our volunteer form and sign an undertaking to follow station policies and procedures.
4. Enrol for Training
Your Interviewer will provide you with a Training Enrolment form. After your training fee is processed ($400/$265 concession) you will receive an offer from the Training Office for a place on the next available training course.
5. Induction
All volunteers attend this introduction to Radio Adelaide systems, procedures and policy.
6. Training / First roles
Our training courses run 4 times a year, so you might have a short wait until the next course is ready to start. During this time we may offer you some off air work for you to start your involvement. When you complete your training & assessment, you will be supported by staff to move into a program or other area.
What You Can Do
Station workers can be involved in a wide range of roles, both on-air and off-air. Here are just a few roles or activities:
CD library worker
administrative assistant
music librarian
outside broadcasts
program presenter
program guide mailout
studio operator
recordist
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repairs and maintenance
copy writer
newsreader
production assistant
program producer
segment producer
recycling co-ordinator
researcher
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Volunteer Co-ordination
We don't have a single volunteer co-ordinator at Radio Adelaide - all staff play that role, in different areas. Whilst you will be inducted initially through the Music and Talks Co-ordinators and Training Co-ordinator, as you become involved in the station you may work closely with a range of different staff.
Radio Adelaide is represented in the University of Adelaide's Volunteer Committee, which sets policy for all volunteers in the University, including the provision of insurance coverage whilst you are engaged directly in Radio Adelaide activities.
Radio Adelaide has the University's largest volunteer body, but there are about a dozen other areas of the University that support volunteers. The Universities Volunteer website can be found at www.adelaide.edu.au/volunteers/
Access Groups
Any not-for-profit incorporated community group or association may apply to produce an 'Access Program'. Your application will be discussed with the Station Manager and you may be invited to the station for an interview to clarify matters relating to your plans. The program will be approved if it meets access guidelines and our programming objectives. The cost of access programming is $100 per hour ($50 for a half hour). Ethnic Community organisations who meet the guidelines of the Community Broadcasting Foundation's Ethnic Program Subsidy can receive a subsidy. While it varies from time to time this subsidy is generally about $35 per hour.
As Radio Adelaide's program lineup is reviewed quarterly, you should expect a minimum of three months is before you can go to air. If we can confirm a broadcast time and start date for you, the next stage is to meet with the Training Manager so that all members of the group's broadcast team can undertake Radio Adelaide training. This can occur either by group members applying for the standard Basic Radio Skills Course (our preference) or by a specific training course for your group.
If your request cannot be accommodated immediately, your application will be held on file until a suitable time-slot becomes available.
Before final approval, you will need to present a sample tape of your program. Program reviews will occur from time to time to ensure your program still meets its brief.
A copy of the standard Access Agreement is available from the Station Manager.
As of March 2008, the following groups have Access programs on Radio Adelaide:
Adelaide University Union (Student Radio)
Radio for the Third Age (Roundabout)
Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement (The Aboriginal Message)
World Vision (Stir)
SA Unions (Your Rights at Night)
Japan Australia Cultural Association (J-Talk)
The Unitarian Church (Expanding Horizons)
Council of International Students in South Australia (International Links)
Amistad Radio Inc (Amistad)
Polish Radio Programs Association Inc (Always on Sunday)
Persian Cultural Association of SA (Persian Program)
The Voice of Serbia Inc (Voice of Serbia)
Karawaan Organisation Inc. (Karawaan Afghan Program)
Radio Serbia and Montenegro Inc (Radio Serbia and Montenegro)
Bosnia Herzegovina Council of SA (Bosnian Program)
Arts Access SA (Radio Cool)
Australian Peace Committee auspicing a range of peace groups (Peace of the Action)
Tanzanian Community Association of SA (Karibu Swahili program)
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