Talk:Radio Monash

This is not an advertising space. What, pray tell, does Radio Monash sell? Nothing! They just play good music (most of the time) and have a fascinating history stretching back to pirate radio (3DR - Draft Resistance Radio) in the 1960's. They're as old as Monash Unviersity itself.

Further significance - Also the first Australia Student Radio Station to have its own stage and a major music festival.

Also, user RadioMonash is not actually a representative of the station, just a fan. This is only the very start of the wiki page. I created the username in the hope of giving the username and password to the station manager and getting him to build the rest of the page himself. Surely, if they are not selling anything but just providing their history and links with overseas student radio networks, then they can build the page themselves?

Note that the predominantly RMIT run student radio station, 3SYN, also has a wikipedia page. Note also that SYN's page has no independently verifiable references listed and as such could be considered "non-encyclopedic", yet there is no move to delete THAT page!

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There is no reason to delete or merge this page. Radio Monash is a non-profit entity that is independent from Monash University. Any suggestion otherwise is ridiculous.


 * can you sign your comments (even if only IP address) so we can at least work out when one person finishes commenting and the next begins? Radio Monash is NOT completely independent of Monash University, they do after all receive a grant from the university and their offices and studios are located on the Clayton campus.130.194.13.105 05:27, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

long live radio monash
Just a note to those considering this page for deletion. Student/Independant radio needs all the support it can get. The station is not selling anything or making a profit by having this space. My vote is for the page to stay and i know that many others feel the same way.


 * Well then, take your argument to the page's entry on "articles for deletion", where it belongs. However wikipedia is not here merely to give "support" to a group, it is an encyclopedia. I would agree the page deserves to stay, but for other reasons as can be found on the articles for deletion page. Cazza411 12:08, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Merge
Do you guys(?) need help with the merge/redirect? I'll give a hand if you don't know how to start. Coren 15:59, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Given your personal attacks on some of the people arguing for keeping the page I think your offer would be rejected.130.194.13.104 22:17, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Pirate PA system station????
The article presently says that for years they "broadcast" over the PA system, and that starting in 1965 they were an anti-draft "pirate" station. This is pretty interesting. What prevented the administration from disconnecting their input to the PA system if they were unauthorized "pirates," or did they in 1965 use an AM or FM transmitter? WQhen did the broadcast "pirate" antidraft radio stop its transmissions? And some explanation is needed of why they would have bothered to get some kind of AM license to broadcast on a frequency ordinary radios could not tune to. Did they hand out special radios in that special AM band? What prevented them from getting a noncommercial FM license to continue broadcasting? Doesn't their country issue them as freely as Canada does? Edison 16:58, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Licences
I believe 3DR had an AM transmitter. That "special AM band" was the 1611-1710 kHz or so band now used for broadcasting in many countries. It was known as the "Maritime Band" in Oz at the time, and other community groups also used it (like some RPH stations). Normal AM radios can (and could) be easily modified to receive it, though this easy modification removes reception of the lower standard AM frequencies. The Australian government issues more community licences than Canada's, and low powered FM licences are relatively easy to acquire. Monash Uni (unlike many other unis) didn't get one of the first group because every time they were on offer, another group was deemed more worthy. Note that 3RRR was at it's establishment a uni radio station receivable all over Melbourne, and SYN (a group that got it's licence with the support of Monash) was and is another Melbourne-wide uni-based station. As for the second type of licence, I imagine they didn't have one due to lack of organisation and/or funds. Latrobe Uni's radio group had no troubles buying one. matturn 12:33, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

Affiliation
I am not to able to find what other stations or network they collaborate with, I think there is an inference, in something I read in a paper, that they share resources like news feeds with other uni stations. Some explanation of that in the article might be useful. Fred ☻ 13:40, 21 July 2007 (UTC)