Temora’s own community radio station TEMFM is on the hunt for volunteers to take on various roles to keep the valuable community asset going and thriving. Located in Macauley Street with the studio looking out onto the Temora Rural Museum the station has been running for close to 20 years offering local content produced by and for the people of the Temora district. Found at 102.5 FM in Temora and 106.9FM in Ariah Park There are 10 presenters at the moment, and they would like to encourage more people to join the crew. Chair of TEMFM David White said there are a lot of different roles besides on-air presenter roles, as that is not for everyone. “We have administration roles and behind the scenes jobs like cataloguing CD’s, secretarial work or producing shows,” Mr White said. “The issue is that we have lost presenters, tragically through people passing away. “We would encourage those people or groups with a special interest to talk to us. “If you've got a common interest in aviation and want to come and do a show about aviation, we need more community-focused sort of groups. “If there's a community group out there that thinks that they can benefit from doing their own radio show for an hour, talk to us, come and do it.” Community radio is a perfect jump off point for those that want to launch a career in commercial radio with commercial radio stations putting a lot of stock in the experience gained and the commitment to a community radio station over someone with a qualification alone. Toni Leiper from Ariah Park has been an on-air presenter for about four years now and thoroughly enjoys coming in and presenting her show on Thursaday afternoons from 12 – 3pm. “I just love music, all types of music but I usually stick to the late 50s, the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s,” Ms Leiper said. When she was first approached to become a presenter Ms Leiper said she was somewhat dubious about it all but after some lessons and encouragement she loves spending time presenting her show. Mr White said that if someone has a passion for a certain type of music and wants to do present for an hour or two, we will welcome any ideas. “If there's certain community groups who in town from certain nationalities, if they think that their people would benefit from having an hour’s program in their own language, come and talk to us,” he said. “It's radio by the community, for the community.” If there are people that are interested in getting involved, they can email the station at contact@tem-fm.com.au or make contact through the Facebook page.
