Paradise FM is louder and clearer
101.9 Paradise FM Community Radio station is broadcasting louder and clearer following the replacement of a tower and the construction of a new aerial in East Ballina.
The new tower and aerial has filled in a lot of black spots in the valleys, according to Paradise FM Community Radio president Neil Gray.
“It’s improved our coverage area,” said Mr Gray, a qualified radio and television technician who did a lot of the work on the new tower and aerial.
The Paradise FM tower was one of several in the same location.
Mr Gray said that several years ago, Ballina Shire Council had requested that the aerial, and others in the location, be moved to a nearby area.
He called Country Energy, which approved the relocation plan.
Mr Gray was further pleased to hear that Country Energy offered to donate an 18m pole for the new tower.
“The Country Energy men were brilliant,” Mr Gray said of their work in erecting the new tower.
“They were so efficient.”
Mr Gray also praised the work of Graham McKenzie from Ardill Payne engineers.
Paradise FM Community Radio has now been broadcasting since 2001.
PICTURE: John Anderssen, Paradise FM treasurer, station manager Jenny Ellenbroek and Neil Gray.
November 14th, 2007 at 3:44 pm
[...] generosity of local businesses responding to an on air appeal by Ballina community radio station 101.9 Paradise FM, which managed to arrange for all 15 animals to be ‘adopted’ for the next five months at a cost [...]
December 2nd, 2007 at 5:43 pm
I would like to listen to Paradise FM on my work laptop as do a lot of my friends, how do I log on to Paradise FM radio and listen while I am working on my laptop?
January 19th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
Congratulations to Paradise FM for its transmission improvements! This could well get this emerging beacon for quality mature community radio listening into homes and cars in Lismore, the Gold Coast and well inland - and of course see it boom in on its local boomTOWN turf of greater Ballina!
As to Allan’s December 2 2007 query however, and this can only be resolved by a 2PFM executive board decision to stream its signal over an Internet service. If anyone from Paradise comes across this letter, shrugs and says to themselves: “Well thanks to costs and other problems THAT won’t happen anytime soon!”, then I urge them to more open-mindedly get in contact with fellow Aussie community station 4K1G Kawangi FM 107.1 Townsville.
The Murri-Islander guys up there reckon they’ve solved the puzzle economically AND without climbing up the proverbial walls - and I have HEARD the result too, and it is a clean crisp feed with few if any hiccups that has no strife getting across an average Sydney PC. So, Kawangi FM 107.1 Townsville (but as I said, that’s to help far greatly broaden Paradise’s reach) - CHEERS!
June 17th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
We have been and are currently investigating streaming. I hope I can convince the board and management of its importance. I have been plugging for streaming for some time.
Wish me luck.
July 4th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
I’m wondering if 2PAR has a website or not. I haven’t came across it yet if there is one. Cheers