00:02It's the community radio station with humble beginnings at one-stage broadcasting on 102.5 FM.
00:09You're listening to KCR 88.9 FM.
00:13Kalamunda Community Radio first hit the airwaves in the 1990s.
00:18Its original studio, an old police station.
00:21The studios themselves were in the cells and they had a big transmission mask just outside.
00:27The building got demolished and we were able to move to a more pleasant setting here in Goosbury Hill.
00:3730 presenters at KCR bringing rock, soul and classical music to the hills.
00:43Entirely run by volunteers, we don't have any paid staff.
00:46There's a committee of management made up almost entirely of the presenters themselves, seven or eight of us.
00:54102.5, you're going to have to make the switch.
00:57On February 23, ABC Radio Perth will switch from AM to FM.
01:02It's part of changes to WA's radio licence area plans as decided by the Australian Communications and Media Authority.
01:10We've always known that AM doesn't serve Perth audiences well because of the local conditions.
01:16So when the opportunity finally came up to move to FM, we were really pleased to be able to act
01:20on it.
01:21It means that we can now give audiences the quality and reliability they deserve.
01:26As ABC Radio Perth makes the move to 102.5 FM, other stations are shifting too.
01:32Several community broadcasters will change frequencies with the communications regulator setting aside spectrum for a new community radio service in
01:42Swan with applications to open in the near future.
01:45Ellenbrook community radio currently broadcast in that area.
01:49Yeah.
01:52You
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