Radio news

The worlds friendly grand-slam, the Australian Open is back for 2019. Once again our valued audience right across our network will be able to hear the action in partnership with AO Radio, as we simulcast the tournament for a third year running from January 14 to 27.

This year, you will be able to capture your memories with thanks to Vision Australia Radio supporter Pic-Cha-Booth who will be providing a picture booth for attendees to visit our stall, take happy snaps together, or get that little more creative and create animated GIFs. Don’t worry, your friendly Vision Australia Radio volunteers (including some of our presenters!) will be there to help you.

Goldelucks Donuts is proud to be supporting this year’s 4 x Brighter Campaign, helping blind and low-vision kids to live the life they choose. This year they will be teaming up with Vision Australia Radio and together we will have a stall that share’s the great services that Vision Australia’s audio team provide to the community whilst Goldeluck’s will be selling their world famous donuts on the night with all profits going towards the campaign.

The Trust was established in 1985 by Malcolm Penn, in memory of Sir Charles Bright, a former judge of the Supreme Court and a man who did much in both his public and in his private life for people with disabilities and the disadvantaged in the community.

Sounds & Vibes - KYD-X On Saturday December 1, KYD-X will be hosting Sounds & Vibes an all ages, outdoor music festival for people living with disabilities celebrating the International Day of People with Disability. The festival will be held at the Hamilton Boulevard (in the shadow of the Ferris Wheel) at the Adelaide Showground, from 2PM to 11PM.

Creativity Australia is a charity founded in 2008 by award-winning social entrepreneur and soprano Tania de Jong AM. Creativity Australia’s With One Voice  program operates in Victoria, New South Wales, ACT, SA and Queensland. The inclusive community choirs unite hundreds of people aged 9 to 90, from all faiths and all walks of life: migrants, people with disabilities, job seekers, executives, seniors, students, refugees, asylum seekers and more.
This Sunday the group will be celebrating their ‘With One BIG Voice, 10th Anniversary Concert’ at Melbourne Town Hall, 2nd December at 3pm. With inspiring performances from their combined choirs from all over Australia and special guest soloists

MSY Technology have shown their support by supplying 40 new computer monitors that will be part of a studio equipment upgrade across our regional radio stations in Victoria and also in Adelaide.

Vision Australia Radio are proud to share that on Sunday the 16th of December we will be hosting a Rock & Roll fundraising event to help support the service we provide across our radio network for the blind & low-vision community and beyond.

We recently announced that Vision Australia Radio is partnering with The Australian Podcast Awards 2019 in Sydney, The Other Film Festival in Melbourne this November and of course again supporting Vision Australia carols by Candlelight this December by providing an audio described version of the event across our nationwide network, now we announce the arrival of an exciting new partnership with Link Disability Magazine.

Vision Australia Radio is proud to announce that in 2019 we will be a media partner to The Australian Podcast Awards. Conrad Browne Vision Australia Radio and Audio Services Manager says: “making content more accessible to the blind and low-vision community we represent is what we constantly strive to do and having our speciality content available on our podcast service means that programs are available on demand where our audience wants them and when they want them.”