Radio Eastern FM - FM 98.1 - Croydon, Vic

Radio Eastern FM 98.1 is based in the outer-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria Australia with coverage across the municipalities of Knox, Maroondah, Whitehorse, Manningham and ... See more Yarra Ranges. Our potential coverage is more than 600,000 people and our programming focuses on community information sharing mixed with easy listening music variety. Radio Eastern has very good facilites located at the Wyreee Community Centre. We have 2 full time on-air stuidos, a separate production studio and a mobile studio ( which is setup in a very conmfortable caravan). All studios have facilties for presenters to play from a variety of sources including records (yes we still have and use turntables in our studios), CD, MP3 discs, Mini disc, Cassette and video tapes as well as allowing the use of thier own exterl sources such as computers, Ipod or similar music players. Both on-air studios are set up with facilites to put outside broadcasts to air as well as to do interviews via telephone. Both on-air studios are large enough to accomodate several guests and this happens regularaly in some shows such as the Whistleblowers on Monday night. Other presenters have been known to have artists in the studios playing live to air Radio Eastern Playhouse was born to help bring our presenters together and have fun. So far we have recorded of several short plays and one pantomine. Val Budge is the talent behind the script writing with in-house recording and produciton by Janet Cook who spends hours ssearching for or creating the sound effects that we require as well as finding suitable royatly free music for background.