Thursday June 25 - Fruit n Nut

The Conch with Paul Anthony will be taking your calls as well as checking in with his regular guests, the Gay and Lesbian Liaison Officers- he might even have a chat with Louie Vega.

This Thursday night on Fruit n Nut there will be the usual banter about local news and topics of interest; but most importantly; the threesome will be Dusty Springfield in preparation for "A night with Dusty" hosted by the Matrix Guild of Victoria. Liz doesn't run to a songlist, as the moto of the show is "...be surprised by what's played next..."

Podcast worth a listen:

Hump Day Crew: Janina Gavankar joins Adz and Ginni from The Hump Day Crew and talks about her work on The L Word, the new generation of south east Asian actors emerging in Hollywood and her work in music.

Wednesday May 24- Hump Day Crew

This morning from 6am on the Hump Day Crew is an L Word special: Janina Gavankar (who played Papi) joins the crew. We also have the Australian Premiere of her single “Tell Me What.” All the Latest Little details you will need to know about the Australia L Word Convention – we go Live with Julie Anderson.



Later on with the crew, Cathy DeBuono – out actress and therapist will also be joining the crew.

On The Campervan with Bridget, Palmina from the Victorian Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby will drop in to talk about their event: Stonewall 40 Years On this weekend.

Camp and Geek collide at 10pm as Diff'rent Strokes, Jade and Dave shoe swap into specialist supermarkets. Jade goes to the local Asian grocery while Dave treks out to land of giant canned food the US Food store.

Tuesday June 23- Generation Next, Superpowers, and music paintings

At 1:20pm Chris talks to Deanna Coleman from Faster Louder who is the Project Manager of the ‘Paint Like No One’s Watching’ project that was conceived to raise awareness for the Australian Children’s Music Foundation, who implement music programs and provide instruments and teachers to disadvantaged and indigenous children and youth in schools and juvenile detention centres across Australia.

At 9pm Generation Next talks to 18 year old Bendigo Secondary School student, Jacob Quilligan Deputy Chair of Rural Victorian Youth Council for Sexual Diversity, about the online survey, Understanding Homophobia in Rural Secondary Schools.

The Petri Dish at 10pm is the best place to get all your science and pop culture news rolled up into one. This week's theme- the science of Superpowers. Is it possible to fly, have super strength, or x-ray vision.

Podcasts worth a listen: Diff'rent Strokes Shoe Swap- Family Holidays, Jade and Dave switch family holidays this week on Diff'rent Strokes. Dave explores Thanksgiving while Jade talks Lunar New Year.

Monday June 22 - The Naughty Rude Show

This afternoon at 1:20pm on JOY Paul Anthony will be joined by Jackie Doran and James Findlay from the Naughty Rude show now on Channel 31.

(the kids from Naughty Rude)

The Sports Lounge at 8pm is all you need to know about sport and then a little bit more, tonight on the show guest, Anthony Sharwood from ALPHA Magazine will be talking about the Ashes edition of ALPHA. AFL and Cricket correspondent, Jen Sampey has all the latest cricket news including the Twenty 20 Final, and the lead up to the Ashes as well as what's been happening this week in the AFL. Brendan's Racquet: the latest in tennis and squash this week the talk is around the start of Wimbledon, Lleyton defeats Nadal in an exhibition match and Sam Stosur has swapped coaches yet again. Also stay tuned for Netball News with Anastasia Georgiou and a Rugby Round-Up with Tanya Jones.

Podcasts worth a listen: The Hump Day Crew- Creator of Logo's hit series, Exes and Ohs, Michelle Paradise speaks about Logo, her idea for conquering World Domination before Madonna and takes on The Hump Day Crew's 101 Questions.

Saturday 20 June: Saturday Magazine

It's Day 9 of JOY 94.9's Alphabet Soup Radiothon, hopefully by now you've been tempted to become a member or make a donation. JOY prides itself on being an independent voice of the GLBTIQ community.

The station relies on the support of members and Radiothon is not just about us asking for you to hand over your hard earned, it's about becoming a part of the JOY community. There are all kinds of awesome prizes on offer, not to mention the member benefits that are available.

At 10:30am Leanne and Carol from Saturday Magazine will talk to the Sally Goldner from the Victorian Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby about their upcoming event, Stonewall 40 Years On.

It's International Pride Month so they'll also be having a chat to Colby Kluthe from Belleville, Illinois who are having their 2nd Pride Festival.

At 6pm on The Casting Couch, Mark and Thomas will talk to Jack Charles and Amiel Courtin- Wilson to talk about their documentary, Bastardy.

From The Full Catastrophe at 9pm with Andy Bell expect all your usual favourites as well as mention of the mini-Eurovision event on this weekend, other splendid delicacies and a classic thank you.

Help keep JOY 94.9 in the radio food chain and support the station, because we canʼt make a complete alphabet soup without U.

Friday June 19- More Alphabet Soup

It's still Radiothon here at JOY 94.9, so please if you haven't become a member yet call 9699 2949 and support the station. Be a part of our Alphabet Soup community and support the only GLBTI community radio station in Australia.

Jenny from Local and Vocal is joined by a couple of JOY work experience kids between 9am and 12pm to profile GLBTI artists and ask for you to support JOY, the station that gives these artists air time.

From 12pm to 4pm Paul Anthony will be joined by the Fool and the Opera's, Dan Vo to make some calls and say thank you to some of JOY's supporters.

Between 2pm and 4pm it's Flip the Tape, Adam will be joined in the studio by Simon Winkler who is DJing at a benefit to help support community broadcaster, FBi. Prepare for a discussion on community radio in all it's inclinations.

There's entertainment all night long at JOY, so tune in at 11pm to Theme Party, we’re picking through the ALPHABET SOUP and pulling out one song for every letter. The show will be brought to you by the number FOUR.

JOY, Not the Alphabet Soup Nazi

Ok so I've been trying for the last couple of days to find an soup reference for an episode of The X-Files. While my search continues thought I would attempt to appeal to you with a reference to one of the most famous soup references in television.

The Soup Nazi episode of Seinfeld is perhaps one of the best examples of how the show impacted on popular culture. The infamous words 'no soup for you,' have become a part of everyday quotation. How can we relate this episode to something positive during JOY's Alphabet Soup Radiothon? When you think about it the whole episode is actually about living to strict rules and being denied if you don't conform. This is actually the complete opposite of what we, at JOY are trying to do.

While the Soup Nazi wanted all that came to his shop to live by his rules, to do things his way or face being thrown out to shouts of 'no soup for you,' JOY is a place where we encourage difference.

We encourage you to be a part of our alphabet soup, we want you to join and be a part of our community as you are. As a community radio station we are about reflecting the diversity of our community, at JOY there's always plenty of soup for everyone.

Radiothon Day 1: Dan Vo's at it again

Gotta love Dan Vo and his creative soup inspired videos. Gone are the Shirley Temple videos and in their place he's put his video making prowess to the test to produce a video featuring the good people of JOY's GLBTIQ Alphabet Soup.

Watch and enjoy, and once you're done become a member call us 9699 2949.*



*(call costs $66 for full membership, $33 for concession and $88 for family)

JOY Radiothon June 12 - 21

So it's time for Radiothon around here at JOY. Starting this Friday the 12th until the 21st of June, we will be asking all of you, who listen to us, read this blog, follow us on Twitter, download our podcasts, to support the station by becoming a member.

The theme for this year is Alphabet Soup, something we, as the GLBTIQ community have been called in recent times, though we're yet to beat the Barbershop Harmony Society as far as acronyms go.

For the last week and a half I've watched our Marketing Manager and host of The Fool and The Opera, Dan Vo work tirelessly and painstakingly on blog post after blog post. Each one is creatively put together: words, images, video clips and metaphors for JOY, our alphabet soup, and plenty of soup inspired

Now it's my turn to try and encourage you to join up and support the station. Instead of witty metaphors and clips of Shirley Temple, I thought I'd tell you a little bit about why JOY means so much to me.

I came to the station 3 years ago. I was struggling at the time, in a long distance relationship, and going through the emotional ups and downs of applying for visas. I hadn't really listened to JOY before, because I didn't really know any other gay people and didn't even know it existed. But fate stepped in, and I stumbled upon their website where they were asking for applications for a youth training program. I was at another community radio station at the time and loved creating radio and so I applied. From there I have had an evolving relationship with JOY, as a trainee, a presenter, a producer and now as content producer.


I've met and talked to so many people who have similar experiences and attachment to JOY, and everyone has slightly different reasons why they listen, why they volunteer, why the station means so much to them. At the end of the day we're all mixed together a series of random letters that when thrown in together make a warm community of radio soup-i-ness.

See why I shouldn't be allowed to attempt soup inspired metaphors.

Tuesday 2 June- Kate Miller Heidke

Kate Miller-Heidke loves JOY as much as JOY loves her. Join Bridget in The Campervan from 4pm today and you'll also be sharing the journey with Kate Miller-Heidke who will swing by on her way out on tour.

Earlier on in the day Alister Smith the director of Short + Sweet Dance Festival will call in to talk to Gary at 11:20am.

Then Corrine Grant will call to chat to Michael at 1:20pm to talk about her involvement in the Heart of St Kilda Concert at the Palais on June 4.

Featuring the likes of: Icehouse, Kate Ceberano, Dave Hughes, Mark Seymour, Tex Perkins, Dan Sultan, Tim Rogers, Blue King Brown, Mick Molloy, Greg Fleet and Julia Zemiro the concert will benefit the Sacred Heart Mission.

Podcast worth a listen
Transmission Time: Interview with Georgina Beyer was the world’s first transsexual to be elected as a city mayor and later a member of parliament. She served two terms in the New Zealand parliament as the member for Wairarapa from 1999 to 2007.