Wish List

JOY 94.9 must continually invest in new and upgraded studio, IT and broadcast transmission equipment. The station only has access to limited funds and depends on the generosity of its members and friends to fund some of the more costly items of expenditure. Some donate cash; others donate services, labour and professional services; or working IT or broadcasting components.

Key areas of expenditure for funds or in-kind service donations include:

maintenance of existing broadcasting technology
replacement of aging studio equipment
upgrading of broadcast facilities as technology advances
upgrading of supporting IT facilities (servers, digital storage medium, software, etc.)
replacement of existing land-line connection to our transmitter with radio-link facilities
training for new IT applications
preparation for digital broadcasting
support of corporate business systems

JOY relies on your support to survive. By your donation, you can help us to ensure that JOY continues to provide a diverse range of relevant programs, arts and culture, music, and news that connects, informs and entertains our community. If you would like to contribute towards our wishlist please contact tech@joy.org.au

Studio 2 (News Studio) - URGENT

Timeframe: July 2010

The permanent fit out of Studio 2 is the highest priority for the station as it will be used as a news preparation and broadcast studio. Whilst most community stations use a national news feed, JOY has a dedicated, trained and highly professional News Team producing their own news bulletins and reports every day of the year. Currently the studio has been temporarily configured to allow pre-recording and editing.

The upgrade will involve a permanent installation of some existing equipment and purchase and installation of new equipment. The completion of this studio will allow the News Team to expand activities to include recording, production, use of audio grabs relating to stories reported, broadcast news from the studio as well as work on projects that will have positive nationwide benefits for the GLBTIQ community.

Broadcast mike boom arm - $200
Headphone amplifier - $300
Cabling, mounting blocks, sockets and switches - $350
Distribution amplifier - $650

Studio 1 and 3 (Main Broadcast Studios)

Timeframe: September 2010

The replacement of aging equipment in the two main broadcasting studios allows you to continue enjoying the very best of JOY programming. Having well serviced CD players and high quality telephone lines means we can bring you a great mix of music and news & current affairs programs. The station uses heavy-grade industry machines, yet no matter how good they are with the high level of spins around the clock they need to be updated every 2-4 years.

Two Comrex 2-line hybrids - $4400 (A Hybrid is required to put telephone interviews to air, we currently use very old, second-hand units)
Four Denon CD Players - $4000

Studio 4 (Production Studio)

Timeframe: December 2010

The production studio is the where the station's many sponsorship announcements and community service announcements (CSA) are produced by our in-house team. The CSA program run by JOY is one of the strongest in the community broadcasting sector with more than 60 different community, social and support groups in the GLBTIQ and non-profit sector being supported with free on air announcements at any one time. With more than 14,000 CSA's being put to air each year this little studio certainly pulls its own weight!

Production desk (design, materials, carpentry and fitting) - $2000

Major Equipment and Works

Timeframe: 2010

The station is currently loaning and renting a variety of equipment to enable broadcasting on a day to day basis. Whilst the station strives to find the best deal for each piece of equipment, nothing could be better than owning our own gear. In some cases if the initial outlay for the purchase could be met, there are substantial monthly costs savings. In other cases we have had to put off the purchase of required equipment due to the expenditure required.

Master Control Room Dust Sealing & Air-conditioning Works - $15,000
Microwave link installation - $10,000
Two Outside Broadcast Codecs - $12,000 (JOY delivers over 12 outside broadcasts annually, we manage to do this by way of borrowed equipment)
Wireless in-ear Monitoring System - $1000

General Station Requirements

Timeframe: 2010

General studio requirements include miscellaneous works that will put the final touches on our broadcast studios.

In Studio Door Access & PatLite Indications - $250
Night Switch Timer - $250
Studio Ring Detect & PatLite Indications - $500
Full Station Test and Tag - $3000
FIle Server, Mass Storage & Backup Solution - $100,000

The Music Team are currently working with the IT & Engineering Teams to find a solution to find storage for an ever increasing music library.

Mass storage and playout systems for a digitised music library - $45,000

Thank you

The following people and companies have generously contributed to our fundraising efforts, and have enabled us to purchase and install items essential to our continued broadcasting:

Colin Krycer - Studio 1, 2 and 3 amplifiers and speakers
Tim Lennox - Studio 2 audio editing computer
David Shomer & Shomer Security - Building access and security systems
Trevor Whittaker - Studio 2 desk design & fitting
General fundraising - Studio 2 desk (materials & carpentry)
Miles Tobias & Milestone Engineering - Studio 2 & Master Control Electrical Works

And big thanks to Factory Sound in South Melbourne for always doing "special deals" for Community Broadcasters...if you ask nicely!