RECENT BLOG POSTS
Welcome to JOY’s Summer Season 2025-26
JOY 94.9 is thrilled to announce the launch of this year’s Summer Season schedule, running from Monday 8 December 2025 to Sunday 1 February 2026. It’s summer, and with that…
Sunday Arts Magazine Art Exhibition Brings Queer Creativity to St Kilda
This November, JOY celebrates the colourful intersection of community and creativity with the first-ever Sunday Arts Magazine Art Exhibition, featuring 12 outstanding artists at Dawn & Mable’s Wine Bar on…
Melbourne Queer Film Festival 2025: Searching for Queer Utopias
The Melbourne Queer Film Festival (MQFF) returns for its 35th Anniversary from 13–23 November, inviting audiences to join the search for Queer Utopias. Queer Utopia is a multiplicity of spaces, happenings,…
JOY Rainbow Sessions welcomes BEKS as first ever headliner
JOY Rainbow Sessions is JOY’s brand new initiative to celebrate and elevate LGBTQIA+ artists, bringing you front and centre with the most exciting out-and-proud acts in the country. A series…
Celebrating Inclusion Through Sport: Sport with Pride and Joy Exhibition Opens at the Victorian Pride Centre
The Victorian Pride Centre came alive on opening night of the Sport with Pride and Joy exhibition, a landmark celebration of the powerful role sport plays in achieving inclusion and visibility for…
JOY celebrates Wear it Purple Day 2025
Australia’s LGBTQIA+ radio station and community media organisation, JOY Media, are proudly celebrating Wear It Purple Day. Celebrated each year on the last Friday in August, Wear It Purple…
Community Forum on Hookup App Safety
On a recent episode of Hide and Seek, host Tim Little sat down with Thorne Harbour Health’s Community Engagement Manager and JOY presenter Cal Hawk, along with community advocate Odus…
JOY 94.9 Unveils Exciting New Season 2 Lineup: Fresh Shows, Familiar Voices, and Unmissable Stories
JOY 94.9 is thrilled to announce the launch of its brand-new Season 2 schedule, running from July 7 to December 7, 2025. With four brand new shows and the return…
RECENT PODCASTS
Sat, 13th, Dec, 2025: Dr Joel Scanlan, Snr Lecturer Uni of Tas. Cyber Security Expert; Will the Social Media Ban Actually Protect Aussie Kids?
Nevena and Macca spoke to Dr. Joel Scanlan, Snr Lecturer Uni of Tas. Cyber Security Expert; Will the Social Media Ban Actually Protect Aussie Kids? Dr Scanlan is a Senior…
Sat, 13th, Dec, 2025: Rachel Westaway, State Member for Prahran, and Glyn Lewis, Local Author Spotlight.
Nevena and Macca are joined live in the studio by Rachel Westaway, State Member for Prahran, and Glyn Lewis, Local Author Spotlight. At the 2025 Prahran state by-election, Rachel Westaway…
Sat, 13th, Dec, 2025: Leo Puglisi, 6 News, The Year That Was In Politics and News
Nevena and Macca talk to Leo Puglisi, from Youth News Site, 6 News, as they discuss the year that was. 6 News is a streaming news channel run by a…
Sat, 13th, Dec, 2025: Weekly Wrap Up with Nevena and Macca
Macca and Nevena are back in the hosting seats this week as they discuss what’s coming up on this week’s show and the week in news, views, revies and comments.
Previewing the second half of Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025
So many kids, so little time… but they’re all so so talented, and representing their countries in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest being held on Saturday 13 December (5pm CET)…
Three hundred and ninety-seven – Previewing the second half of Junior Eurovision 2025
[JESC2025: 397 – Bring out more kids!] So many kids, so little time… but they’re all so so talented, and representing their countries in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest being…
Getting Through The Holiday Period As A Single
Join Yiannis and Johnno as they share tips and tricks for getting through the holiday period as a single person. Yiannis attended Laddy Gagga the night before recording the show,…
Culture Shock
This week, we cell-ebrate how far biomedical science has come. We start with the basics: why scientists grow cells in labs, how they do it, and why sometimes a cell…
Show 681 – Electric Youth – Part Two
Press record on your TDK D90 cassettes, because tonight on Neon Nights we are serving “Electric Youth – Part Two”. Hosted & curated by John von Ahlen / Parralox &…
Something about music – Show #375 (part 2), 16 November 2025
Today’s second hour features beautiful new songs by Australian, Swedish and North American artists about growing up, missing home, the beauty of Sydney, sweet Sunday feelings, learning to control your…
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