RECENT BLOG POSTS
Welcome to JOY Season One 2026
JOY 94.9 is excited to announce our Season One 2026 schedule, running from Monday, 2 February 2026 until Sunday, 5 July 2026. With new programs premiering, your favourites returning, and…
JOY is ready for Midsumma Festival 2026
Pride Season is upon us, and your friends at JOY 94.9 will be right there with you across the three biggest days of Midsumma Festival: Midsumma Carnival on Sunday, January
JOY Community Meetups at Midsumma Festival 2026
You, your mates, your favourite JOY presenters, sunshine, and new friends – that’s what you’ll get at JOY Community Meetups this Midsumma. JOY Community Meetups are low-pressure half-hour catch-ups with
JOY 94.9 and Vision Australia share special live simulcast from Midsumma Carnival 2026
JOY Media, a Media Partner of Midsumma Festival, and Vision Australia Radio, an Inclusion and Access Partner of Midsumma Festival, will be broadcasting together live from Midsumma Carnival this Sunday,
Melbourne United and JOY 94.9 partner for NBL Pride Round live broadcast
JOY 94.9 and Melbourne United are excited to once again team up for NBL Pride Round as Melbourne United host their Pride Round home game on 7 February against the Adelaide
Get your free mpox vaccination at Midsumma Festival 2026
Victorian Department of Health is a proud JOY Sponsor. Get your free mpox vaccination at Midsumma Festival 2026 Keep yourself, your partners, and your community healthy and safe this Midsumma!…
Midsumma Festival 2026: Time & Place
Midsumma Festival is a proud JOY Sponsor. Midsumma Festival 2026: Time & Place As the world faces growing division and a retreat from progress, the need to connect through shared…
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…
RECENT PODCASTS
Good Moon Rising: The Science of Lunar New Year
Chúc mừng năm mới! 恭喜发财! 새해 복 많이 받으세요! Happy New Year! Lunar New Year is celebrated by millions of people around the world. The celebration isn’t just cultural —…
‘Jimpa’ with special guests Sophie Hyde and Aud Mason Hyde plus ‘Pillion’
For this Out Takes, we celebrated the release of two highly anticipated queer films for February that celebrate the diversity of our community, the importance of representation and the ability…
Local Roots: Full Broadcast – February 20, 2026
Welcome back to Local Roots. Host Hannah Torregosa takes listeners through the latest and greatest in Australian music. Tracklist: Sonny Fodera/ D.O.D/ Poppy Baskcomb – “Think About Us” BEL! —…
3 guests, New Beginnings
This show is all about new beginnings. Freshly into the new year, the first episode of the season, and introducing our newest co-host to Backstage Confidential, Cassidy La Creme. In…
Up To Date: Phil Spencer retires from Xbox
Join Elliot, Luke, Edie, and James in this episode of Checkpoint on JOY where they talk about Phil Spencer retiring from Xbox. Catch the latest episode on Spotify: …
Sail away – Show #379 (part 2), 8 February 2026
The second hour of Katie’s first show since taking a few weeks’ break features more tracks that were released while she was away or that she missed in the last…
Pillion – Love Outside the Mould
Leather, longing and love that doesn’t fit the mould. This week on Geeks Out, Tamzyn goes solo (with a little buzz by the fabulous ADZ) to review Pillion, the new…
Who is Queer Media Made For?
In her Barbie heart song, Billie Eilish asks ‘What was I made for?’, and in this ep Clayton and Miranda talk about who queer media is made for? With the…
Rise up early with the sun – Show #379 (part 1), 8 February 2026
Katie is back after a few weeks’ break and very happy to be in the JOY studios again! In the first hour she plays nine beautiful new and recent songs…
Let’s Remember
This week under the theme of LET’S ‘REMEMBER we focus on 2 wonderful and different entertainers, Sarah Vaughan (SV) and David Essex (DE). Sarah Vaughan affectionately known as the “Divine One” was…
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