JOY 94.9 is where you'll hear yesterday's bangers and tomorrow's hits played today.

From Up Early and JOY Breakfast through to JOY Drive, allow us to fill your work day with a blend of uplifting, upbeat pop, R&B, remixes and vocal dance sourced from all corners of the world.

We'll mix the best of what you might be hearing elsewhere, with something you won't hear anywhere else and we'll throw in a classic from the 70s, 80s, 90s and the Naughties as well.

We'll make sure you're hearing lots of new music during the day, keeping you up-to-date with many of your favourite artists and many more you'll want to get to know.

The 'sound' your hear is pulled together by our Head of Music, Michael Polh, keeping all these things in mind and ensuring we meet the criteria set out by our own music policy.

You can check out all the music added to the weekday music mix by following our music blog.

Keep up to date with news from the JOY Music Team on X by following @JOY949MD and on Instagram at @JOY949MD

The Music Team

• Michael Polh, Head of Music (Music Director) - team leader and responsible for new music selection and rotation of the week day music mix - music.director@joy.org.au
• John Wintle, Music Coordinator - responsible for music scheduling administration (data entry, scheduling and rotation) of the week day music mix - music.coordinator@joy.org.au
• Bryan McGrath, Music Interview Coordinator - responsible for coordination of music artist / festival interviews on the station - music.interviews@joy.org.au
• Richard Walters, Music Librarian - ensures all incoming music to the station is quickly and accurately made available and promoted to our presenter teams

Getting your music on JOY

We're passionate about discovering new music and voices, especially from the LGBTQIA+ communities. While we aim to review as many submissions as we can, due to the high volume of emails we receive and our dedicated team of part-time volunteers, we may not be able to listen to every track.

However, every submission is important to us, and we truly appreciate the effort and creativity of all artists who reach out.

We prefer getting your music digitally:

• Submit your music using the form - remember to include a download link (to Dropbox, box, Drive, OneDrive, etc)
• Email JOY's Head of Music with information about you and your music (including download links) - remember to let us know if you're Australian and/or identify as part of the LGBTIQA+ communities
• Email the JOY programs that play the genre of music you make

If you have physical media:

• Ship your CD and BIO to:

JOY Music Team
Victorian Pride Centre
Level 1, 79-81 Fitzroy St
St Kilda VIC 3182

Weekday music on JOY is selected based on our music policy as well as a fit for our signature uplifting sound.

Being interviewed on JOY:

If you'd like to talk about your music on any of JOY's programs, get in touch with the Music Interview Coordinator.

Specialist music shows for every taste

Our specialty music programs across the schedule showcase everything from country, urban, jazz and alternative through to world music, acoustic, classical and folk.

Check out the current program grid for details of what and when these shows air.

Not hearing your preferred style of music?

If your genre is not represented then think about becoming a volunteer presenter and submitting a program proposal to the Content Manager. The station is interested in all genres of music, especially if it's not currently represented on our program grid.

JOY Music Policy

• More than 35% of music played will be from Australian artists or produced in Australia
• More than 25% of music played will be from out-and-proud LGBTIQA artists
• The music will positively promote artists who are underrepresented in mainstream media
• The station will support artists who have clearly demonstrated a public commitment to the LGBTIQA communities