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
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…
The Sound of Philadelphia
Show broadcast Feb 22 2026 Something special was happening in Philadelphia in the 1970s. Thom Bell, Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff, Sigma Sound Studios, the musicians of MFSB (mother father…
Sat, 21st, Feb, 2026: Josh Cox, Reptile Encounters: Why he took Alba the Dingo to Parliament House this week
Last segment of the week, Fiona and Macca are joined live in the studio by Josh Cox. Dir. Reptile Encounters, and his special friend Alba The Dingo. is a specialized wildlife…
Taylor Swift, Olivia Dean, Pedro Pascal and More!
Calling all L.A. insiders and curious minds — Peter Reynolds is back with Hollywood’s latest! Whether it’s what’s trending or what’s already toast, stay tuned for this week’s best and…
Sat, 21st, Feb, 2026: Richard Keane, CEO – Living Positive, The launch of the new disclosure guide in partnership with the HIV/AIDS legal centre
Fiona and Macca were joined live in the studio by Richard Keane is the Chief Executive Officer of Living Positive Victoria (LPV), a prominent community-based organisation in Australia representing people living with HIV….
Sat, 21st, Feb, 2026: Tim Reardon, Chief Economist at the Housing Industry Assoc (HIA), Is the government pulling on the right levers to when it comes to building more homes?
Macca and Fiona are joined live on air by Tim Reardon, Chief Economist at the Housing Industry Assoc (HIA), Is the government pulling on the right levers to when it…
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