🎶 The Free FM Feature Album of the Week – Pop Filter - CONO [2023]
Pop Filter is something of an Aussie ‘indie supergroup’ consisting of members of Snowy, Cools Sounds, and The Ocean Party. CONO was the product of weekly meet ups, of whoever could make it along to their makeshift studio in an industrial estate in Coburg North [aka ‘CONO’]
Our favourite tracks featured throughout this week’s The Free Breakfast and across the Free FM schedule.
📻 Broadcast: 89.0FM across the Waikato
💻 Livestream: freefm.org.nz, accessmedia.nz app and via your Amazon Alexa and Google devices
Check out a bunch more cool new music on air at Free FM: https://www.freefm.org.nz/New-Music.aspx
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NEW! 🐛 THE SCIENCE BUG 🐜: We’re shining the spotlight on the little critters that make the world go around. Bugs! Every episode, Simon Connolly and Morgane Merien will be interviewing a rising star of New Zealand science and seeing what they can tell us about the world around us. This season, we’ll be looking at: dorky-looking fighting weevils, the secret relationship of butterflies and nettles, and how bees breathe!
In this week’s episode: Simon is continuing his interview with Dr Ummat Somjee. They'll be talking about how the Giraffe Weevils can actually grow and maintain their crazy weapons.
🎧 LISTEN: https://accessmedia.nz/Player.aspx?eid=46a5058c-321b-403a-b028-59e67aebd09f
The Science Bug is a weekly Free FM radio show and podcast, broadcast Mondays at 2pm, with a replay on Thursdays at 5pm.
📻 Broadcast: 89.0FM
💻 Livestream: freefm.org.nz, accessmedia.nz app
💻 ask your smart speaker to ‘play free fm eighty nine point zero’
📲 Podcasts: freefm.org.nz, and check out Spotify, Apple Podcasts
Free FM is by the people for the people – we champion a platform for direct involvement in the media. Supported by NZ On Air and proud to be part of CAMA - Community Access Media Alliance which gives voice to diverse communities and interests across Aotearoa New Zealand.
More info: https://linktr.ee/freefm89
#accessmedianz #sciencepodcast #insects
Growing up in Gloriavale with Victory & Hope Disciple.
Dive into the gripping continuation of the Kids in Cults miniseries with Hopeful and Victory Disciple as they unveil more about life inside Gloriavale.
What makes a cult? Join Dr Caroline Ansley, Lindy Jacomb and Liz Gregory as they traverse the cultiverse and talk to leavers of coercive and controlling groups in New Zealand, and share their stories.
Cult Chat is produced via our CAMA - Community Access Media Alliance colleagues Plains FM, and shared via Free FM, 5pm Mondays.
📻 Broadcast: 89.0FM
💻 Livestream: freefm.org.nz or ask your smart speaker to ‘play Free FM eighty-nine point zero’
Free FM is by the people for the people – we champion a platform for direct involvement in the media. Supported by NZ On Air and part of @CAMA - Community Access Media Alliance
Find dozens more locally made radio shows and podcasts, and more https://linktr.ee/freefm89
#accessmedianz #cults #cultchat
🎶 Free FM MUSIC ZONE – home of serious music lovers! 🎛️ Tonight we’re sharing The Bassment Sessions – Join DUBMATIX each week as he adventures into the land of groove Reggae / Bass music : ranging from classic reggae, dub, to all styles of reggae-influenced music - hiphop, jungle, grime + funk, soul, latin and more.📻 89.0 FM Waikato-wide👉🏽 ask your smart speaker to play ‘Free FM eighty-nine point zero’WANT TO GET INVOLVED? We’re always looking for music geeks to host their own weekly music show! Read this – then flick us a message https://www.freefm.org.nz/Involved/Content-Creator.aspxTuia ngā reo o te hapori - Bringing together the voices of our community. Kirikiriroa, Aotearoa / Hamilton, NZ. Community Access Media supported by NZ On Air and part of CAMA - Community Access Media Alliance#studioone #reggaerecording #reggaelabel #coxsonedodd #reggae #rocksteady #ska #loversrock #accessmedianz #leescratchperry #dub #rasta #rastafari #leescratchperry #2Tone #TwoTone
This week’s 🏳️🌈Flat Out Pride🏳️🌈 podcast: Nau mai, hoki mai GLITTQFAB whanau!
On your show we have queer comedy,a bit of did you knowz😮 & wrapping up with a warm queer fuzzy wuzzy🥰
Be cool, be kind & stay fabulous. FLAT.OUT!
Till next week y’all🏳️🌈
🎧 listen NOW
https://accessmedia.nz/Player.aspx?eid=44c374e1-a996-49cb-ba6d-4636293ea479
Latest episode and lots of back episodes available from
🎧 Spotify 🎧 Apple Podcasts 🎧 iHeart Radio 🎧 Free FM freefm.org.nz
🏳️🌈Flat Out Pride podcast on Free FM 🏳️🌈 Weekly LGBTQIA+ media from 🇳🇿 Hamilton NZ, made with support of NZ On Air and PROUDly part of CAMA - Community Access Media Alliance - Fighting for your right to be on the radio and in the media since 1981
#LGBT #LGBTQI #LGBTQIA #gay #lesbian #Takataapui #gaynz #hamiltonnz #waikato #queer #queerpodcast #LGBTpodcast #pride #loveislove #lesbian #love #queer #trans #transgender #gaypride #lgbtpride #lgbtqia #nonbinary #bi #pridemonth #genderfluid #accessmedianz
Chronic pain and mental health
🎧 FULL EPISODE: https://accessmedia.nz/Player.aspx?eid=4b236819-693e-45ef-ab4d-66d9df64f6cf
Vanessa Foster hosts weekly Free FM radio show and podcast Fighting Stigma, brought to you by Progress to Health. This week's show is about the free online courses called Just A Thought, an excellent set of cognitive behavioural therapy resources to help with mental wellbeing.
Catch the show on air, Thursdays 11.30am and repeated Fridays 5.30am and Sundays 3.30pm New Zealand time.
📻 89.0 FM Waikato-wide
📱ask your smart speaker to 'play Free FM eighty-nine point zero'
Or grab the latest, and lots of back episodes from
🎧 Free FM http://bit.do/Fighting-Stigma-Podcast
🎧 Apple Podcasts http://bit.do/Apple-FightingStigma
🎧 Spotify http://bit.do/Spotify-FightingStigma
Free FM is by the people for the people – they champion a platform for direct involvement in the media. Supported by NZ On Air and part of @CAMA - Community Access Media Alliance
#accessmedianz #mentalhealth #mentalheathpodcast
Introducing Waikato Whakataukī – a new series of short whakataukī - Māori proverbs where the origins are unknown, whakataukī have an important role in Māori culture and are often used as a motivational tool and can be used in speeches or everyday conversations. They can include poetic language and have an underlying meaning.
These whakataukī are being broadcast on Free FM. Each one is specific to a Waikato Iwi or hapū.
We looking for more Te Reo content, or content that reflects the culture and aspirations of Tangata Whenua. Ever thought about making your own weekly radio show and podcast? Free FM can help, and we’re ready to listen.
Get in touch 🤳🏿 DM us 📲 834 2170 📧 [email protected]
Tuia ngā reo o te hapori - Bringing together the voices of our community. Kirikiriroa, Aotearoa / Hamilton, NZ. Community Access Media supported by NZ On Air and part of CAMA - Community Access Media Alliance
https://linktr.ee/freefm89
#accessmedianz #hamiltonnz #kirikiriroa #communitymedia #podcasts #nzpodcasts
New show! Radio 2050 is a mix of conversation and music that aims to inspire change throughout the world.
In this week’s episode: Bekah McNeel delves into the complex world of immigration reporting, uncovering the deep-rooted connections between policy, humanity, and the misunderstood narratives surrounding immigration. She shares her perspective as a journalist with a focus on immigration, highlighting the importance of understanding the complexities of immigration issues and how they affect people.
FULL EPISODE: https://accessmedia.nz/Player.aspx?eid=799c8e58-3034-4b2e-af03-3dad1af58b31
Radio 2050 is created by Radio Paradise and is broadcast in Aotearoa New Zealand by Free FM, Wednesdays at 5pm and Saturdays at 4pm
📻 Broadcast: 89.0FM
👉🏽 ask your smart speaker to play ‘Free FM eighty-nine point zero’
Free FM is by the people for the people – we champion a platform for direct involvement in the media. Supported by NZ On Air and part of @CAMA - Community Access Media Alliance
Find dozens more locally made radio shows and podcasts, and more https://linktr.ee/freefm89
#accessmedianz
🎙️ FM Show Spotlight – What’s Your Why with YWCA of Hamilton 🎙️ UPCOMING EPISODES
What's Your Why asks women why they do what they do, why they keep persevering despite adversity and why their purpose is meaningful to them. What's Your Why talks to women from all over the Waikato about their experiences as they share valuable pockets of knowledge they have picked up along the way.
What’s Your Why is broadcast via Free FM – Fridays at 12:30pm with a replay on Saturdays at 9:30am.
📻 Broadcast: 89.0FM
💻 ask your smart speaker to play 'Free FM eighty-nine-point zero'
Listen to all the episodes via
🎧 Free FM https://rebrand.ly/WhatsYourWhy-FreeFM
🎧 Spotify https://rebrand.ly/WhatsYourWhy-Spotify
or your preferred podcast platform.
Tuia ngā reo o te hapori - Bringing together the voices of our community. Kirikiriroa, Aotearoa / Hamilton, NZ. Community Access Media supported by NZ On Air and part of CAMA - Community Access Media Alliance
#podcast #nzpodcast #ywca #feminism #women
🎵 Free FM MUSIC ZONE 🎵 Xavier Meade presents music from Cesarea Evora, Cabo Verde Group, Bau, Nancy Vieira, Totinho, Agusto Cego.
🎧 Full episode: https://accessmedia.nz/Player.aspx?eid=171e4a73-344f-4643-ac05-51b2b3b5b6c3
MuMusical Journeys - Jornadas Musicaless a way to share and pay respect to various cultural and musical movements from across the globe, and is shared with us from our friends at RaRaglan Community Radio Rodrigo Hill from Brazil and Xavier Meade from Mexico take turn-about to broaden our musical horizons.
Tune in Tuesdays from 11.30pm in the Free FM MUSIC ZONE
📻 89.0 FM Waikato-wide
👉🏽 ask your smart speaker to play ‘Free FM eighty-nine point zero’
Tuia ngā reo o te hapori - Bringing together the voices of our community. Kirikiriroa, Aotearoa / Hamilton, NZ. Community Access Media supported by NZ On Air and part of CACAMA - Community Access Media Alliancehttps://linktr.ee/freefm89
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Are you looking for a great new part time career opportunity?
Free FM is looking for a new Funding Manager to work with our team on strengthening independent community media and supporting our organisation’s continued development.
The Free FM Funding Manager is a part time role focusing on building relationships with funders, then all parts of the grant application and management processes.
Keen to read more?
Visit freefm.org.nz/Work.aspx or our social media platforms, or look for Free FM Funding Manager on Trademe
[ https://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=4520020160 ]
Applications close 5 February.
Presenting Waikato Te Waahi Tapu [Sacred sites of the Waikato] – a new series of short audio segments exploring some of the special places across our motu. Waikato Te Waahi Tapu is broadcast in Free FM’s Free Breakfast and afternoon ‘drive time’, and helps us connect with the people, places and events that form our shared history.
In this episode: Hākarimata Range
🎧 More episodes https://rebrand.ly/WaikatoTWT
Uru atu i te mahi kaihanga ihirangi hootaka maa Free FM.
Be part of the koorero – get involved!
👉🏽 https://www.freefm.org.nz/Involved/Content-Creator.aspx
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#accessmedianz #waikato #kirikiriroa #hamiltonnz
NEW SHOW! Free Reign brings you those sparkly bits of audio gold that don't necessarily fit the mould. There is so much great audio in the Waikato and we are out here digging it up for you. You’re welcome.
For our first season, we'll be hearing from some bright young audio makers from Te Pūkenga / Wintec and The University of Waikato. We'll hear shows in a variety of styles and formats, with fresh voices and new ideas.
🎧 LISTEN via Free FM https://rebrand.ly/FreeReign
Or Spotify and Apple Podcasts
Episode 2 - Object Love and a Zombie Apocalypse
Fin hosts a series of pieces by his classmates Sasch and Lachie, all second year media arts students at Wintec Te Pukenga.
Sacha, joined by Shane and Bella who discuss objectum sexuality. That’s right – we’re talking relationships with inanimate objects.
Can zombie’s climb? Lachie proposes a hypothetical question: Is the zombie apocalypse possible? Imminent? Should we be devising a survival guide?
Free Reign is broadcast Tuesdays at 4.30pm and Thursdays at 5.30pm
📻 89.0 FM Waikato-wide
📲 streamed via the accessmedia.nz app
👉🏽 ask your smart speaker to play ‘Free FM eighty-nine point zero
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#accessmedianz
👉🏽 https://linktr.ee/freefm89
Latest Backchat: James King talks pre and post-election politics with Paul Barlow aka Paul the Other One , but first Glenn Barclay discusses our tax system and what the government will do about any tax reform.
🎧 LISTEN NOW:
http://accessmedia.nz/Player.aspx?eid=609dacc2-151e-48ee-bae5-cafea27e1d61
Backchat is a live, issue-driven news and current affairs discussion programme, based around a panel consisting of guests selected to debate or examine a different newsworthy issue/topic each week.
Back Chat airs at 11am Sundays, repeated 6am Wednesdays.
📻 89.0 FM Waikato-wide
📲 streamed via the accessmedia.nz app
👉🏽 via your Amazon Alexa using the 'free fm 89' Alexa skill
👉🏽 via your Google Home device
Podcasts available from
🎧 https://rebrand.ly/BackChat-FreeFM
🎧 https://rebrand.ly/BackChat-Spotify
Ever thought about making your own weekly radio show and podcast? Free FM can help!
Get in touch 🤳🏿 DM us 📲 834 2170 📧 [email protected]
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https://linktr.ee/freefm89
#accessmedianz #kirikiriroa #hamiltonnz #hamiltonwest #nzpolitics
NEW! 🐛 THE SCIENCE BUG 🐜: We’re shining the spotlight on the little critters that make the world go around. Bugs! Every episode, Simon Connolly and Morgane Merien will be interviewing a rising star of New Zealand science and seeing what they can tell us about the world around us. This season, we’ll be looking at: dorky-looking fighting weevils, the secret relationship of butterflies and nettles, and how bees breathe!
In this week’s episode: Simon is interviewing Dr Ummat Somjee of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. They'll be talking about Giraffe Weevils, a fascinating native NZ beetle, whose males have massive, elongated heads.
🎧 LISTEN: https://accessmedia.nz/Player.aspx?eid=9c667ce1-6a71-4fe1-8324-70712cb89412
The Science Bug is a weekly Free FM radio show and podcast, broadcast Mondays at 2pm, with a replay on Thursdays at 5pm.
📻 Broadcast: 89.0FM
💻 Livestream: freefm.org.nz, accessmedia.nz app
💻 ask your smart speaker to ‘play free fm eighty nine point zero’
📲 Podcasts: freefm.org.nz, and check out Spotify, Apple Podcasts
More info: https://linktr.ee/freefm89
Free FM is by the people for the people – we champion a platform for direct involvement in the media. Supported by NZ On Air and proud to be part of CAMA - Community Access Media Alliance which gives voice to diverse communities and interests across Aotearoa New Zealand.
#accessmedianz #sciencepodcast #insects
🤩 The Free Breakfast is joined every week by the irrepressible Ivan from local venue Nivara Lounge with an update on the week’s gigs.
It’s #bettermusicradio and it’s truly reflective of #hamiltonnz #kirikiriroa and the #waikato
The Free Breakfast – weekdays from 7.30am via
📻 89.0 FM Waikato-wide
👉🏽 ask your smart speaker to play ‘Free FM eighty-nine point zero’
Tuia ngā reo o te hapori - Bringing together the voices of our community. Kirikiriroa, Aotearoa / Hamilton, NZ. Community Access Media supported by NZ On Air and part of @CAMA - Community Access Media Alliance
More info👉🏽 https://linktr.ee/freefm89
#accessmedianz #nzradio #communityradio
The Bassment Sessions
🎶 Free FM MUSIC ZONE – home of serious music lovers! Featuring the legendary Linval Thompson, Mungo's Hi Fi, Bungalo Dub with Fer Reyes and Lengualerta out of Mexico along with a classic Prince Jazzbo and a remix by Kudos LoKey out of my home town of Toronto .
🎛️ Tonight we’re sharing The Bassment Sessions – Join DUBMATIX each week as he adventures into the land of groove Reggae / Bass music : ranging from classic reggae, dub, to all styles of reggae-influenced music - hiphop, jungle, grime + funk, soul, latin and more.
Wrapping up our Free FM Music Zone - Free FM’s selector Phil Grey - 10.30pm till midnight tonight [NZT] in the Free FM MUSIC ZONE with a further selection of rocksteady and reggae.
📻 89.0 FM Waikato-wide
📲 streamed via the accessmedia.nz app
👉🏽 via your Amazon Alexa using the 'free fm 89' Alexa skill
👉🏽 via your Google Home device
Tuia ngā reo o te hapori - Bringing together the voices of our community. Kirikiriroa, Aotearoa / Hamilton, NZ. Community Access Media supported by NZ On Air and part of CAMA - Community Access Media Alliance
#studioone #reggaerecording #reggaelabel #coxsonedodd #reggae #rocksteady #ska #loversrock #accessmedianz #leescratchperry #dub #rasta #rastafari #leescratchperry #2Tone #TwoTone
This week’s 🏳️🌈Flat Out Pride🏳️🌈 radio show & podcast: Welcome back to your FLATOUT pride show! we are in 2024, where do you stand with all the changes that are going on for us in the world today? That’s the theme for today.
Let’s be the change we want to see in the world e te whānau!✨
🎧 listen NOW
https://accessmedia.nz/Player.aspx?eid=0094d35e-afea-4edb-a250-677a052afe32
Latest episode and lots of back episodes available from
🎧 Spotify 🎧 Apple Podcasts 🎧 iHeart Radio 🎧 Free FM freefm.org.nz
🏳️🌈Flat Out Pride podcast on Free FM 🏳️🌈 Weekly LGBTQIA+ media from 🇳🇿 Hamilton NZ, made with support of NZ On Air and PROUDly part of CAMA - Community Access Media Alliance - Fighting for your right to be on the radio and in the media since 1981
#LGBT #LGBTQI #LGBTQIA #gay #lesbian #Takataapui #gaynz #hamiltonnz #waikato #queer #queerpodcast #LGBTpodcast #pride #loveislove #lesbian #love #queer #trans #transgender #gaypride #lgbtpride #lgbtqia #nonbinary #bi #pridemonth #genderfluid #accessmedianz
Tonight in the Free FM 🎶 MUSIC ZONE 🎶
🎛️ 1200 Degrees Recognised worldwide as Australia’s premiere female Turntablist, DJ D remains loyal to that vinyl tip with 2 of the nation’s first all DJ-mixed radio shows featured on the Community Radio Network and exclusively in Aotearoa NZ via Free FM!
🎛️ 1200 Twelves is a radio show featuring 100 DJs from around the globe creating a mix from 12 of their 12” vinyls. This week – DJ FIB
🎛️ 1200 Degrees hits the air at 11pm, followed by 1200 Twelves from midnight.
📻 Broadcast: 89.0FM
💻 Livestream: freefm.org.nz, accessmedia.nz app and via your Amazon Alexa and Google devices
Free FM is by the people for the people – we champion a platform for direct involvement in the media. Supported by NZ On Air and part of CAMA - Community Access Media Alliance
#accessmedianz #DJ #vinyl #hiphop #DJD1200 #australiaspremierefemaleturntablist #funk #soul #disco #vinyl #vinylmix #vinylonly #allvinyl #45rpm #fortyfives #fourtyfives #7inch #seveninch #12inch #twelveinch
Introducing Waikato Whakataukī – a new series of short whakataukī - Māori proverbs where the origins are unknown, whakataukī have an important role in Māori culture and are often used as a motivational tool and can be used in speeches or everyday conversations. They can include poetic language and have an underlying meaning.
These whakataukī are being broadcast on Free FM. Each one is specific to a Waikato Iwi or hapū.
We looking for more Te Reo content, or content that reflects the culture and aspirations of Tangata Whenua. Ever thought about making your own weekly radio show and podcast? Free FM can help, and we’re ready to listen.
Get in touch 🤳🏿 DM us 📲 834 2170 📧 [email protected]
Tuia ngā reo o te hapori - Bringing together the voices of our community. Kirikiriroa, Aotearoa / Hamilton, NZ. Community Access Media supported by NZ On Air and part of CAMA - Community Access Media Alliance
https://linktr.ee/freefm89
#accessmedianz #hamiltonnz #kirikiriroa #communitymedia #podcasts #nzpodcasts