We’re excited to announce that our very own Lola Forester, the producer/broadcaster of Blackchat our flagship news, arts and culture program is a finalist for the award of Excellence in News & Current Affairs Programming at the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia Conference on the Gold Coast on November 10th. 

Lola's program seeks to inform our Sydney audience (on Gadigal country) as well as its national audience (over the NIRS network) on a range of current issues important to First Nations people as well as non-First Nations people who wish to be informed about Indigenous news and culture that is lacking in mainstream media. A key feature of the program is that it celebrates the excellence of First Nations people across Australia.

Lola is a one person, full power, production house. She organises all her own interviews, sources her daily news stories, writes the scripts for her segments and selects all the music for her programs.

Blackchat broadcasts for 3 hours a day, Monday - Friday. It is uncompromising in its coverage of significant issues affecting First Nations People, whilst at the same time celebrating the successes of members of the community. Her program puts a spotlight on news and gives coverage that has depth and is not just a 10 second sound bite. On any given day you can hear in-depth interviews with politicians, activists, artists, authors, musicians, scientists, story tellers, healers, children, athletes, chefs, academics, lawyers, doctors, sailors, dignitaries, etc…

The list is literally as endless as it is refreshing and admirable in its breadth and scope.
We wish Lola heaps of luck!

It's that time of year again! We need your HELP to complete our listener engagement survey. Our aim is to get at least 200 survey's completed. The information helps us with our programming and in procuring sponsorship. It only take 5 minutes and helps us improve our services for the community. 
Click here to complete the survey.
​Many, many THANK YOUS in advance!

GET READY PEOPLE!!!!
Saturday the 14th of July, Klub Koori returns to Carriageworks to celebrate NAIDOC Week.


Headliners Electric Fields will be bringing culture, electro, pop and soul to get the dance floor pumping with support performances from Papua born Melbourne based hip hop, neo-soul singing sensation KAIIT,
Young Black and Deadly artists Kakira Brennan and Chloe Grant-King plus up and coming regional rapper Dwayne Broome with Honey Piri and Lynda June Coe as MCs.

Tickets are only $15 plus booking fee available from ticketmaster. 
Go to Carriageworks.com.au for more info. 


Tickets are limited, and this is the last BIG event on the NAIDOC Week calendar, so they will sell fast. 
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Don’t miss out on your chance to celebrate NAIDOC with us!

26 Years to the day ✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿❤️❤️❤️
Always Was, always will be. 

Sydney Film Festival is coming up FAST (6-17 June)! There’s a pretty broad selection of films, including a list of deadly new and some not so new Indigenous films. We’ve decided to post a few of our favourite picks for flicks not to miss. Starting in no particular order...

WHITNEY
Direct from Cannes, Oscar winning filmmaker Kevin Macdonald’s (Marley, SFF 2012) unflinching and honest portrait of a rare talent, Whitney Houston, told by those closest to her. Click here for times and ticket info.

Dreaming in Motion
Four short films – Shit Skin, Black Talk , Turn Around and Mimi – released in 2002 with the funding assistance of Screen Australia’s Indigenous Department. Features an early short by legendary Australian director Ivan Sen. Click here for times and ticket info.

Shifting Sands
Six short films – Grace, My Bed Your Bed, Passing Through, Promise, Tears and My Colour, Your Kind – released in 1997 and 1998 with the funding assistance of Screen Australia’s Indigenous Department. Click here for times and ticket info.

Wik vs Queensland
A powerful insight into the High Court’s 1996 decision to grant native title to the Wik peoples of Cape York; and the dramatic political and cultural fallout that followed. Click here for times and ticket info.

Teach a Man to Fish
As a fair-skinned Aboriginal man living away from his country, middle-aged Grant struggles with his identity. So, he decides to quit everything and go fishing with his father. Click here for times and ticket info.

From Sand to Celluloid
Five short films – Fly Peewee, Fly!, No Way to Forget, Payback, Round Up and Two Bob Mermaid – released in 1995 and 1996 with the funding assistance of Screen Australia’s Indigenous Department. Click here for times and ticket info.

Crossing Tracks
Two short films – Harry’s War and Wind – released in 1999 with the funding assistance of Screen Australia’s Indigenous Department. Features an early short by legendary Australian director Ivan Sen. Click here for times and ticket info.

BlacKkKlansman
Straight from the Cannes Competition, Spike Lee’s inventive, funny and angry BlacKkKlansman tells the remarkable true story of an African-American cop who successfully infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan. Click here for times and ticket info.

Terror Nullius
Highly political two-person art collective Soda_Jerk return with the brilliant cinema mash up TERROR NULLIUS, a hilarious, uncomfortable reimagining of Australia’s national mythology. Click here for times and ticket info.

This Sorry Day (Saturday 26 May) Klub Koori presents a night chockas full of deadly music at the Hideaway Bar with high energy headliners the Black Rock Band, with support from rising indie rock darlings Pirra  and long time indie folk pop favourites Microwave Jenny.

It’s with very heavy hearts that we dedicate this month’s newsletter to the memory of Susanna Lolohea, who sadly passed away unexpectedly earlier this month.
One of our longest running volunteers at Koori Radio, Susanna was the host of the popular Fijian Australian Voice of The Community program.
A strong advocate and voice for her community, Susanna was the winner of Broadcaster of The Year at the Gadigal Awards in 2016 (pictured above). Aunt also was the joint winner of the 2016 Multicultural and Indigenous Media Awards for Journalism, and was also a CBBA Nominee many times.
She will be deeply missed by all who knew her. 
We will especially miss her kind nature, positive energy, enthusiasm for producing high quality radio and the infectious and hearty laughter that would fill the station whenever she was in the studio to do her program. 
From all of us at Koori Radio and Gadigal Information Service we offer our condolences to Susanna’s friends, family and to all the loyal Fijian listeners who tuned in from across Australia to hear Susanna every Tuesday night.
Vanuinui vinaka e nomu volau Susanna! ​