Donate to 4ZZZ this End of Financial Year
Since we have entered June (crazy!) we’re nearing the end of the financial year. Did you know that you can make a tax deductible donation to 4ZZZ?
Donations go directly towards keeping the lights on in the station and keeping the airwaves going. Your support helps us continue to platform local voices, music and perspectives that mainstream media often overlook or exclude.
The 'Community Radio and Australian Music: Building the music media eco-system' found that community radio stations generate 153 million annually into the Australian music industries. Community radio stations also play more than double the amount of Australian music compared to all commercial radio stations combined.
So when you support 4ZZZ, you can know that your money is going directly to supporting local arts and Australian music.
AND! If you donate at the end of the financial year, it allows you to reduce your taxable income and potentially increase your tax return while supporting 4ZZZ. It's a win win.
Monthly Subscriber Prize | $150 Voucher from Sonic Sherpa
Subscribe in June to go in the draw to win a $150 voucher from Sonic Sherpa Stones Corner!
Sonic Sherpa has a treasure trove of eclectic, new and pre-loved vinyl. It's the perfect spot to snatch up CDs, books, DVDs, music-related t-shirts and paraphernalia.
Sonic Sherpa are proud sponsors of 4ZZZ.
Did you catch the announcement of ZED51?
In extremely exciting news! Nick and Branko announced Zed51 on Unnecessary Knowledge on Wednesday morning. So… mark your calendars Meanjin for October 24th, 2026 at Roma Street Parklands.
The wave of community support for last year’s ZED50 was nothing short of incredible and one thing we kept hearing after the event was how great it would be to do it all again.
Full lineup and ticketing details soon…
Your Guide to the New 102.1FM and Zed Digital Grid
Did you know that every six months the 4ZZZ grid? You may have heard some of the new shows on air or heard some of your loved shows in different time slots, so here’s your quick guide to the new grid!
YOUR GUIDE TO 1021.FM
A massive hello to Dirty Laundry with Georgie, Lachlan & Cass (Monday 2-6am), Ozone with Billie moving across from Zed Digital into Thursdays 12-2am and last but not least, Smoke ‘Em If You Got ‘Em with Liz and Charlie (Sundays 1-2pm).
We’ve also got some of your favourite programs moving timeslot. Full of Air will now be broadcast 7-8pm on a Tuesday night with Rachael, Amy-Jean and Sol after RHRN, The Rewind Line with Bella and Bimmie will be on a Friday from 1-3PM, Pale Interior with Dane and Klaire now on Thursdays from 10-12PM, Indigi Briz with Jimmy, Kihi and Jarra on a Saturday from 4-6PM and finally Squeaky Chairs with Ari from 6-9AM on a Sunday.
YOUR GUIDE TO ZED DIGITAL
Say hello to Borborygmus with Georgie (Tuesday 8-9pm), The Wire Rewired with Dan (Saturday 6-7pm), Lofi Beats to Chill and Overthrow the Government To with Dan (Sunday 7-8pm) and The Lobster Trick with Tristan (Tuesday 10-12pm) on Zed Digital.
Some shows who are jumping across the grid are Static Mindzzz with Brody which moves from Thursdays 8-9pm and Le Sound with Marie-Hélène & Cyril moving to Tuesdays 7-8pm.
Zed Digital Highlight - Protis Reviews hosted by Alan Atkinson
This month we’re spotlighting Protis Reviews hosted by Alan as our Zed Digital highlight. Protis Reviews airs on Wednesdays from 6-7PM and this week celebrated the first birthday of the show!
Protis Reviews is a program all about platforming local and Australian music, always bringing musicians into the 4ZZZ studios to talk about their artistry, music and stories. The birthday special of the show featured songs and bands that were apart of the first two episodes of the show.
A huge congratulations to Alan and thank you for filling up our airwaves with beautiful conversations and music.
Listen into Protis Reviews and learn more about the program here...
Take the 2026 4ZZZ Listener Survey!
Let us know what you think! Take our 2026 Listener Survey so that we can better broadcast to the needs of our diverse community.
There are a range of questions from what you like hearing on air, what your 4ZZZ listening habits are, thoughts of 4ZZZ sponsorship, social media and more!
PLUS! Go in the draw to win a mystery merch prize by filling out the survey. It takes about 5 minutes and provides such valuable feedback for us!
The survey closes July 1st so hop onto it.
Volunteer Highlight | Shane Doidge, our Reception Coordinator
This month, we’re highlighting our amazing reception coordinator, Shane Doidge as volunteer of the month!
Shane has been a part of the Zed family since the 70s and 80s! In the past two years, he started coming into the station to volunteer: packing and posting in Radiothon, then helping with Hot 100 voting and now is our reception coordinator!
Shane dedicated so much time to make sure our reception doors stay open 6 days a week, our 4ZZZ subscriptions and merch orders are processed and brings so much warm inner glow to our hallways.
In April, we had so many volunteer opportunities pop up from working door, merch, social media, and artist liaison at 4ZZZ events including the From The Roots Carpark Gig and 4ZZZ Youth Week Show. We also had a callout to join the Live Reviews team. If writing about local gigs is something you dig, it was a perfect opportunity.
If any of those opportunities caught your fancy and you’re not a volunteer at 4ZZZ, consider signing up and doing a volunteer induction! Click here to learn more about volunteering at 4ZZZ.
Thank you Shane and all our 4ZZZ volunteers.
Lost and Found on 4ZZZ Presents…Mosh-querade Party!
Lost and Found (Tuesdays 12-2am) is celebrating their 1 year anniversary on the 102.1FM ariwaves! Hosted by George, the program has been rejecting modernity and embracing weird since 2025!
Come celebrate at the PFR Lounge on Friday July 17th from 7PM with local legendary bands Super Death, Gudgeon & Leaker.
BYO your own mask! Let’s get weird!
4zzz Acknowledges the traditional owners of the land of which we broadcast from - The Turrabal, Yuggera and Jagera People.
We pay our respects to the elders past, present and emerging & extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait island people. Sovereignty was never ceded - always was, always will be aboriginal land.
4 Years of Tranzmission!
Our amazing show, Tranzmission, turned 4 years old this week! Started by Ez, the show is now hosted by a diverse crew of professional trans and genders. It is such an important program on our grid to amplify the trans and gender diverse voices of Magandjin/Brisbane and beyond, bringing you trans community news, events and discussion. Here are some words from the Tranzmission team:
"Four years ago, Tranzmission carved out a space on the dial that didn’t exist in this country before, a space for trans and gender‑diverse communities to speak loudly, proudly, and without apology.
This week, we celebrate not just a show, but a movement. Tranzmission has become a lifeline, a megaphone, a warm hug, and a rallying cry powered by voices who refuse to be erased and the listeners who show up week after week in solidarity.
Every episode has carried stories that matter. Every guest has brought courage. Every listener has helped weave a community stitched together with care, solidarity, and fierce love.
In a world that still tries to legislate us out of existence, Tranzmission reminds us that joy is resistance, storytelling is activism, and community is unstoppable.
Here’s to four years of truth‑telling, boundary‑breaking radio.
Here’s to the next four louder, braver, and even more unapologetically us.
Agitate, Educate, Organise - Because when trans voices are heard, the world listens."
Dr. Heather Anderson's People Powered Radio is available in Reception
We’re so excited that Dr. Heather Anderson's highly sought after book 'People Powered Radio - Fifty Years of Community Radio Station 4ZZZ' is back in (very limited) stock and available for sale at reception and online! These beautiful books are too precious to post, so we're offering a pick up only special price of $55 for subscribers and $60 for non-subscribers!
From the publisher - "For fifty years, 4ZZZ has been more than just a broadcaster - it’s been a movement, a megaphone, and a meeting place for radicals, musicians, punks and radio nerds alike. People Powered Radio captures the oral and archival histories of one of Australia’s oldest and most unique community radio stations.
“From the station’s subversive roots in the 1970s to its present-day digital renaissance, this rich and deeply researched book documents the lasting contributions made by 4ZZZ; promoting independent music, producing alternative news and fostering authentic community collaborations.
“People Powered Radio is not just a story about radio. It’s an insider’s perspective on what happens when people build something together and refuse to let it go. It’s a celebration of everything that 4ZZZ has offered over the last half a century and what the future might hold for the station."
Reception is open Monday to Friday from 10am-4pm and Saturdays from 10am-2pm to purchase one! Otherwise, purchase online here and pick up at reception in those hours.
