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JOY Rainbow Sessions welcomes BEKS as first ever headliner
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The Victorian Pride Centre came alive on opening night of the Sport with Pride and Joy exhibition, a landmark celebration of the powerful role sport plays in achieving inclusion and visibility for…
JOY celebrates Wear it Purple Day 2025
Australia’s LGBTQIA+ radio station and community media organisation, JOY Media, are proudly celebrating Wear It Purple Day. Celebrated each year on the last Friday in August, Wear It Purple…
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JOY 94.9 is thrilled to announce the launch of its brand-new Season 2 schedule, running from July 7 to December 7, 2025. With four brand new shows and the return…
Celebrating Our Volunteers: JOY’s 2025 Volunteer Week Awards
As part of Volunteer Week 2025, JOY was delighted to honour the outstanding contributions of our dedicated volunteers at the annual LGBTIQ+ Organisations’ Volunteer Event (L.O.V.E.). This special occasion brings…
JOY stands with the trans community
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Sat, 11th Oct, 2025: Rachel Westaway, LNP MP, Prahran; Government and Prahran and Update.
Paul and Macca talk Rachel Westaway, LNP MP, Prahran; Government and Prahran and Update. Rachel Westaway is the Liberal Member for Prahran, elected in February 2025. With a background in…
Episode 13- Season 3- A Return to Roots and Expansive Faith with Author Steff Fenton
Unpacking Gender Expansive Faith with Author and Pastor Steff Fenton This week on @theopentable we’re going back to our roots and diving deep into a vital conversation for faith and…
TILDE 2025, Boots, English Teacher s2 and San Junipero
For this show, we take the phrase ‘mixed-bag’ and make it a reality by celebrating the return of one of our favourite local film festivals, review two television shows that…
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Soul Provider – Soul Paradise – Part 2 Join Matt on a journey through the best in Soulful, Deep, and Retro House Tracklisting: 1. Soul Paradise – Luca Martini, Nadyne…
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Foreign shores – Show #270 (part 2), 5 October 2025
This hour features two awesome duets by outstanding musicians (the Hynde/lang duet is up there with the sexiest cover version you’ll ever hear), songs by two local outfits who are…
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She’s an eleven-time Emmy and Tony winner, a talk-show legend, and one of the most fearless voices in entertainment. Now Rosie O’Donnell is in Australia for the very first time,…
Let them sing – Show #370 (part 1), 5 October 2025
The torrent of fabulous new albums continues, and in this hour Katie plays tracks from some of them, along with some new singles. The artists with new albums include rising…
Sat, 11th Oct, 2025: Richard Keane, CEO, Living Positive, Update from ASHM conference in Adelaide and Forthcoming AGM
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Sat, 11th Oct, 2025: Mitch Brown, Former West Coast Eagles Defender, “Calling People In, Not Out”
Macca and Paul are joined live on air by Mitch Brown, Former West Coast Eagles Defender, “Calling People In, Not Out”; the first openly LGBTIQA+ past or present AFL Men’s…
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