RECENT BLOG POSTS
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…
Sunday Arts Magazine Art Exhibition Brings Queer Creativity to St Kilda
This November, JOY celebrates the colourful intersection of community and creativity with the first-ever Sunday Arts Magazine Art Exhibition, featuring 12 outstanding artists at Dawn & Mable’s Wine Bar on…
Melbourne Queer Film Festival 2025: Searching for Queer Utopias
The Melbourne Queer Film Festival (MQFF) returns for its 35th Anniversary from 13–23 November, inviting audiences to join the search for Queer Utopias. Queer Utopia is a multiplicity of spaces, happenings,…
JOY Rainbow Sessions welcomes BEKS as first ever headliner
JOY Rainbow Sessions is JOY’s brand new initiative to celebrate and elevate LGBTQIA+ artists, bringing you front and centre with the most exciting out-and-proud acts in the country. A series…
Celebrating Inclusion Through Sport: Sport with Pride and Joy Exhibition Opens at the Victorian Pride Centre
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…
Community Forum on Hookup App Safety
On a recent episode of Hide and Seek, host Tim Little sat down with Thorne Harbour Health’s Community Engagement Manager and JOY presenter Cal Hawk, along with community advocate Odus…
JOY 94.9 Unveils Exciting New Season 2 Lineup: Fresh Shows, Familiar Voices, and Unmissable Stories
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…
RECENT PODCASTS
Mainstream services supporting queer clients – 16 Days of Activism Series Part 5
In the final episode of our 16 Days of Activism series, we’re turning to the health and support systems themselves. We talk about how mainstream family violence services can better…
Supporting those who use harm to change – 16 Days of Activism Series Part 4
Ending intimate partner and gender violence means supporting those who use harm to change. In this episode we explore what that looks like in queer relationships with Gus and Vincent…
Leaving a violent relationship – 16 Days of Activism Series Part 3
Leaving a violent relationship is just the start. As we mark the 16 Days of Activism, we’re talking about what it takes to heal and how this journey might be…
QNN – News and Sport Bulletin No 50, 2025
QNN provides communities across the country with the latest in local, national and international LGBTQIA+ news: DoJ moves to eliminate sexual abuse protections for LGBTQ+ people in prisons, Trans women…
‘The Christmas Writer’ with special guests Christin Baker and Stacey Lee Powell plus ‘Oh.What.Fun.’
For this Out Takes, we decided to get into the festive season by looking at two new Christmas themed films that explore queer stories within the family dynamic that is…
Up To Date: The PC Gaming Show
Join Luke and the rest of the Checkpoint Crew in this episode of Checkpoint on JOY where they talk about the PC Gaming Show and other gaming news. Catch the…
Soul Provider – Sublime – Part 2
Soul Provider – Sublime – Part 2 Join Matt on a journey through the best in Soulful, Deep, and Retro House Tracklisting: 1. Dead Dance – Lady Gaga 2. Super…
Sunday Arts Magazine: Carmel Chute- November 30, 2025
The Sunday Arts Magazine team chats with Carmel Chute from Sisters in Crime.
Sunday Arts Magazine: Rowland Thomson- November 30, 2025
The Sunday Arts Magazine team chats with Rowland Thomson. Owner of Hares & Hyenas, a queer, gender and sexuality diverse bookshop located in the Victorian Pride Centre!
Sunday Arts Magazine: Pietta Farrell- November 30, 2025
The Sunday Arts Magazine team chats with Pietta Farrell, the Head of Programming for Midsumma Festival!
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