About 104.1 CHY FM
104.1 CHY FM brings back the excitement, passion, expression, energy, personality and vitality to radio.
Local Salvation Army Pastor John Townsend sees the need for suitable opportunities and activities to help develop life skills and engagement for regional youth and give them a voice in their community.
Broadcast Training & Mentoring
104.1 CHY FM prides itself on providing industry-based radio broadcast training and mentoring for local youth aged 13 to 25 interested in pursuing a pathway to employment in the communications and media-related industries. In addition, 104.1 CHY FM offers engaging and empowering volunteer opportunities for those seeking to contribute to the community through broadcast media.
Not-for-Profit Organisation
We're a not-for-profit, fully-independent community radio station that runs on the goodwill, hard work, passion and dedication of our volunteers and staff and the generosity of subscribers, donors and sponsors who fund the station. We also appreciate the community broadcasting associations and federal and state governments who allocate grant funding to the station for content, training, operations, and development.
Independent Community Radio
As a community radio station, 104.1 CHY FM provides an alternative to networked commercial and public media. At 104.1 CHY FM, our mission is to entertain, inspire, inform, educate and give a voice to the youth of the Coffs Harbour region.
Audience
40,000 listeners
There are now more than 60,000 people aged 15+ in the Coffs Coast area and 104.1 CHY FM reaches over 40,000 radio listeners – which is 67% of the age 15+ population in the Coffs Harbour region alone.
Our reach extends from Corindi in the North, to Scotts Head in the South and Dorrigo in the West.
Also available via our website and the iHeartRadio and Community Radio Plus apps, 104.1 CHY FM has dedicated listeners all over the globe.
Community Radio
The recent Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA) Survey Report by McNair yellowSquares revealed that 30% of all radio listeners tune into community radio. The value of community radio in regional Australia has been heightened through the 2019-20 bushfire crisis and the ongoing CoVid-19 pandemic, as locals on the ground tell their own community stories.
The latest survey in July 2021 shows from a total market population of 20,620,000 people aged 15+, 24%, or over five million, are community radio listeners with an average listening time of 14 hours per week.
When asked why listeners tune in to community radio stations, the top reasons are:
- 49% listen for local information and/or news
- 38% like to hear music that is not available on other station
- 34% like their local personalities/voices
- 33% because they support Australian and local musicians
"Community radio provides invaluable programs and services that our listeners can not get anywhere else. In regional areas, it is vital and sometimes the only source of local information. It is important for these stations to get feedback on their programming so they can continue to provide the services their listeners need."
Jon Bisset, CBAA CEO
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Matt de Groot
Breakfast Newsreader and Anchor, Fitzy and Wippa, NOVA 96.9 Sydney
104.1 CHY FM is a not-for-profit, fully independent community radio station that runs on the goodwill, hard work, passion and dedication of our volunteers and staff, and the generosity of the subscribers, donors and sponsors who fund the station.
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