BayFM urgently needs to raise $250,000* to replace its broken-down old studios Raise Your Voice is BayFM’s biggest-ever fundraising appeal - because the station needs more help than ever before. Our ageing broadcast equipment is literally falling apart and even becoming dangerous. We desperately need to build new studios - otherwise it could be the end for BayFM. Please don’t let that happen! Why BayFM is vital to the Byron Shire • BayFM is the voice of Byron Shire. If you live here, BayFM is Your Voice. • If you live somewhere else, BayFM brings a bit of Byron sunshine into your life whenever you need it. Listen on bayfm.org anytime. • BayFM has served our region continuously for over 30 years. • BayFM amplifies and connects our entire community and is free to everyone. • We help worthy causes get messages out, provoke debate and make things happen. • We broadcast over 5,200 Community Service Announcements each year - free. • We shed light on local issues - homelessness, housing, environment and much more. • We conduct 3,300 interviews with locals and other influential people each year. • We publicise regional services and spread the word on local events. • We promote local musicians and artists free of charge. • Our award-winning newsroom presents hundreds of hours of news every year. • We broadcast emergency bulletins during bushfire, floods and COVID. • We help to find lost dogs and cats - even parrots! Why we desperately need your help • Community radio is free to listen to, but it’s not free to make. Good radio equipment costs money - and as a community, not-for-profit radio station, money is something we simply don’t have. • We’ve limped along with our ageing equipment but now things are really desperate. Things stop working almost daily and we’re worried our equipment could fail altogether. • New equipment means better shows, more guests, more radio training for locals. • BayFM is 100% independent. There’s no commercial backing to help us out. • BayFM receives no ongoing support from any level of government. • BayFM is volunteer run. We rely on lots of big-hearted people working for nothing. • BayFM is not for profit. We need every cent of the money we raise. There are no profit-seeking media moguls lurking in the corridors of BayFM. We don’t even have any corridors. How you can help - right now • Support us with whatever you can - thank you thank you thank you. • Spread the word and encourage your friends and family to give too. • Encourage friends and family members to match your gift. Bid each other up. • If you have a business become an Appeal Partner. Contact us. • Offer goods and services that we can sell or auction to raise more money. Contact us. • Attend Raise Your Voice events - Launch Party, Pool Party, Beach Party. See <a href="https://www.bayfm.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">bayfm</a>.<a href="https://www.bayfm.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">org</a> for details. • Volunteer your time, skills and creative energy to help make this thing huge! Raise Your Voice. Lift our community. Support BayFM. Follow us on:  <a href="https://www.facebook.com/99.9.BayFm" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Facebook</a>   <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bayfm99.9" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Instagram</a>  <a href="https://soundcloud.com/bayfm" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">SoundCloud</a>  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7M-SjyK9OD8ul6uompsvAg" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">YouTube</a>  <a href="https://www.bayfm.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">bayfm</a>.<a href="https://www.bayfm.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">org</a>   *BayFM is a Registered Charity. All donations to Raise Your Voice over $2 are tax-deductible.

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