Radio 4EB is celebrating its 30 year anniversary this year at its Kangaroo Point studio, inviting the community to join in the party at 11am on Sunday 12 August.
The radio has come far from its first broadcast above a Greek bakery in West End. If speaking 20 different languages on-air at its beginnings was not impressive enough, the radio is now home to 50 different languages.
Radio 4EB’s success can be contributed directly to the passion of its members says Assistant Manager of EBAQ Behrooz Farahnakian. “We have some broadcasters still connected to the station that have been here from the very beginning,” Behrooz said. “The connection that our 800+ broadcasters have to the station is strong and dedicated and there have been many families and communities involved in the continued success of many award winning programs programs.”
The radio station first originated when a group of Brisbane residents from various cultural backgrounds decided to band together to create a radio station to broadcast their voice on-air to other Brisbane residents to keep their culture and language alive. This association became known as the Ethnic Broadcasting Association of Queensland (EBAQ) and under that name they applied for a broadcast license, which lead to their first on-air debut in 1979.
The radio station provides those who speak a different language other than English, and those who are interested in different cultures, to share together in one community. The radio airs 24 hours a day seven days a week in 50 different languages and is one of Brisbane’s only multilingual radio stations. Radio 4EB’s mission is to provide the communities of South East Queensland with a comprehensive ethnic broadcasting service of a high standard, while at all times promoting the principles of neutrality, independence, democracy, diversity & participation at all levels of multicultural media.
Radio 4EB is a station where the community is able to connect connect with their own heritage and cultural background and feel relaxed about it. It allows families to keep their languages alive, and pass it on to their next generations
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