Volunteers

ArtSound FM thrives thanks to a dedicated community of approximately XXX passionate volunteers. These committed individuals generously give their time and skills to support every facet of the station’s operations, helping us serve and enrich the community. Our volunteers wear many hats—they are engaging presenters, skilled sound engineers, knowledgeable librarians, thorough researchers, and efficient administrators. Together, they form the backbone of ArtSound FM, fueling a vibrant and diverse local radio experience.

Board of Management

ArtSound FM is guided by a committed Board of Management elected by its membership. Comprising between six and ten members, the Board brings a diverse range of skills, expertise, and experience essential to the station’s governance and strategic direction. This collective leadership ensures ArtSound FM remains true to its mission and responsive to the evolving needs of the community it serves.

The current Board membership for the 2024–25 term is:

Bart has been an ArtSound member since 2019 and is the current producer and host of ArtSound Radio Theatre and A Reading Life. He is also a writer who has had a number of short plays produced nationally and internationally. He is a former member of the Royal Australian Air Force, serving in Asia and the Middle East through a 20 year career. Before retiring, he was a senior manager at the Australian National University and continues his association with the University as an affiliated academic at the Fenner School of Environment and Society.

A musician as well as co-founder, major donor, and life member of ArtSound, Chris has contributed in Board, management, and voluntary technical roles since 1983. His key roles have included securing ArtSound’s broadcast licence, acquiring studio and transmission sites, fundraising, and training including during periods as (past) General Manager and (current) Manager Technology. For his work at ArtSound and other stations, he received an Order of Australia (2009), the Technorama Life Achievement Award (2018), and several awards for excellence in broadcast programming and engineering. He has hosted weekly specialist music programs (“Friday Night Live” and “The Musicworks”) and recorded and broadcast concerts for more than three decades. Since 2019, he has provided honorary technical services including remote operation during the Covid-19 pandemic while also programming the Senior Memories Service, scheduling ArtSound’s syndicated programs, relocating the transmission site, and implementing DAB+ digital radio. Chris is a Board member of Technorama Inc., the national association of community broadcasting engineers, and a grant assessor to the Community Broadcasting Foundation, and provides technical services to Canberra’s multicultural station 1CMS. A resident of Canberra for 50 years, he holds such roles as consultant on international space and telecommunications issues,and was formerly a satellite advisor to Telstra and senior telecommunications and broadcasting strategist in the Department of Communications.

I had a career as a manager of economic research in the Public Service and subsequently in consulting. I have had a lifelong love of music in general, but focussed on popular music, jazz and especially blues. Since 2024, I have presented a fortnightly Down in the Basement program on ArtSound. The variety of material presented on ArtSound is an important strength of the station and an attribute I seek to reinforce. I also want to strengthen community information and engagement in the arts, entertainment and even local history and culture. I hold to the guiding principle that the station should focus on material that is not readily available elsewhere.

Dr. Will Brehm is an Associate Professor of Education at the University of Canberra, specialising in comparative and international education. His books include Cambodia for Sale: Everyday Privatization in Education and Beyond (Routledge, 2021), Memory in the Mekong: Regional Identity, Schools, and Politics in Southeast Asia (Teachers College Press, 2022), Education and Power in Contemporary Southeast Asia (Routledge, 2023), and Public Policy Innovation for Human Capital Development (Asian Productivity Organization, 2020). Dr. Brehm is also the founder, producer, and host of FreshEd, a globally recognised podcast that explores ideas in education through in-depth interviews with leading scholars, policymakers, and practitioners. Since its launch in 2015, FreshEd has grown into an influential organization that produces five podcasts. Episodes have been used in over 150 universities worldwide and downloaded more than one million times. One show, FreshEd Flux, experiments with narrative form and sonic design, pushing the boundaries of academic knowledge production by blending storytelling, research, and innovative sound production.

Tim presents Wednesday’s Arts Café and produces Arts Diary, our regular four-minute update on arts events in the region. He is also the Training Coordinator for the Training and Standards committee. He is a radio practitioner/professional with over 20 years of experience in most areas of radio broadcasting. He has worked for community radio stations 2SER and 2MBS, and for the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA). He has also worked at SBS Radio and as a freelance radio producer for ABC Radio National. Since joining ArtSound FM, he has built an extensive network within the Canberra music scene and has been leveraging this network to present music and interviews with local and visiting musicians/bands, as well as live-to-air performances. Tim also has an extensive career in learning and development, and is drawing on this experience to develop and deliver training activities that develop the skills of Artsound broadcasters.

John Worcester previously joined the ArtSound Board as vice-president upon moving to Canberra in 2018. He served as liaison to the Program Committee. After joining 3MBS in Melbourne in 1975, John served as President, Secretary, and Director several times, most recently from 2011 to 2014 when he worked to repair many problems — financial, near-closure, massive disputes, policy re-establishment, and others. He oversaw two licence-renewal applications, development of a Policies and Procedures Handbook and a Quality & Standards Working Group, and much else. John still presents “Organ & Choral Music” on 3MBS on a three-monthly basis. John was also active with CBAV (Community Broadcasting Association of Victoria) from 1982-2018, and Channel-31 (community television, 1996-2017, including as a board member and President). He has also been active at ethnic community station 3ZZZ (from 1997 including 6 years on 3ZZZ Council, and still presents the 3ZZZ Irish Program every three months via pre-recording), and 3WBC (community radio in Box Hill, from 1998 and still pre-records programs twice monthly). He has had leadership roles at all of those. John has had ArtSound connections since its CSPR days in Curtin (his son, Bevis, was a presenter from 1998) and has been a member since 2010. He presents “Classical Mood” Friday afternoons, 2-4pm, and “Sounds Classical” on the third Sunday each month – and continues as a member of the Program Committee.

Consultant to the Board as Finance Manager: Andrew Clark

For more information on board membership, please contact the ArtSound Office at admin@artsound.fm or by phoning 02 6295 7444.

Governance Committee

  • Gabe Caddy (Chair)
  • Julie Finch-Scally
  • Louise Spencer
  • Stuart Warner
  • John Worcester

Here are the committee’s Terms of Reference: Governance Committee Terms of Reference

Program Committee

  • Gabe Caddy
  • Neil Doody
  • Stuart Warner
  • John Worcester

If you would like to communicate with the Program Committee, to suggest program ideas or propose them, please write to programmingcommittee@artsound.fm

Here are the committee’s Terms of Reference: Program Committee Revised Terms of Reference

Sponsorship & Fundraising Committee

  • Julie Finch-Scally (Chair)
  • Chris Bell
  • Mark Borowik
  • Michael Catley
  • Rafael Florez
  • Wylie Pang
  • Ainsleigh Sheridan

Here are the Sponsorship & Fundraising Committee Terms of Reference

Standards and Training Committee

  • Tim McNamara (Chair)
  • Judy Baker
  • Betsy Dixon
  • Eleanor Lewis
  • Stuart Warner
  • John Worcester

If you would like to communicate with the Standards and Training Committee, please write to training@artsound.fm

Here are the committee’s Terms of Reference: Standards and Training TOR