Community radio station on Bathurst campus produces quality news, journalists and community radio programs

Community radio station on Bathurst campus produces quality news, journalists and community radio programs.

Charles Sturt University operates a community radio station, 2MCE, from our Bathurst campus in partnership with the regional communities of Bathurst and Orange, NSW. It services the social, cultural and educational needs of the community and university through the provision of radio station facilities, operations, training and programs.

Community radio plays an important role in providing diverse viewpoints supporting and enhancing cultural and community wellbeing in regional NSW. Twelve staff members and 20 students were involved in production in 2021.

Through the facility, 2MCE delivers National Radio News (NRN). Journalism students and cadets from the Bachelor of Communications work together to deliver news bulletins broadcast to over 2 million listeners per week. With no political ties or agenda, the NRN is produced with the principles of democracy, independence and access at its core. Graduates involved in the program are highly sought after in the broadcasting industry.

2MCE also produces important cultural and artistic programs, including ‘Blokes Don’t Talk’. Blokes Don’t Talk is a series of monologues written by Vince Melton for the Bathurst Theatre Company and 2MCEFM. The seven-part series looks at issues and situations that affect men’s lives but are often difficult to talk about.

Blokes Don’t Talk was a finalist in the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia category for Excellence in Digital Media, and has since been turned into a podcast.