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130.9692806 website official website radio larrakia call sign 8knb is an aboriginal community radio station in darwin northern territory with a broadcast range that reaches jabiru . radio larrakia was established in 1998 by the larrakia aboriginal community of darwin and is managed and controlled by larrakia aboriginal traditional owners . contents 1 overview 2 restructure 3 current activities 4 references 5 external links overview edit radio larrakia aims to promote larrakia culture and language to darwin and the surrounding region combined with news music and sport through broadcasting media . the primary target is larrakia aboriginal community secondary target all other aboriginal communities third target the wider community 1 radio larrakia provides training and employment opportunities in all areas of broadcasting primarily for larrakia and also for the wider aboriginal community of darwin and the northern territory . restructure edit in 2006 the station underwent a major restructure that has attracted national attention for its successful aboriginal programs aboriginal community festivals and events and aboriginal media and arts programs . 2 the board and management ensure that radio larrakia provides vital broadcasting and communications services to larrakia the non larrakia aboriginal community and the wider community within the broadcast region . as a result of the hard work and dedication of the new board and management and the support of the members volunteers and indigenous staff radio larrakia is now a professionally operated and managed radio station . radio larrakia 94.5 fm has succeeded in becoming an important aboriginal broadcasting service training provider and employer of aboriginal people of the broadcast region . current activities edit radio larrakia operates as a culturally appropriate aboriginal community radio broadcaster . aboriginal cultural protocols underpin all elements of the broadcaster to ensure the diversity of aboriginal cultures aboriginal languages and aboriginal communities and aboriginal community issues are respected acknowledged and valued . the highly successful aboriginal broadcasting training program was developed in 2006 and is central to delivering employment pathways . the radio larrakia aboriginal cultural heritage program ask first is headed up by the most senior named larrakia aboriginal traditional owner raylene singh who ensures aboriginal cultural protocols are adhered to through the caring for country program aboriginal cultural heritage research program and aboriginal cultural awareness training program . raylene organises the kenbi cultural days as part of the aboriginal cultural awareness program taking participants in the training program to kenbi which is the cultural landscape of the most significant aboriginal land rights case in australia s history . kenbi is controlled by raylene singh and the larrakia traditional owners the radio larrakia aboriginal language program is vital part of broadcasting for the recognition protection and preservation of aboriginal languages including the numerous aboriginal kriols . radio larrakia is the leading broadcaster of aboriginal languages in australia and is developing larrakia aboriginal language classes in collaboration with the larrakia traditional owners . radio larrakia broadcasts twenty four hours a day locally and nationally and has dedicated aboriginal programs that provide news and information for programming and content about aboriginal community cultural and social issues through focus on aboriginal education aboriginal training and employment aboriginal community services announcements promotion of aboriginal music nt schools training program indigenous events and festivals including the garma festival held annually in gulkula arnhemland nt networking with the national indigenous broadcasting body australian indigenous communications association aica . live streaming on the internet means that radio larrakia communicates around the world and has enormous popularity including europe asia and the usa . radio larrakia website http www.radiolarrakia.org has launched the aboriginal broadcaster to international recognition as a community radio station and as a result has developed a communication networks across australia and around the world . radio larrakia has expanded its operations to new digital technology through training and development and is delivering broadcasting services to local rural and remote indigenous communities across darwin the northern territory and the wider australia . radio larrakia is successfully streaming live on the internet on radio larrakia s website providing indigenous radio broadcasting programs twenty four hours a day . references edit about us radio larrakia 94.5 fm . radio larrakia . archived from the original on 13 july 2009 . retrieved 2008 01 02 . radio larrakia . references www.radiolarrakia.org ; reflections 40 years on from the 1967 referendum 2007 ; acma ; territory regional weekly nt ; alrm inc newsletter 2007 ; radio larrakia interviews 2007 2008 contact voice radiolarrakia.org yothu yindi foundation garma report 2009 cdu garma report 2009 . external links edit official website v t e radio stations in darwin fm stations with an asterisk are also available on digital on a trial multiplex am stations abc radio national 657 radio tab 1242 yolngu radio 1530 rete italia 1611 2me radio arabic 1638 fm stations darwin fm 91.5 kix country 92.3 radio larrakia 94.5 darwin s 97 seven 97.7 hot 100 fm 100.1 sbs radio 100.9 abc newsradio 102.5 triple j 103.3 104.1 territory fm mix 104.9 105.7 abc darwin abc classic fm 107.3 digital only stations grant broadcasters classic rock digital australia radio markets adelaide brisbane canberra darwin gold coast hobart melbourne newcastle perth sydney see also list of radio stations in australia retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title radio larrakia & oldid 738719780 categories radio stations in darwin northern territorycommunity radio stations in australiahidden categories use dmy dates from june 2015use australian english from june 2015all wikipedia articles written in australian englisharticles lacking reliable references from july 2008articles needing cleanup from july 2008all articles needing cleanupcleanup tagged articles without a reason field from july 2008wikipedia pages needing cleanup from july 2008 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 september 2016 at 17 26 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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