Goldfields FM | The Voice of the Central Goldfields

After months of an unreliable streaming service, we have now swtiched to our own streaming server.

By eliminating a third-party streaming server and hosting it ourselves we are now able to control the system directly and elinate all issues. 

This is still in the testing process but so far we have been very sucessfull. Any comments/feedback should be emailed to lhickey[at]goldfieldsfm.org.au or posted to our facebook page

The only three reasons that our streaming may be down are:

• Loss of power
• Internet connection fails
• Server blows up

Love Goldfields FM that much that you wished you could listen to us on the run? Well guess what, NOW YOU CAN! 

Thanks to a handy little iOS application, you can now stream Goldfields FM 24/7 from you iPhone, iPad or even your iPod. Cool isnt it? 

But how do I do it? Well, it's simple, click HERE to download the TuneIn iOS application directly to your device, search for us and there we are. It's easy as that!

On behalf of the entire team at Goldfields FM, I would like to wish all our listeners, both on 99.1 FM and the streaming service, a Happy Christmas and a safe and prosperous 2012.

Bruce Leech

President

The Goldfields FM Outside Broadcast Team and presenters would like to present to you the 21st annual RACV Energy Breakthrough hosted in Maryborough Victoria. Goldfields FM have the privilege of presenting an outside broadcast from the breakthrough from Thursday 24th - Sunday 27th of November. The OB will contain local youth presenters as well as some 'oldies' of the station, presenting live entertainment, up-to-date race results as well as interviews of students and teachers. The outside broadcast could not be run without the exceptional efforts of the Goldfields FM staff and presenters.

Throughout the upcoming weekend how about tuning in for a couple of hours? 99.1FM or online @ www.goldfieldsfm.org.au. Tell your friends!

Please be aware that normal programming from Thursday - Friday will not run.

The RACV Energy Breakthrough is an exciting program designed to provide opportunities for students, teachers, parents and local industry to work together to design and construct a vehicle, a machine or innovation in technology that will represent an 'energy breakthrough'.

When is the Energy Breakthrough?

2010 Dates: Thursday Nov 18 - Sunday 21
2011 Dates: Thursday Nov 24 - Sunday 27

“I drive a Porsche 928. Enjoy it tremendously. But I can see huge changes coming, with growing awareness of social and environmental responsibilities. We can’t keep on having inefficient cars. I don’t believe the world can go on consuming fuel recklessly. Wasting fuel. Not just because of diminishing reserves but what it is doing to the planet. Spewing out pollution. Vehicles have to be far more sensible in payload, much lighter, retain passenger comfort because you do need that, and be much safer.

It needs another breakthrough …”
- Ralph Sarich: Wheels Magazine, February 1991

It began in 1992 when the Country Education Project began seeking new ways to engage young people in regional Victoria with a wider range of challenges.

The program encourages participants to examine and use the latest technology while considering its impact on the environment and the way people live locally and globally. The RACV Energy Breakthrough isn’t just a once-a-year event! 

School groups work throughout the year to design, build and test vehicles or machines within detailed specifications. It requires a team effort and an across-the-curriculum approach. These groups then bring their vehicles and machines to Maryborough in November, for a huge celebration in which they can demonstrate and trial them in action. 

The Racv Energy Breakthrough is a joint initiative of the Country Education Project, the Central Goldfields Shire Council and the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria (RACV).

Source: http://racvenergybreakthrough.net/About.shtml