Some songs arrive quickly. Others sit half-finished in notebooks, voice memos or guitar cases for years before somebody finally hears them.

Northern Rivers journalist Mia Armitage has been selected for a prestigious international internship with Germany’s public broadcaster, Deutsche Welle.

Youth, older women and voices from the queer community are all to be heard more prominently on Byron’s only community radio station, Bay FM, thanks to competitive funding approval.

Due to the last minute unavailability of the number one candidate for the Legalise Cannabis Party in NSW, Miles Hunt, number two candidate Michael Balderstone will be appearing in Byron Bay tonight at the Meet the Candidates forum in the Byron Theatre, a free event being organised by Echo Publications and BayFM Community Radio.

A couple of years ago local songwriter Levi Maxwell decided to mark his 18th birthday with a kayak trip from Lismore to Ballina. 

The Byron business community gathered at Fishheads for their new menu launch and a fundraiser for Bay FM last week, with $1,360 being raised for the independent radio station.

Get ready to tear up the dance floor at the inaugural Boogie for BayFM fundraiser! On January 20, for an unmissable night of top-shelf dance music, Byron Shire’s own and only community radio station will transform the Byron Theatre into the hottest club in town.

BayFM has been nominated for three prestigious awards by the Community Broadcast Association Australia (CBAA), says station president, Ange Kent.

BayFM is offering women of all ages and gender persuasions the opportunity to join Sista Radio, a project funded by a new Community Broadcast...

BayFM’s Community Newsroom is a finalist for Excellence in Journalism, an award to be announced by the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia National Awards in March 2022.