HOSTS| PRESENTERS | MUSIC STYLES
Our Programs
A New Yorker Downunder
With Steven Peacock
Fridays 7pm
Join Steven for an inspired and eclectic mix of funk, obscure pop and independent music gathered from a lifetime of travel and experience.
Around the Arenas
With Glenn Shepherd
Mondays 5pm, Tuesdays 2pm and Saturdays 11am
A comprehensive local sports round-up featuring the latest results and interviews with the champions.
Around a Table
With Jason Beasley Hahn
Tuesdays 9.00am
Sometimes a table just down the road, sometimes on the other side of the world. Not a restaurant review, not a travel show, not a cooking show — it’s the stories we find when people sit down together over food.
Aussie Flavoured
With Stephen Bourke
Wednesdays, 7-8pm
Blues in the Night
With Peter Sullivan
Tuesday 7-9pm,
Sunday 4-6pm (repeat)
Join Peter for his programme dedicated to bringing you the best in Australian and international blues, R&B. soul, funk and a bit of Jazz.
Great listening On KCR, where Tuesday is Bluesday.
Blues on your Wireless
With Tim Lancaster Wednesdays
4-6pm
Seasoned blues specialist Tim guides you through the blues. From Buddy to Muddy and everything in between.
KCR Breakfast
with Boris, Jason, Gabi, Peter, Lee and Glenn
Weekdays 7-9am
A hyper-local radio program featuring the latest community news, talk, personalities and the best music, weather, banter and what’s happening in the Kiama area and surrounds.
Coco’s Outback Club
With Coco Comber Wednesdays 8-9pm
Cool Classics
With Lee Cordner
Thursday 2-4pm Sunday 6-8pm
Lee Cordner shares with you a range of classical music pieces with an emphasis on recent Australian composers, performances and artists.
Drive Time
4-6pm
Tuesdays with Tim Brosnan
Thursdays with Sean Walter
Fridays with Peter Power
At the end of the day let these guys take you home, serenaded by their favourite music which they’re playing just for you!
Echoes of the Past
With Graham Cahill
Wednesdays 11am
Join Graham as he takes you through music of the sixties, seventies and eighties, with background information and historical detail.
Flashback Featured Artist
With Rob Davidson
12-1pm Saturdays
Rob Davidson takes you in detail through the lives and the music of a particular Australian artist, a different one per week. Rob does such a good job that this series has been procured by the National Film and Sound Archive
Gimme Gimme Gimme
With Allison Pyke Mondays 6-7pm
Global Vibes
With Gabriela Cabral and Peter Power
Tuesdays 3pm
Gabi takes you on a journey around the world through the one universal language –music! Hear what people on other continents are listening to from the comfort of home.
Grass Roots Folk
With Neil McCann Wednesdays 6-7pm, repeated Sunday 10am
A program featuring the best of folk, bluegrass and acoustic roots music from across Australia and around the world. It showcases in particular Australian artists and bands that are keeping these traditions alive, whilst at the same time creating new music with a distinctly Australian flavour.
Grow and Sow
With Felicity, Fiona, Joe and Jane
Fridays 9-10am, Repeated Sundays 9am and Podcast
Jazz Nights
With Tom Parker
Sundays 8-10pm
The veteran jazz specialist presents shamelessly nostalgic jazz and blues for that Sunday night vibe you’re after.
The KCR Bookspace
Fridays 10.30-11.30am
Join Cam, Diane, Karen, Jane and Neil as they talk about things they’ve been reading and why they like them, as well as local news about books and authors.
Living Local
Tuesdays 9-10am, Mondays 3-4pm (repeat) includes The Shop Around the Corner
A program about local movers and shakers, businesses and change makers. There’s so much happening in our local area, so many interesting people making a difference and Gabriela Cabral wants you to meet all of them.
Local News with Stephen Bourke
In conjunction with The Bugle
Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays 8am
A combination of what’s been happening in our towns and villages over the past week, plus a local view of national news stories and how they affect the Kiama LGA.
Mad’s Playlist
With Madeleine Scarfe
Fridays 4pm, Sundays 1pm
While setting up and maintaining KCR’s music library, Madeleine has noticed threads and themes that link music from all eras and genres, and she’d like to share them with you.
Metalmorphosis
With Myron Thursday 6-8pm Saturday 7-9pm
A heavy metal and hard rock program that informs, entertains and highlights music from the last 50 years.
Each week will feature a special theme eg. Best guitar, best vocalist, best cover song, bad rifts but good riffs, used in movies / cartoons, etc.
The Old Schoolyard
With Coco Comber
Saturday 4-6pm
Coco walks you down his memory lane with music from the sixties and late seventies, when he was at school.
Shifty Discos
With VDub
Monday 7pm Saturday 9pm
VDub brings you house and techno, downtempo, party music, and everything in between. Thirty minutes of selections from his record collection followed by a minimix – recorded live, at home, or submitted by local and global DJs. Expect the unexpected.
Saturday Morning with Brian Warren
Saturdays 9-11am
A mix of music, information, film reviews and newsy bits to start the weekend.
Take My Word
Mondays 12pm, Saturdays 3pm
Recordings from live author presentations and interviews from local and visiting authors in the Kiama LGA, including all the 2024 Readers’ Festival sessions, and Friends of Kiama Library Author talks.
The Shop Around the Corner
Wednesdays 9am, part of Living Local
Our local businesses are the backbone of our local economy. Gabriela Cabral talks to local business owners to keep you in touch with the interesting and innovative business ideas flourishing in our own back yard.
Weekend Feature
From KCR’s Podcast Archive
Saturdays & Sundays 2pm
A selection of local interviews and new and historical happenings featured in our podcast series and supplemented with new documentaries about locals and the local scene.
What’s On
With Jason Beasley Hahn Mondays at 9am &12pm, Fridays at 8:55,12pm & 5pm
Looking for things to do in the Kiama LGA? Carolyn will give you a quick run through of exhibitions, workshops, markets, classes and community events.
MUSIC STYLES ON KCR
Listen Lively
From the KCR music library every day from 6-10am
Especially selected music and tracks to get you up with a smile on your face and a swing in your step, ready to face the day while the coffee is brewing.
Smooth & Funky
From the KCR music library every day 10pm – 6am
Kick up your heels with our smooth and funky music selection during the daylight hours. Finger-snapping, toe-tapping music and songs that are still shaping musical generations.
After Hours
From the KCR music library every day 6pm – 10pm
A smooth vibe to keep you grooving around the kitchen while you prepare dinner with a glass of wine after a busy day.
Party Music
From the KCR music library Saturdays 6-10pm
The party mood is in full swing on Saturday night, featuring a mix of daggy dance classics and singalong pop favourites to keep you bopping over the barbecue.
Night Vibe
From the KCR music library 10pm- 6am every night
In the late hours of the evening and the early hours of the morning, tune into KCR’s night vibe: music that you wouldn’t hear during the day. Nothing too heavy to keep you company overnight.