Welcome to Radio Blue Mountains
Radio Blue Mountains 89.1 is a not-for-profit, all volunteer community radio station serving the Blue Mountains since 1993. The station broadcasts 24 hours a day from its studio in Katoomba, to a potential audience of some 75,000 people across the Blue Mountains and to a much wider national and international audience through internet streaming.
Radio Blue Mountains is a member of the CBAA Community Radio Network, a national network that provides a wide range of programming when local presenters are unavailable. The station is funded through listener support, grants and limited commercial sponsorship and is run on behalf of the members by a dedicated management committee.
Become a listener, a member, a volunteer, a sponsor – or maybe all four!
What’s New?
The Blue Mountains Vinyl Collective . . . on RBM.
RBM is excited to announce that every Thursday at 4pm the Blue Mountains Vinyl Collective will be presenting a two hour show about records. In the Blue Mountains we have a multitude of record collectors in all genres tucked away in our hills.
Every Thursday, the Collective, hosted by Misha Laurent, features all sorts of vinyl lovers, from record store owners, to eccentric and fascinating vinyl hermits amassing huge collections over decades, DJ’s and music producers and label heads deciding to release music on vinyl.
Even in this digital age, this is a show for our times. Tune in 4-6pm Thursdays.
RL.
Get ready, Blue Mountains.
RADIO BLUE MOUNTAINS | OUTSIDE BROADCAST
Radio Blue Mountains is heading back to the streets for another exciting Outside Broadcast at this year’s Winter Magic Festival in Katoomba! Winter Magic is a vibrant festival in Katoomba NSW celebrating the Winter Solstice on the 20th June 2026. This years theme is Positively Weird; please dress accordingly.
Join us outside Katoomba Music as we bring the sounds, stories and atmosphere of one of the Blue Mountains’ most loved community festivals live to air.
Expect live interviews, local musicians, festival colour, community voices and plenty of Winter Magic spirit throughout the day. Drop by, say hello to the team, and celebrate the creativity and connection that make the Mountains so special.
Outside Katoomba Music
Winter Magic Festival
Live on Radio Blue Mountains
Stay tuned for broadcast times and special guests coming soon!
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Bring your friends and family and be part of a day that celebrates the richness, creativity, and resilience of the Blue Mountains community.
Hope to see you there!
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Two New Shows
RBM is delighted to have two new shows to add to our already bulging Program Guide, full of local Blue Mountains presenters.
On Sunday afternoon’s join Felix Jacklin from 12 – 2 pm as he celebrates the legends of music past and present, while at the other end of the week, tune in from 2-4pm to Nori and Peachy Jams for a sunny, hypnotic Friday afternoon set.
All new, on RBM.
RL
Introducing . . . .
Blue Mountains Dementia Action Groups
A new charity group in the Mountains.
Roger Grealy came in to RBM on 25th of March to speak with Patrick Leonard about how the BMDAC came about.
The Blue Mountains Dementia Action Groups are holding their first community event on April 18th in Lawson, at the Mid Mountains Community Centre, Marvis Hall.
Make a note in your diary!
RL.
Strange Brew Ends
RBM will miss the excellent, smooth presentation style of CP Murphy on Wednesday afternoons, as CP has had to step away from her 12 – 2pm Strange Brew show as of March 2026.
CP and Strange Brew has a strong following on RBM and so the good news is that CP will remain at the station, presenting The Breakfast Show on a Friday morning from 7am.
RL.
Wednesday Night Just Got Louder
RBM has made a change to the Wednesday night program guide, and it’s especially exciting news for fans of Brian Giffin and his show, the ever popular, The Annex who’ll now get to enjoy the show from 8pm – 10pm instead of it’s 10pm – 12 midnight timeslot which it has filled forever.
This means that Wednesday Night Music ends its 8 years of broadcasting at this timeslot. The WNM host is no longer able to commit to Wednesday nights. but fear not dear listeners, as he will soon be presenting a new Sunday morning show from 8am – 10am, The Early House from the end of March 2026. Steve Perry’s The Sunday View will be presenting it’s final Sunday morning show soon.
So Wednesday nights at 8pm on RBM just got that little bit louder! Best of luck to Brian and the team that has brought us The Annnex for many, many years on RBM, and thanks to WNM for your years of dedication. We look forward to what you’re planning to bring to Sunday mornings.
RL.
Dancing Through The Fire
Back in September last year, in an Australian exclusive, RBM presenter Steve Perry spoke with Dan Jennings, author of Dancing Through Fire, the groundbreaking oral history on one of the most legendary musicians of all time: Paul Weller.
In the September interview, the book was about to launch and you can listen to Steve interview the author here.
Dancing Through Fire has has achieved significant chart success since its release in September 2025. The book entered the chart at No. 5 on Sunday Times Bestseller List.
On Amazon Best Sellers Rank (UK), Dan’s book has of early 2026, held the following positions in specific categories:
No. 3 in Popular Music
No. 3 in Music Business
No. 6 in Rock & Pop Musician Biographies
No. 4,882 in overall Books
In Australian Amazon Best Sellers Rank it reached:
No. 2 in Music Business (Books)
No. 4 in Popular Music (Books)
No. 4 in Biographies of Pop Musicians
No. 57,845 in the Kindle Store
The book features over 200 hours of exclusive conversations with Paul Weller and over 250 contributors, including family, bandmates, and producers. The author proved to be a wonderful guest on Sounds From The Underground, and RBM is thrilled to be able to say that our humble little station spoke to Dan first!
RL.
RBM Seeking New Presenters for 2026
This is your opportunity to get behind the mic and present your own community radio show, every week, live from our Katoomba studios, here in the upper Blue Mountains.
If you’ve ever tuned in to RBM and thought “ I could do that, in fact, I’d love to do that” – then get in touch!
No experience is necessary. Full training will be provided to successful applicants. Presenting a show at RBM comes with a terrific sense of achievement and the camaraderie of some 40 other presenters.
Check out our current Program Guide and familiarise yourself with the type of shows we already present.
Listen to RBM and work out what you think would be a good fit
Download the Presenter’s Application Form from this website, fill it in, drop it back, and RBM will do the rest.
So, if you’ve got an idea, a voice, a passion and a warm personality, join RBM and present a new show. This could be the best thing you’ve done in years. You certainly won’t regret it. Join RBM today.
Presenting a show on community radio is on a membership basis, and comes with a small monthly membership fee.
RL.
2025 RBM Volunteer of the Year, Murray Reid
On Sunday 22 September Murray Reid, presenter of The Blackheath Show on Thursday mornings, was presented with an award for his tireless dedication to the station.
Murray epitomises the true spirit of the word ‘community’, and is dedicated not only to our radio station but to BANC in Blackheath and many other community activities, all for the benefit of others.
Murray has featured in every local publication you can think of, he has posed to be painted by many local artists, been hung in galleries, praised by all who’s lives he has touched and never fails to give our station a plug wherever he may be.
Thank you to Murray for all your hard work, performed as always, in shorts and crocs.
RL.
Meet The RBM Crew
We’ve interviews some, but not yet all, of our RBM people. Read all about them here.
Program Showcase
Friday 6pm – 8pm
Maynard
The Circus with Maynard.
Things start getting a little loose on Friday night’s from 6pm with Maynard and “The Circus”, the radio show about Everything and Anything. Maynard has been doing this for years at RBM, sharing his views on life as he knows it, coupled with a great selection of music from Retro to Reggae, Rock to (usually a fair amount of) Ska, New Wave to Soul.
It’s great stuff, and exactly the sort of show you need to wind down on a Friday evening.
RL.
Stranger Than Fiction
8-10pm Sunday
Kirby D and Trovid McSteel
Stranger Than Fiction is a radio show hosted by two ordinary blokes with an eye for the extraordinary. Join Kirby and Trovid McSteel as they explore the strange, the mysterious, and the just plain weird happenings of our ever-changing world.
With curiosity and humour as their guide, they dive headfirst into the most fascinating rabbit holes-uncovering the stories that lie just beyond the edges of everyday reality.
Stranger Than Fiction, Sunday nights from 8pm.
RL.
Show Podcasts
Strange Brew 89.1FM | Podcasts
Talking ArtZ 89.1FM | Podcasts
Blue Mountains Live 89.1FM | Podcasts
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Want to Get Involved?
Radio Blue Mountains is always looking for new voices to join our growing community of presenters and producers. Got a great idea for a show? Want to share your music or storytelling skills? We’d love to hear from you! There’s an application form at the top of this page.
Get involved at the Council
LINKS FOR THE BMCC WEEKLY NOTICES
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bmcc.nsw.gov.au/waste
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