ANZAC Day is going high tech in 2017!!

Upwey/Belgrave RSL, Yarra Ranges Life TV and 3MDR – Mountain District Radio – have formed a local partnership and will be LIVE streaming the dawn and mid-morning services from the RSL.
The services will be LIVE broadcast on 3MDR (97.1fm) and LIVE streamed via Yarra Ranges Life TV’s Facebook page at 6am and 10am.

The idea behind this partnership is to connect local residents to these services, who are not able to physically attend.  The partnership is working with a number of local Aged Care Residences to have the LIVE stream beamed into their activity spaces for their residents to enjoy.  This type of community connectedness activity is the backbone of community broadcasting and RSL community engagement.
“We see this as integral part of our role as community radio broadcasters.  It’s really important to 3MDR that we create opportunities for our local residents to actively engage with the station and the wider community around them.” (3MDR President Pierre Rispoli)

"Our mission is to Inform, Engage and Entertain our audience; with a focus on promoting "Unity In Community".  We are humbled to be able to partner with Upwey Belgrave RSL and 3MDR to produce this first for the Yarra Ranges - A LIVE Dawn Service Simulcast; both on Community Radio and vision on the Yarra Ranges LIFE TV's Facebook page." (Yarra Ranges Life TV Executive Producer Patrick Boucher)

Anyone with a Facebook login is welcome to stream the LIVE feed via Yarra Ranges Life TV’s Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/YRLife.tv/
 
The 3MDR LIVE broadcast can be heard on 97.1fm or via web streaming at 3mdr.com
 
Upwey/Belgrave RSL would like to invite everyone to attend the ceremonies at the RSL – 1 Mast Gully Rd, Upwey.

There are a number of events coming up in our local area and 3MDR will be out and about in the community.
 
SelbyFest 2017 - Saturday 18th March     3MDR will be participating in SelbyFest 2017 with a live broadcast of An Acoustic Companion with Ron King from 11am-1pm and then Bronwyn's Green Room from 2-4pm.   3MDR will be setting up the merchandise stand for the entire day. 

Red2Blue Live Sessions - Friday 17th and Friday 24th March - @ The Emerald RSL.   Greg & Tony of Red To Blue fame continue to host a great night of live music right here in Emerald.  Two sessions this month - 17th March Justin Yap Band and 24th March is Keith Hall Blues Band from NSW.  Enjoy a night catching up with fellow 3MDR presenters and listeners.  This is the only regular live music event in Emerald throughout the year and it would be great to see a few 3MDR bods enjoying some live music and having a catch up with fellow presenters, members and subscribers.

PAVE 2017 - 2nd to 9th April  Yes folks, the week long PAVE Festival is on again with over 40 events across the week.  3MDR is a founding member of PAVE.
Key Dates
Sunday 2nd April - FunFest - An all day festival event in the heart of Emerald, 4 music stages, markets stalls, visual performance, food and all the usual FunFest favourites
Wednesday 5th April - Women In Song @ The Gem Theatre - A long time favourite of the PAVE festival
Thursday 6th April - Lilkoi's Cabaret Cavalcade - another festival favourite
Saturday 8th April - Venetian Masquerade Ball @ The Emerald Mechanics Hall - new event featuring the Ska Vendors
The Hive Wine Bar will be popping up in the old bakery and will feature live music all week.

ANZAC DAY Tuesday 25th April 2017 - Outside Broadcast from Upwey/Belgrave RSL.  This year we're teaming up with Yarra Ranges Life TV and simulcasting the Dawn and Mid Morning Services into local nursing homes!