Debby Kemsley is a program assistant at Meander Valley Community Radio (MVFM).

She is a volunteer with the station for 15 hours per week, using her considerable technological skills. Some of this time she works at the station in Deloraine and some of it she works from home.

The ‘at station’ work includes uploading most of the coming week’s programs presented by her colleagues. The ‘from home’ work includes the preparation of her own programs.

Debby says that working with MVFM has built up her confidence, her creativity and skills, and she loves it.

Her program ‘Stuck in the Seventies’ will be broadcast as specials throughout next year. 

She enjoys collecting the songs which she remembers fondly from her teenage years. They include songs performed by Joe Cocker, Skyhooks and Eric Clapton. And she is a wild fan of ABBA!

Debby was born in Western Australia and, in due course, was a property manager in Karratha. Then she moved to Tasmania and sold home-made ice cream at markets!

She has a background in theatre, directing and producing. She says she just loves bossing everyone around. 

Her other great source of enjoyment is square dancing. She describes it as ‘exhilarating and social’.

Unfortunately for the radio station and its audience, Debby will be leaving the station at the end of 2021 as she will be training for competence as an asbestos assessor!

Is there no end to this woman’s talents?