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![Eleven years on the air, and counting](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611af32c6871a517575a7522/1658301104992-RT7EO7OSUPI4H0E9AGWN/MVFM+96.jpg)
![First Australian’s music on MVFM](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611af32c6871a517575a7522/59ed149d-627d-42ff-8e4f-615369c796f0/MVFM+Steve+Norwood.jpeg)
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MVFM goes global
John Kensey (a.k.a. Little John or L.J.) certainly gets about. Last year he spent time in New Zealand and Poland.
![Hansen’s hand in local radio](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611af32c6871a517575a7522/1662444288255-1M134WXT1HWJ1G7AUPJP/MVFM+Noelene+Hanson+Image.jpg)
Hansen’s hand in local radio
While she doesn’t present her own program, Noelene Hansen’s is one of the best known voices of Meander Valley Community Radio.
![A musikophile on the loose in the Valley](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611af32c6871a517575a7522/1659599705036-2SH41BQ5GYBVDMG2IN1E/MVFM+Profile+Photo.jpg)
A musikophile on the loose in the Valley
So, how does a budding musikophile get started? Well, in the case of MVFM’s Paul Conn it was when his mother gave him the Beatles “Help” album in 1965.
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Radio committee hard at work
Contrary to what might be assumed by a reader looking at the accompanying photograph, it is not mandatory for members of the Committee of Management of Meander Valley Community Radio to be bald, grey-bearded and male.
![What a way to spend retirement!](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611af32c6871a517575a7522/1654856299565-C77B07JF5BYA2N1X6J8Z/07+Liffey+MVFM.jpg)
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Bringing the blues to the waves
Is there a direct connection between growing up in Dumfries, Scotland on one hand and, on the other, the style of music called “blues”?
![Bringing the groove back](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611af32c6871a517575a7522/1641765728160-F0ITE1NRKPWCREUQIZY7/13_mvfm.jpg)
Bringing the groove back
When Mira Kuperstein first joined the Meander Valley community radio, MVFM 96.9, they thought it would be fun to be part of something that would be such a tremendous resource for the community.
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Specialising in the seventies
Debby Kemsley is a program assistant at Meander Valley Community Radio (MVFM).
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A seasoned performer
Abraham Lincoln is renowned for many things. One of them is the fact that he shares birthdays with Meander’s Eddie Tuleja (not the same year, it must be added).
![All the world’s a stage](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611af32c6871a517575a7522/1633420910627-R5NY7NO4U2CUMII37POI/16_john_phelps.jpg)
All the world’s a stage
Dr John Phelps, President of MVFM 96.9 Community Radio, completed his notable career in education, as an international consultant of eighteen years, working mainly in the UK and in the South Pacific.
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Crikey, it’s Rijke!
Rijke McGough is a polyglot. But then, that’s not surprising because many people growing up in Europe acquire skill in several languages before they reach their teens.
![The singer, not the song](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611af32c6871a517575a7522/1629766470754-1OVJUXKX20HNEB6LI6QL/16_MVFM_gorin.jpg)
The singer, not the song
Now, what would induce a newly retired man and his wife to move from Mildura, Victoria, to live in Bracknell, Tasmania. While Stephen Gorin was working in the electronics service industry, they made some caravanning visits to Tasmania and what they saw convinced them that this is where they wanted to be, with quiet, peaceful, changeable weather and beautiful countryside. The ideal place to retire.