We call ourselves “Valley FM”. Some people ask why Forbes and Parkes Community Radio? The reason is that our licence is for a public broadcasting licence to service the area of Forbes, Parkes and districts. Our districts include many other towns and shire areas such as Condobolin, Eugowra, Bogan Gate, Trundle, Tullamore, Tottenham, Peak Hill, Alectown, Bedgerabong etc. These Licences are very difficult to obtain and we are governed by very strict guidelines from the Australian Broadcasting Authority in regard to sponsorships, it’s not called advertising as in commercial radio. Our income comes from sponsorships from businesses etc. also raffles and fees collected from volunteering to collect entrance fees at sporting venues etc. We are not here to compete with the local commercial stations; we are here to provide public access radio and an alternative program for district residents and in our case mainly older style and easy listening music. The station is run completely by volunteers, and a part time secretary. We have around 30 announcers doing some 100 hours a week voluntary service, also administration and technical volunteers possibly doing another 100 hours a week behind the scenes. The station is run by a committee of 9 people, all volunteers who meet monthly. All community service announcements are broadcast completely free of charge. All district organizations and sports clubs etc. are welcome to send us information of their upcoming and past events. Paid sponsorships are broadcast at the time and frequency your business may require. Our prices for these sponsorships are very reasonable. Many of our sponsors have been using our station to market their services and merchandise for many years and are obviously pleased with the results.