HAPPY MARDI GRAS 2020! If you didn’t make it to the 2020 Mardi Gras Parade then this is the podcast for YOU! We have more than 3 hours of commentary, fun, interviews plus more… SO scream for JOY, it’s Mardi Gras 2020 on podcast! We would like to thank the following people, who without them, this broadcast wouldn’t have been possible:  To the exceptional hosts of the broadcast – Ti Butler, Jordan Johnstone, Dee Mason and Rachel Morrison. To our wonderful outside broadcast street team – Nicholas Hynes, Alex Murfey, Kate Payne and Ange Barry  To Alex Dislakis, Frock Hudson and Anastasia Le who proudly represented JOY on our Mardi Gras broadcast partners Salesforce’s float. To our social media and all-round outside broadcast street team supporters – Alejandra Laiton, Luke Mitchell and Gail Davidson. To the amazing people in our studios in Melbourne, for making it all happen – Jason Gipps, Judy Kelly, David Moyle, Clayton Wimshurst, Arion Potts and Jack Traynor To all the wonderful people in the background in Sydney, including – Michael Strauss for our on site technical support and Con Keramitsis as well as Rachel Tyler Jones, who produced our broadcast. To the team from the Bear Bar at the Burdekin Hotel on Oxford Street in Sydney, for allowing us to broadcast from their space.  And our partner Salesforce for supporting JOY to be there! So sit back with your earphones on and listen to our totally uplifting coverage of the 2019 Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade. This is Part 3 of 3 so make sure you listen to all three parts as they become available…

HAPPY MARDI GRAS 2020! If you didn’t make it to the 2020 Mardi Gras Parade then this is the podcast for YOU! We have more than 3 hours of commentary, fun, interviews plus more… SO scream for JOY, it’s Mardi Gras 2020 on podcast! We would like to thank the following people, who without them, this broadcast wouldn’t have been possible:  To the exceptional hosts of the broadcast – Ti Butler, Jordan Johnstone, Dee Mason and Rachel Morrison. To our wonderful outside broadcast street team – Nicholas Hynes, Alex Murfey, Kate Payne and Ange Barry  To Alex Dislakis, Frock Hudson and Anastasia Le who proudly represented JOY on our Mardi Gras broadcast partners Salesforce’s float. To our social media and all-round outside broadcast street team supporters – Alejandra Laiton, Luke Mitchell and Gail Davidson. To the amazing people in our studios in Melbourne, for making it all happen – Jason Gipps, Judy Kelly, David Moyle, Clayton Wimshurst, Arion Potts and Jack Traynor To all the wonderful people in the background in Sydney, including – Michael Strauss for our on site technical support and Con Keramitsis as well as Rachel Tyler Jones, who produced our broadcast. To the team from the Bear Bar at the Burdekin Hotel on Oxford Street in Sydney, for allowing us to broadcast from their space.  And our partner Salesforce for supporting JOY to be there! So sit back with your earphones on and listen to our totally uplifting coverage of the 2019 Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade. This is Part 2 of 3 so make sure you listen to all three parts as they become available…

HAPPY MARDI GRAS 2020! If you didn’t make it to the 2020 Mardi Gras Parade then this is the podcast for YOU! We have more than 3 hours of commentary, fun, interviews plus more… SO scream for JOY, it’s Mardi Gras 2020 on podcast! We would like to thank the following people, who without them, this broadcast wouldn’t have been possible:  To the exceptional hosts of the broadcast – Ti Butler, Jordan Johnstone, Dee Mason and Rachel Morrison. To our wonderful outside broadcast street team – Nicholas Hynes, Alex Murfey, Kate Payne and Ange Barry  To Alex Dislakis, Frock Hudson and Anastasia Le who proudly represented JOY on our Mardi Gras broadcast partners Salesforce’s float. To our social media and all-round outside broadcast street team supporters – Alejandra Laiton, Luke Mitchell and Gail Davidson. To the amazing people in our studios in Melbourne, for making it all happen – Jason Gipps, Judy Kelly, David Moyle, Clayton Wimshurst, Arion Potts and Jack Traynor To all the wonderful people in the background in Sydney, including – Michael Strauss for our on site technical support and Con Keramitsis as well as Rachel Tyler Jones, who produced our broadcast. To the team from the Bear Bar at the Burdekin Hotel on Oxford Street in Sydney, for allowing us to broadcast from their space.  And our partner Salesforce for supporting JOY to be there! So sit back with your earphones on and listen to our totally uplifting coverage of the 2019 Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade. This is Part 1 of 3 so make sure you listen to all three parts as they become available…

HAPPY MARDI GRAS 2019! If you couldn’t make it to the 2019 Mardi Gras Parade then this is the podcast for YOU! We have almost 4 hours of interviews, fun, floats, dancing plus more… SO scream for JOY, it’s Mardi Gras 2019 on podcast! And here is PART 3 of the show. This year the JOY coverage was produced by a team of 12 volunteers (see picture) with microphones in hand. Every one of them worked tirelessly and had fun during the parade marshalling time and during the parade to interview participants from many of the 200 entries in the parade and commentate the parade from the sidelines. WooHooo and congratulations on doing a great job and having lots of fun doing it – Yayyy!! So sit back with your earphones on and listen to our totally uplifting coverage of the 2019 Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade. And, of course, you can also still watch the parade on SBS on Demand. This is Part 3 of 3 so make sure you listen to all three parts as they become available…

HAPPY MARDI GRAS 2019! If you couldn’t make it to the 2019 Mardi Gras Parade then this is the podcast for YOU! We have almost 4 hours of interviews, fun, floats, dancing plus more… SO scream for JOY, it’s Mardi Gras 2019 on podcast! And here is PART 2 of the show. This year the JOY coverage was produced by a team of 12 volunteers (see picture) with microphones in hand. Every one of them worked tirelessly and had fun during the parade marshalling time and during the parade to interview participants from many of the 200 entries in the parade and commentate the parade from the sidelines. WooHooo and congratulations on doing a great job and having lots of fun doing it – Yayyy!! So sit back with your earphones on and listen to our totally uplifting coverage of the 2019 Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade. And, of course, you can also still watch the parade on SBS on Demand. This is Part 2 of 3 so make sure you listen to all three parts as they become available…

HAPPY MARDI GRAS 2019! If you couldn’t make it to the 2019 Mardi Gras Parade then this is the podcast for YOU! We have almost 4 hours of interviews, fun, floats, dancing plus more… SO scream for JOY, it’s Mardi Gras 2019 on podcast! This year the JOY coverage was produced by a team of 12 volunteers (see picture) with microphones in hand. Every one of them worked tirelessly and had fun during the parade marshalling time and during the parade to interview participants from many of the 200 entries in the parade and commentate the parade from the sidelines. WooHooo and congratulations on doing a great job and having lots of fun doing it – Yayyy!! So sit back with your earphones on and listen to our totally uplifting coverage of the 2019 Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade. And, of course, you can also still watch the parade on SBS on Demand. This is Part 1 of 3 so make sure you listen to all three parts as they become available…

Thanks to SBS and Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras, JOY produced the official live commentary of the 2018 40th Anniversary Parade. In the second part you can hear more fun and fabulousness from the parade including a wedding in Taylor Square, PFLAG, the Happy Bernardi Float, the parade wind up and many, many more of the 200 floats that made up the parade. Our ON AIR broadcast team consisted of Benjamin Norris from Word for Word, Dean Arcuri from The Informer and Mad Wednesdays drive show, Lisa Daniel & Dee Mason from the Dano & Mason drive show and our wonderful street team was Harry & Hunter from JOY’s breakfast show – The Tag Team. And they were ably supported by our many other volunteers both in Melbourne and Sydney who helped out with the broadcast. YAYYYYY for all our JOY volunteers! SO, if you missed the live coverage you can listen to Part 2 here, part 1 in a separate podcast and then watch the Parade again tonight on SBS. HAPPY MARDI GRAS 2018!

Thanks to SBS and Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras, this is the JOY live commentary of the 2018 40th Anniversary Mardi Gras Parade. In this first part you can hear all the fun and fabulousness of the parade including the Dykes on Bikes and Boys on Bikes that opened the parade, the First Nations float which led the parade, the 78ers, the Equality float, Cher on the Qantas float and many, many more of the 200 floats that made up the parade. Our ON AIR broadcast team consisted of Benjamin Norris from Word for Word, Dean Arcuri from The Informer and Mad Wednesdays drive show, Lisa Daniel & Dee Mason from the Dano & Mason drive show and our wonderful street team was Harry & Hunter from JOY’s breakfast show – The Tag Team. And they were ably supported by our many other volunteers both in Melbourne and Sydney who helped out with the broadcast. YAYYYYY for all our JOY volunteers! SO, if you missed the live coverage you can listen to Part 1 here, stay tuned for Part 2 which is coming soon and then watch the Parade again tonight on SBS. HAPPY MARDI GRAS 2018 from JOY 94.9!  

JOY 94.9 would like to congratulate our presenters Fiona, Bree, Rachael, Susannah, Rebecca and Danae of our sports program Chicks Talkin’ Footy on winning the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia’s award for ‘Excellence in Sports Broadcasting’ for 2017. The team have been right behind the AFLW league from day one and their passion and dedication is reflected in the program they present on a weekly basis. Congratulations team, for your winning performance in promoting women’s sport in Australia and for the quality program you produce for JOY. Chicks Talkin’ Footy returns in 2018, for now, visit their podcast here via the JOY website or subscribe on iTunes. For now, check out the announcement of their win at the CBAA Awards gala last Saturday in this podcast. Special thanks go to Chicks Talkin’ Footy sponsor The Pancake Parlour for not only supporting our award winning program as a sponsor across 2017 (and hopefully 2018) but for supporting AFL Womens since day one. Lovely!

In 2016, Holden signed up in support of the Australian Marriage Equality campaign, standing proudly beside the other Australian businesses calling for marriage equality – sooner not later. Holden are proud of using the icon status Australia has given them to break down any barriers to equal rights for our LGBT+ community. In 2017 they supported Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras as a sponsor as well as the JOY 94.9 broadcast of the Mardi Gras parade itself. Furthermore it is with a great sense of pride that Holden has now supported JOY for back-to-back Radiothon campaigns in 2016 and 2017. On the verge of announcing the winner of this years major prize for radiothon, Holden Diversity Manager Matthew Hough joined Chris and Cam to explain why it is vital for corporates like Holden to support inclusion and diversity in the community and also share why Holden is proud to spons or JOY, particularly for radiothon.