4ZZZFM is celebrating 50 years on air in 2025. The radio station is an iconic part of Brisbane, Australian music and the culture of Australia’s third largest city. 4ZZZ represents the true meaning of diversity which is about widening the talent pool, not narrowing it.
On 8 December 1975, Brisbane community radio station 4ZZZ (Triple Zed) launched one month after the Gough Whitlam Dismissal with announcer John Woods being transmission with The Who ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’.
Now decades later as 4ZZZFM rapidly approaches its 50th anniversary, there is a massive concert scheduled to take place at Roma Street, Parklands in the heart of Brisbane on 25 October 2025. The line-up for the day is features Brisbane punk pioneers The Saints 73-78 (who pre-date the radio station by two years) and electronica rock hip hop legends Regurgitator (who formed 18 years after the station began). Also playing on the day are Tropical Fuck Storm, Full Flower Moon Band, Big Noter, Butterfingers, Screamfeeder, Nice Biscuit, Party Dozen, Dancingwater, Flangipanis, Platonic Sex and Velociraptor.
ZED50 50 years of 4ZZZ radio Celebrating 50 years of people powered radio SAT 25 OCT ROMA ST PARKLANDS Albert St, Spring Hill, Brisbane TWO STAGES no crossovers Tickets from OZTIX – JUNE 10 sign up for preregister 4ZZZ Subscribers only presale: Wednesday 11 June midday Please use your 4ZZZ Subscription number as the early access code. General Public Onsale: Thursday 12 June now.
As part of the lead-up to the 50 year celebrations Noise11 is talking to the people who have crafted 4ZZZ into Brisbane’s cultural treasure.
In this interview Associate Professor Heather Anderson talks to Paul Cashmere. Heather has been involved with the station for over 30 years, is an academic who specialises in community radio. She has written a History of 4ZZZ which will be published later in the year. She used to present the Prisoners Show, and is performing at BeerStock.
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