Each Week, Bruce Chalmers presents a look at the weekly news and reads out these stories for the sight impaired or for those who struggle to read, keeping our community informed about the latest happenings in our local district. His news sources are Town & Country, The Dalby Herald and The Courier Mail.
Bruce has a background in commercial radio and community radio (4MBS Brisbane where he helped set up their first studio and presented a classical music program).
Bruce (Baldy) Chalmers brings extensive experience to the task of being a community radio broadcaster. A member of the MEAA (formerly the Australian Journalists Association), Bruce is also an experienced journalist and spent many years as a journalist, public affairs officer and communication professional.
His musical interests are wide and varied including middle of the road contemporary music, classics, jazz and country. He is passionate about Dalby, its future and its lifestyle which he believes is unmatched anywhere, and insists that shopping locally, whenever possible, is the only way to keep any community surviving, especially with the indifferent/volatile economy over the past couple of decades which has negatively affected our farming and business communities.
He is also a believer that Dalby produces some of the best youth in the nation. Many go on to distinguish themselves internationally, proving that growing up in Dalby is an advantage because of the excellent educational opportunities at our local schools.
Bruce Chalmers has been involved Dalby’s Community Radio since moving to Dalby in 1991. Secretary of the Association for a number of years he oversaw many applications for temporary broadcasting permits and was responsible for the extensive application for a permanent licence which led to the Association’s successful launch with its inaugural permanent licence to broadcast. He again led the team in its most recent application which has seen the licence granted for another 5 years ( until 2030).
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