The Victorian Minister for Youth Affairs, Ryan Smith, announced the 10 community radio stations who are successful in the Victorian Government's first round of the 2012 Be Heard! Community Grants program. 94.7 the Pulse was one of the first stations to be chosen and the Minister also decided to announce the Grants program to the people of Victoria via the Pulse Tuesday Drive program with Gary Dalton and Sally Ferris.

The title of the Pulse project is Coming In From The CALD, a six month program to train and mentor youth from Culturally And Linguistically Diverse ( CALD ) communities in the Geelong Region, particularly newly emerging groups, in essential aspects of community broadcasting, empowering them and enabling the establishment of new Ethnic Youth radio program groups on 94.7 the Pulse.  

94.7 The Pulse has recently launched the Barwon 2 Beach Surf and Water Report in partnership with Barwon Water. The Report is updated daily and played on the hour just after the news. It includes water storage levels, rainfall in the region, tide times, coastal wind and weather warnings, the hot spots for fishing plus a surf report from our reporter down on the surf coast, Darren from Go Ride A Wave, another sponsor of The Pulse. For those who miss the hourly report, the can always head to the stations website where the information is replicated and constantly kept up to date.

The start of summer saw 94.7 The Pulse kick into gear and celebrate the warmer weather with our Win Big This Summer promo. Running over the first three weeks of December thousands of dollars’ worth of prizes were given away to our subscribers with our major prize being ‘learn to surf pack’ made up of a G Board, Quiksilver wetsuit and tide watch plus surf lessons from Go Ride A Wave. There was also, ‘swim with the dolphin trips’ from Sea All Dolphin Swims, fishing trips from Apollo Bay Fishing Tours and Surf World museum family passes up for grabs. The prizes were drawn a couple of days before Christmas with the major prize being won by Jas Findlay of Barwon Heads, Happy Surfing!

The Pulse participated in two outside broadcasts as part of the Toast to the Coast Festival on Saturday 20th and Sunday 29th October. Despite the weather on Sunday the weekend was an outstanding success and a photo gallery can be found on the Pulse website by clicking here: http://947thepulse.com/ 

Doug Aiton

Friday Drive 4pm – 6pm on 94.7 the Pulse

Doug Aiton, currently host of the Friday Drive programme on the Pulse is one of the best-known and most respected interviewers in Melbourne, both on radio and in print. For 10 years he was the popular and high-rating host of 3LO's "Drive Time" programme.

Geelong's premier community broadcaster 94.7 the pulse Subscribe-athon starts on the 5^th September. All subscribers will go into the draw for over $3000 worth of prizes, including a Bianchi Bicycle from The Bicycle Super Store, an E-Bomb wetsuit from Rip curl and a Webber Q  B-B-Q from Classic Fireplaces & B-B-Qs.

With the help of 120 volunteers 94.7 The Pulse Broadcasts over 55 different programs in 15 different languages each week. So get on board and subscribe to the station that supports you. To subscribe call 5222 5947 or jump onto www.947thepulse.com.