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YAC Radio is a platform for youth to speak on BAY FM 99.9 Radio. It is created by the young people of the Byron Shire, supported by BYS.

Yac Radio advocates for youth opportunities, youth musicians and their music and shares young people’s success with the wider community through the partnership airways of BayFM 99.9. You can listen to YAC Radio on Thursday from 3pm - 4pm or catch the special features on our YAC Radio Podcast. 

If you are interested in radio, podcasting, live show interviews, recording and audio editing you can get involved! Contact lealah@bys.org.au 0492 845 117

Have a listen to the YAC Radio Podcast here

Flood Stories from Main Arm Upper Public School Part 1 - Young Legends

Enjoy part 1 of Young Legends - Flood Stories from Main Arm Upper Public School. This episode explores the young peoples' direct experiences of floods that occurred in the Northern Rivers in 2022.

Young Legends - Flood Stories is an integrated arts, recovery, & wellbeing project that focuses on the cathartic experience of storytelling. This project focuses on the format of podcasting,  which is a personal and public experience.

Grade 5 & 6 from Main Arm Upper Public School were supported by trained youth workers as they told their personal experiences of the devastating floods of 2022 in the Northern Rivers. Such supported storytelling built resilience and provided a cathartic experience for young people ‘to feel lighter’ after telling their stories.

This project was made possible by funding from the Regional Youth Radio Program from the NSW Government Department of Regional NSW.

This podcast was produced by Monet Shortland, Rasela Torise and Lealah Shostak and managed by the Byron Youth Service Inc.

YAC RADIO now LIVE

Yac radio has been a project of BYS for the past 2+ years, this year it has transformed again and transitioned into a live show. There is new life to this project through the live element and for the past 6 months, the live shows have had great responses from the community with many young people and youth organisations being featured on YAC Radio.