❤️💜 SEASON ONE 2026 💜❤️
Swipe through for an overview of all the programs on air at JOY during Season One 2026, from 2 February to 5 July.
Download the JOY 94.9 app on the Apple App Store or Google Play to explore more of our programs and to listen live.
JOY is the home of LGBTQIA+ community voices in Australia. We're so glad you're with us. Let's make this year a year to remember... together 💜❤️
💙 JOY SEASON ONE 2026 💙
Get ready for a slate of new programming, returning favourites, and essential conversations with your LGBTQIA+ community with JOY's Season One 2026.
PREMIERING IN SEASON ONE
Early Birds
Now Boarding
NEW PROGRAMMING BLOCK
Wellness Wednesdays, featuring @talktherapytome_joymedia and @kmkypodcast
NEW TO JOY
@queerfully.made
RETURNING IN SEASON ONE
Game On (@gameon_joy949 )
The I In Us (@theiinus )
Backstage Confidential (@backstageconfidentialau )
Local Roots (@localrootsonjoy )
[photo of @hi_im_beks from JOY Rainbow Sessions 2025 by @betty.sujecki ]
Living Life Single (@livinglife_single )
Miss Chatelaine (@misschatjoy )
Still Here, Still Queer
The Cabaret Room (@thecabaretroom )
FLAGSHIPS PROGRAMMING
JOY Breakfast and JOY Weekend Breakfast (@joybreakfast )
JOY Daytimes
JOY Drive (@joy949drive )
Saturday Magazine (@satmagjoy )
Plus, so many of your faves!
JOY 94.9's Season One 2026 kicks off Monday, 2 February 2026, and runs until Sunday, 5 July 2026.
Listen on JOY 94.9 on FM radio in Narrm/Melbourne, and download the all-new JOY 94.9 App to stay connected with community wherever you are!
(slide 1: JOY team at Midsumma Carnival 2026 by @betty.sujecki )
(slide 5: photo of @hi_im_beks from JOY Rainbow Sessions by @betty.sujecki )
The thing that makes a community radio station? You.
JOY 94.9 is Australia's LGBTQIA+ broadcaster, and we receive so many messages from listeners asking: how can I get involved? (Great news: it's easy!)
Here's details on how to host your own show, get interviewed, get your music played, take out sponsorship to promote your business, volunteer behind the scenes, contact our on-air teams, and provide feedback to JOY.
Get around the latest episode of Living Life Single with Yiannis & Johnno!
This week, the boys are joined by special guest Ollie for a raw, honest and hilarious chat about navigating single life while living with a disability. Ollie opens up about life with transverse myelitis, how it impacts both his physical and mental health, and the added layers that come with dating as a single gay man using a wheelchair.
It’s real, insightful, entertaining and an important conversation that deserves to be heard.
Catch the episode now on all major podcast platforms or via the JOY website!
Huge thanks to Ollie and Brad (support worker) for coming in, and sharing your story and helping shine a light on such an important topic.
#livinglifesingle #transversemyelitis #gaysingle #joy949
Today, May 17, is International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersex Discrimination, and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT), commemorating the day in 1990 when the World Health Organization removed homosexuality from its classification of diseases, and raising awareness of LGBTQIA+ rights.
JOY Media CEO Paul Scott-Williams shares these thoughts, captured in the @vicpridecentre Theatrette.
🔮 We can see amazing #NewMusic in your future. And those new tunes will be part of Australia’s most uplifting music mix on JOY.
Take our word for it - tune your crystal ball to @JOY949 while you work:
📻 94.9FM & DAB+ in Melbourne
💻 joy.org.au
🔈 ‘Play JOY 949’
📱 JOY app & @communityradioplus app
The VCE Vocational Major allows Victorian students to complete the VCE through practical experiences, teamwork, and projects that matter to them.
Students will grow in confidence and develop real-world skills for work and study, all in a supportive environment where they can truly be themselves.
We've produced a special podcast series that brings you inside the world of completing the VCE Vocational Major, through the perspective of a student and a parent.
Hear the full series now: search VCE Vocational Major in your podcast app.
Victorian Department of Education is a JOY Sponsor.
We’re very excited for you to listen to our chat with the incomparable and iconic Tanya Hosch AM. Tune in as we talk all things inclusion in sport, you won’t want to miss this. 9pm Wednesday 13 May on @joy949
The VCE Vocational Major allows Victorian students to complete the VCE through practical experiences, teamwork, and projects that matter to them.
Students will grow in confidence and develop real-world skills for work and study, all in a supportive environment where they can truly be themselves.
We've produced a special podcast series that brings you inside the world of completing the VCE Vocational Major, through the perspective of a student and a parent.
Hear the full series now: search VCE Vocational Major in your podcast app.
Victorian Department of Education is a JOY Sponsor.
They did it! @melbournechargers won today's Pride round in a tightly fought contest against @monashrugby
It was an incredible day of rugby, allyship, connection and community sport at its best!
@melbournechargers President @matt_lj spoke after the match highlighting the importance of the leadership displayed by all participating teams across the day with @melbournerugby President Michelle lezzi handing the cup to @melbournechargers captain Mac Gosewich.
@rugbyvictoria
This #NewMusic is as tasty as a Weiner from a Würstelstand. Enjoy it all in Australia’s most uplifting music mix while you work, rest, play or eat.
Lock it on @JOY949 :
📻 94.9FM & DAB+ in Melbourne
💻 joy.org.au
🔈 ‘Play JOY 949’
📱 JOY app & @communityradioplus app
![JOY SEASON ONE 2026 Get ready for a slate of new programming, returning favourites, and essential conversations with your LGBTQIA+ community with JOY's Season One 2026.PREMIERING IN SEASON ONEEarly BirdsNow BoardingNEW PROGRAMMING BLOCKWellness Wednesdays, featuring @talktherapytome_joymedia and @kmkypodcastNEW TO JOY@queerfully.madeRETURNING IN SEASON ONEGame On (@gameon_joy949)The I In Us (@theiinus)Backstage Confidential (@backstageconfidentialau)Local Roots (@localrootsonjoy)[photo of @hi_im_beks from JOY Rainbow Sessions 2025 by @betty.sujecki]Living Life Single (@livinglife_single)Miss Chatelaine (@misschatjoy)Still Here, Still QueerThe Cabaret Room (@thecabaretroom)FLAGSHIPS PROGRAMMINGJOY Breakfast and JOY Weekend Breakfast (@joybreakfast)JOY DaytimesJOY Drive (@joy949drive)Saturday Magazine (@satmagjoy)Plus, so many of your faves!JOY 94.9's Season One 2026 kicks off Monday, 2 February 2026, and runs until Sunday, 5 July 2026.Listen on JOY 94.9 on FM radio in Narrm/Melbourne, and download the all-new JOY 94.9 App to stay connected with community wherever you are!(slide 1: JOY team at Midsumma Carnival 2026 by @betty.sujecki)(slide 5: photo of @hi_im_beks from JOY Rainbow Sessions by @betty.sujecki)](https://sp1.picnob.com/p/pt_6766217130187016716529_0_ac4e495a23b4998fd61f98dc03e3f093.jpg?o=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&h=0f0c841568a38d96c779297c4a647366)
