
The Board of HHH FM is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Rod Thomas to the position of Station Manager.
The much awaited appointment comes at the end of an exhaustive process involving a specially commissioned Station Manager Sub-Committee.
After receiving no less than 26 applications from around Australia and from as far afield as the Phillipines, the Sub-Committee interviewed 6 shortlisted candidates last month before offering the position to Mr. Thomas.
Mr. Thomas has accepted the offer, and this was ratified by the HHH-FM Board at a specially convened Board Meeting last week.
Rod Thomas brings a wealth of experience to the position which includes:
Amongst those short listed/interviewed were a former Station Manager and Board Chairman of HHH-FM, a Commercial Radio professional of 20+ years standing who has worked with Radio Luminaries as Doug Mulray and John Singleton, a current commercial radio announcer who lives locally, and HHH-FM’s current caretaker Programming Co-Ordinator Lachlan Wyllie.
It is anticipated that Rod will commence as Station Manager on Monday, May 9 and will work at least 4 days a week in the HHH-FM studios (every Monday, and Wednesday, Thursday and Friday).
For all inquiries – please call Station Manager Sub-Committee Chair and HHH-FM Board Member Tony Dosen on 0408 929 374.
The much awaited appointment comes at the end of an exhaustive process involving a specially commissioned Station Manager Sub-Committee.
After receiving no less than 26 applications from around Australia and from as far afield as the Phillipines, the Sub-Committee interviewed 6 shortlisted candidates last month before offering the position to Mr. Thomas.
Mr. Thomas has accepted the offer, and this was ratified by the HHH-FM Board at a specially convened Board Meeting last week.
Rod Thomas brings a wealth of experience to the position which includes:
- 2 Years as Station Manager at Community Radio Station 99.3FM, Chatswood –where he was instrumental in turning around that station’s fortunes from voluntary administration to solvency in under 2 years
- 2 Years Board Membership at Community Station 2BOB-FM, Taree, NSW
- Current involvement as presenter of the nationally relayed “Good Morning Country” program across the Community Radio Network to over 55 Community Radio Stations across Australia every Tuesday morning
- 12 Years as a presenter at a number of Community Radio Stations in Sydney and NSW
- A fully qualified Certificate IV in Training and Assessment from TAFE NSW
- A fully qualified Certificate III in Media from the Community Media Training Organisation
Amongst those short listed/interviewed were a former Station Manager and Board Chairman of HHH-FM, a Commercial Radio professional of 20+ years standing who has worked with Radio Luminaries as Doug Mulray and John Singleton, a current commercial radio announcer who lives locally, and HHH-FM’s current caretaker Programming Co-Ordinator Lachlan Wyllie.
It is anticipated that Rod will commence as Station Manager on Monday, May 9 and will work at least 4 days a week in the HHH-FM studios (every Monday, and Wednesday, Thursday and Friday).
For all inquiries – please call Station Manager Sub-Committee Chair and HHH-FM Board Member Tony Dosen on 0408 929 374.