PBS Announcer Training

handdrawn illustration by @wormboyart: A person speaks into a microphone — PBS 2025 announcer course poster illustration by @wormboyart

Want to become an Announcer?

Since PBS' first official broadcast in December 1979, from the Prince of Wales St Kilda, PBS has become a Melbourne music institution. We are a specialist music radio station, with a vision to amplify under-represented music and support the local music community. If you would like to volunteer as a PBS announcer, feel you'd be a musical fit, and have a great idea that fits our strategic direction, we encourage you to apply for the PBS announcer course.

Topics covered include:

1. A background on PBS 106.7FM
2. Introduction to radio /writing for radio
3. Radio voice /presentation
4. Interviewing/broadcast law
5. Planning a program/technical skills
6. Programming on PBS /using the studio
7. Preparation for making a demo

After completing the course, students are encouraged to book studio time during PBS office hours
(Monday to Friday 10am-6pm) to master their new skills, and create a demo to submit to the Program Manager.

PBS is committed to the principles of equity and inclusion. We encourage applications from people who identify as First Nations, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people with disabilities, LGBTIQ+, young people (under 26), and women.

Interested in participating in the course?

We run small group training sessions (4 classes over 4 weeks + an independently booked studio practise) at our Collingwood Yards Studios 6:30-8:30pm.

We have limited training opportunities, so applications will be reviewed by the Program Manager. As a music community radio station, we prioritise people who want to make a music-focused radio show. For further enquiries or an application form, please email the announcer course coordinator at

ALL CLASSES IN 2025 HAVE BEEN FILLED, BUT CHECK BACK IN LATE DECEMBER TO FIND OUT MORE ON THE 2026 DATES AND APPLICATION PROCESS.