Talk:4ZZZ

105% radio

Has anybody else noticed the following...

The station supports 30% Australian, 15% local content, 30% new releases and 30% female content.

...adds up to 105%? Uh... — Jeremy 08:48, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

105%

The "30% Australian, 15% local content, 30% new releases and 30% female content" overlaps - you can easily play a new-release by a local brisbane all-female group that covers Australian, Local, New Release and Female. Each quota is not mutually exclusive.

Ibbers (talk) 03:56, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

Riot section

The reference linked for this section is borked. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.218.13.195 (talk) 13:03, 3 November 2014 (UTC)

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Adding 2015 winner of the Hot 100

Full disclaimed: I am a 4ZZZ announcer and have only recently taken interest in the Wikipedia page.

I tried to update the Hot 100 list to reflect the 2015 winner. However, there was an automated rejection of the edit. The song is titled 'Getting Shit For Free'. When I removed the word 'shit', the edit was allowed. So I'm assuming it was flagged as 'unconstructive' because of the word 'shit'. I am not sure how to contact any moderators in order to illustrate that the language is in context of the song title. When I followed the report link I went through 'report false negative' but I'm not sure whether or not that is the correct avenue? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sparklemotiondoubt (talk • contribs) 20:27, 18 December 2016 (UTC)

I just added shit and it seemed to have worked. Maybe something to do with your account being new. CrookedAsterisk (contribs • talk) 10:40, 18 December 2016 (UTC)

Inaccurate Information - Digital

Someone is continuously editing information to include incorrect, un-cited information based on there own idea. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ~2026-27060-62 (talk) 06:44, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

Analog FM radio does not have a "bitrate" in the digital sense, but it is equivalent to a high-quality audio stream, generally considered to be around 160–300 kbps to match its frequency response and low noise

Digital Radio (DAB+): Often, 64–128 kbps is used, which is generally lower quality than analog FM.

in reference to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_radio_in_Australia we see that 48kbit/s is in use and that many stations offer independent offering to there main signal

"DAB+ delivers superior audio fidelity to FM, broadcasting at higher bitrates with no static, interference or signal degradation, and is receivable across greater indoor coverage areas."

-- The current equation based on at least the some-what agreed upon number is that FM has around 3 to 6 times the bandwidth available and fidelity. - thus the factual inaccuracy

-- additional Note: FM signal will penetrate into indoor spaces more effectively.

"Zed Digital is 4ZZZ's dedicated DAB+ channel, making 4ZZZ the only community radio station in Australia to operate a separate digital broadcast band carrying its own independent programming distinct from its FM service"

-- Other stations provide independent offering to the main channel also - thus the factual inaccuracy

-- additional Note: 4ZZZ is listed TWICE on the Brisbane DAB, Offering two Dab Channels, further clarification would be required also.

The rest is speculative at best, in-accurate at worst. Low Quality Edit ~2026-27060-62 (talk) 06:58, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

Response to inaccuracy claims re: Zed Digital and DAB+

Thank you for raising these concerns. I'll address each point specifically.

1. DAB+ audio quality claim

The anon is correct that the previous wording — "DAB+ delivers superior audio fidelity to FM, broadcasting at higher bitrates" — was inaccurate for the Australian context and has been removed from the article. As noted in Digital radio in Australia, Australian DAB+ bitrates are very low by international standards, and "an interference-free FM broadcast will almost certainly provide better audio." The Zed Digital section no longer makes any audio quality comparison.

2. "Other stations provide independent offerings to the main channel"

This claim requires closer examination. The CBAA's own DAB+ Directory lists every community DAB+ service in Australia, clearly categorising each as either simulcast or unique. In Brisbane specifically, the directory lists:

• 4ZZZ — simulcast
• Zed Digital (4ZZZ) — unique
• Global (4EB) — unique
• Inspire (4FRB) — unique
• MBS Light (4MBS) — unique

So the anon is correct that other Brisbane stations also operate unique DAB+ services — Global (4EB), Inspire (4FRB) and MBS Light (4MBS) all do. The claim that Zed Digital makes 4ZZZ "the only community radio station in Australia to operate a separate digital broadcast band" was therefore inaccurate and has been removed. The article now simply states that Zed Digital carries its own independent programming schedule distinct from 102.1FM, which is accurate and cited.

3. "4ZZZ is listed twice on the Brisbane DAB"

Also correct — the CBAA directory lists 4ZZZ and Zed Digital as two separate entries under Brisbane, both operated by 4ZZZ/Creative Broadcasters Ltd. This has been clarified in the article.

4. Funding paragraph

The specific percentage figures (13% grants, 30% sponsorship) sourced only to the station's own support page have been removed per WP:SELFPUB concerns raised by Viewmont Viking. The remaining funding content is factual and directly verifiable from the station's own published information, which is acceptable for an organisation's article about its own operations.

5. QMA 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award

This is sourced to The Music, an independent Australian music publication, and meets WP:V. It should be restored.

I will now resubmit the article with all of the above corrections applied. Anakim2999 (talk) 20:41, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

New Edits 5/4/2026 are not just about the Digital Radio in Australia, please get consensuses if wishing to add additional information

There is currently and edit war going on, and despite some discussion about Digital and DAB+, most of the information being added is just promotional in tone, it is poorly sourced, or completely unsourced. Station Philosophy and Funding is not needed, funding is also a primary source. There are multiple external links being added. Wikipedia is not a webhost and therefore does not need a list of all programs on this station, especially with external links to their webpage, this is promotional. The entire "Sources" section if these are actual sources that can be used, they should be inline sources and included in the reflist. VViking_TalkEdits 21:05, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

Newest edits are still just promotional in tone, poorly sourced, and have MOS issues. I have concerns the editor also has a Conflict of interest. --VViking_TalkEdits 21:29, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

Promotional Fluff

There is a promotional fluff to the editing. as example through the promo-edits we've seen plenty of information in regards to a personal idea of What DAB is, How dab functions, When the DAB broadcast launched (notably missing) Where it is accessible via terrestrial signals.

As example: Zed Digital is 4ZZZ's DAB+ channel, carrying its own independent programming schedule distinct from the 102.1FM service.[13][14] The channel was established to provide additional opportunities for community members to have a voice in the media, reaching audiences and genres not represented on the FM band. WHO Says that? from online records it looks like Zed Digital was angled at multiple outlets, I think this is option based

Zed Digital is accessible via DAB+ receivers in the Brisbane metropolitan area and streams worldwide via the station's website,[15] giving individual programs an international audience. So like any other DAB+ Channel?, this is a wordie re-fluffing of basic concepts

cita: ZED Digital Began Broadcasting at Midday on May 14, Which is an actual unique fact vs "You listen via the radio..."

I tend to agree that this is self-orientated and miss-focused, I included the basic date fact here as an example of grossly missed info — Preceding unsigned comment added by ~2026-27060-62 (talk) 00:58, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

Discussion order

I've gone ahead and fixed the order of newly added discussions per WP:TPFIXLAYOUT. When adding new sections and discussions to this talk page, please be sure to add them to the bottom of the page, and put new text under old text. Thank you! Courtesy pings: ~2026-27060-62, Anakim2999 Umby 🌕🐶 (talk) 02:19, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

Suggested additions for neutral editor review

Declared COI: I am a volunteer announcer at 4ZZZ. I am not making direct edits but am flagging the following sourced content for consideration by uninvolved editors per WP:COIEDIT.

1. Zed Digital launch date — the original article correctly noted Zed Digital launched at midday on 14 May 2011. This was lost in recent reverts and should be restored to the History section.

2. Zed Digital section — Zed Digital carries its own independent programming schedule distinct from 102.1FM, confirmed by the [[Community Broadcasting Association of Australia|CBAA]]'s own DAB+ Directory, which lists it as a unique service separate from the 4ZZZ FM simulcast entry. This is a verifiable factual distinction about the station's operations, sourced to an independent third party. A neutral description of Zed Digital — its launch date, its independent schedule, and its accessibility — is encyclopedic information about the station that the article currently omits entirely. Suggested text:

Zed Digital is 4ZZZ's DAB+

channel, which began broadcasting at midday on 14 May 2011. It carries its own programming schedule independent of the 102.1FM service, and is accessible via DAB+ receivers in Brisbane and via livestream at 4zzz.org.au.

3. FM and Zed Digital programming tables — the station operates two distinct schedules. The FM schedule and Zed Digital exclusive program schedule are both publicly available and verifiable at 4zzz.org.au/grid/FM and 4zzz.org.au/grid/ZD respectively. Both grids were consulted and confirmed accurate as of 5 May 2026. I acknowledge previous versions included external links in the article body which violate WP:EL and MOS:LINKS — a corrected version using plain text program listings and inline citations to the grid pages only is available on request.

4. 50th Anniversary — independently sourced to The Music (27 June 2025) and Noise11 (24 October 2025). Neither source is affiliated with the station.

5. QMA 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award — sourced to The Music (23 April 2026). Independent source, straightforward factual addition.

6. Book source — Anderson, H. People Powered Radio: Fifty Years of Australian Community Radio Station 4ZZZ. Palgrave Macmillan, 2025. ISBN 9783032056887. Academic publisher, independent source, directly relevant.

7. MOS note — the current reverted version retains external links in the article body in the programming section, which was one of the MOS concerns raised against my edits. These predate my edits entirely.

I will not revert. Happy to provide full sourced wikitext for any of the above on request. Anakim2999 (talk) 06:39, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

I think i find most alarming is the COI declared in combinations with incorrect information in edits.

A topic to which a COI is declared and then presumably as above the "Response to inaccuracy claims re: Zed Digital and DAB+" should have been either clarified or checked prior to editing? Thus and furthermore, I find that it's odd to have some many glaring errors between the edits made and what is accurate, being either a clear omissions or lack of understanding of the topic masquerading as a first hand source. ~2026-27060-62 (talk) 07:13, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

Zed Digital is 4ZZZ's DAB+ Channel, which began broadcasting at midday on 14 May 2011. It carries its own programming schedule independent of the 102.1FM service, and is accessible via DAB+ receivers in Brisbane and via livestream at 4zzz.org.au.

this text is still inaccurate by your own citing.

This claim requires closer examination. The CBAA's own DAB+ Directory lists every community DAB+ service in Australia, clearly categorizing each as either simulcast or unique. In Brisbane specifically, the directory lists:

• 4ZZZ — simulcast
• Zed Digital (4ZZZ) — unique
• Global (4EB) — unique
• Inspire (4FRB) — unique
• MBS Light (4MBS) — unique

This data provided by you would suggest that 4ZZZ is 4ZZZ's DAB+ Channel (which is a simulcast of the primary signal)

perhaps something like;

''Zed Digital is a sub-service of 4ZZZ which began broadcasting at midday on 14th May 2011. It carries an alternative programming schedule to that of the 102.1FM and Simulcast 4ZZZ DAB+ Service. ~2026-27060-62 (talk) 12:48, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

For your consideration: If you are happy to write out each of your suggested edits above in a "Please change X to Y" format, you can - as an editor with a conflict of interest - create a COI edit request, so that your suggested edits can be reviewed by other volunteer editors for possible inclusion. Consider using the edit request wizard for this.

Keep in mind that Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information, and though your desire to add as much info related to programming schedules and Hot 100 winners as possible is understandable, such inclusions can harm readability and be confusing for readers. Just because something is true or even verifiable doesn't automatically make it suitable for inclusion on the encyclopedia. Consider that Triple J and Nova 96.9 don't have listed winners of the Hottest 100 for the former, and both have a condensed or historical programming section, or a split list article of programs. Umby 🌕🐶 (talk) 05:24, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks, I attempted to enter the following proposition via the Wizard which blocked the submission of proposed changed as suspected violation or defamation.

• What I think should be changed (include citations): I am declaring a conflict of interest as an unpaid volunteer announcer at 4ZZZ. I am submitting these edit requests per WP:COIEDIT for review by uninvolved editors. All changes are sourced. I am not requesting restoration of programming tables, Hot 100 winners lists, or Zed Digital schedule content, accepting the guidance of UmbyUmbreon and others on WP:INDISCRIMINATE grounds.

Request 1 — Zed Digital sentence

Please change:

4ZZZ moved to new premises on Coronation Drive in Toowong. In 1994 the station was able to obtain a loan to buy the former headquarters of the Communist Party of Australia. 4ZZZ still broadcasts from these premises on Barry Parade in Fortitude Valley.

To:

4ZZZ moved to new premises on Coronation Drive in Toowong. In 1994 the station was able to obtain a loan to buy the former headquarters of the Communist Party of Australia. 4ZZZ still broadcasts from these premises on Barry Parade in Fortitude Valley.

Zed Digital is a sub-service of 4ZZZ which began broadcasting at midday on 14 May 2011. It carries an alternative programming schedule to that of the 102.1FM and Simulcast 4ZZZ DAB+ Service.

Request 2 — Station philosophy and funding section

Please change:

==Programming==

Announcers personally choose the on-air musical content, or station subscribers request tracks. Unlike other radio stations, there is no music or program director. There are coordinators for those departments, however the ultimate decision rests with the program makers who must abide by the station policy.

The station has set minimum quotas for music content since the 1980s with the original floor quotas set for female & Non-binary, Australian and New Zealand, Brisbane and South-East Queensland Artists. 4ZZZ also sets a target for New music (defined as any new song published in the last 4 months)

The quotas and targets have changed over the course of the station's history, with New Zealand quotas being dropped, and Quotas for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander produced content added. The below table is an abridged history of those changes

Quota Type	1980	2017	2019*
Female and Non Binary Artists	30%	50%**	50%
Australian Artists***	30%	50%	50%
Brisbane & South East Queensland Artists	15%	15%	30%
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Artists	-	-	5%
New Songs (Released in the last 4 months)	30%	30%	30%
* Current Quotas ** Aspirational Target set in 2017 *** Included New Zealand artists up to 2017

To:

==Station philosophy and funding==

The motto for the station is agitate, educate, organise. (The saying dates from New York in the early 1880s.) They aim to "Provide a voice for marginalised communities".

The station's volunteers have won many awards including Community Broadcasting Association of Australia awards and national media awards.

In 2015 4ZZZ won the Tony Staley Award for excellence in community broadcasting for its efforts to include more people with a disability via the Ability Radio Project and appointed the first Station Advocate for People with a Disability in 2017.

4ZZZ is funded primarily through community subscriptions, grants and sponsorship. As a registered Deductible Gift Recipient, tax-deductible donations are accepted.

==Programming==

Announcers personally choose the on-air musical content, or station subscribers request tracks. Unlike other radio stations, there is no music or program director. There are coordinators for those departments, however the ultimate decision rests with the program makers who must abide by the station policy.

The station has set minimum quotas for music content since the 1980s with the original floor quotas set for female & Non-binary, Australian and New Zealand, Brisbane and South-East Queensland Artists. 4ZZZ also sets a target for New music (defined as any new song published in the last 4 months)

The quotas and targets have changed over the course of the station's history, with New Zealand quotas being dropped, and Quotas for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander produced content added. The below table is an abridged history of those changes

Quota Type	1980	2017	2019*
Female and Non Binary Artists	30%	50%**	50%
Australian Artists***	30%	50%	50%
Brisbane & South East Queensland Artists	15%	15%	30%
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Artists	-	-	5%
New Songs (Released in the last 4 months)	30%	30%	30%
* Current Quotas ** Aspirational Target set in 2017 *** Included New Zealand artists up to 2017

Request 3 — 50th Anniversary subsection

Please change:

==4ZZZ events==

The Hot 100 is currently broadcast New Years Day from Midday to approx 8 pm. In 2007, 4ZZZ commenced online voting. Songs from the previous year are voted for and listed as the winners of the year of release.

Fundraising events include:

* Dub Day Afternoon (usually November)

* Brain Banana (usually King's Birthday weekend, June)

* Birthday Party (near 8 December)

* Radiothon (usually August or September), a subscription drive

* Market Day, an outdoor festival featuring local music (annually previous to 2003)

To:

==4ZZZ events==

=== 50th Anniversary ===

To mark its 50th anniversary, 4ZZZ ran a four-month program of celebrations from 8 August to 8 December 2025, including live concerts, one-day festivals, panels, talks, art exhibitions, book launches and community events across Brisbane. The centrepiece event was ZED50, held on 25 October 2025 at Roma Street Parklands, Brisbane, across two stages with a lineup including The Saints 73-78, Regurgitator, Tropical Fuck Storm, Full Flower Moon Band, Butterfingers, Screamfeeder, Nice Biscuit, Party Dozen, Flangipanis and Velociraptor.

The Hot 100 is currently broadcast New Years Day from Midday to approx 8 pm. In 2007, 4ZZZ commenced online voting. Songs from the previous year are voted for and listed as the winners of the year of release.

Fundraising events include:

* Dub Day Afternoon (usually November)

* Brain Banana (usually King's Birthday weekend, June)

* Birthday Party (near 8 December)

* Radiothon (usually August or September), a subscription drive

* Market Day, an outdoor festival featuring local music (annually previous to 2003)

Request 4 — Sources section

Please change:

==References==

==External links==

* Official website

* Hot 100

* Finding feminist voices in the early years of Queensland community radio, State Library of Queensland

* Catherine Schusler photographs of the 4ZZZ building in Fortitude Valley, State Library of Queensland

To:

==Sources==

* Anderson, H. People Powered Radio: Fifty Years of Australian Community Radio Station 4ZZZ. Palgrave Macmillan, 2025. ISBN 9783032056887.

* Walker, Clinton (1996). Stranded: the secret history of Australian independent music, 1977–1991. Sydney: Pan MacMillan. ISBN 0-7329-0883-3.

==References==

==External links==

* Official website

* Hot 100

* Finding feminist voices in the early years of Queensland community radio, State Library of Queensland

* Catherine Schusler photographs of the 4ZZZ building in Fortitude Valley, State Library of Queensland

Request 5 — Infobox subchannel field

Please change the infobox from:

| frequency = 102.1 MHz FM (also on DAB+)

| translator =

| repeater =

| airdate = 4 March 1975 (1975-03-04)

To:

| frequency = 102.1 MHz FM

| translator =

| repeater =

| airdate = 4 March 1975 (1975-03-04)

| subchannels = Zed Digital (DAB+)

• Why it should be changed: == Why each change should be made ==

Request 1 — Zed Digital sentence The current article makes no mention of Zed Digital despite it being a distinct licensed broadcast service operated by 4ZZZ since 2011. The launch date is verifiable and was present in earlier versions of this article before recent reverts. The wording used here was proposed by editor ~2026-27060-62 on the Talk page and accepted by the requesting editor. Source is the independent CBAA DAB+ Directory, not the station itself.

Request 2 — Station philosophy and funding section This section existed in the article prior to recent reverts and contains the station's founding motto, its disability inclusion award, and a brief neutral funding description. The motto and Tony Staley Award content is sourced to the CBAA, an independent national body. The funding description is a single neutral sentence. This content is standard for community radio station articles and is not promotional in tone.

Request 3 — 50th Anniversary subsection The 50th anniversary of 4ZZZ in 2025 is a significant milestone in the station's history. Both sources — The Music (27 June 2025) and Noise11 (24 October 2025) — are independent Australian music publications with no affiliation to the station. The ZED50 concert on 25 October 2025 was a publicly reported event. This is straightforward verifiable historical information appropriate for the article.

Request 4 — Sources section Anderson, H. People Powered Radio: Fifty Years of Australian Community Radio Station 4ZZZ (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025, ISBN 9783032056887) is a peer-reviewed academic publication by a major international academic publisher. It is directly about the subject of this article and is a stronger source than most currently listed. The Walker 1996 book was present in earlier versions and is a recognised source on Australian independent music history. Neither book is affiliated with the station.

Request 5 — Infobox subchannel field The current infobox lists "(also on DAB+)" appended to the frequency field, which is not the correct infobox parameter for this information. The standard Wikipedia radio station infobox includes a dedicated subchannels field for exactly this purpose, used by comparable stations. Moving Zed Digital to the subchannels field is a formatting correction that accurately reflects the station's two distinct services without adding any promotional prose.

Expansive changes request for Zed Digital elucidation, following dispute on COI and promotional content

• What I think should be changed (include citations):

Request 1 — Zed Digital sentence

Please change:

   4ZZZ moved to new premises on Coronation Drive in Toowong. In 1994 the station was able to obtain a loan to buy the former headquarters of the Communist Party of Australia. 4ZZZ still broadcasts from these premises on Barry Parade in Fortitude Valley.

To:

   4ZZZ moved to new premises on Coronation Drive in Toowong. In 1994 the station was able to obtain a loan to buy the former headquarters of the Communist Party of Australia. 4ZZZ still broadcasts from these premises on Barry Parade in Fortitude Valley.

   Zed Digital is a sub-service of 4ZZZ which began broadcasting at midday on 14 May 2011. It carries an alternative programming schedule to that of the 102.1FM and Simulcast 4ZZZ DAB+ Service.[4]

Request 2 — Station philosophy and funding section

Please change:

   ==Programming==
   Announcers personally choose the on-air musical content, or station subscribers request tracks. Unlike other radio stations, there is no music or program director. There are coordinators for those departments, however the ultimate decision rests with the program makers who must abide by the station policy.
   The station has set minimum quotas for music content since the 1980s with the original floor quotas set for female & Non-binary, Australian and New Zealand, Brisbane and South-East Queensland Artists. 4ZZZ also sets a target for New music (defined as any new song published in the last 4 months)
   The quotas and targets have changed over the course of the station's history, with New Zealand quotas being dropped, and Quotas for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander produced content added. The below table is an abridged history of those changes

       |+
       !Quota Type
       !1980
       !2017
       !2019*
       |-
       |Female and Non Binary Artists
       |30%
       |50%**
       |50%
       |-
       |Australian Artists***
       |30%
       |50%
       |50%
       |-
       |Brisbane & South East Queensland Artists
       |15%
       |15%
       |30%
       |-
       |Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Artists
       | -
       | -
       |5%
       |-
       |New Songs (Released in the last 4 months)
       |30%
       |30%
       |30%
       |-
       | colspan="4" |* Current Quotas
       ** Aspirational Target set in 2017
       *** Included New Zealand artists up to 2017
       |}

   To:

       ==Station philosophy and funding==
       The motto for the station is agitate, educate, organise. (The saying dates from New York in the early 1880s.)[5] They aim to "Provide a voice for marginalised communities".[6]
       The station's volunteers have won many awards including Community Broadcasting Association of Australia awards and national media awards.
       In 2015 4ZZZ won the Tony Staley Award for excellence in community broadcasting for its efforts to include more people with a disability via the Ability Radio Project and appointed the first Station Advocate for People with a Disability in 2017.[7]
       4ZZZ is funded primarily through community subscriptions, grants and sponsorship. As a registered Deductible Gift Recipient, tax-deductible donations are accepted.[8]
       ==Programming==
       Announcers personally choose the on-air musical content, or station subscribers request tracks. Unlike other radio stations, there is no music or program director. There are coordinators for those departments, however the ultimate decision rests with the program makers who must abide by the station policy.
       The station has set minimum quotas for music content since the 1980s with the original floor quotas set for female & Non-binary, Australian and New Zealand, Brisbane and South-East Queensland Artists. 4ZZZ also sets a target for New music (defined as any new song published in the last 4 months)
       The quotas and targets have changed over the course of the station's history, with New Zealand quotas being dropped, and Quotas for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander produced content added. The below table is an abridged history of those changes

       |+
       !Quota Type
       !1980
       !2017
       !2019*
       |-
       |Female and Non Binary Artists
       |30%
       |50%**
       |50%
       |-
       |Australian Artists***
       |30%
       |50%
       |50%
       |-
       |Brisbane & South East Queensland Artists
       |15%
       |15%
       |30%
       |-
       |Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Artists
       | -
       | -
       |5%
       |-
       |New Songs (Released in the last 4 months)
       |30%
       |30%
       |30%
       |-
       | colspan="4" |* Current Quotas
       ** Aspirational Target set in 2017
       *** Included New Zealand artists up to 2017
       |}

   Request 3 — 50th Anniversary subsection

   Please change:

       ==4ZZZ events==
       The Hot 100 is currently broadcast New Years Day from Midday to approx 8 pm. In 2007, 4ZZZ commenced online voting. Songs from the previous year are voted for and listed as the winners of the year of release.
       Fundraising events include:
       * Dub Day Afternoon (usually November)
       * Brain Banana (usually King's Birthday weekend, June)
       * Birthday Party (near 8 December)
       * Radiothon (usually August or September), a subscription drive
       * Market Day, an outdoor festival featuring local music (annually previous to 2003)

   To:

       ==4ZZZ events==
       === 50th Anniversary ===
       To mark its 50th anniversary, 4ZZZ ran a four-month program of celebrations from 8 August to 8 December 2025, including live concerts, one-day festivals, panels, talks, art exhibitions, book launches and community events across Brisbane.[9] The centrepiece event was ZED50, held on 25 October 2025 at Roma Street Parklands, Brisbane, across two stages with a lineup including The Saints 73-78, Regurgitator, Tropical Fuck Storm, Full Flower Moon Band, Butterfingers, Screamfeeder, Nice Biscuit, Party Dozen, Flangipanis and Velociraptor.[10]
       The Hot 100 is currently broadcast New Years Day from Midday to approx 8 pm. In 2007, 4ZZZ commenced online voting. Songs from the previous year are voted for and listed as the winners of the year of release.
       Fundraising events include:
       * Dub Day Afternoon (usually November)
       * Brain Banana (usually King's Birthday weekend, June)
       * Birthday Party (near 8 December)
       * Radiothon (usually August or September), a subscription drive
       * Market Day, an outdoor festival featuring local music (annually previous to 2003)

   Request 4 — Sources section

   Please change:

       ==References==

       "Community Radio DAB+ Directory". Community Broadcasting Association of Australia. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
       "About". 4ZZZ. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
       "Community Radio DAB+ Directory". Community Broadcasting Association of Australia. Retrieved 5 May 2026.  {{cite web}}: Empty citation (help): Check date values in: |access-date= (help); line feed character in |access-date= at position 7 (help); line feed character in |website= at position 11 (help)
       "Community Radio DAB+ Directory". Community Broadcasting Association of Australia. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
       Robert Allen (2017). "Agitate, Educate, and Organize: Radical Networks in New York in the Early 1880s". Organizing Democracy. pp. 211–231. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-50020-1_11. ISBN 978-3-319-50019-5. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
       It's All About Community – Documentary film, 2016 (In production, as of 29 September 2016)
       "4ZZZ appoints advocate for people with a disability to increase inclusion". Community Broadcasting Association of Australia. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
       "Support 4ZZZ". 4ZZZ. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
       "4ZZZ Reveals Four-Month Program To Celebrate Its 50th Anniversary". The Music. 27 June 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
       "4ZZZ's ZED50 Lineup Brings Brisbane Pioneers And New Voices Together". Noise11. 24 October 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2026.

       ==External links==
       * Official website
       * Hot 100
       * Finding feminist voices in the early years of Queensland community radio, State Library of Queensland
       * Catherine Schusler photographs of the 4ZZZ building in Fortitude Valley, State Library of Queensland

   To:

       ==Sources==
       * Anderson, H. People Powered Radio: Fifty Years of Australian Community Radio Station 4ZZZ. Palgrave Macmillan, 2025. ISBN 9783032056887.
       * Walker, Clinton (1996). Stranded: the secret history of Australian independent music, 1977–1991. Sydney: Pan MacMillan. ISBN 0-7329-0883-3.
       ==References==

       ==External links==
       * Official website
       * Hot 100
       * Finding feminist voices in the early years of Queensland community radio, State Library of Queensland
       * Catherine Schusler photographs of the 4ZZZ building in Fortitude Valley, State Library of Queensland

   Request 5 — Infobox subchannel field

   Please change the infobox from:

       | frequency = 102.1 MHz FM (also on DAB+)
       | translator =
       | repeater =
       | airdate = 4 March 1975

   To:

       | frequency = 102.1 MHz FM
       | translator =
       | repeater =
       | airdate = 4 March 1975
       | subchannels = Zed Digital (DAB+)

• Why it should be changed:

   Request 1 — Zed Digital sentence The current article makes no mention of Zed Digital despite it being a distinct licensed broadcast service operated by 4ZZZ since 2011. The launch date is verifiable and was present in earlier versions of this article before recent reverts. The wording used here was proposed by editor ~2026-27060-62 on the Talk page and accepted by the requesting editor. Source is the independent CBAA DAB+ Directory, not the station itself.

   Request 2 — Station philosophy and funding section This section existed in the article prior to recent reverts and contains the station's founding motto, its disability inclusion award, and a brief neutral funding description. The motto and Tony Staley Award content is sourced to the CBAA, an independent national body. The funding description is a single neutral sentence. This content is standard for community radio station articles and is not promotional in tone.

   Request 3 — 50th Anniversary subsection The 50th anniversary of 4ZZZ in 2025 is a significant milestone in the station's history. Both sources — The Music (27 June 2025) and Noise11 (24 October 2025) — are independent Australian music publications with no affiliation to the station. The ZED50 concert on 25 October 2025 was a publicly reported event. This is straightforward verifiable historical information appropriate for the article.

   Request 4 — Sources section Anderson, H. People Powered Radio: Fifty Years of Australian Community Radio Station 4ZZZ (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025, ISBN 9783032056887) is a peer-reviewed academic publication by a major international academic publisher. It is directly about the subject of this article and is a stronger source than most currently listed. The Walker 1996 book was present in earlier versions and is a recognised source on Australian independent music history. Neither book is affiliated with the station.

   Request 5 — Infobox subchannel field The current infobox lists "(also on DAB+)" appended to the frequency field, which is not the correct infobox parameter for this information. The standard Wikipedia radio station infobox includes a dedicated subchannels field for exactly this purpose, used by comparable stations. Moving Zed Digital to the subchannels field is a formatting correction that accurately reflects the station's two distinct services without adding any promotional prose. 

Anakim2999 (talk) 05:43, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

Hi @Anakim2999, I'm taking a look at this and frankly overwhelmed by the number of requests and headlines and drowning in AI-generated prose. Let me make some comments as to the five requests mentioned at the end of all of this. As a note, I'm the primary maintainer of {{Infobox radio station}} and a major creator and maintainer of broadcasting articles.

Before I begin, and in part because we've been rapidly building up our policy and it's shifted even since the start of the year: We are largely an AI-generated prose-free zone, both in articles and in discussions. Don't go using AI to generate article text or even discussion posts like this one.

• 1 and 5. |subchannels= exists in {{Infobox radio station}} not for the purpose for which you're looking to use it, and it's not really used in countries that have DAB broadcasting. In fact, only one Australian radio station article uses it: SBS Radio. (I'd probably put that content in the sister stations field a la Absolute Radio.) We have this parameter really for the system used to transmit digital radio in North America, which is called HD Radio. Unlike with DAB, in North America digital radio stations are subchannels tied to specific FM frequencies. The correct way to list that a station broadcasts on DAB is in the |frequency= parameter.
  • If there is relevant information from independent sources about Zed Digital, a level-2 header may be worth the trouble.
• 2. "This section existed in the article prior to recent reverts". Yeah, and it looks like an editor came through and correctly cleared it of all the promotional material. Radio stations like 4ZZZ that have a lot of volunteers can accumulate crud really quickly. Looking at the last revision before Viewmont Viking's big cleanup, I'd probably have kept this passage: 4ZZZ is funded primarily through annual community subscriptions. Grants account for approximately 13% of total income, with sponsorship making up a further 30%. Information on funding of non-profit broadcast stations belongs in their articles. Things like a motto and minor awards do not belong unless people talk about them in independent, reliable sources and make them the subject of external criticism and discussion.
• 3. Information on the 50th anniversary is undue and overly promotional.
• 4. I'd add these book sources if there were citations to them from elsewhere in the article that were specific in nature. I can't make suggestions on what to add because I do not have access to them.

Please do not hesitate to reach out. Wikipedia can be intimidating, but this is my field, and I have a lot of content experience to help guide you. The article as it stands needs some additional citations, and the history section is a bit empty after the 90s. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 06:11, 15 May 2026 (UTC)

Major cleanup work required

This article requires further cleanup, I've removed some of the fluff form the history section that is either non-cited or promotional in tone, there is still examples in there where they sit boarder line.

ie; The station's first studios were constructed by announcing staff and volunteers, using second-hand building materials and furniture. Announcer John Woods launched the station with The Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again" at Midday 8 December 1975 (a month after The Dismissal) were they? likely were, but need something more.

ie: 4ZZZ moved to new premises on Coronation Drive in Toowong and in 1994 the station moved to its current location on Barry Parade in Fortitude Valley. when did 4zzz move to Toowong?

example of a removal:

This model inspired other stations across the state. Today, there are 70 community radio stations in Queensland, including Indigenous services. Despite the significant contributions of women, trans, and non-binary individuals, their roles have often been overlooked." this is option or is it motioned that being first did inspire 70 other broadcasters? Soletrain (talk) 16:57, 17 May 2026 (UTC) ~2026-29525-70 (talk) 16:47, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

Good golly this is a tire fire. There's a lot here, clearly. The early history is very obviously turbulent, as the sources I'm pulling up can attest, but this is not a radio market I'm terribly familiar with. @Soletrain, I'd be happy to assist in getting this article into shape because I can sense this station had an outsized role in Queensland political history and the development of a music scene in Brisbane. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 20:27, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

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