Pilot- Mark Whalan, Claire Roberts, Pacific Avenue

This is the first episode of Kiama Community Radio. Join your co-hosts Graeme Gherashe and Diana McLaren to learn more about us and what we do. We have three incredible interviews for you. Historian Mark Whalan opens the pilot, chatting with presenter Gabi Cabral about how he’s been immersed in Kiama local history since childhood after his mother helped found the Pilot's Cottage Museum. This led to him looking at Kiama history with the eyes of a journalist on the blog kiamalocalhistory. Drummer Dom Littrich from Gerringong/Kiama band Pacific Avenue talks to presenter Helen Lear about life as a musician in lockdown following the band’s blazing success in 2019, a year which saw the release of their debut EP “Strawberry Skies”, a sold-out national tour and playing alongside the likes of Tash Sultana, Ocean Alley, Lime Cordiale and The Vanns. Claire Roberts is an event coordinator, musician and manager of the Kiama Makers & Growers Market. She is heavily involved in the music industry, having been a full-time musician for over thirty years and is on the committee of the Illawarra Folk Club. She talks to presenter Glenn Shepherd about how the business has changed during the pandemic and the future of local markets in 2020.