Jim Beatson News Today

Founders, volunteers, presenters and performers look back at the fun, fundraising, anarchy and joy of launching a community-run station

Cate Coorey Jim and Mary are moving to Queensland. I am pretty sad about it. They are my friends and, even if you don’t know them, they have been your friends too because, separately and together, they have done so much for Byron – and we are all the beneficiaries. I want to talk about them both, only as a personal reflection, since a few lines can’t begin to cover who they are or all they have done for this Shire they are leaving. In the late 1990s I used to present a film program that w...