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Deadly Sounds is a national weekly Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander music program presented by Rhoda Roberts, journalist, actor and author. Deadly Sounds features music, culture, information and sport in a positive magazine format. Deadly Sounds supports a positive healthy lifestyle without too much alcohol and without drugs.

The show is broadcast through the community radio network as well as the National Indigenous Radio Service to almost 200 stations across Australia. In addition Deadly Sounds is broadcast through the Broadcasting in Remote Areas and Communities (BRACS) transmitter network to over 70 remote stations. BRACS is an Aboriginal - owned and controlled network. Deadly Sounds broadcasts to every State and Territory in Australia.

Deadly Sounds is for young Aboriginal people, but has appeal for people of all ages. Each week a high profile Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person is interviewed.

Deadly Sounds has been on air now for ten years and provides an excellent professional platform on which to promote new Indigenous music and showcase the range of Indigenous cultures and music within Australia.

Within the hour-long show, 10 Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander music tracks are played, culminating in the number one-selling Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander track for the week being announced.

Deadly Sounds has established the National Indigenous Music Awards, (aka 'The Deadlys'), recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander achievement in the music industry.

About Rhoda

Our deadly host, Rhoda Roberts has been the presenter of Deadly Sounds for more than 700 shows since the program began.

Rhoda Roberts is a member of the Bundjalung nation, Wiyebal clan of northern NSW and south-east Queensland. Her career in the arts and the media is impressive showcasing her versatility as a writer, performer, actor, presenter, director, journalist, arts advisor and artistic director.

Rhoda is currently the Artistic Director of the annual Dreaming Festival in Woodford Queensland – an international Indigenous festival celebrating art and culture of the world’s Indigenous peoples.   And in 2009 she became the first ever female to  be appointed as Creative  Director, Sydney New Years Eve Celebrations for the City of Sydney, a role she will continue in 2010.

In the media, Rhoda came to prominence in 1989 as the first Aboriginal to host a national prime-time current affairs program, SBS Television’s First in Line. She has been a journalist and presenter on SBS TV’s Vox Populi and has also worked as a presenter for Network Ten and ABC Radio where she worked as a producer and journalist, and the presenter of ABC Radio National’s Awaye! Program.

In 2000 Rhoda was appointed to the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG) as one of 24 Creative Directors responsible for devising components of the opening ceremony.  She was also SOCOG’s Indigenous cultural advisor.

Rhoda’s involvement in the arts is exhaustive. She was a founding member of Australia's first Aboriginal theatre company, the Aboriginal National Theatre Trust (ANTT), and as an actor/producer and director continues to work in theatre, film, television and radio.

Last Updated on Thursday, 17 March 2011 21:09