2RES - Eastside 89.7 FM

2RES - Eastside 89.7 FM has broadcast from Paddington since 1983, one of Sydney's longest-running community licences. Run by the Radio Eastern Sydney Co-operative with volunteers and a small core staff, it reaches the eastern suburbs, the inner west and - on a good signal - as far as the Blue Mountains.

The programming is specialist by design: jazz in all its styles from swing to bebop to fusion, alongside soul, blues and funk, Cuban and Brazilian grooves, gypsy, world music and dance. Uniquely, the station runs no playlists - presenters, many of them Sydney musicians and artists themselves, choose every record - and weekday mornings add serious arts coverage, from visual art to literature.

Its monthly Eastside Live at 505 nights in Surry Hills are broadcast on air with proceeds funding the station. Free to stream worldwide, Eastside makes an easy specialist-music web radio listen - from Paddington's terraces to anywhere jazz travels.