Matt Perrett bids adieu to RTRFM as search for new Music Director begins

Ahead of its 50th anniversary in 2027, Perth community radio station RTRFM is searching for a new Music Director, with long-time musical custodian Matthew Perrett set to step down at the end of February.

“RTRFM has been a huge part of my life,” said Perrett. “The chance to support the West Australian music scene, one of the most creative and resilient communities around, is something I’ll always carry with me.”

Perrett first stepped into RTRFM as a volunteer in 2018 before taking the reins as Music Director in 2021, going on to shape much of the station’s sonic identity over the past four and a half years.

During his time in the role, he has hosted Drivetime and the new release program Out to Lunch and has been instrumental in the development and curation of RTRFM’s online-only sister station, RTR2, which launched in 2024. He has also spent the past four and a half years championing local artists and alternative music from around the globe, spotlighting more than 200 feature albums from WA and countless individual acts and songs.

“Matt’s going to be seriously missed, not just here at the station, but in wider Boorloo, where he has helped foster an incredibly rich music scene as a performer, promoter, broadcaster and music director,” said RTRFM’s General Manager Simon Miraudo. “It will be difficult to find someone to step into his shoes and blaze their own trail at RTRFM, but I am heartened that we live in a state with such an incredible breadth of talented artists and music lovers from which to choose,” he added.

RTRFM is searching for a new Music Director, with long-time musical custodian Matthew Perrett set to step down at the end of February. To support RTRFM during Radiothon, head to rtrfm.com.au