In line with the Station Charter and the general Program Policies, 2SER will present a diverse and challenging range of music that will fulfil the following functions:

1. Programs will emphasise and expand the role of music in defining and realising the identity of the station as a community educational broadcaster.

2. Programs will maintain a commitment to music that is composed and produced in Australia in terms of both its Asian-Pacific and International context.

3. Programs will be responsive to, and questioning of, the distinctive social and political role of music in the formation of an equitable multicultural and multilingual society.

4. There will be an ongoing development of innovative and experimental approaches to both music programming and content that distinguishes itself from the demands and ideologies of the recording and entertainment industries.

5. The station will ensure that it is at the forefront of music programming and content by identifying and anticipating transformations in, and expectations of, both a specialist and a general audience.

6. Programs will emphasise the relation of music to educational processes, to alternative ideas and to the principles of social justice, as they appear in the station's mission statement.

7. Programs will identify and develop an understanding of the importance of a range of musical styles and cultures within the community.

8. The station will maintain a commitment to new developments (eg new formats, digital systems, etc in the production, distribution and reception of music at all levels of the community.

9. The station reserves the right to broadcast musical and lyrical material that some people might find offensive, if such usage is considered appropriate and justified in context.

10. Music programming will observe all the relevant laws, regulations, and standards applicable to radio broadcasting and adhere to the Community Broadcasting Codes of Practice.