tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18456535545126259152024-03-04T21:33:44.754-08:00The Listener-InGuide to vintage Australian airchecks online.
Where to find audio clips of real broadcasts from the 50s, 60s and 70s.
Mainly Top-40 DJs on AM radio, before commercial FM began in Australia.
Lyn Nuttallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02787764444828858061noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1845653554512625915.post-35159806253280896022022-07-26T01:15:00.012-07:002023-03-03T18:28:06.525-08:00The Frankster Archives: historic Australian audio and video<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCIDgKuHsTs90pcHOmB31Wtz7UxPep2nrM5myF0-DAEDoJulkPR3P0JpdnehAuTmStVlieYL98epcGmKU6WyvbtXqizckC58EUEY8eMpSpHRZjeWknK45MFopxP3QE82GGz46JznEpYG78j5ONuZNvjAsFYmFRMQhoVgOu4rwfdD5E9XjqZqmX1g/s477/2HD%20SWINGING.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="380" data-original-width="477" height="140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCIDgKuHsTs90pcHOmB31Wtz7UxPep2nrM5myF0-DAEDoJulkPR3P0JpdnehAuTmStVlieYL98epcGmKU6WyvbtXqizckC58EUEY8eMpSpHRZjeWknK45MFopxP3QE82GGz46JznEpYG78j5ONuZNvjAsFYmFRMQhoVgOu4rwfdD5E9XjqZqmX1g/w176-h140/2HD%20SWINGING.png" width="176" /></a></i></div><p></p><p>This is a vast collection of radio airchecks and other audio and video over many decades. Also included are some untouched images of original tape packets or audiocassette cases, along with historic scrawls in Biro or felt pen. </p><p>It isn't indexed, so you will need to do some browsing and site searches [<a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Ffranksterarchives.org%2F+%22john+laws%22&sxsrf=ALiCzsYkPoQc5GRH-7iJ-yK834u7QnCClw%3A1660895423047&ei=v0D_YtXEAsyM4-EPgZWwmAo&ved=0ahUKEwiVoMzNtdL5AhVMxjgGHYEKDKMQ4dUDCA4&oq=site%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Ffranksterarchives.org%2F+%22john+laws%22&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAxKBAhBGAFKBAhGGABQ3QdYmyZgqD1oAXAAeACAAaYCiAGtE5IBBjAuMTAuMpgBAKABAcABAQ&sclient=gws-wiz"><u>like this one</u></a> for "John Laws"]. It is a unique and magnificent collection, carefully curated.</p><div><blockquote style="background-color: #e6f2ff; border: 1px solid rgb(102, 102, 102); padding: 10px;"><b>The Frankster Archives</b>:<i> Saving audiovisual history one tape at a time</i><br />
<br /><a href="http://franksterarchives.org"><b>franksterarchives.org</b></a><br />
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<b>AM stations </b>1950s-70s:<br />
<b>2HD </b>Newcastle<br /><b>2SM </b>Sydney<br b="" /><b>3UZ</b> <span style="background-color: transparent;">Melbourne</span><br /><b style="background-color: transparent;">4BC</b><span style="background-color: transparent;"> Brisbane</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent;">Browse site for more</span><b><br/ ><br/ >
Some announcers you can hear at The Frankster Archive</b>:<br /><b>John Laws </b>on 2SM Sydney in 1958<br /><b>Ken Sparkes </b>on 3UZ Melbourne in 1965-68<br /><b>Alan Lappan</b> on 3UZ Melbourne in 1969<br /><b>Graham Cherry</b> on 3UZ Melbourne in 1969<br /><b>Sam Anglesey</b> on 3UZ Melbourne in 1969<br />
<br />+ Extensive collection of audio and video material from several decades including airchecks, audition tapes, production tapes. Includes videos.</blockquote></div>
Lyn Nuttallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02787764444828858061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1845653554512625915.post-68501908149689553282021-11-20T00:23:00.011-08:002023-03-03T18:29:17.237-08:00Ian Davidson (2LF 3BO 2CH), aka Ian Damon (Radio London) <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUecRkgwUBR7eBHgdrR3JqfYd7GeWA-C7JiiRsQ9wqNWtcIym1t-HWe7gLEgGyvzke2X3vw1HMbUPuDMmmYvyhaw0dyExYWDficH7y1bKLA7EeO1apIzi5y5ddH_FdzXdvfENA_BpndQ/s1600/2lf+id+3.jpg"><img align="right" border="0" data-original-height="158" data-original-width="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUecRkgwUBR7eBHgdrR3JqfYd7GeWA-C7JiiRsQ9wqNWtcIym1t-HWe7gLEgGyvzke2X3vw1HMbUPuDMmmYvyhaw0dyExYWDficH7y1bKLA7EeO1apIzi5y5ddH_FdzXdvfENA_BpndQ/s1600/2lf+id+3.jpg" /></a> <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><b>Repost with updates</b></span><p><b>Ian Damon</b> was nicknamed <b>'The Wombat'</b> when he <a href="http://www.offshoreradio.co.uk/djsd.htm"><u><span style="color: black;">worked at British pirate station Radio London</span></u></a> in the late 60s, one of many Australian deejays heard on the pirates.</p><p>In Australia, using his real name <b>Ian Davidson</b>, he had been heard on country stations <b>2RG</b> Griffith and <b>2LF</b> Young 1954-1961.</p><p><b>Ian's </b>website includes a rare 16-minute audio clip from <b>2LF</b> Young in 1961, as well as later clips from <b>3BO, </b><b>2WL,</b> <b>2CH and 4TO</b>.</p><p>
Ian's radio career would take him to a wide variety of stations over the decades in Australia, England and Europe (there's a long list on his home page). His
site is a record of his early career in country radio, his Radio London days in in the late 60s, and the earliest days of his career upon returning to Australia from the UK, when he went back to using his real name. <br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Photo</b> from Ian Davidson's site, cropped and reduced. <a href="http://idthewombat.co.uk/wp/?page_id=84"><u><span style="color: black;">Full sized photo here</span></u></a>.<br /><b>2LF print snippet</b> (1940) from <a href="http://mahercup.com.au/blog/2015/06/16/2lfs-history-of-the-maher-cup/"><u><span style="color: black;">mahoncup.com.au</span></u></a></span><br />
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<b>Ian Davidson aka Ian 'The Wombat' Damon</b><br />
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<a href="http://idthewombat.co.uk/"><u><span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif" style="color: blue;"><b>idthewombat.co.uk</b></span></u></a><u><span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif" style="color: blue;"><b> </b></span></u><br />
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<b>You can hear</b>:<br />
<b>Ian Davidson</b> on <b>2LF </b>Young in 1961<br /><b><b>Ian Davidson</b> </b>on<b> 3BO</b> Bendigo 1968<br /><b>Ian Davidson </b><span style="background-color: transparent;">on</span><b style="background-color: transparent;"> 2WL</b><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">Wollongong 1969</span><br /><b style="background-color: transparent;">Ian Davidson</b><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">on</span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span><b style="background-color: transparent;">2CH </b><span style="background-color: transparent;">Sydney 1971</span><br /><b style="background-color: transparent;">Ian Davidson</b><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">on</span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span><b style="background-color: transparent;">4TO </b><span style="background-color: transparent;">Townsville 1972</span>
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<b>Other content</b><br />• The story of Ian's radio career from radio school in Sydney to pirate radio in offshore Britain<br />• Some great photos from country stations from the 1950s.<br />• A YouTube video with audio from his pirate radio days.<br />• Later history up to <b>2CH </b>Sydney and<b> 4TO</b> Townsville at the beginning of the 70s.<br /><br /><span style="color: #990000;"><b>The audio player at Ian's site doesn't appear on my Firefox browser.</b><br /><b>It works for me on Edge or on Safari mobile. </b></span></blockquote><p><br /></p><br />Lyn Nuttallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02787764444828858061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1845653554512625915.post-79939422592618597702018-02-09T03:14:00.004-08:002023-03-30T19:14:30.468-07:00'Audio Nostalgia': Mad Mel and Ward 'Pally' Austin The 'Audio Nostalgia' page is a collection of airchecks and jingles collected off the Net at vk6fh.com, a <a href="http://www.vk6fh.com/vk6fh/12au7regen.htm"><u><span style="color: black;">technical website</span></u></a> for radio enthusiasts.
Most of the files seem to be compilations of jingles or station IDS rather than program airchecks.<br />
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They're not brilliantly labelled, so you have to listen to find out what's there, but I'm not complaining because here are clips of two Sydney radio legends, <b>Mad Mel</b> on <b>2SM</b> and <b>Ward 'Pally' Austin </b>on <b>2UW</b>.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVQ1GvQuiasv7JTqnYHFmJNAp0ib5FtjijXKrJADJmHvyK9x4Oa5SbTPyJOrhdRqy_K1JSreKOxC6G5s5fl4E-_z4uG4vxhp0MZt8niXZVdo98M0WYAtYcsNzvdD1Z12sH79hKwpCOEQ/s1600/new+2uw_enhanced+plus.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img align="right" border="0" data-original-height="40" data-original-width="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVQ1GvQuiasv7JTqnYHFmJNAp0ib5FtjijXKrJADJmHvyK9x4Oa5SbTPyJOrhdRqy_K1JSreKOxC6G5s5fl4E-_z4uG4vxhp0MZt8niXZVdo98M0WYAtYcsNzvdD1Z12sH79hKwpCOEQ/s1600/new+2uw_enhanced+plus.jpg" /></a><br />
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<b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Mel"><u><span style="color: black;"><b>Mad Mel</b></span></u></a></b> was a Canadian, one of the <b>2SM </b>Good Guys, who famously had fans knit a ridiculously long scarf which he presented to The Beatles during their 1964 tour of Australia.<br />
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I used to hear <b>Mel</b> in Victoria when <b>2SM</b> would come in clearly after dusk, along with a bunch of other distant stations that would disappear with the dawn. He was a zany guy, a madcap in the old <i>Mad</i> magazine comic-book style. On the day that news of JFK's assassination reached Australia, though, <b>Mel's </b>night shift was given over to sedate orchestral music, with Mel coming on between tracks to give the station's callsign in a sober voice that was the opposite of his usual delivery.
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<a href="http://www.milesago.com/people/austin-ward.htm"><u><span style="color: black;"><b>Ward Austin</b></span></u></a> was terrific, with a relaxed Australian style that (from my distant view in Victoria) suggested surfin' and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTugUfEb_f4"><u><span style="color: black;">stompin' at Maroubra</span></u></a>. In one of these clips he's anticipating the imminent release of the Beatles film <i>A Hard Day's Night</i> (he was right, we would love it, as he predicts). The clip labelled here as <b>Rod Christopher </b>is actually <b>Austin</b> signing off from a show with his famous "a-rickapoodie and a-fandoogalie", and he mentions that <b>Christopher's</b> show is coming up.<br />
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The clips of <b>Stan Rofe</b> and <b>Don Lunn </b>on <b>3UZ</b> have been posted elsewhere online but if you haven't heard them this is as good a place as any. <b>Don Lunn's </b>is actually a tribute mix that I first heard on YouTube, and although it's not a program excerpt it is a fine introduction to the <b>Lunn </b>style.<br />
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<b>'Audio Nostalgia' </b>at vk6fh.com<br />
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<a href="http://www.vk6fh.com/vk6fh/off%20air%20AM%20bcst%2002.htm"><u><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;"><b>vk6fh.com</b></span></u></a><br />
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<b>AM stations 1950s-70s</b>:<br />
<b>2SM 2UW</b> Sydney<br />
<b>3UZ </b>Melbourne
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<b>Some announcers you can hear at </b><b>'Audio Nostalgia'</b>:<br />
<b>Mad Mel</b> on <b>2SM </b>Sydney in 1969<br />
<b>Ward 'Pally' Austin</b> on <b>2UW</b> Sydney in 1964<br />
<b>Stan Rofe</b> on <b>3UZ</b> Melbourne in 1970
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<b>Other content</b><br />
<b>• Ward Austin</b> signing off before <b>Rod Christopher's</b> shift on <b>2UW</b><br /><b>• </b>Station ID jingles<br />
<b>• </b><b>Don Lunn</b>, <b>3UZ </b>Melbourne tribute mix<br /><b>• </b>News intro mix</blockquote>
Lyn Nuttallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02787764444828858061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1845653554512625915.post-18144714991272975232018-01-30T23:04:00.003-08:002023-03-30T19:15:00.407-07:00Ian Wright's collection at Soundcloud<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8fvrnLpdcxqaf7eJbDNDzvRrSDrG-bu3920fPFWuVdQoTewnWeMSG97M9LQUn0kYryf8xnTJwjTflZGEtsZuwQn_nfIUgs70bcOlziHAnOHcv2p8VpdLjSaFjLvV6RQxIGVkFxPh4dA/s1600/2SM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img align="right" border="0" data-original-height="101" data-original-width="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8fvrnLpdcxqaf7eJbDNDzvRrSDrG-bu3920fPFWuVdQoTewnWeMSG97M9LQUn0kYryf8xnTJwjTflZGEtsZuwQn_nfIUgs70bcOlziHAnOHcv2p8VpdLjSaFjLvV6RQxIGVkFxPh4dA/s1600/2SM.jpg" /></a>This is a collection of assorted audio clips posted by radio man <b><a href="http://www.voiceovertheworld.com.au/"><u><span style="color: black;">Ian Wright</span></u><u><span style="color: black;"></span></u></a></b>. His own <a href="https://radioinfo.com.au/people/faces/detail/12618"><u><span style="color: black;">career</span></u></a> began at <b>2KM </b>Kempsey in the early 70s, and has covered announcing, sales and management at many stations including<b> 3LK</b> Horsham, <b>2AD </b>Armidale (very briefly),<b> 5KA</b> and<b> 5AA</b> Adelaide, and <b>2BE</b> Bega.<br />
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Ian is now with <a href="https://www.5mu.com.au/info/meet-the-sales-team"><u><span style="color: black;"><b>5MU</b> Murray Bridge</span></u></a> out of Victor Harbor on the Fleurieu Peninsula of South Australia, handling sales as well as on-air and voiceover work. He has also been heard on community station <b>5EFM</b> in Victor Harbor. A <a href="https://www.radioinfo.com.au/news/parish-pump-broadcasting-done-wright"><u><span style="color: black;">2013 profile</span></u></a> by Keith McGowan at RadioInfo gives a nice snapshot of Ian's work at <b>5MU</b>.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz6jGFEV0tcglEyzBLjA5nT1_AyDr-Cg_YkndrqxPedt7I9z6ICoU8RUNRZoacjOulS5cdl_rhuK5mEeoRwCNejFTQOz-p81j2FDrxP12p62_SK7qrrkI5TLw7y83mZAlq9FSIUh6dsA/s1600/5ka+75-78+cropped.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img align="right" border="0" data-original-height="91" data-original-width="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz6jGFEV0tcglEyzBLjA5nT1_AyDr-Cg_YkndrqxPedt7I9z6ICoU8RUNRZoacjOulS5cdl_rhuK5mEeoRwCNejFTQOz-p81j2FDrxP12p62_SK7qrrkI5TLw7y83mZAlq9FSIUh6dsA/s1600/5ka+75-78+cropped.jpg" /></a><br />
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A highlight in Ian's collection is <b><u><span style="color: black;">Alan McGirvan</span></u></b> making one of his in-character prank calls, this time as Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac. These calls were a feature of his morning show on <b>4IP</b> in Ipswich, not far from Brisbane where much of its audience was found. Before <b>4IP</b>, McGirvan had been a foundation announcer on <b>2JJ </b>in Sydney, the AM station that went FM as part of the ABC's national <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_J"><u><span style="color: black;">Triple J</span></u></a></b> network.<br />
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<b>Ian Wright's collection</b> at Soundcloud<br />
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<a href="https://soundcloud.com/ian-wright-1"><u><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;"><b>soundcloud.com/ian-wright-1</b></span></u></a><br />
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<b>AM stations </b>1950s-70s:<br />
<b>2UW</b> Sydney
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<b>3KZ</b> Melbourne
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<b>4IP</b> Ipswich-Brisbane
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<b>5KA</b> Adelaide
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<b>Some announcers you can hear in </b><b>Ian Wright's collection</b>:<br />
<b>John Burnley</b> on <b>2SM</b> Sydney in 1971<br />
<b>David White</b> on <b>2SM</b> Sydney in 1974<br />
<b>Barry Bissell</b> on <b>5KA</b> Adelaide in 1975
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<br /><b>Other content includes</b><br /><b>• </b>History of radio feature<br />
<b>• </b><b>Alan McGirvan</b> phone prank on <b>4IP</b> Ipswich, 1970s<br /><b>• </b>Radio jingles<br />
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<b>+</b> Audio clips from several decades, covering news, music and entertainment on AM and FM radio. You can also hear audio of Ian on-air at community station <b>5E-FM</b> in Victor Harbor.</blockquote>
Lyn Nuttallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02787764444828858061noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1845653554512625915.post-68368724749993989632018-01-26T18:29:00.006-08:002023-03-30T19:15:19.094-07:00'Out of the 3UZ Archives'<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibNxzWmfX5Av0DiGTtLip0jrxAKDqPkVYsl5Ge1ZjaQbg_OujnVGvmO8FNu_LyBaeEDH4RWI9PsrOTZJWz7TG8NAmmniab-6RyG3gbJbPFLb8jTPYEIAGIwFJOOjbN3dW-z4cQkF88UQ/s1600/3uz+930.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img align="right" border="0" data-original-height="56" data-original-width="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibNxzWmfX5Av0DiGTtLip0jrxAKDqPkVYsl5Ge1ZjaQbg_OujnVGvmO8FNu_LyBaeEDH4RWI9PsrOTZJWz7TG8NAmmniab-6RyG3gbJbPFLb8jTPYEIAGIwFJOOjbN3dW-z4cQkF88UQ/s1600/3uz+930.JPG" /></a>This collection was posted to Soundcloud to commemorate <a href="https://www.radioinfo.com.au/news/3uz-returns-airwaves-one-day-only"><u><span style="color: black;">the 90th anniversary of <b>3UZ</b></span></u></a>, Melbourne's best-rating Top 40 station in the 60s. It is now rebranded as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSN_Racing_%26_Sport"><u><span style="color: black;"><b>RSN Racing & Sport</b></span></u></a>, owned by Victoria's racing bodies. The familiar frequency <b>930</b> kHz (<i>Dial nine-three-o</i>, went the jingle) was changed to <b>927</b> in 1978 when the spacing between AM stations went to 9 kHz instead of 10.<br />
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The highlight is an 8½ minute aircheck of <b>Don Lunn</b> on his breakfast show in 1968. He was one of the greats, adapting the fast American style to an Australian context. His delivery had a rhythm to it that was almost musical (he even breaks into singing now and then). His accent wasn't exactly American, although he bent some vowel sounds slightly towards American without straying too far from Australian. Note, though, the way he pronounces the 'r' in 'girl' in this clip, something not usually heard in the <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/non-rhotic"><u><span style="color: black;">non-rhotic</span></u></a> Aussie accent. His confident, upbeat delivery, and his adept management of all the audio elements, made his breakfast show sound like an exciting event, even though it was packed with ads. Thinking back, it's not the ads you remember.<br />
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<blockquote style="background-color: #e6f2ff; border: 1px solid rgb(102, 102, 102); padding: 10px;">
<b>'Out of the 3UZ Archives</b>' at Soundcloud<br />
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<a href="https://soundcloud.com/radio927"><u><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;"><b>soundcloud.com/radio927</b></span></u></a><br />
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<b>AM stations </b>1950s-70s:<br />
<b>3UZ</b> Melbourne
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<b>Some announcers you can hear at </b><b>'Out of the 3UZ Archives'</b>:<br />
<b>Don Lunn</b> on <b>3UZ</b> Melbourne in 1968<br />
<b>Sam Anglesey</b> on <b>3UZ</b> Melbourne in 1968<br />
<b>John Vertigan</b> on <b>3UZ</b> Melbourne in 1968 [Saturday sports]
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<b>Other content includes</b><br /><b>• </b>Interviews<br /><b>• </b>Racing & football sportscasts<br /><b>• </b>Listener Memories</blockquote>
Lyn Nuttallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02787764444828858061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1845653554512625915.post-50936644731211400822018-01-26T04:03:00.005-08:002023-03-30T19:15:57.670-07:00'Australian Old Time Radio Recordings' at Crossband Radio<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiesb0sMhnNNK-Bsi__pp5bmIrkyFhz3j9qHTqcrFW2F09p0s9QZMDDNM_7UHfdk2GSIIHoiOvtBqtt5RNnEpUopaj-a7Ihmvuw6gJiFuAJFvA7gFGBWVaW2cN2mO6jv_fai3VnfYszrw/s1600/3UZ_0001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img align="right" border="0" data-original-height="249" data-original-width="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiesb0sMhnNNK-Bsi__pp5bmIrkyFhz3j9qHTqcrFW2F09p0s9QZMDDNM_7UHfdk2GSIIHoiOvtBqtt5RNnEpUopaj-a7Ihmvuw6gJiFuAJFvA7gFGBWVaW2cN2mO6jv_fai3VnfYszrw/s1600/3UZ_0001.jpg" /></a><a href="http://www.crossbandradio.com/"><u><span style="color: black;">Crossband Radio</span></u></a> is a site for amateur radio enthusiasts, dedicated specifically to <i>one sixty meter crossband transmissions from vk3ase</i>.<br />
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The technical parts of the site are incomprehensible to an outsider like me, but clicking through to its <a href="http://www.crossbandradio.com/ozradioarchives.html"><u><span style="color: black;">Australian Old Time Radio Recordings</span></u></a> reveals an extraordinary miscellany of audio recordings from the 30s to the 90s.
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The highlight for me is a page of <a href="http://www.crossbandradio.com/birks.html"><u><span style="color: black;">country radio airchecks</span></u></a> recorded by Keith Birks in 1962-63. These offer a unique glimpse of commercial radio in regional towns and cities in the days before the British Invasion and the era of the classic Top 40 disc jockey in the second half of the 60s.<br />
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There are also three pages of <a href="http://www.crossbandradio.com/idents.html"><u><span style="color: black;">station identification jingles</span></u></a>, one each for <b>3UZ</b>, <b>3KZ</b> and <b>3AW </b>Melbourne (about 70 mp3s for<b> 3UZ</b>, for example, many from the 60s). Pure nostalgia for anyone who remembers Melbourne radio in the 60s.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9_e1kq8ztl1DPXlpdVSo7TDkJ_nOONMiuSI0zMpz7eO3U9g46fICBnKWyGS6hYjIgzp5GjGRu93bWYI50RioDlTvNo-b-S1T3kUkam82Ea5-DNcm68q8ZRig0jm9sUO8vm1RrVFfCVA/s1600/just2rg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img align="right" border="0" data-original-height="75" data-original-width="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9_e1kq8ztl1DPXlpdVSo7TDkJ_nOONMiuSI0zMpz7eO3U9g46fICBnKWyGS6hYjIgzp5GjGRu93bWYI50RioDlTvNo-b-S1T3kUkam82Ea5-DNcm68q8ZRig0jm9sUO8vm1RrVFfCVA/s1600/just2rg.jpg" /></a><br />
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It's not brilliantly curated (as the webmaster concedes), with audio files scattered over a few pages including two of "unsorted files", but there are many gems to be found if you browse around.
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<b>'Australian Old Time Radio Recordings' </b>at Crossband Radio<br />
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<a href="http://crossbandradio.com/ozradioarchives"><u><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;"><b>crossbandradio.com/ozradioarchives</b></span></u></a><br />
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<span style="color: black;">Includes <a href="http://crossbandradio.com/birks.html" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><u><span style="color: black;"><b>Country radio airchecks 1962-63</b></span></u></a></span> <br />
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<b>AM stations </b>1950s-70s<br />
<b>2BL</b> Sydney<br />
<b>2BS</b> Bathurst, <b>2CA</b> Canberra, <b>2GZ</b> Orange, <b>2RG</b> Griffith, <b>2WG</b> Wagga<br />
<b>3AR 3DB 3LO</b> Melbourne<br />
<b>3BA</b> Ballarat, <b>3BO</b> Bendigo, <b>3MA</b> Mildura, <b>3UL</b> Warragul<br />
<b>5KA 5AD</b> Adelaide<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>5SE</b> Mt Gambier, <b>5PI</b> Port Pirie-Crystal Brook, <b>5MU </b>Murray Bridge [<b>5AD</b> relay stations]</span><br />
<b>7AD </b>Devonport, <b>7EX</b> Launcestion<br />
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<b>Some announcers you can hear at </b><b>'Australian Old Time Radio Recordings'</b>:<br />
<b><a href="http://www.crossbandradio.com/ozradioarchives.html"><u><span style="color: black;">Tony Doherty</span></u></a></b> on <b>3UZ</b> Melbourne, 1960s<br />
<b><a href="http://www.crossbandradio.com/unsorted/"><u><span style="color: black;">Dave Stewart/Stuart</span></u></a></b> on <b>2RG</b> Griffith in1979 [<a href="http://www.crossbandradio.com/unsorted%202/"><u><span style="color: black;">also here</span></u></a>]<br />
<b><a href="http://www.crossbandradio.com/birks.html"><u><span style="color: black;">Bob Fricker</span></u></a></b> on <b>5AD </b>Adelaide in 1963<br />
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<b>Other content includes</b><br />
<b>• </b><a href="http://crossbandradio.com/oldadds.html"><u><span style="color: black;">Old radio commercials</span></u></a><br />
<b>• </b><a href="http://crossbandradio.com/idents.html"><u><span style="color: black;">ID jingles 3UZ 3KZ 3AW</span></u></a><br />
<b>• </b><a href="http://crossbandradio.com/unsorted/"><u><span style="color: black;">Unsorted files 1</span></u> </a><br />
<b>• </b><a href="http://crossbandradio.com/unsorted%202/"><u><span style="color: black;">Unsorted files 2</span></u></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><br />
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<b>+</b> Many audio files covering ham radio, community radio, early talkback, serials, radio commercials, famous names such as <b>Clive Robertson</b> and <b>Graham Kennedy</b>, and such unexpected rarities as <b>3CS </b>Colac in wartime 1940s.</blockquote>
Lyn Nuttallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02787764444828858061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1845653554512625915.post-54508355829085043872018-01-23T00:34:00.007-08:002023-03-30T19:17:47.081-07:00Tony Sanderson's Bluehaze collection <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsy_VRSf_EeBPXFbFDVazbXtVEfqAiB1_m5QopmUgBM-4Lz-lyg85EFE0DgQ8-mIFdoPiouEh6368AaHAP5amwuxEsx3U-svIaciSmhrL3oxiO8-_7S2zFOKFSqjdJSP8umXmqcLPGkw/s1600/3uz+sticker.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img align="right" border="0" data-original-height="106" data-original-width="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsy_VRSf_EeBPXFbFDVazbXtVEfqAiB1_m5QopmUgBM-4Lz-lyg85EFE0DgQ8-mIFdoPiouEh6368AaHAP5amwuxEsx3U-svIaciSmhrL3oxiO8-_7S2zFOKFSqjdJSP8umXmqcLPGkw/s1600/3uz+sticker.JPG" /></a>
In the early 2000s Tony Sanderson created two pages of oldtime radio audio and commentary at his <a href="http://www.bluehaze.com.au/mmedia/"><u><span style="color: black;">Bluehaze Solutions</span></u></a> business website. It was a wide-ranging miscellany, covering old serials, comedy and quiz shows, and 60s deejays.<br />
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I exchanged emails with Tony when I first discovered his website, and he mentioned my site on one of his pages. He died in 2006, and although someone is keeping the site going, the audio files haven't been preserved. The snapshots of the site at Internet Archive have also failed to include the mp3s.<br />
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However, the AussieOldies channel at YouTube has posted three highlights, listed below. They are all chart countdowns hosted by well-known Melbourne announcers.<br />
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<b>Ernie Sigley </b>went on to stardom on national TV, but he was well-known on Melbourne radio and TV before that.<br />
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The witty <b>Barry Ferber</b> (<b>'The Mellow Fellow'</b>) ran some entertaining record shows on <b>3DB</b>, but here he is in a more formal mode, sticking to the script.<br />
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<b>Stan 'The Man' Rofe</b> was well established at <b>3KZ</b> by the late 60s when he switched to <b>3UZ</b>, where he ran a progressive late-night album show that departed from 3UZ's standard Top 40 format.<br />
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<blockquote style="background-color: #e6f2ff; border: 1px solid rgb(102, 102, 102); padding: 10px;">
<b>Tony Sanderson's collection </b>posted by AussieOldies at YouTube<br />
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<b>AM stations</b> 1950s-70s<b>:</b><br />
<b>3DB 3UZ</b> Melbourne<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>3LK </b>Lubeck [<b>3DB</b> relay station near Horsham]</span><br />
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<b>Announcers you can hear from </b><b>Tony Sanderson's collection</b>:<br />
<b>• </b><b>Ernie Sigley </b>on <b>3DB</b> Melbourne in July 1962 <span style="font-size: x-small;">[<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7K-PecGTJg"><u><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #cc0000;"><b>YouTube</b></span></u></a>]</span><br />
<b>• </b><b>Barry Ferber</b> on<b> 3DB</b> Melbourne in January 1963 <span style="font-size: x-small;">[<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwIKckjOaO0"><u><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #cc0000;"><b>YouTube</b></span></u></a>]</span><br />
<b>• </b><b>Stan Rofe</b> on <b>3UZ</b> Melbourne in 1970 <span style="font-size: x-small;">[<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDGuk4aDl58&list=RDiDGuk4aDl58&t=3"><u><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #cc0000;"><b>YouTube</b></span></u></a>]</span><br />
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<b>+</b> Lots of good old Aussie music at the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8Db4LR-e0XHKYcnpSxEDsA"><u><span style="color: black;">AussieOldies channel</span></u></a>.</blockquote>
Lyn Nuttallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02787764444828858061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1845653554512625915.post-8160651413825263412018-01-21T22:50:00.009-08:002023-03-30T19:16:42.170-07:005KA-KAFM Reunion 2001: aircheck page<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtP0JtVqW4UZ7XWq-TUldCZ2md-UsbALCtKtMMaDjh5I2FrkSqdQr0acIs9wcRfJeOe_cfPCE07GKP3d33STPcY2Sj8kaSUSeEBus-a6BCl71XXAJqoLCZeltUKuHgyTV-MiAegCNxLA/s1600/5ka.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img align="right" border="0" data-original-height="66" data-original-width="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtP0JtVqW4UZ7XWq-TUldCZ2md-UsbALCtKtMMaDjh5I2FrkSqdQr0acIs9wcRfJeOe_cfPCE07GKP3d33STPcY2Sj8kaSUSeEBus-a6BCl71XXAJqoLCZeltUKuHgyTV-MiAegCNxLA/s1600/5ka.JPG" /></a>
When Adelaide AM station <b>5KA</b> (later <b>KAFM</b> and <b>Triple M</b>) had a reunion in 2001, it put up a whole website dedicated to the event. Fortunately, it included <a href="http://bit.ly/5KAreunion"><span style="color: black;"><u>a page packed with airchecks</u></span></a> and other audio material, and after the site became defunct its archived pages remained at the National Library of Australia's Pandora archive.<br />
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For fans of 60s pop radio, the highlight is a collection of seven airchecks from 1968, representing a day in the life of a commercial radio station. <br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWF-mq8H_d0vnrac4GqhDtQI2uMUvAr2S8E4yLsI-V2OMJ5Wck4WiAUjkUWjjrWejcHnmqBEeAqg6ibuOguevds-tItT9vITi3dqPhrYD922ecCo59XpZ301aSqEtBmr7n06UqT4THrQ/s1600/5ka+constant.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img align="right" border="0" data-original-height="98" data-original-width="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWF-mq8H_d0vnrac4GqhDtQI2uMUvAr2S8E4yLsI-V2OMJ5Wck4WiAUjkUWjjrWejcHnmqBEeAqg6ibuOguevds-tItT9vITi3dqPhrYD922ecCo59XpZ301aSqEtBmr7n06UqT4THrQ/s1600/5ka+constant.JPG" /></a>
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As I wrote <a href="http://poparchivesblog.blogspot.com.au/2010/09/5ka-adelaide-1968-airchecks.html"><span style="color: black;"><u>at my other blog</u></span></a>, the airchecks were collected to promote the station to advertisers, but I believe they are actual off-air recordings.<br />
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There are many other gems here, including a young <b>Barry Bissell</b> (before <i>Take 40 Australia</i>) on Late Nights c.1972-3, and <b>Don Lunn</b> on <b>5KA</b> Drive in 1977, a decade after his legendary years on Melbourne's premier Top 40 station <b>3UZ</b>.<br />
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<b>Adelaide's 5KA-KAFM Reunion</b> [archived by NLA's Pandora]<br />
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<a href="http://bit.ly/5KAreunion"><u><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;"><b>bit.ly/5KAreunion</b></span></u></a><br />
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<b>AM stations </b>1950s-70s<b>:</b><br />
<b>5KA</b> Adelaide<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>5RM</b> Renmark, <b>5AU</b> Port Augusta [<b>5KA </b>relay stations]</span><br />
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<b>Some announcers you can hear at </b><b>Adelaide's 5KA-KAFM Reunion</b>:<br />
<b>Mike Fewster</b> on <b>5KA</b> Breakfast in 1968 <span style="font-size: x-small;">[</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">aka <b>Michael John Fewster </b>at <b>2CA</b> Canberra]</span><br />
<b>Jim Slade</b> on <b>5KA </b>Drive in 1968<br />
<b>Barry Bissell </b>on <b>5KA</b> Late Nights, c.1972-73<br />
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<b>Other content includes</b><br /><b>• </b>Station jingles & logos<br /><b>• </b>Commercials<br /><b>• </b>DJ theme songs<br />
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<complete id="goog_403391150"><b>+</b> </complete>Content from <b>KAFM</b> including the switchover from <b>5KA</b> in 1990.</blockquote></div>Lyn Nuttallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02787764444828858061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1845653554512625915.post-35835336668877523392018-01-21T22:04:00.011-08:002023-03-30T19:17:12.652-07:00The Radio Antenna<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1LKIkXs32AbShebVxz9O7mnG8JWcFyGJiK-ZWc-cre9aF9hmloOIUsuKdWAXoV9mqNqPWGh-E0ChV31HlBNWpAHDG2DCbukCFyENp5eKyjlayzJ3mAvaSeDHmJa1JtRTegaCuTz9elA/s1600/4IP_0001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img align="right" border="0" data-original-height="175" data-original-width="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1LKIkXs32AbShebVxz9O7mnG8JWcFyGJiK-ZWc-cre9aF9hmloOIUsuKdWAXoV9mqNqPWGh-E0ChV31HlBNWpAHDG2DCbukCFyENp5eKyjlayzJ3mAvaSeDHmJa1JtRTegaCuTz9elA/s1600/4IP_0001.jpg" /></a>
<b><a href="http://www.theradioantenna.com/"><u><span style="color: black;">The Radio Antenna</span></u></a></b> is the only substantial website I know of that is dedicated to posting and discussing airchecks from Australian radio stations. It has built up an impressive collection since I started following it a couple of years ago.<br />
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Most of the recordings are from the 80s and beyond, and most of those are from commercial FM stations, but there are some older examples, of which I've listed three below.<br />
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The site also carries other radio-related content such as jingles and commercials, and it has a parallel <a href="https://www.facebook.com/theradioantenna/"><span style="color: black;"><u>Facebook page</u></span></a> where the latest content is posted.<br />
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<b>The Radio Antenna</b>
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<a href="http://www.theradioantenna.com/"><u><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;"><b>theradioantenna.com</b></span></u></a><br />
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<b>AM stations </b>1950s-70s<b>:</b><br />
<b>2SM 2UE 2UW</b> Sydney, <b>2GZ</b> Orange, <b>2NX</b> Newcastle,<b> 2TM </b>Tamworth<br />
<b>3DB <a href="http://www.theradioantenna.com/?p=845#comment-3676"><u><span style="color: black;">3KZ</span></u></a> 3UZ 3XY</b> Melbourne<br />
<b>4BC 4BK</b> Brisbane, <b>4IP </b>Ipswich-Brisbane<br />
<b>5KA </b>Adelaide<br />
<b>6PR</b> Perth<br />
<b>7HO </b>Hobart<br />
Many other stations 1980s-2000s<br />
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<b>Some announcers you can hear at </b><b>The Radio Antenna</b>:<br />
<b><a href="http://www.theradioantenna.com/?p=4674%22"><u><span style="color: black;">John Vertigan</span></u></a></b> on <b>3UZ</b> Melbourne in 1967<br />
<a href="http://www.theradioantenna.com/?p=1665"><b><u><span style="color: black;">Rod Muir</span></u></b></a> on <b>7HO</b> Hobart in 1967<br />
<a href="http://www.theradioantenna.com/?p=5539"><b><u><span style="color: black;">Kevin Hillier</span></u></b></a> on <b>4IP</b> Ipswich (+Brisbane), c.1975<br />
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<b>Other content includes</b><br /><b>• </b>Radio commercials<br /><b>• </b>Competition calls<br /><b>• </b>Jingles<br />
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<b>+</b> Many other airchecks from AM and FM radio from the 80s to the present.</blockquote>Lyn Nuttallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02787764444828858061noreply@blogger.com0