20 October 2024
Valley Sunrise Edition 804
0600 ~ 0900 AEDT
Today’s photo: Retired diesel-electric locomotives Y 2 and Y 4 head a joint Derwent Valley Railway/Tasmanian Transport Museum excursion on the Tasmanian Main Line, March 2003. The train is accelerating off the Bridgewater Bridge, on the upgrade through the old Bridgewater railway yard.
THIS EDITION’S PLAYLIST
| TRACK | RELEASE YEAR | TIME | PREVIOUS PLAYS | LAST PLAYED | ISRC |
| Ashley Gall – At 21 | 2024 | HOUR 1 | 2 | 18/10/2024 | AUZY4 2400013 |
| Eric DeVries – Shadow Of A Man | 2024 | HOUR 1 | 1 | 11/10/2024 | NL5XB 2400001 |
| Charlie Landsborough – Passing Through | HOUR 1 | 3 | 19/11/2021 | ||
| John Michael Ferrari – Yes I Do | 2024 | HOUR 1 | 0 | TCAHE 2397001 | |
| Johnny Chester – Send Me Some Loving | 2024 | HOUR 1 | 4 | 15/9/2024 | AUMEV 498189 |
| By Request: Barbra Streisand – The Way We Were | HOUR 1 | 4 | 11/6/2023 | ||
| Pete King Orchestra – Al Di La | HOUR 1 | 1 | 22/1/2021 | ||
| Barry O’Dowd & Shamrock Singers – Galway Bay | HOUR 1 | 3 | 24/3/2019 | ||
| Backtrack: Geoff Williams – Across The Ditch | 2021 | HOUR 1 | 5 | 23/7/2021 | |
| Daniel O’Donnell – Then I Kissed Her | HOUR 1 | 2 | 23/6/2024 | ||
| Dianne Lindsay – A Teardrop On A Rose | 2024 | HOUR 1 | 1 | 11/10/2024 | |
| Brian Hyland – A Million To One | 1969 | HOUR 1 | 0 | ||
| Chris Guenther – Arrango | 2024 | HOUR 1 | 1 | 18/10/2024 | QMAAK 2430353 |
| Alan Mason – Family And Friends | 2024 | HOUR 2 | 1 | 11/10/2024 | |
| Jim Reeves & Patsy Cline – The Wayward Wind | HOUR 2 | 5 | 6/10/2024 | ||
| Daniel Boone – Beautiful Sunday | 1972 | HOUR 2 | 22 | 17/9/2023 | |
| Paddy Canavan – My Own Carrickmore | 2024 | HOUR 2 | 2 | 11/10/2024 | |
| Lennon Sisters – She’ll Have To Go | 1962 | HOUR 2 | 0 | ||
| Nat King Cole – That’s You | HOUR 2 | 0 | |||
| Melbourne Pops Orchestra – Touch Me In The Morning | HOUR 2 | 2 | 9/11/2018 | ||
| Carpenters – Only Yesterday | 1975 | HOUR 2 | 5 | 19/12/2021 | |
| Damian Johnson – Nobody Else But You | 2024 | HOUR 2 | 0 | ||
| The Top 20 Billboard Tracks of 1962 No 19: Mary Wells – The One Who Really Loves You | 1962 | HOUR 2 | 0 | ||
| Norman Borland – Take Another Run | 2024 | HOUR 2 | 0 | GBMA2 2361010 | |
| Billy McFarland – Wonderland By Night | 2024 | HOUR 2 | 0 | ||
| Francisco Cavez & His Orchestra – High Life In Brazil | HOUR 2 | 1 | 23/7/2021 | ||
| Tony Olson Music Project – If You Want To Be Happy | 2024 | HOUR 3 | 2 | 13/10/2024 | |
| By Request: Roy Orbison – California Blue | HOUR 3 | 10 | 26/7/2024 | ||
| By Request: Ronan Keating – When You Say Nothing At All | HOUR 3 | 1 | 28/5/2017 | ||
| By Request: Hank Thompson – Who Left The Doors To Heaven Open | HOUR 3 | 0 | |||
| By Request: Beatles – Yesterday | HOUR 3 | 12 | 23/1/2022 | ||
| Engelbert Humperdinck – I’m A Better Man | HOUR 3 | 0 | |||
| Joe Loss & His Orchestra – Sucu Sucu | HOUR 3 | 0 | |||
| Ken Lindsay – Gunner The Kelpie Hero | 2024 | HOUR 3 | 1 | 4/10/2024 | AUZY4 2400016 |
| Owen Smith – Market Day | 2024 | HOUR 3 | 2 | 18/10/2024 | |
| Backtrack: Destiny Band Oz – Ray of Hope | 2020 | HOUR 3 | 6 | 4/12/2020 | |
| Willie Nelson – On The Road Again | 1980 | HOUR 3 | 13 | 29/10/2023 |
20 October in History
BORN:
1938 Ilford, Essex, England – Kathleen O’Rourke alias Kathy Kirby, popular singer, best known for her cover of Doris Day’s Secret Love. Died 2011
1959 Dublin, Ireland – Niamh Cusack, actress famed for her role as Doctor Kate Rowan in the TV drama series Heartbeat. Turns 65
DIED:
1994 Century City, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. – Burt Lancaster, actor named by the American Film Institute as 19th Greatest Male Star of All Time. Aged 80.
2006 Bel Air, Los Angeles, California U.S.A. – Jane Wyatt, actress best known for her role as the mother on the early 60s television series Father Knows Best, and as Amanda Grayson, the human mother of Spock in the science fiction television series, Star Trek. Aged 96.
EVENTS:
1944 World War 2: During the allied invasion of the Phillippines, the heavy cruiser HMAS Australia was severely damaged by aircraft piloted by three kamikaze pilots. Twenty crew were lost, 54 were wounded.
1944 Cleveland, Ohio U.S.A. – Liquid natural gas leaking from storage tanks exploded, levelling 30 city blocks and killing 130.
1957 Hobart, Tasmania – Hobart had its hottest October day since 1944, with a maximum temperature of 82 F (28 C) and winds gusting to 50 mph (80 km/h).
1960 Hobart, Tasmania – The final regular electric tram in the city, No 128, ran on the 6.03 p.m. service from the city to the Moonah depot. To mark the official changeover from electric trams to petrol buses, a final tram ran from the city to the Springfield terminus in Springfield Avenue, several days later.