15 December 2024
Valley Sunrise Edition 812
0600 ~ 0900 AEDT
Today’s pic: Ruins of the 200-year-old convict penitentiary on Sarah Island, Macquarie Harbour in Western Tasmania.
Known for it’s extremely harsh conditions, this prison was virtually escape-proof, being mostly surrounded by impenetrable rainforest. It’s only access was via Hell’s Gates, a treacherous entrance into Macquarie Harbour, a shallow fiord on the west coast. Photo: Yours Truly
Today’s playlist:
| TRACK | RELEASE YEAR | HOUR | PREVIOUS PLAYS | LAST PLAYED | ISRC |
| Ron Christopher – Forever 1956 | 2024 | 1 | 0 | QZWKY 2400272 | |
| Chase Stevens – As Good As It Gets | 2024 | 1 | 1 | 29/11/2024 | CAJEZ 2400002 |
| Cumberland River Project – When The Wind Picks Up | 2024 | 1 | 0 | DEZC6 2455391 | |
| By Request Today: Boney M – Marys Boy Child | 1 | 6 | 24/12/2023 | ||
| Past Request 2015-2016: Daniel O’Donnell – Footsteps | 1 | 15 | 1/4/2018 | ||
| Jim Reeves – Is It Really Over | 1 | 0 | |||
| Les Brown & His Band of Renown – Bizet Had His Day | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| By Request Today: John Lennon – Happy Christmas War Is Over | 1 | 12 | 24/12/2023 | ||
| Backtrack: Lee Forster & Paul Prickett – Outback Graves | 2019 | 1 | 2 | 27/3/2020 | |
| Howie Brothers – Dunedoo | 2024 | 1 | 1 | 6/12/2024 | |
| Chart-Topper this week in 1974: Brian May & ABC Showband – Theme From Rush | 1974 | 1 | 9 | 19/11/2017 | |
| Clayton Saunders – Merry Christmas | 2024 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Christine Clifford – You Can’t Say | 2024 | 2 | 1 | 24/11/2024 | |
| Linda Ronstadt – Heatwave | 2 | 3 | 24/5/2015 | ||
| Backtrack: Chris Lee – Driving With The Radio On | 2017 | 2 | 5 | 5/7/2019 | |
| Anthony Snape & Tommy Emmanuel – It’s Christmas Time | 2024 | 2 | 2 | 8/12/2024 | USX9P 2469982 |
| Past Request 2024: Chris de Burgh – Lady In Red | 1986 | 2 | 5 | 21/4/2024 | |
| Foster & Allen – Can’t Help Falling In Love | 0 | ||||
| DIED this day 1940, over the English Channel – Glen Miller, jazz musician, arranger, composer and bandleader in the swing era. Aged 40. | |||||
| Glen Miller & His Orchestra with Marion Hutton – The Woodpecker Song | 1940 | 2 | 14 | 28/4/2024 | |
| BORN this day 1939 Tottenham, London, England – David Clark, alias Dave Clark, musician, songwriter, record producer and the leader of the 1960s Merseybeat group the Dave Clark Five. Turns 85. | |||||
| Dave Clark Five – Glad All Over | 1964 | 2 | 14 | 19/1/2024 | |
| Past Request 2016 – 2018: Dire Straits – So Far Away | 1985 | 2 | 10 | 4/5/2018 | |
| Graeme Clarke – Always My Best Friend | 2024 | 2 | 4 | 6/8/2023 | |
| Backtrack: Unfinished Business – Eight Days A Week | 2019 | 2 | 2 | 6/12/2024 | |
| Past Request 2016 ~ 2021: David Whitfield – Hear My Song Violetta | 1960 | 3 | 7 | 22/8/2021 | |
| By Request Today: Richard Lynch, Katelyne Adams, Michael Stover – My Heart And Yours | 2024 | 3 | 2 | 5/3/2023 | |
| By Request Today: Johnny Horton – When It’s Springtime In Alaska | 1961 | 3 | 7 | 19/5/2024 | |
| Bob Marshall – Things The Season Brings | 2024 | 3 | 1 | 8/12/2024 | |
| Liz Clarke – Little Drummer Boy | 2024 | 3 | 0 | ||
| By Request Today: Elvis Presley – O Little Town of Bethlehem | 3 | 0 | |||
| Box Tree Orchestra – I Will Always Love You | 3 | 0 | |||
| By Request Today: ABBA – The Winner Takes It All | 3 | 5 | 6/10/2024 | ||
| Toni West – A Beach Party Christmas | 2024 | 3 | 0 | UKBBL 2400011 | |
| Backtrack: Heartland Roots Band – Running Out Of Places To Go | 2024 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Terrance Allan – Christmas On The Riverwalk | 2024 | 3 | 0 | ||
15 DECEMBER IN HISTORY:
EVENTS
1950 Launceston, Tasmania – Ludbrooks department store was destroyed by fire, damage estimated at over £300,000.
1957 Alice Springs, Northern Territory – In, South Australian police commenced investigations into what became known as the Sundown murders. One of the country’s greatest manhunts took place for the person who murdered three people at their camp site, 300 km south of Alice Springs ten days previously.
The following month, a suspect, Raymond Bailey, was arrested in Mt Isa, Queensland, extradited to Adelaide and sent for trial. He was convicted and executed in June, 1958.
1965 American space craft Gemini 6 and Gemini 7 performed the first controlled rendezvous, while in Earth orbit
1968 Claremont, Tasmania – A 15-year-old boy, who was trapped by a rockfall 19 metres underground in a cave known as the Devil’s Den, was rescued after more than 100 men toiled for 30 hours.
1970 The Soviet spacecraft Venera 7 became the first to land on the planet Venus and transmit data back to Earth. It recorded the planet’s surface temperature at 475 C, and the atmospheric pressure, 90 times that on Earth.
1974 Sydney, New South Wales – Australia’s first regular FM radio broadcasts commenced on station 2MBS-FM. The programme included Beethoven, Mozart and other classical pieces and Christmas carols. The station now broadcasts under the callsign 2MBS Fine Music.