28 March 2025
FRIDAY MORNING RADIO, Edition 462, 9.00 ~ Midday AEDT
The number 462 (or, pronounced 4-6-2) has a special significance to railway enthusiasts, so, for this edition I included a number of railway-related tracks.
Today’s photo, the Ross Bridge in the central north of Tasmania. It was built in the 1830s by convict labour and carried highway traffic between Hobart and northern Tasmania for over 140 years. Today, this bridge is as sturdy as when it was first opened in 1838 and it is the third-oldest bridge still in use in Australia.
The township of Ross was bypassed by the Midland Highway in the 1970s, but it remains a very attractive stop for visitors and locals alike.
Today’s Playlist
| TRACK | RELEASE YEAR | PLAY TIME | PREVIOUS PLAYS | LAST PLAYED | ISRC |
| Monkees – Last Train To Clarksville | 1966 | 09:05 | 6 | 29/9/2024 | |
| Glen Levi – Your Key Won’t Fit The Lock | 2025 | 09:10 | 1 | 23/2/2025 | USCGH 2550787 |
| Whiskey Cure – Four Wheels On A Dirt Road | 2025 | 09:13 | 1 | 16/3/2025 | |
| Howie Brothers – We Love This Sunburnt Country | 2025 | 09:17 | 2 | 16/3/2025 | |
| Backtrack: Jeff Brown – The Young Jillaroo | 2020 | 09:19 | 2 | 13/3/2020 | |
| John Williamson – Railwayman | 09:24 | 2 | 20/5/2022 | ||
| Al Cherny & Bill Mankiss – Happy Hour Schottische | 09:31 | 0 | |||
| Marilyn King & Miller Sisters – Don’t Sit Under The Apple Tree | 09:34 | 1 | 17/1/2025 | ||
| Slim Dusty – Indian Pacific | 1977 | 09:39 | 12 | 23/2/2024 | |
| Backtrack: Sarah Kate Landy – When Will I Be Loved | 2016 | 09:42 | 6 | 14/2/2025 | |
| 60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Hermans Hermits – Silhouettes | 1965 | 09:48 | 9 | 14/5/2023 | |
| 60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Gerry & Pacemakers – Pretend | 1965 | 09:50 | 18 | 21/7/2023 | |
| By Request Today: Chris Barber & Mark Knopfler – The Next Time I’m In Town | 09:53 | 5 | 9/3/2025 | ||
| By Request Today: Randy Travis – On The Other Hand | 09:57 | 0 | |||
| Penny Davies and Roger Ilott – Riding On The Fruit Train | 10:06 | 4 | 24/9/2023 | ||
| Grand Prairie Band – This Ain’t Reno | 2025 | 10:10 | 1 | 2/3/2025 | |
| Mountain Rio – Banjo Bill | 2025 | 10:13 | 1 | 16/2/2025 | USJ3V 1387541 |
| They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore: Harry Kaye & Joe Loss & His Orchestra – Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition | 1942 | 10:18 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Cash – Blue Train | 1962 | 10:22 | 0 | ||
| Backtrack: Warren Kearney – Try Walking In His Shoes | 2020 | 10:25 | 2 | 20/11/2020 | |
| Joe Loss & His Orchestra – Parakeet | 10:28 | 1 | 3/12/2023 | ||
| Wayne & Geraldi – Back In Your Own Backyard | 10:32 | 0 | |||
| Roger Whittaker – All Of My Life | 10:35 | 3 | 18/8/2023 | ||
| Elvis Aaron Presley Jr – Goldmine | 2025 | 10:40 | 0 | ||
| George Hamilton IV – Canadian Pacific | 1969 | 10:44 | 8 | 26/11/2023 | |
| Bill Walker Orchestra & Chorus – A World Without Love | 10:49 | 0 | |||
| Janey Kirk – Island of Dreams | 2023 | 10:53 | 1 | 1/9/2023 | |
| Chris Boots Lee – Where Corn Don’t Grow | 2025 | 10:57 | 0 | ||
| Tony Miles & Ran Tan – Queensland Railway Line | 11:05 | 4 | 6/10/2023 | ||
| Ron Christopher – Angelyne | 11:09 | 0 | |||
| Backtrack: Tom Curtin & Sara Storer – Speak Up | 2018 | 11:13 | 3 | 17/11-2024 | |
| Fred Bertelmann – Distant Drums | 11:18 | 0 | |||
| Patsy Cline – Life’s Railway To Heaven | 1959 | 11:25 | 8 | 8/10/2023 | |
| John Michael Ferrari – How Far Apart Are We | 2025 | 11:28 | 0 | ||
| Miles Davis – Time After Time | 11:35 | 2 | 19/5/2024 | ||
| By Request Today: Lolita – Sailor | 1960 | 11:38 | 21 | 17/1/2025 | |
| 60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Cilla Black – You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling | 1965 | 11:42 | 0 | ||
| 60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Petula Clark – I Know A Place | 1965 | 11:45 | 11 | 27/8/2023 | |
| Mike Wilkinson – Locomotive 3801 | 2018 | 11:49 | 10 | 22/10/2023 | |
| David Hammerschlag – Troop Train | 2025 | 11:52 | 2 | 21/3/2025 | QZDA8 2572986 |
28 MARCH IN HISTORY:
BORN
1921 West Hampstead, London, England – Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde – Dirk Bogarde, actor and writer who appeared in movies such as Doctor In The House, A Tale of Two Cities, Night Flight From Moscow and A Bridge Too Far. (d. 1999)
1935 Cudworth, West Riding of Yorkshire, England – Michael Parkinson English broadcaster, journalist and author who presented an interview programme, Parkinson, from 1971 to 1982 and from 1998 to 2007. (d. 2023)
1940 Oldham, Lancashire, England – Anthony Ferraro Barber BKA Tony Barber, Australian game show host and television personality
1949 Derby, Derbyshire, England – Kevin Lloyd, actor who appeared in many British television productions, including Minder, Dempsey and Makepeace, Z Cars and Blakes 7, but is best known for his role as DC Tosh Lines in The Bill.
He was dismissed from the cast of The Bill in 1998, due to lack of punctuality and failure to learn his script. Within a week, he choked on his vomit whilst asleep in an alcohol detoxification clinic.
DIED
1980 Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. –Dick Haymes, actor and one of the most popular male vocalists of the 1940s and early 1950s. Aged. 61.
2003 Bellevue, Washington, U.S.A. – Rusty Draper, country and pop singer who achieved his greatest success in the 1950s. Aged 80.
2004 Genolier, Switzerland – Peter Alexander Ustinov, actor, writer, dramatist, filmmaker, theatre and opera director, stage designer, screenwriter, comedian, newspaper and magazine columnist, radio and television broadcaster. Aged 82.
ON THIS DAY
1926 West Hobart, Tasmania – Hill Street residences were deluged when a 100,000 gallon water reservoir burst.
1967 Huon Valley, Tasmania – Millions of apples, a substantial portion of the year’s crop, were being dumped in orchards to rot on the ground. Contributing causes were a decrease in demand for apples for juice, tougher inspection rules resulting in rejection of apples with minor skin blemishes, and smaller apple sizes caused by drought conditions..
1977 Tenerife, Canary Islands – 583 lives were lost in a runway collision between two Boeing 747 aircraft, owned by KLM and Pan American Airlines. This remains the worst aviation accident on record.
1979 Near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. – Operators at the Three Mile Island’s Unit 2 nuclear reactor failed to recognize that a relief valve in the primary coolant system had stuck open. This allowed coolant to drain from the system, resulting in a partial core melt down.