10 October 2025
FRIDAY MORNING RADIO, Edition 490, 9.00 ~ Midday AEST 10 October 2025
Easy listening, retro and recent releases not to be heard on mainstream radio stations throughout the morning, on the Derwent Valley’s own radio station.
► LOOKING at events on 10 October, in 1957, Brisbane recorded its then hottest day for 64 years, with a maximum of 43.4 C.
On the same day, in Hobart, hundreds of people received a scare when a large object appeared in the sky at 7.42 p.m., which was the time the first Soviet Sputnik was due to appear. Many believed it was the Sputnik, on course to crash near the Shot Tower in Taroona, and scores of hysterical people telephoned radio and The Mercury newspaper office.
The object was a hydrogen-filled balloon, launched by hoaxers from the University of Tasmania. It exploded harmlessly, as the real Sputnik appeared over the horizon on its journey across the sky.
And again on the same day, in Windscale, Cumberland (Now Sellafield, Cumbria), England, a fire in a nuclear power station released a substantial quantity of radioactive contamination into the surrounding area. This remains the worst nuclear accident in Great Britain and is amongst the world’s worst .
Moving forward, to 1960, in Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), Australian detectives, who had flown to the city, arrested 34 year old Stephen Bradley, removed him from the ocean liner Himalaya, and charged him with the kidnapping and murder of 8 year old schoolboy Graeme Thorne in Sydney.
Bradley had been on his way to England with his wife and own three children.
In 1964, in Tokyo, Japan, the opening ceremony of the 1964 Olympic Games was the first live Olympic telecast relayed internationally by geostationary communication satellite.
In 1968, Sydney, 23 passengers aboard a TAA Vickers Viscount turbo-prop airliner held on their seats, as the pilot flew dive aerobatics in an effort to free a jammed nosewheel.
The pilot’s attempts proved unsuccessful, so the plane was safely landed with it’s nose skidding along the runway.
► BORN THIS DAY…..
1914 – In Kirbyville, Texas, U.S.A. – Ivory Joe Hunter (Actual name), rhythm and blues singer, pianist and songwriter Died 1974.
1956 – In Londonderry, Northern Ireland – Amanda Burton, Irish actress best known for her high-profile television role as Sam Ryan in the BBC crime drama series Silent Witness.
1958 – In Seminole, Texas, U.S.A. – Tanya Tucker, country music artist who achieved her first hit, Delta Dawn, at the age of 13 in 1972. She was one of the few child performers to go into adulthood without losing her audience. She has had a number of Top 40 hits and many successful albums
► DIED THIS DAY…..
1985 – In New York, U.S.A. – Yul Brynner, actor best known for his portrayal of the king of Siam, in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King And I Aged 65
On the same day, in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. – Orson Wells film maker, actor, theatre director, screenwriter, and producer, who worked extensively in film, theatre, television and radio. Aged 70.
2004 – In Mt Kisco, New York, U.S.A. – Christopher Reeve, actor, author and activist noted for his motion picture role of Superman. After becoming a quadriplegic in a horse riding accident, he lobbied on behalf of people with spinal cord injuries. Aged 52.
Today’s photo: To match the wintry conditions currently in the State, a like scene in Claremont, in Hobart’s Northern suburbs. (Yours Truly)
Today’s Playlist
| TRACK | RELEASE YEAR | PLAY TIME | PREVIOUS PLAYS | LAST PLAYED |
| Peter Stefanson – Who’s The Girl (Say You Love Me) | 2025 | 09:05 | 3 | 14/9/2025 |
| Brendan Radford – They Don’t Flick The Finger In The Outback Anymore | 2025 | 09:12 | 3 | 19/9/2025 |
| Kathy Carver – Pretty Walls | 2025 | 09:16 | 0 | |
| 70s Classic Bill & Boyd – Santa Never Made It Into Darwin | 1975 | 09:22 | 6 | 2/3/2025 |
| Glenn Jones – Best Be On Your Way | 2025 | 09:26 | 2 | 5/10/2025 |
| Bushwackers Band – The Cameo | 09:31 | 0 | ||
| Bebo Valdez & His Orchestra – Aquellos ojos Verdes | 09:34 | 5 | 9/4/2023 | |
| Vic Damone & Nelson Riddle Orchestra – Desafinado | 09:37 | 3 | 8/3/2024 | |
| Tanya Tucker – Between the Two of Them | 09:42 | 2 | 25/1/2015 | |
| For a Listener Shavonne Aliphon – Talking Walls | 2019 | 09:47 | 2 | 19/7/2019 |
| Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Sonny & Cher – Sing C’Est La Vie | 1965 | 09:51 | 4 | 9/4/2023 |
| Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Normie Rowe – Que Sera Sera | 1965 | 09:54 | 4 | 7/12/2018 |
| 1910 Fruitgum Company – 1 2 3 Red Light | 1968 | 09:58 | 5 | 18/1/2019 |
| Joy Adams & Gary R. Farmer – That’s Why I Love You Like I Do | 2025 | 10:05 | 6 | 5/10/2025 |
| Grace Rivera – Both Sides Now | 10:10 | 2 | 26/11/2017 | |
| Richard Mulligan – Always Daddy’s Little Girl | 2025 | 10:14 | 1 | 10/8/2025 |
| Waylon Jennings – Ruby Don’t Take Your Love To Town | 10:20 | 0 | ||
| Vintage Vinyl Dean Martin – In The Cool Cool Cool Of The Evening (Female uncredited) | 1951 | 10:23 | 1 | 11/10/2013 |
| Elisabeth Hope – Beneath Still Waters | 2025 | 10:28 | 1 | 21/9/2025 |
| Pablo Beltran Ruiz & His Orchestra – Banana Boat Song | 10:34 | 2 | 8/9/2023 | |
| Wendy Jewel – Wildflowers | 2025 | 10:38 | 0 | |
| Don Smythe – Big City Blues | 2025 | 10:42 | 1 | 3/10/2025 |
| 70s Classic Slim Whitman – Happy Anniversary | 2025 | 10:47 | 7 | 4/7/2025 |
| Ray Lani – Just A Hug | 2025 | 10:51 | 0 | |
| Foster & Allen – World Of Our Own~You Are My Sunshine ~This Land Is Your Land | 10:55 | 3 | 14/7/2024 | |
| Rene de Roo- Could It Be You | 2025 | 11:05 | 2 | 28/9/2025 |
| Rebekka Lundstrøm – Keep On Dancing | 2025 | 11:11 | 0 | |
| John Glenn – Ghost Story | 2025 | 11:16 | 1 | 5/10/2025 |
| For a Listener Roger Whittaker – Calypso | 11:21 | 6 | 5/5/2024 | |
| Vintage Vinyl Guy Mitchell – When Blinky Blows | 1955 | 11:28 | 3 | 6/7/2025 |
| Trinidad Steel Drum Band – Island In The Sun | 11:33 | 3 | 2/4/2017 | |
| Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Eddie Calvert – Il Silenzio | 1965 | 11:39 | 9 | 12/11/2021 |
| Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Seekers – Isa Lei | 1965 | 11:42 | 3 | 3/2/2019 |
| Kym Cormack – Mountains and Memories | 2025 | 11:47 | 0 | |
| Ray Jones – Back Roads | 2025 | 11:50 | 0 | |
| Nancy Su – Ein Freund Wie Du | 2025 | 11:53 | 1 | 5/10/2025 |