4 October 2026
EVENTS ON THIS DATE, 4 OCTOBER;
On this day in 1918 Sayreville, New Jersey, U.S.A. – Over 100 lives were lost when a series of fires and explosions destroyed an ammunition plant over three days. It forced massive evacuations and spread ordnance over a wide area, pieces of which can still be found.
1952 Britain’s first nuclear bomb was exploded on the Monte Bello Islands, off the West Australian coast.
1957, Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth, was launched by the Soviet Union.
1967, Hobart, Tasmania – The Hydro-Electric Commission purchased a former vehicular ferry from New Zealand, Hinemoa, for use as a temporary floating power station to alleviate a power shortage caused by a drought in the central highlands.
1990, Germany was re-unified when the German Democratic Republic ceased to exist and its territory became part of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Today’s photo: – West Point, on Tasmania’s rugged West Coast. June 2022. Courtesy Ilka Munter
Today’s playlist. Included in the fourth column is the year in which each track was last played.
Did you know……that next year, I will reach my 20th year of producing Sunday breakky radio programmes…???
| TRACK | RELEASE YEAR | PLAY TIME | NUMBER OF PREVIOUS PLAYS |
| Ian Humphreys Graham – Ain’t Too Far | 2026 | 06:06 | – |
| Joy Hendon – High Country Hero | 2026 | 06:13 | 1 – 2026 |
| Ray Malcolm – Lovesick Blues | 2026 | 06:16 | 1 – 2026 |
| Diamond 45s – Charting on this day 1966 + Johnny Horton – North to Alaska | 1960 | 06:20 | 18 – 2026 |
| + Johnny Tillotson – Poetry In Motion | 1960 | 06:23 | 7 – 2023 |
| Tony Olson Project – Here We Go Again | 2026 | 06:27 | 1 – 2026 |
| Burt Bacharach Orchestra – This Guy’s In Love With You | 06:31 | 2 – 2016 | |
| Leroy Van Dyke – Walk On By | 1961 | 06:37 | 20 – 2026 |
| Helena Mace – Broken Tears | 2026 | 06:39 | 1 – 2026 |
| Musical Partners + Tom Jones – The Green Green Grass Of Home | 1966 | 06:46 | 12 – 2025 |
| + Ginny Peters – Waiting On The Green Green Grass Of Home | 1967 | 06:49 | 7 – 2025 |
| Whiskey Cure – Four Wheels On A Dirt Road | 2025 | 06:54 | 3 – 2026 |
| Dianne Lindsay – Days of Old Khancoban | 2026 | 06:57 | 1 – 2026 |
| Briggs & Stark – Side of the Road | 2026 | 07:06 | 3 – 2026 |
| Listener’s Choice: P J Proby – Hold Me | 1965 | 07:11 | – |
| John R Cockburn – Broken | 2026 | 07:15 | 1 – 2026 |
| Ashley Cook – Kelly Dixon Wrote The Song | 2026 | 07:19 | 1 – 2026 |
| For A Listener: Neil Diamond – Song Sung Blue | 1972 | 07:24 | 8 – 2023 |
| Sound of the 70s + Glenn Shorrock – Dream Lover | 1979 | 07:28 | 7 – 2025 |
| + Air Supply – Lost In Love | 1979 | 07:31 | 5 – 2025 |
| BBC Big Band – Moonlight Serenade | 07:37 | – | |
| Janis Joplin – Mercedes Benz Janis Joplin, died this day 1970 at the age of 27 in Hollywood, California, U.S.A | 1970 | 07:41 | 4 – 2022 |
| Loretta Lynn – The Coal Miners Daughter Loretta Lynn, died this day 2022 at the age of 90 in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee, U.S.A.. | 07:44 | 3 – 2024 | |
| Diamond 45 Charting on this day 1966 + Peter & Gordon – Lady Godiva | 1966 | 07:49 | 7 – 2026 |
| + Twilights – Needle In A Haystack | 1966 | 07:51 | 5 – 2026 |
| Simon Orton – Davey’s Story | 07:56 | 1 – 2026 | |
| Fisherman’s Friends – Strike The Bell | 08:05 | 4 – 2026 | |
| COMFORT ZONE – Familiar artists/Familiar songs + Anne Murray – I’ll Never Fall In Love Again | 08:12 | 4 – 2024 | |
| + Charlie Landsborough – I Will Love You All My Life | 08:15 | 2 – 2024 | |
| Col Thomson & Venessa Waara – Harvest Moon | 2026 | 08:20 | 2 – 2026 |
| Listener’s Choice: Bobby Goldsboro – Molly | 1964 | 08:29 | 11 – 2026 |
| Ferrante & Teicher – MacArthur Park | 08:35 | 1 – 2015 | |
| Diamond 45 – Charting on this day 1966 + Association – Cherish | 1966 | 08:40 | 9 – 2026 |
| + Beach Boys – Wouldn’t It Be Nice | 1966 | 08:44 | 5 – 2026 |
| Bohemian Rogue – Days On The Green | 2026 | 08:47 | 2 – 2026 |
| Liv Maessen – Snowbird | 2026 | 08:51 | 5 – 2025 |
| Chamaco Dominguez His Orchestra & Chorus – Meditation | 08:54 | 4 – 2025 |