FRIDAY MORNING RADIO, Edition 488, 9.00 ~ Midday AEST  26 September 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 26 September;

In 1954, in the Tsugaru Strait, Japan – The rail ferry Toya Maru sank during a typhoon, with the loss of  1,172 lives.

In 1968, an absolute speed limit of 65 miles per hour (104 km/h), was introduced in country areas throughout Tasmania.

In 1983, A catastrophe was narrowly avoided when a Soviet military officer, Stanislav Petrov, averted a worldwide nuclear war, by correctly identifying a report of six incoming nuclear missiles from the United States, as a computer error.
His decision to disobey his orders prevented an erroneous nuclear retaliation against the USA and it’s NATO allies.

► BORN THIS DAY…..
1922  in Brisbane, Queensland – Leonard Teale, radio, film and television actor.  His radio roles included, in the 1950s, Superman/Clark Kent and Tarzan.  He also appeared in the movies Smiley, Smiley Gets A Gun and the Bungala Boys.
Teale co-compered ABC radio’s children’s programme, and appeared in early Australian television productions such as Whiplash, and Consider Your Verdict, but is best remembered as Sergeant David Mackay in the Crawfords Production Homicide.  (d. 1994)

1922 in Glendale, Arizona, U.S.A. – Martin David Robinson alias Marty Robbins, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and a very popular country and western singer for 40 years.  Several of his songs became pop hits.   Died 1982.

1926  in Santa Rosa, California U.S.A. – Gayle Peck alias Julie London, singer, and actress of stage, film and television, reknowned for her sensual voice.  Her singing career was at its peak in the 1950s, although her acting career lasted over 35 years.  Died 2000.

1945 in Washington, County Durham, England – Bryan Ferry, singer, musician, songwriter and actor, famous in the early 1970s as lead vocalist for the successful group Roxy Music. He continues to have a successful solo career.

1948 in Cambridge, England – Olivia Newton-John, Australian singer,  actress and four-time Grammy-Award winner.  Having sold over 100 million records,Olivia Newton-John was one of the best-selling artists in the second half of the 20^th century.  Died 2022.

► DIED THIS DAY…..
1991 in Escondido, California, U.S.A. – Richard Vaughn alias Billy Vaughn, musician and orchestra leader who charted 42 singles and 36 albums, beginning with 1958’s Sail Along Silvery Moon and ending with 1970’s Winter World of Love.  Aged 72.

Today’s Photo – St Peters Roman Catholic Church, New Norfolk

Playlist:

TRACK	RELEASE YEAR	PLAY TIME	PREVIOUS PLAYS	LAST PLAYED
Glenn Jones – Best Be On Your Way	2025	09:05	0
Sisters In Country – If That’s The Way You Want It	2025	09:09	1	21/9/2025
Mike McClellan – All I’ve Got Is Love		09:13	6	6/9/2024
70s Classic    Kevin Johnson – Bonnie, Please Don’t Go	1971	09:18	3	16/2/2025
Leonard Teale – Stairway To Heaven		09:22	3	5/1/2020
Al Cherny & Bill Mankiss – Beer Barrel Polka, Wedding Polka		09:26	0
Australian National Concert Orchestra – When I Need You		09:32	2	20/6/2025
Daniel O’Donnell – Roses Are Red		09:35	2	1/7/2018
Marty Robbins – Answer Me My Love		09:39	2	26/9/2021
By Request Charly McClain – Radio Heart	1985	09:43	4	10/5/2019
Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 We Five – You Were On My Mind	1965	09:48	1	22/10/2021
Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Honeycombs – That’s The Way	1965	09:51	3	23/2/2020
Jazz Kings – Ferry Cross The Mersey		09:55	4	13/7/2025
Charlie Landsborough – Down To Earth		10:05	9	16/7/2023
Susanna Colley – Steel Toes To Stilettos	2025	10:11	1	29/8/2025
Rene de Roo- Could It Be You	2025	10:14	0
By Request    Bobby Vinton – Blue Velvet	1963	10:19	7	29/9/2023
By Request    Dr Hook – The Ballad of Lucy Jordan		10:22	0
Vintage Vinyl   Ruth Brown – Lucky Lips	1957	10:27	1	8/9/2017
Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra – Everybody Loves Somebody		10:32	0
Julie London – More		10:37	2	15/7/2022
Olivia Newton-John – No Regrets		10:41	1	30/10/2022
Anthony Baxter – Top Of The World	2025	10:44	2	21/9/2025
By Request    Roy Orbison – Cry Softly Lonely One	1967	10:48	14	17/8/2025
70s Classic    Elton John – Crocodile Rock	1972	10:53	8	23/2/2025
Mark Wynter – Reach For The Stars		10:58	0
Jeff Batson – Somebody’s Somebody	2025	11:05	2	12/9/2025
Brendan McMahon – Outback Ball	2025	11:11	0
Dianne Coombes – Through The Winter	2025	11:14	3	19/9/2025
Annette Hawkins -Shadow Of My Heart	2025	11:20	0
Vintage Vinyl    Patsy Cline – Ain’t No Wheels On This Ship	1957	11:27	0
Brian May & ABC Melbourne Showband – What Kind Of Fool Am I		11:32	4	9/7/2021
Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Dean Martin – Houston	1965	11:35	1	25/9/2015
Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Roy Orbison – Ride Away	1965	11:37	5	6/12/2024
Roger Whittaker & Karen Chapman – All I Have To Do Is Dream (Live)		11:42	1	19/3/2021
Sheila Pope – Hopeless Rose	2025	11:45	0
Isla Grant – Twinkle Twinkle		11:50	19	31/1/2021
McGuinness Flint – Malt And Barley Blues		11:54	2	22/9/2023

Valley Sunrise Edition 852
0600 ~ 0900 AEST

During this edition, two chart-busters each hour, from the Top 40 charts of this week in 1971 and a mix of recent tracks from indie artists and other easy-listening music which you won’t hear on mainstream radio.

► Today’s photo – On the evening of 20 September, 1893,   Drama on the Tasmanian main line railway, when an attempt was made to derail the Launceston – Hobart express train on the Horseshoe Bridge, near Brighton.

The culprit had, apparently, intended to send the entire train over the edge of the bridge, into a deep gully; an act which, if successful, would have caused major loss of lives.

The fireman slipped from the locomotive cab, but saved himself at the last moment, by grabbing an outside handrail.

All three crew (driver, fireman and guard) were later commended for safely assisting all passengers off the bridge in the darkness. Being a railway-only bridge, there was no decking, just a void between each sleeper. Very few passengers were injured; those who were, sustained minor cuts.

The next day, a large team of gangers had the unenviable job of retrieving the train. One of their number was fatally injured when two trolleys collided in nearby Bridgewater, the next day.

A local resident, Charles Briggs, was arrested on, what would today be regarded as circumstantial evidence, imprisoned and sent for trial.
The jury couldn’t arrive at a unanimous verdict, so Briggs was returned to prison to face a second trial the following year.

The second jury was also undecided. This was fortunate for Briggs, because if either jury had made a “guilty” verdict, he would’ve certainly had an appointment with an executioner.

As it was, he then walked free.

So, the mystery remains, to this day. Guilty, or not guilty? If he wasn’t guilty – who was? And, why?

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► BORN on this day in 1931, in Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A. – Larry Martin Hagman, film and television actor, producer and director famous for his roles as oil tycoon J.R. Ewing in the 80s television soap opera Dallas.  Died 2012.

► DIED on this day in 1936 in Maghull, Liverpool, England – Frank Hornby, English businessman, politician, and inventor of Meccano and Hornby model trains.   Aged 73.

► DIED on this day in 1974 in Oxnard, California, U.S.A. – Walter Brennan, actor who was frequently cast in roles of characters considerably older than he actually was, due to various personal characteristics, including his unusual vocal intonations. He also released several records during the early 1960s, including Old Rivers, The Epic Ride of John H Glenn, and Don’t Go Near The Indians.  Aged 80.

Photographer unknown.

Today’s Playlist (V S):

TRACK	RELEASE YEAR	TIME	PREVIOUS PLAYS	LAST PLAYED
British Jigsaw – Sky High	1975	06:06	0
Charting this day 1971 Daddy Cool – Eagle Rock	1971	06:13	6	11/11/2022
Charting this day 1971 Johnny Chester – Gwen Congratulations	1971	06:17	4	10/11/2019
Manfred Fartek – Der Platz an Meiner Seite	2025	06:21	0
No Promises – Underground	2025	06:24	0
Andy Williams – Here There And Everywhere		06:30	0
James Last Orchestra – Intermezzo		06:35	2	17/1/2016
Foster & Allen – All Kinds Of Everything		06:40	0
Elisabeth Hope  – Beneath Still Waters	2025	06:43	0
Vintage Vinyl    Platters – Only You	1955	06:50	4	8/12/2023
Billy Fury – A Thousand Stars		06:55	4	22/6/2025
Daniel O’Donnell – Da Doo Ron Ron		06:59	5	6/3/2020
Al Martino – Volare		07:05	1	23/3/2025
By Request: Bobby Darin – Mack The Knife		07:11	2	28/2/2016
Charting this day 1971 Tony Christie – I Did What I Did For Maria	1970	07:15	5	17/11/2023
Charting this day 1971 Dusk – I Hear Those Church Bells Ringing	1970	07:19	7	19/10/2018
By Request: Judith Durham – Memories	1968	07:23	8	16/4/2023
By Request: Elvis Presley – Way Down		07:26	5	20/7/2025
Kamahl – Old Toy Trains		07:30	2	21/9/2014
By Request: Ferrante & Teicher – Sunny		07:34	2	11/6/2017
Vintage Vinyl    Tommy Sands – I Know About The Bees	1954	07:38	0
Lyndel Lucas – Country-Livin’	2025	07:39	0
Walter Brennan – Don’t Go Near The Indians	1962	07:44	4	21/9/2018
Sisters In Country – If That’s The Way You Want It	2025	07:47	0
Mark Griffin – Taking Over My Mind	2025	07:52	0
Tex Ritter – Deck of Cards	1948	07:55	3	15/10/2017
Lionel Richie – Tonight Will Be Alright	2025	08:05	1	17/8/2014
Charting this day 1971 Susan Raye – L A International Airport	1971	08:14	9	8/10/2023
Charting this day 1971 Dave Mills – Love Is A Beautiful Song	1971	08:16	5	14/10/2022
Anthony Baxter – Top Of The World	2025	08:22	1	12/9/2025
Lily-Grace Grant – Permanent Scar	2025	08:25	0
Great Grand-Pop Dick Powell & Lou Forbes Orchestra – Have You Got Any Castles Baby	1937	08:34	0
Henry Mancini Orchestra – The Thorn Birds Theme		08:39	1	2/10/2015
Lisa Crouch – I Love You More	2025	08:43	0
Ray Malcolm – The Answer To Everything	2025	08:46	1	19/9/2025
Vintage Vinyl    Buddy Holly – Heartbeat	1959	08:51	6	7/9/2025
Mel Tillis & Sherry Bryce – Don’t Let Go	1974	08:54	4	5/9/2021

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FRIDAY MORNING RADIO, Edition 487, 9.00 ~ Midday AEST  19 September 2025

Easy listening, retro and recent releases not to be heard on mainstream radio throughout the morning, on the Derwent Valley’s own radio station.

Today, a tribute to Slim Dusty, who died this day in 2003.

► LOOKING at some notable events on 19 September, in 1957, in Sydney, New South Wales, the Toyota Motor Car Company announced the first Japanese vehicle to be regularly exported to Australia, with an initial consignment of 12 Toyota Landcruisers, due early the following month.

In 1991, in Schnalstal Glacier, Italy, a party of German tourists discovered “Otzi the Iceman,” a well-preserved mummified body of a man who lived about 5300 years ago.

► BORN THIS DAY…..
1931  in Lugoff, South Carolina, U.S.A., Benjamin Franklin Peay alias Brook Benton, pop, rock and roll and rhythm and blues singer of the late 50s/early 60s, who had hits such as It’s Just A Matter Of Time and Endlessly.  He made a comeback in 1970 with Rainy Night In Georgia.   Died 1988.

1941 in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A. – Ellen Naomi Cohen alias Mama Cass Elliott, singer and member of The Mamas & The Papas. After the group broke up, she had a successful solo career.   Died 1974.

► DIED THIS DAY…..
2003 in Sydney, New South Wales – David Gordon Kirkpatrick alias Slim Dusty, singer-songwriter and producer, whose career spanned nearly seven decades.
Slim Dusty was the first Australian to receive a Gold Record and to have an international hit (A Pub With No Beer);  also, the first artist to broadcast to Earth from space, when astronauts on the space shuttle Columbia played his rendition of Waltzing Matilda as it passed over Australia during its maiden flight in 1981.  Slim Dusty was aged 76.

1944 in Steenbergen, Netherlands – Guy Gibson, British airman and C/O of the Royal Air Force 617 squadron, which, in 1943 carried out the famous Dam Busters raid in Germany’s Ruhr Valley, lost his life during a bombing raid.
By age 24 he had carried out over 170 air operations and was awarded the Victoria Cross.  Guy Gibson was aged 26 when he was killed in action.

Today’s Playlist

TRACK	RELEASE YEAR	PLAY TIME	PREVIOUS PLAYS	LAST PLAYED
Brendan Radford – They Don’t Flick The Finger In The Outback Anymore	2025	09:04	2	10/8/2025
Justin Standley – My Eternal Blue Eyes	2025	09:12	1	14/9/2025
Tony Christie – Train To Yesterday		09:16	5	12/1/2025
70s Classic    Dave Edmunds – I Hear You Knocking	1970	09:21	3	16/2/2025
Tony Orlando & Dawn – Knock Three Times	1971	09:24	3	16/2/2025
Ray Conniff – My Cup Runneth Over		09:30	1	25/12/2015
Brian May & ABC Melbourne Showband – In The Mood		09:34	3	28/1/2022
Anne Murray – Golden Oldie		09:38	0
Brook Benton – Fools Rush In	1960	09:46	1	15/5/2020
By Request Conway Twitty – Linda On My Mind	1975	09:49	3	2/10/2016
Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Sonny & Cher – I Got You Babe	1965	09:54	7	22/11/2019
Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Sunrays – I Live for The Sun	1965	09:57	5	28/9/2018
Heartland Roots Band – Gimme All Your Love	2025	10:05	0
Todd Barrow – Ain’t Lookin’ Back Now	2025	10:12	0
Brother Beyond – The Harder I Try	1988	10:16	5	19/4/2019
By Request    John Williamson & Norma Murphy – When We Were Kids		10:20	9	2/2/2024
Vintage Vinyl    Sanford Clark – The Fool	1956	10:25	0
Mama Cass – Dream A Little Dream Of Me	1968	10:28	8	19/9/2021
Tommy Emmanuel – Jacaranda		10:34	2	16/6/2017
Slim Dusty – The Pub With No Beer (Original Release)	1957	10:41	13	16/8/2024
Slim Dusty – Answer To The Pub With No Beer	1958	10:44	11	16/8/2024
Slim Dusty – Sequel To The Pub With No Beer	1959	10:47	8	24/3/2023
70s Classic    ABBA – Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!	1979	10:53	2	9/2/2025
Heintje – A Happy Lad		10:59	1	27/9/2019
Jordan McPolin – The Auctioneer	2025	11:06	1	10/8/2025
Anthony Snape & Mack Country – The Roustabout	2025	11:12	1	25/7/2025
Dianne Coombes – Through The Winter	2025	11:16	2	12/9/2025
Dave Stanley Daoust – Life Is Short Life Is Long	2025	11:21	1	17/8/2025
Vintage Vinyl    Johnny Cash – Hey Porter	1955	11:29	3	2/8/2024
Pearce Pickering Ragtime Five – Cook Good Cabbage		11:36	1	25/10/2019
Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Roy Orbison – Wondering	1965	11:39	2	13/9/2019
Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Tony Worsley & Blue Jays – Velvet Waters	1965	11:41	3	26/4/2019
Rae Leigh – Into The Dream	2025	11:44	2	7/9/2025
Gary R Farmer – My Island Paradise	2025	11:48	2	17/8/2025
Ray Malcolm – The Answer To Everything		11:53	0

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Valley Sunrise Edition 851
0600 ~ 0900 AEST

During this edition, two chart-busters each hour, from the Top 40 charts of this week in 1970 and a mix of recent tracks from indie artists and other easy-listening music which you won’t hear on mainstream radio.

► LOOKING at some notable events on 14 September, in 1914, off New Britain, Papua New Guinea, Australia’s first submarine, AE 1, disappeared without trace, together with it’s 35 crew.
The location of the wreck remained unknown until 2017, when it was found in 300 metres of water near the Duke of York Islands.  The cause of it’s sinking remains unknown. 

In 1959, the Soviet space probe Luna 2 became the first man-made object to crash on the Moon.  

And in 1981 in London, England – Marcus Sargeant, aged 17, was gaoled for five years for firing blank cartridges at Queen Elizabeth.. 

► BORN THIS DAY…..
1933, in Modesto, California, U.S.A., Harvey Presnell, actor who appeared in many movies including Saving Private Ryan, The Unsinkable Molly Brown and Paint Your Wagon.  Died 2009.

► DIED THIS DAY…..
1982, in Monaco – Grace Patricia Kelly alias Princess Grace of Monaco, Academy Award winning actress and Princess Consort of Monaco.  Result of a car crash after suffering a stroke, aged 52.

2009 in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., Patrick Swayze, actor, dancer and singer-songwriter  best-known for his tough-guy roles, and as romantic leading men in the hit films Dirty Dancing and Ghost.   Aged 57. 

TODAY’S PHOTO: An early morning view of the Derwent River, taken whilst travelling to the TYGA-FM studio. Photo: Yours Truly

Today’s Playlist (V S):

TRACK	RELEASE YEAR	TIME	PREVIOUS PLAYS	LAST PLAYED
Peter Salata – El Toro	2025	06:06	2	10/8/2025
Charting this day 1970 Jigsaw – Yellow River	1970	06:11	9	6/3/2020
Charting this day 1970 Pickettywitch – That Same Old Feeling	1970	06:14	3	7/5/2023
Harvey Presnell – They Call The Wind Maria		06:18	3	14/9/2018
John Gary – While We’re Young		06:22	1	5/7/2024
Petula Clark – I Believe In Love		06:25	0
Ronnie Ogden & His Orchestra – This Can’t Be Love		06:32	0
Johnny Logan – What’s Another Year	2025	06:35	1	11/7/2025
Liam McAlary – Lonely Life	2025	06:38	1	17/8/2025
Vintage Vinyl    Dean Martin – Hey Brother Pour The Wine	1959	06:43	3	24/9/2023
Patti Page – Fly Me To The Moon	2025	06:47	6	19/1/2024
Allniters – Montego Bay	2025	06:50	0
By Request: Beatles – Day Tripper	1965	06:54	5	26/2/2023
By Request: Beatles – In My Life		06:56	8	30/6/2024
Allan Gumm – Gundabluie Girl	2025	07:05	1	15/8/2025
Charting this day 1970 Mixtures – In The Summertime	1970	07:12	11	17/9/2021
Charting this day 1970 Conway Twitty – Hello Darlin’	1970	07:15	2	3/3/2024
By Request: Rooftop Singers – Walk Right In	1963	07:19	14	17/11/2024
Peter Stefanson – Who’s The Girl (Say You Love Me)	2025	07:22	2	29/8/2025
Patti Morgan – The Old Condamine	2025	07:28	2	25/7/2025
Ray Conniff & His Orchestra – A Media Luz		07:32	0
Vintage Vinyl    Crew Cuts – Angels in the Sky	1955	07:38	2	9/7/2017
Gene Bradley Fisk – Underneath My Setting Sun	2025	07:40	4	12/9/2025
Cat Lion – Cause Memories They Last	2025	07:46	2	5/9/2025
Justin Standley – My Eternal Blue Eyes	2025	07:49	0
Ian Pearce Quartet – Bird In A Gilded Cage		07:54	0
Inge Augustina – Something Stupid	2022	07:58	5	8/6/2025
Ray Malcolm – Make Me An Island	2025	08:06	2	5/9/2025
Charting this day 1970 Tony Orlando & Dawn – Candida	1970	08:13	2	27/10/2017
Charting this day 1970 Carpenters – Close To You	1970	08:16	10	12/5/2024
Richard Mulligan – Just Me and My Old Beat-Up Guitar	2025	08:22	2	5/9/2025
Roy Orbison – Walk On		08:26	0
Great Grand-Pop Doris Day – Quicksilver	1949	08:31	2	20/8/2021
Al Caiola – Theme From Dr Kildare		08:36	0
Charlie Landsborough – You Were Always On My Mind		08:39	0
Adrian Martin Murphy – The Glen of Aherlow	2025	08:43	0
Vintage Vinyl    Chris Barber – Petite Fleur	1959	08:48	8	3/5/2024
Bucks Fizz – Piece Of The Action	2025	08:51	4	19/2/2016

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FRIDAY MORNING RADIO, Edition 486, 9.00 ~ Midday AEST  12 September 2025

Easy listening, retro and recent releases not to be heard on mainstream radio throughout the morning, on the Derwent Valley’s own radio station.

► LOOKING at some notable events on 5 September, in 1928, Christchurch, New Zealand – The first flight from Australia to New Zealand was completed by Charles Kingsford Smith, Charles Ulm, Thomas McWilliams and Harold Litchfield, 14 hours after taking off from Richmond, New South Wales.

In 1957, in Taroona, Tasmania – A series of massive early morning explosions, believed to have been caused deliberately, wrecked quarrying equipment including a large stone crushing plant.

In 1978, in Waikato, New Zealand – The Kaimai Railway Tunnel, the longest in the country at nearly 9 kilometres, opened on the East Coast railway, linking Auckland and Tauranga..n 2001, in Australia, Ansett, Australia’s first commercial domestic airline, collapsed, leaving 10,000 people unemployed.

► BORN THIS DAY…..
1888  in Paris, France – Maurice Chevalier, actor, singer, and popular vaudeville entertainer whose signature songs included Louise, Mimi, Valentine, and Thank Heaven For Little Girls   Died 1972.

1943 in Greenwich Village, New York, U.S.A. – Maria Grazia Rosa Domenica D’Amato alias Maria Muldaur, folk-blues singer, who was part of the American folk music revival of the early 60s.  In 1974 she recorded the hit song Midnight At The Oasis, and she continues to record albums in the folk traditions.

► DIED THIS DAY…..
2003 in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A. – Johnny Cash, singer-songwriter, actor, and author, primarily remembered as a country singer, although his songs spanned other genres including rockabilly, rock and roll, blues, folk and gospel.  Aged 71.

 Today’s photo – Today’s photo – Springtime is wattle time in the Valley. #  Yours Truly.

Today’s Playlist

TRACK	RELEASE YEAR	PLAY TIME	PREVIOUS PLAYS	LAST PLAYED
Owen Smith & Matt Scullion – Upper Class Bogan	2025	09:05	2	17/8/2025
Anthony Baxter – Top Of The World	2025	09:11	0
Barry Owen – You’re Still The One	2025	09:14	0
70s Classic   Buggles – Video Killed The Radio Star	1979	09:19	3	9/2/2025
Jane Scali – Having A Good Time	1982	09:22	5	6/3/2022
Shaza Leigh – All My Loving	2025	09:28	2	24/8/2025
Ferrante & Teicher – Begin The Beguine		09:34	3	1/5/2015
Bobby Goldsboro – And I Love You So		09:38	2	13/1/2023
Maria Muldaur – Midnight At The Oasis	1974	09:42	5	12/9/2021
By Request Peter Paul & Mary – Blowin’ In The Wind	1963	09:48	18	4/8/2023
Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 MPD Limited – Little Boy Sad	1965	09:51	1	6/12/2015
Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Johnny Tillotson – Heartaches By The Number	1965	09:53	4	7/8/2020
Lance Birrell – Spinifex	2022	09:58	4	6/10/2024
Juice Newton – Headin’ For A Heartache	1981	10:05	2	29/8/2014
No Promises – Those Boots	2025	10:09	1	17/8/2025
Mike McClellan – Song And Dance Man	1974	10:12	6	14/7/2024
By Request    Neil Diamond – Red Red Wine	1967	10:17	3	9/9/2022
Vintage Vinyl    Lita Rosa – Walking To Missouri	1951	10:20	1	5/2/2021
Johnny Cash – Ghost Riders in the Sky	1979	10:23	5	20/8/2021
Kym Cormack – Aotearoa New Zealand	2024	10:27	5	1/8/2025
Acker Bilk & Leon Young String Chorale – Carolina Moon		10:32	1	11/9/2020
Gene Bradley Fisk -Underneath My Setting Sun	2025	10:35	3	15/9/2025
Richard Mulligan – Because I Love You	2025	10:39	1	15/8/2025
70s Classic    Rupert Holmes – Escape (The Pina Colada Song)	1977	10:45	7	9/2/2025
Slim Dusty – Big Moon		10:51	3	6/7/2025
Seekers – Open Up Them Pearly Gates		10:54	2	6/6/2025
Peter Posa – The White Rabbit	1963	10:57	14	10/5/2024
Michaela Harkin – I’m On My Way	2024	11:05	2	6/10/2024
Jeff Batson – Somebody’s Somebody	2025	11:09	1	31/8/2025
Dianne Coombes – Through The Winter	2025	11:13	1	7/9/2025
Carpenters – Those Good Old Dreams	1981	11:19	1	22/1/2017
Vintage Vinyl    Lou Monte – Lazy Mary	1958	11:26	8	2/4/2021
Richard Hayman & His Orchestra – That’s What Friends Are For		11:32	0
Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Horst Jankowski – Simpel Gimpel	1965	11:36	7	11/9/2020
Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Skeeter Davis – Sunglasses	1965	11:39	5	13/12/2020
CoCo Bal & Hubert Heeringa – Summer Cava	2025	11:43	2	31/8/2025
Gunter Noris – Kufsteiner Lied	2025	11:47	1	23/2/2025
Daniel O’Donnell – Before I’m Over You		11:51	0
Roberto Delgado – Da Doo Ron Ron		11:54	0

Valley Sunrise Edition 850
0600 ~ 0900 AEST

During this edition, two chart-busters each hour, from the Top 40 charts of this week in 1978 and a mix of recent tracks from indie artists and other easy-listening music which you won’t hear on mainstream radio.

► LOOKING at some notable events on 7 September, in 1936 the last known surviving member of the thylacine species (or “Tasmanian Tiger” after which the radio station I broadcast on is named) died Hobart’s Beaumaris Zoo.
Although there have been claimed sightings since, there have been no reliable photographs taken and the species is believed extinct.

► In 1940, the Blitz of World War 2 started when Nazi Germany began to rain bombs on and around London. This was the first of 57 consecutive nights of bombing.

► And in 1978, Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov was assassinated in London while walking across Waterloo Bridge, by a Bulgarian secret police agent, who used a ricin pellet fired from a specially-designed umbrella gun.

► BORN on this day in 1920, in Jersey City, New Jersey U.S.A., Alexander Emil Caiola  alias Al Caiola, the jazz, country, rock, western and pop music guitarist who has recorded over fifty albums and worked with some of the biggest stars of the 20th Century.  These included Frank Sinatra, Percy Faith, Buddy Holly, Mitch Miller and Tony Bennett.  Died 2016.

► BORN on this day in 1936 in Lubbock, Texas, U.S.A., Charles Hardin Holley alias Buddy Holly, singer-songwiter and pioneer of rock and roll, whose success lasted only a year and a half before his death in a 1959 plane crash.
Holly has been described as “the single most influential creative force in early rock and roll.”

TODAY’S PHOTO: Last Friday morning’s view of Mt Dromedary, with an unusual dusting of snow, courtesy of the overnight cold snap.

Photo: Yours Truly

Today’s Playlist

TRACK	RELEASE YEAR	TIME	PREVIOUS PLAYS	LAST PLAYED
Ron Christopher – All About The Song	2025	06:06	2	1/12/2024
Charting this day 1978 Linda Ronstadt – Back In The U.S.A.	1978	06:13	1	13/10/2017
Charting this day 1978 Hawking Brothers – One Day At A Time	1978	06:16	6	13/9/2020
Al Caiola – I Walk The Line	1962	06:21	9	29/3/2020
Rae Leigh – Into The Dream	2025	06:24	1	29/8/2025
Brendan O’Dowda – Paddy McGinty’s Goat		06:28	1	16/3/2018
Joe Reisman & His Orchestra – Love Walked In		06:32	1	21/6/2020
Ben Walker – Boat Time	2025	06:36	0
Carol Chaney – Everything’s A Waltz	2025	06:40	4	15/6/2025
By Request: Tammy Wynette – Stand By Your Man	1968	06:44	12	5/5/2024
Vintage Vinyl    Col Joye & Joy Boys – Oh Yeah Uh Huh	1959	06:48	2	20/1/2017
Juniper Arré – Howling At The Moon	2025	06:52	0
Dale Ralph – Sixteen Kisses	2025	06:57	1	22/8/2025
Heartland Roots Band – This Is Now	2025	07:06	0
Charting this day 1978 Olivia Newton John & John Travolta – You’re The One That I Want	1978	07:13	5	24/6/2018
Charting this day 1978 Commodores – Three Times A Lady	1978	07:16	7	1/10/2023
By Request: Cowsills – Indian Lake	1968	07:21	6	28/6/2024
Engelbert Humperdinck – Woman		07:24	0
Buddy Holly – Heartbeat	1958	07:29	5	3/7/2022
Gheorghe Zamfir – Chariots Of Fire		07:33	1	17/4/2016
Vintage Vinyl    Carmen McRae – Give Me The Simple Life	1955	07:39	1	3/5/2019
Guy Surtees – Thirty Minute Star	2025	07:43	1	30/3/2025
Patrick Koers – Poor Man	2025	07:46	0
Andy Williams – Ain’t It True		07:51	0
Ray Conniff Singers – Release Me		07:55	0
Town & Country Brothers – Sandy Sandy	1963	07:58	9	19/1/2024
John Glenn – Sunny Side Of The Mountain	2025	08:05	1	22/8/2025
Charting this day 1978 Boney M – The Rivers Of Babylon	1978	08:11	20	22/12/2024
Charting this day 1978 John Paul Young – Love Is In The Air	1978	08:15	10	29/6/2025
Change of Key – Beyond That Smile	2025	08:19	2	9/5/2025
By Request: Buddy Williams & Ivy Somerfeld – Let’s Grow Old Together		08:22	7	8/12/2024
Great Grand-Pop Johnnie Ray – All Of Me	1952	08:29	0
Johnny Harris & His Orchestra – Sweet Maria		08:34	2	27/7/2018
Christine Clifford – Crazy	2025	08:38	1	31/8/2025
Pete King Orchestra & Chorale – Around The World		08:41	1	28/4/2024
Vintage Vinyl    Ricky Nelson – Poor Little Fool	1959	08:44	4	23/7/2023
Dianne Coombes – Through The Winter	2025	08:46	0
John Williamson – The Boomerang Cafe		08:51	4	26/1/2025
Uncle Trent and Friends – The Devil	2025	08:55	0

FRIDAY MORNING RADIO, Edition 485, 9.00 ~ Midday AEST  5 September 2025

Easy listening, retro and recent releases not to be heard on mainstream radio throughout the morning, on the Derwent Valley’s own radio station.

► LOOKING at some notable events on 5 September, in 1968, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A. – A 1958 Volkswagen Microbus, which had been modified for all-electric operation, was judged winner of the “Great Transcontinental Electric Car Race” after completing a 5150 km  trip from Pasadena, California.

 The “Voltswagen” made the trip in 210 hours and made 53 battery recharging stops.

In 1974, in Sandy Bay, Tasmania – A new boiler which had been installed in a convent laundry exploded, caused 8 deaths and injuring many others.

In 1977, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S.A.  – The Voyager 1 space probe was launched to the planets Jupiter and Saturn, later to become the first to provide clear photographs of those planets and their moons.

It has since studied the boundaries of our Solar System and in 2012 became the first space probe to reach interstellar space.

Voyager 1 is travelling about 520 million kilometres per year and is expected to remain in contact with Earth until this year, when its power supply is expected to fail.    

► BORN THIS DAY…..
1918  in Sydney, New South Wales – Harold Williams, alias Buddy Williams, country singer and songwriter, formerly known as The Yodelling Jackaroo . Williams was the first Australian to record country music in Australia, three years after New Zealander Tex Morton made his first recording in Australia.  Died 1986.

1938 in London, England – Joan Sydney, Australian actress best known for her role as Valda Sheergold in the soapie Neighbours, and also as Maggie Sloane, matron of the Wandin Valley Bush Nursing Hospital, in A Country Practice. Died 2022.

1938 in Queanbeyan, New South Wales – George Lazenby, actor best known for portraying James Bond in the 1969 movie On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.  Turns 86 today.

► DIED THIS DAY…..
1982 in Chiswick, London, England –  Douglas Bader, Royal Air Force fighter ace of World War 2.  Despite having lost both legs in a plane crash in 1931, Bader re-enlisted in the Royal Air Force in 1939, but was ultimately shot down and spent the remainder of the war as a POW.

His biography, titled Reach for the Sky written by Paul Brickhill, was published in 1954 and became a best seller.  A feature film of the same title was released in 1956, starring Kenneth More as Bader.  He was aged 72.

2012 in Buford, Georgia U.S.A. – Joseph Alfred Souter alias Joe South, singer-songwriter and guitarist, who won a Grammy Award for Song Of The Year in 1970 with his song Games People Play.

He was nominated again in 1972 for his composition Rose Garden.  (Aged 72).  He was aged 49.

Today’s photo – A different view of Richmond, in the Coal River Valley, Tasmania.

Today’s Playlist

TRACK	RELEASE YEAR	PLAY TIME	PREVIOUS PLAYS	LAST PLAYED
Katelynn Marie – Gonna Find Me A Country Boy	2025	09:05	1	3/8/2025
Trey Calloway – She Don’t Break It Like She Used To	2025	09:11	2	24/8/2025
Larissa Tormey – Everybody`s Somebody`s Fool	2018	09:14	6	4/10/2024
70s Classic   Leif Garrett – Surfin’ U.S.A	1977	09:18	7	2/2/2025
Ray Malcolm – Make Me An Island	2025	09:20	1	22/8/2025
Kathy Carver – Crazy	2025	09:28	2	25/7/2025
European Show Band – Moonglow		09:33	1	2/2/2024
Johnny Logan – What’s Another Year	1980	09:37	2	17/8/2025
Buddy Williams – The Camden Train	1975	09:42	3	26/1/2024
By Request Col Joye – Song Sung Blue	1975	09:47	0
Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Little Patti – Dance Puppet Dance	1965	09:51	8	20/1/2023
Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Nat King Cole & Stubby Kaye – The Ballad of Cat Ballou	1965	09:53	11	22/1/2023
Lionel Long – The Ballad of Cobb and Co		09:57	7	26/1/2024
Dustin Lowe – Shake Your Copenhagen	2025	10:05	2	17/8/2025
Cat Lion – Cause Memories They Last	2025	10:05	1	27/7/2025
Terry Bennetts – Chasing Rabbits In Her Sleep	2025	10:14	1	3/8/2025
By Request    Charlie Chech – The Summer Wind	2025	10:19	3	10/5/2024
Vintage Vinyl    Chuck Berry – Too Pooped To Pop	1960	10:24	1	3/1/2021
Lindsay Waddington – Kakadu	2022	10:26	10	26/7/2024
Manuel & The Music of the Mountains – A Summer Place		10:30	2	10/4/2022
Joe South – Birds of a Feather	1968	10:34	5	1/8/2021
Margarita De La Vega – Love Me With All Your Heart	2025	10:36	2	15/8/2025
70s Classic    Paul McCartney & Wings – Mull Of Kintyre	1977	10:42	11	2/2/2025
Toni West – Starry Skies	2025	10:53	2	17/8/2025
Francisco Cavez & His Orchestra – High Life In Brazil		10:58	2	20/10/2024
Patti Morgan – The Old Condamine	2025	11:05	2	25/7/2025
Tony Christie – Sweet September		11:10	0
Victoria Crosby – Flowers For Annie	2025	11:13	0
Richard Mulligan – Just Me and My Old Beat-Up Guitar	2025	11:19	1	27/4/2025
Vintage Vinyl    Clyde McPhatter – A Lover’s Question	1958	11:27	10	15/11/2024
Paul Weston & His Orchestra – That’s All		11:33	0
Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Jonathan King – Everyone’s Gone To The Moon	1965	11:38	12	4/2/2024
Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Shadows – My Grandfather’s Clock	1965	11:40	0
Eddie Rabbitt – You Can’t Run From Love		11:47	0
Peter Coad OAM – Dead Man’s Hill	2025	11:51	0
Trevor Dawe – Wheels		11:54	0

Valley Sunrise Edition 849
0600 ~ 0900 AEST

During this edition, two chart-busters each hour, from the Top 40 charts of this week in 1976, and a mix of recent tracks from indie artists and other easy-listening music which you won’t hear on mainstream radio.

► BORN on 31 August in 1940 in Manly, New South Wales – Jack Thompson, Australian actor and one of the major figures of Australian cinema.  He is best known as lead actor in acclaimed films including Wake In Fright (1971), Sunday Too Far Away  (1975), The Man From Snowy River  (1982) and Breaker Morant  (1980).

► BORN on this day in 1945 in Belfast, Northern Ireland – George Ivan Morrison, alias Van Morrison, singer-songwriter and musician.

► At the opposite end of the life span, DIED this day in 1997, Paris, France – Diana Frances Spencer alias Diana, Princess of Wales. She was aged 36.

► DIED this day in 2012 on Hope Island, Gold Coast, Queensland – Max Bygraves, comedian, singer, actor and variety performer.  He was aged 89.

► DIED this day in 2013 aboard MS Queen Elizabeth, in the Mediterranean Sea, David Frost, journalist, comedian, writer and media personality, best known as a pioneer of political satire on television and for his interviews with various political figures.  He was aged 74.

TODAY’S PHOTO: A well reproduced scene from the mid-1930s, as a then-new steam railcar leaves the midlands township of Parattah, on it’s northward journey from Hobart to Launceston.

Photo: Yours Truly – At last Sunday’s model railway exhibition, Kingston.

Today’s Playlist (V S):

TRACK	RELEASE YEAR	TIME	PREVIOUS PLAYS	LAST PLAYED
Deon Powter Band – Afraid of the Dark	2023	06:05	2	25/6/2023
Charting this day 1976 Harpo – Movie Star	1976	06:15	2	31/8/2018
Charting this day 1976 Judy Stone – Hasta Manana	1976	06:18	5	31/3/2023
Van Morrison – Days Like This	1995	06:23	1	31/8/2018
Christine Clifford – Crazy	2025	06:26	0
Daniel O’Donnell – Young Love		06:29	0
Ferrante & Teicher – Lay Lady Lay		06:34	3	13/10/2017
Adam Wayne – With Another Smile		06:38	0
HAZEL & The Thief – Willing To Try	2025	06:42	1	2/5/2025
Vintage Vinyl    Clarence Frogman Henry – Ain’t Got No Home	1958	06:46	3	19/3/2023
By Request: Frank Ifield – I Remember You	1962	06:49	8	27/10/2024
Cliff  Richard – Magic Is The Moonlight	1965	06:53	1	29/12/2019
Richard Mulligan – Doonlaughin	2025	06:55	0
Jeff Batson – Somebody’s Somebody	2025	07:05	0
By Request: Slim Dusty – We’ve Done Us Proud		07:11	21	23/6/2024
Charting this day 1976 Elton John & Kiki Dee – Don’t Go Breaking My Heart	1974	07:15	8	6/3/2022
Charting this day 1976 ABBA – Fernando	1974	07:20	22	13/4/2025
By Request: Bachelors – The Sound Of Silence		07:26	3	29/1/2021
Rene de Roo – My Father Once Said	2025	07:28	1	11/7/2025
Max Bygraves – What A Wonderful World		07:34	3	2/8/2019
Peter Loland Orchestra – More		07:38	0
Vintage Vinyl    Chordettes – Photographs	1957	07:42	1	2/4/2017
Colin Gordon Farleigh – Second Chances	2025	07:45	0
CoCo Bal & Hubert Heeringa – Summer Cava	2025	07:49	1	22/8/2025
Travelling Wilburys – End Of The Line	1988	07:53	5	20/10/2023
Tornados – Earthy		07:58	1	5/6/2015
Ron Callaghan – Confusion	2025	08:05	0
By Request: Pussycat – My Broken Souvenirs		08:12	7	6/7/2025
Charting this day 1976 Rod Stewart – Tonight’s The Night	1976	08:16	9	30/12/2022
Charting this day 1976 J J Barrie – No Charge	1976	08:20	2	31/8/2018
Bob Marshall – Wildorado	2025	08:25	1	30/3/2025
Chamaco Dominguez His Orchestra & Chorus – Meditation		08:33	3	17/11/2023
Paul Bateman & His Orchestra – Heartbreaker		08:38	1	29/12/2023
Frank Ifield – I’m a Dreamer	1968	08:42	0
Cilla Black – If You Leave Me Now	1980	08:45	3	18/5/2014
Vintage Vinyl    Champs – Tequila	1958	08:50	4	5/6/2016
Joy Adams & Gary Farmer – Be Mine	2021	08:52	4	18/3/2022
Eric Read – The Generation	2021	08:55	2	9/7/2021

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FRIDAY MORNING RADIO, Edition 484, 9.00 ~ Midday AEST 22 August 2025

Easy listening, retro and recent releases not to be heard on mainstream radio throughout the morning, on the Derwent Valley’s own radio station.

► LOOKING at some notable events on 29 August, in 1907, Quebec City, Canada, the Quebec Bridge, which was under construction, collapsed with the loss of 75 lives.
This bridge is a riveted steel truss structure 987 metres long, and 104 metres high, with cantilever arms supporting a 195 metre central structure, making a total centre span 549 metres wide.  It is still the longest cantilever span in the world.
The bridge was still under construction in September 1916, when second collapse occurred, claiming a further 13 lives.

In 1961, in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory – A Labor member of the House of Representatives, Mr Jim Fraser, accused the-then Australian Broadcasting Commission of having instructed one of their most popular announcers, to never more, quip or jest during his morning programme.
 
In 1992, in Sydney, New South Wales, the tunnel beneath Sydney Harbour opened to traffic.  At it’s deepest point, it is 25 metres below sea level.

► BORN THIS DAY…..
1915  in Stockholm, Sweden, Ingrid Bergman, actress who starred in many European and American films.  She won three Academy Awards, two Emmy Awards, and the Tony Award for Best Actress, and is ranked as the fourth greatest female star of all time by the American Film Institute.
Ingrid Bergman is particularly remembered for her role as Ilsa Lund in the 1942 movie Casablanca, a World War II drama which co-starred Humphrey Bogart.
It’s very unusual for someone to die on their birthday, but Ingrid also died this day in London, England, in 1982, aged 67. 

1958 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, U.S.A.  – Ruth Lee Jones, alias Dinah Washington, African-American jazz/blues singer and pianist, cited as “the most popular black female recording artist of the ’50s.”  Died 1963.

► DIED THIS DAY…..
1987 in Tucson, Arizona, U.S.A.,  Lee Marvin, actor noted for his deep voice.  He appeared in many movies, including The Comancheros in 1961, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (in which he played the vicious outlaw Liberty Valance) in 1962, and Donovan’s Reef in 1963.
Lee Marvin is possibly best known for his role in the Western musical of 1969, Paint Your Wagon.  He was aged 63.

1992 near Mt Archer, Central Queensland, Graeme Strachan, nicknamed Shirley Strachan, rock singer from the Australian band Skyhooks.   He was also a well-known radio and television presenter.
His nickname “Shirley” was acquired because of his long, curly hair, reminiscent of the child actress Shirley Temple.  He was aged 49.

 Today’s photo – In view of the chilly weekend coming up in the Valley, I thought this pic of Mt Dromedary is appropriate, given that snow is expected at lower-than-usual levels.

Photo:  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	1	3/8/2025
Alan Gilmour – The Longest Country Mile	2025	09:12	1	13/6/2025
Joy Adams – My Time To Shine	2025	09:15	2	27/7/2025
John O’Dea – Bob The Railway Dog	2022	09:21	7	12/1/2024
70s Classic   Glen Campbell – Country Boy	1975	09:27	7	18/7/2025
Billy Field – Bad Habits	1981	09:30	2	20/6/2014
Henry Mancini & His Orchestra – Misty		09:36	0
Andy Williams – Theme From The Godfather		09:40	1	20/9/2015
Dinah Washington – September In The Rain	1961	09:47	6	23/1/2022
By Request Seekers (Louisa Wisseling) – Every Road Leads Back To You	1975	09:49	3	3/6/2022
Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Lesley Gore – Sunshine Lollipops And Rainbows	1965	09:55	9	14/2/2021
Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Dave Clark 5 – Catch Us If You Can	1965	09:57	4	28/2/2016
David Maguire – Walk of Life	2022	10:05	7	1/12/2023
By Request Ollie Austin – Sweet Music Man		10:11	0
Susanna Colley – Steel Toes To Stilettos	2025	10:16	0
Chris Callaghan – Twenty Hours	2025	10:18	4	15/6/2025
By Request    Cliff Richard – Rote Lippen Soll Man Küssen (Lucky Lips)	1980	10:20	0
Vintage Vinyl    Ames Brothers – Tammy	1957	10:27	0
Lee Marvin – Wandrin’ Star	1969	10:30	7	19/2/2023
Francisco Cavez & His Orchestra – Santiago		10:36	1	26/8/2018
Skyhooks – Blue Jeans	1976	10:40	15	22/11/2024
Rae Leigh – Into The Dream	2025	10:42	0
70s Classic    Neil Diamond – Desiree	1977	10:49	7	2/2/2025
Anne Murray – Shadows In The Moonlight		10:55	0
Blue Echoes – Runaround Sue	1979	11:05	7	5/8/2016
Anne Fraser – Too Drunk To Drive	2025	11:11	2	1/6/2025
Odin Brennhaug – Yesterday’s Shore	2025	11:15	1	20/7/2025
Tim Hemme – Believe In You	2025	11:19	1	3/8/2025
Vintage Vinyl    Burl Ives – That’s My Heartstrings	1956	11:24	1	4/10/2013
Frank DeVol & His Orchestra – Witchcraft		11:32	0
Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Gene Pitney – Looking Through The Eyes Of Love	1965	11:35	5	15/7/2016
Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Fortunes – You’ve Got Your Troubles	1965	11:39	13	25/8/2023
Cheryl Hann-Woodlock – Sweet Talk	2025	11:43	1	27/7/2025
Howie Bros – Home I’ll Be	2025	11:46	3	25/5/2025
Neil Diamond – Forever in Blue Jeans		11:51	2	24/1/2021
ABC Showband – Weekend Magazine Theme		11:54	3	12/1/2025

Valley Sunrise Edition 848
0600 ~ 0900 AEST

During this edition, two chart-busters each hour, from the Top 40 charts of this week in 1974, and a mix of recent tracks from indie artists and other easy-listening music which you won’t hear on mainstream radio.

► LOOKING at some notable events on 24 August, in the year 79, the Roman Empire city of Pompeii was buried in volcanic ash up to 7 metres deep, during a cataclysmic eruption of Mt Vesuvius.  The site of Pompeii was lost for 1,500 years until a small section was uncovered in 1599.

It was another 150 years before additional excavations were made.  Numerous artifacts had been preserved over the centuries, including voids in the solidified ash, which once contained remains of human and animal victims of the eruption.  Plaster and resin casts of these voids show the exact position each victim was in, upon their death. 

► In 1932, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop, from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey. She was also the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, and set many other aviation records.

 She was attempting to become the first woman to make an aerial circumnavigation of the world in 1937, when her aircraft disappeared over the Pacific Ocean.  No trace of the aircraft, or of her or her navigator, Fred Noonan, was ever found.  The pair were declared dead in absentia in 1939.

► And in 1989, Australian domestic airline flights ceased when the nation’s 1,640 pilots resigned en masse in a dispute over a new salary package, following a long period of wage suppression.  InterState air services were provided by RAAF and planes and pilots, by international flights.

► BORN on this day in 1947, Coventry, England, Rowena Wallace, Australian actress who has appeared in numerous productions since her television debut in 1968. 

Also in show-biz,

► BORN on this day in 1949, in Lameroo, South Australia, Julie Moncrief Lush, alias Julie Anthony, soprano and entertainer, one time member of The Seekers after the departure of Judith Durham.  She is one of the most awarded Australian entertainers. 

► At the opposite end of the life span, DIED this day in 1978 in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A., Louis Prima, singer, actor, songwriter, and trumpeter, known as the King of the Swing,  who rode the musical trends of his time, starting in the 1920s with his seven-piece jazz band, then successively leading a swing combo in the 1930s, a big band in the 1940s, a Vegas lounge act in the 1950s, and a pop-rock band in the 1960s.  He was aged 67.

► DIED this day in 1980 in London, England, Yootha Joyce, actress best known for her starring role as Mildred Roper in the sitcoms Man About The House and George And Mildred.  She was aged 53.

TODAY’S PHOTO: An overnight dusting of snow on Mt Faulkner, in the Derwent Valley. July 2016.

Photo: Yours Truly.

Today’s Playlist (V S):

TRACK	RELEASE YEAR	TIME	PREVIOUS PLAYS	LAST PLAYED
Tony Christie – Don’t Go Down To Reno		06:06	1	10/1/2020
Charting this day 1974 Paper Lace – Billy Don’t Be a Hero	1974	06:12	4	22/6/2025
Charting this day 1974 Ernie Sigley – Just Thank Me	1974	06:15	3	15/10/2021
Julie Anthony – What A Feeling		06:20	4	23/1/2022
Glenn Levi – More Of You	2025	06:24	1	6/7/2025
Frank Ifield – I’ll Sing Along With You	1967	06:28	0
Geoff Love & His Orchestra – Harry Lime Theme		06:32	0
Ollie Austin – Old Flames		06:36	0
Shaza Leigh – All My Loving	2025	06:39	1	10/8/2025
Vintage Vinyl    Virtues – Guitar Boogie Shuffle	1959	06:45	3	26/7/2013
Colm Wilkinson & Jimmy Helms – I Am The Starlight		06:48	1
Kevin Tuckfield – Why He Rides	2025	06:53	2	6/4/2025
Jason Carruthers – Proud To Be An Aussie		06:56	1	6/12/2024
Justin Standley – Borderline	2025	07:05	2	18/7/2025
Charting this day 1974 Jade Hurley – Down In The Riverina	1974	07:11	6	24/11/2023
Charting this day 1974 Jimmy Little – Australia Down Under	1974	07:14	12	18/8/2024
By Request: Bachelors – Diane	1964	07:19	11	23/2/2024
By Request: Michael Crawford – The Power Of Love		07:22	0
By Request: Paul McCartney & Wings – Band On The Run		07:27	5	30/7/2023
Louis Prima & Keely Smith – Hey Boy Hey Girl	1959	07:33	1	13/9/2024
David Firman & His Orchestra – Song of Joy		07:38	0
Vintage Vinyl    Tony Brent – Walking To Missouri	1952	07:43	1	3/1/2014
Engelbert Humperdinck – This Is My Song		07:46	3	8/10/2023
Simon Park Orchestra – Up To Date (Man About The House Theme)		07:51	18	7/5/2023
Chris James – Red Dirt On His Hands	2025	07:53	2	15/8/2025
Peter Nero – Summer Samba		07:57	1	27/6/2025
Trey Calloway – She Don’t Break It Like She Used To	2025	08:05	1	22/8/2025
Charting this day 1974 Ray Stevens – The Streak	1974	08:09	1	4/6/2017
Charting this day 1974 Cash Backman – My Girl Bill	1974	08:12	3	23/6/2023
David Essex – High Flying Adored	1985	08:21	0
Toni West & Ray Malcolm – Islands In The Stream	2024	08:24	5	10/8/2025
By Request: Eddie Fisher – Cindy Oh Cindy	1957	08:31	7	11/5/2025
Manuel & The Music of the Mountains – Eso Beso		08:37	3	12/4/2013
Che Orton – Rest Your Love On Me	2025	08:41	1	22/8/2025
Carol Chaney – What I Want	2025	08:45	0
Vintage Vinyl    Travis & Bob – Tell Him No	1959	08:50	4	6/11/2022
Waikikis – Pacific Punch		08:52	0
Shadows – F.B.I.		08:56	1	22/2/2019

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