5 August 2023
British Railway Modellers’ / Glenorchy Lions model railway exhibition, Kingston, today (5 August).
3 August 2023
Friday, August 4
In Edition 376 of Friday Morning Radio on TYGA-FM 98.9………
I’m reverting to the previous format, which was a mix of selected tracks from indie artists, easy-listening tracks from my home library, and memories,
rather than splitting them into separate hours.
Artists to be featured today are as diverse as Jimmy Little, Louis Armstrong, Susan Boyle, and George Hamilton IV.
In the brief Sky High segment, a run-down on which planets can be seen and when, in the event of clear skies.
Since the beginning of the year, I’ve been running the Diamond Classic plays, in which I play a track each hour which was charting on the date of broadcast
60 years ago.
This edition of the programme will feature the first of a series of Fabulous Fifty Gold tracks, which were on the charts exactly 50 years ago.
Today’s playlist will be entered on this blog later in the day. Scroll down for some previous playlists. Would you like to leave a request for a future programme?
Outside radio reception range? You can tune in to TYGA-FM anytime, anywhere, at www.tygafm.org.au
The Derwent Valley’s weather outlook for Friday – Showers, a top of an unseasonal 17 C.
In New Norfolk at 8.00 p.m. Thursday, it’s cloudy, 14 C.
Today’s header photo was taken recently, during a stroll around the Risdon Brook water reservoir on the eastern outskirts of Hobart.
29 July 2023
Sunday, 30 July 2023
This month has been declared the warmest July on record in Tasmania, with temperatures 2 C above average and it’s certainly been a far cry from July 1986 when, on the 26th, snow fell to sea level in Southern Tasmania. People woke up that morning to a white blanket over everything, and with transport disrupted.
One enterprising bloke skiied to work, over the snow-laden Tasman Bridge!
It’s an event which has never been repeated since, and probably never will be.
Over in Nova Scotia, Canada, people take much heavier winter snowfalls in their stride. Coming from Halifax, Nova Scotia, in this morning’s edition of Music Unlimited with Ian MacPhee at 6.00, are the Three Degrees, Dean Martin, Berlin, Al Hirt, and in the regular Country Patch, Leroy Van Dyke and Patsy Cline.
In Edition 740 of Valley Sunrise which follows at 7.00, Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, Paul Anka, Peter Sarstedt, many indie artists and more, including listener requests after 8.00. The number to call is 6261-2000.
As always, for people out of reception range, the on-line link to TYGA-FM is:
Today’s playlist:
Hour 1:
Paul Norton – Stuck On You
Dominic Kirwan & Marian Waldron – The Last Thing On My Mind
Abby Grace – Living Here On Earth
Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass – Acapulco 1922 (1963)
Esther van Kommer – Under The Moon
Australian National Concert Orchestra – Arrivederci Roma
Micky Brae – That Luke Combs Song
McGuire Sisters – ‘S Wonderful (1956)
Christine McGuire, (one of their number) Born this day in Middletown, Ohio, U.S.A., 1926, died 2018.
Paul Anka – Diana (1957)
Paul Anka, Born this day in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 1941, turns 82 today.
Victoria Eman – Mijn Pulau Ambon
Bohemian Rogue – Coastal Groove
Hollies – Magic Woman Touch (1973)
Hour 2:
Dave Edmunds – I Hear You Knocking (1970)
By Request: Foster & Allen – Rose Of My Heart
By Request: Paul McCartney & Wings – Band On the Run (1973)
Jason McAllister – Finding My Way Back Home
Lynn Anderson – Rose Garden (1971)
Lynn Anderson, Died this day in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A., 2015, aged 67.
By Request: Soundtrack, The Sound of Music – Maria
By Request: Pet Shop Boys – Always On My Mind (1988)
By Request: Cash Backman – He’ll Have To Go
Peter Sarstedt – Where Do You Go To (1969)
Henry Mancini, His Piano & Orchestra – The Entertainer
Jason Owen – Thank God I’m A Country Boy
29 July 2023
One of the Diamond Classics in next Friday’s programme
27 July 2023
Friday, 28 July 2023
In Edition 375 of Friday Morning Radio on TYGA-FM 98.9………
The first hour, selected tracks from indie artists; In the second hour, easy-listening tracks from my home library, including artists as diverse as Nana Mouskouri, Roger Whittaker, John Gary and Julie Andrews.
In the brief Sky High segment, a run-down on which planets can be seen, given clear skies.
In the third hour, the Treasure Chest of Memories, including Diamond Classics from Eydie Gorme, Hawkshaw Hawkins and Johnny Tillotson.
TODAY’S PLAYLIST:
Hour 1 – Indies:
Bohemian Rogue – Coastal Groove
Christine Clifford – She’s Playing with Fire
Pete O’Brien – I Love You
Micky Brae – The Luke Combs Song
Elisabeth Hope – California Sun
Bill Goodall – Adventures in Paradise
Bruce Coughlan – Lean Times
Alice Benfer – Let’s Pretend
Johnny Chester – All I Have Is Me
Victoria Eman – Mijn Pulau Ambon
Andy Martin – You Asked Me To
Kylie Adams-Collier – If You Could Only Find The Time
Hour 2 – From My Library:
Charlie Landsborough – Shine Your Light
Melbourne Pops Orchestra conducted by Tommy Tycho – Una Paloma Blanca
Nana Mouskouri – Turn On The Sun
By Request: Slim Dusty – Duncan
Ollie Austin – The Streets of London
Roger Whittaker – By The Time I Get To Phoenix
By Request: Cash Backman – Caroline
Percy Faith & His Orchestra – Theme From A Summer Place
John Gary – Sunrise Sunset
Julie Andrews – Some Days Are Diamonds
Ian Hughes & His Orchestra – Lambada
Bill Quinn – If I Only Had You
Col Millington – If I Only Had You
Hour 3 – The Treasure Chest:
A Diamond Classic: Eydie Gorme – Don’t Try To Fight It Baby (1963)
Rudy Vallee – There Is A Tavern In The Town (Rudy Vallee born this day 1901. Died 1986.)
By Request: Foster & Allen – Old Flames
ABBA – Thank You For The Music (1977)
New Seekers – Never Ending Song of Love (Peter Doyle, one of their number, born this day 1949. Died 2001.)
Bobby & Laurie – Looking Through The Eyes Of Love (1970)
A Diamond Classic: Hawkshaw Hawkins – Lonseome 7 7 203 (1963)
Ferrante & Teicher – Tonight (1961)
Johnny Rebb – Hey Sheriff (1959) (Johnny Rebb a.k.a. Donald James Delbridge died this day 2014, aged 75.)
A Diamond Classic: Johnny Tillotson – Judy Judy Judy (1963)
Freddy Quinn – Heimweh (Memories Are Made Of This) (1956)
Archies – Strangers In The Morning (1972)
Seekers (with Julie Anthony) – When Will The Good Apples Fall (1989)
26 July 2023
Wednesday, 26 July 2023 – NEW TRACKS
I’ve spent most of the evening auditioning a host of new releases for inclusion on future playlists. It simply isn’t possible to play everything which is sent to me, so I must choose what I believe are the best of them.
I look for good easy-listening music and, when producing my playlists I look for tracks which don’t sound like others I’ve included previously.
For example, many country tracks sound much the same, with steel guitars and fiddles. A couple of those may be in a programme, but that’s it.
Comments may be left here, or on the Ray Hewitt Valley Sunrise Facebook page.
By the way – here’s one of the tracks which I have chosen for later airplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnRJYZiWMQU
22 July 2023
Sunday, 23 July 2023
Featured in this morning’s edition of Music Unlimited with Ian MacPhee at 6.00, Dion, Buddy Holly, Roger Miller, and a lot more.
In the Comfort Zone, Gary Lewis & Playboys; and in the Country Patch, George Jones. In the the Album Corner segment, will be Roger Whittaker.
In Edition 739 of Valley Sunrise at 7.00, Jim Reeves, Dolly Parton, Sweden’s Ellinor Springstrike (and much more) and for a request after 8.00 a.m., the number to call is 6261-2000.
In Sky High after 8.30, a quick run-down on the planets visible, and when to see them.
For people out of reception range, the on-line link to TYGA-FM is:
Today’s Playlist…..
Hour 1:
Cliff Richard – Wired For Sound (1981)
Johan Faber – A Life Free (2023)
Jim Reeves – Just Walking In The Rain
Eric Jupp & His Orchestra – That Happy Feeling
Dolly Parton – Love Is Like A Butterfly
Andrew Dean – Soaking Up The Rays (2023)
David Essex (Born this day in London, England, 1947) – Hold Me Close (1975)
Ellinor Springstrike – How I Love You (2023)
Australian National Concert Orchestra – A Little Bit More
Dusty Springfield – What’s It Gonna Be
Duane Eddy – Pepe
Hour 2:
Gene McDaniels – Spanish Lace (1962)
By Request: P J Proby – Somewhere (1965)
By Request: Elvis Presley – Are You Lonesome Tonight (1961)
Bert Kaempfert & His Orchestra – While The Children Sleep
Tex Morton (Died this day 1983, Sydney, New South Wales) – The Goondiwindi Grey (1973)
By Request: Kelly Smiley & Heggarty Twins – Nobody’s Darling But Mine
By Request: Pussycat – Mississippi (1976)
Angus Gill & Seasons of Change – Little Green Man (2023)
Ashley Cook – The Sydney Jillaroo (2021)
Johnny Rivers – Mountain of Love (1964)
Rick Nelson – Poor Little Fool (1958/1968)
Melbourne Pops Orchestra – Una Paloma Blanca
Here’s the playlist for Friday Morning Radio, July 21 2023:
Hour 1, 2023 Releases:
Muriel O’Connor & Fran Curry – Clap Your Hands Stomp Your Feet
Chris Boots Lee – Red Nekked
Kylie Adams-Collier – If You Could Only Find The Time
Andy Martin – You Asked Me To
Shaza Leigh – Time To Fly
Allan Caswell – Million Dollar Farm
Anne Fraser – Coorong Sands
Victoria Eman – Mijn Pulau Ambon
Bohemian Rogue – Coastal Groove
Eamonn Jackson – Just The Way I Am
Manfred Vijars with Brendan Radford & Lindsay Waddington – Lasseter’s Reef of Gold
Dave Crimmen – For A Venture
Hour 2:
Michael Buble – A Foggy Day In Old London Town
101 Strings – Down By The River Side
Claude Gray – Sweet Caroline
Reg Lindsay – Armstrong (1971)
Johnny Cash – The Wabash Cannonball
Seekers (with Julie Anthony) – Georgy Girl
Wout Steenhuis – Silhouette Hula
Andre Kostelanetz & His Orchestra – The Blue Danube
Percy Faith Orchestra & Singers – Ballad of the Easy Rider
Ray Kernaghan – Back In My Roaring Twenties
Dolly Parton – The Moon The Stars And Me
Al Hirt – Stranger in Paradise
The Band That Never Was – Ten Thousand Miles Away
Hour 3 – The Treasure Chest:
A Diamond Classic: Surfaris – Surfer Joe (1963)
Kay Starr (Born This Day 1922) – Ellez Vous En (1953)
Gerry & Pacemakers – Pretend (1965)
Andy Williams – Spanish Eyes
Cat Stevens – Peace Train (1971)
Vibrants – My Prayer (1967)
A Diamond Classic: Bill Anderson – Still (1963)
Long John Baldry (Died This Day 2005) – Let The Heartaches Begin (1968)
Vangelis – Chariots of Fire (1981)
A Diamond Classic: Essex – Easier Said Than Done (1963)
Skyhooks – Blue Jeans (1976)
Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass – Strutting With Maria (1964)
Sandie Shaw – Girl Don’t Come (1965)
20 July 2023
A videoclip with latest from Victoria Eman, which has been topping the charts in Australia and the U.K.
Sung in the Dutch language, it was written to the memory of the Dutch Indies and Ambonese people who emigrated to the Netherlands in the 1950s because of the effect a war in Indonesia had on the Dutch East Indies colonies.
These people had pleasant memories of, and were homesick for, Indonesia and the island of Ambon. They longed for the old life, but most never returned.
Coming to my playlists. Please enjoy.
19 July 2023
Here’s a catchy number from Ireland, coming to my programmes……
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kvHnKPsjZw
16 July 2023
Sunday July 16….
The planet Jupiter was high in the Eastern sky as I left home before dawn, for a quiet trip to New Norfolk, traffic-wise.
It usually is at 5.30 on Sunday mornings. Mine was the only New Norfolk-bound vehicle and I passed only 14 heading in the opposite direction.
New Norfolk is traditionally very quiet at that hour, with my footsteps as I walked from the car into the studio, seeming to be intrusive.
Music Unlimited, a pre-recorded programme from Canada, started soon after my arrival. This is hosted by Ian MacPhee, a retired 50-year veteran of radio, with a little help from producer Paul Meagher and post-producer Ron Bickle (also 50-year radio veterans).
Ian and Paul regularly broadcast on Seaside FM, a community station which has a waterfront studio in Eastern Passage, near Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Ron is the Operations Manager of Tantramar Community Radio CFTA in Amherst, some 200 km distant.
But, back to this morning – after a few amendments to the day’s weather forecasts from the Bureau of Meteorology’s website, I could then download that into the studio’s computer, enabling it to be displayed on one of the console screens.
A few more sundry tasks and I was able to listen in to the remainder of Music Unlimited. After the 7.00 news, it was time for Edition 738 of Valley Sunrise.
Today’s Playlist – Hour 1:
Roger Whittaker – Good Morning
Stephen Stokes – The Love Bug (2023)
Shaza Leigh – Time To Fly (2023)
Roland Shaw Orchestra & Chorus – Copacabana
Engelbert Humperdinck – Everybody Knows (1968)
Shadows – Peace Pipe (1962)
Anne Fraser – Coorong Sands (2023)
Charlie Landsborough – Down To Earth
Searchers – Sweets For My Sweet (1963)
Desmond Dekker & Aces – The Israelites (1968)
Jim Reeves – I Guess I’m Crazy Col Elliott – Henry, Banjo and Me (2023)
Hour 2:
The Rosney’s Family Band – Old MacDonald Sold The Farm (2023)
By Request: Winifred Atwell – Black and White Rag (1952)
By Request: Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973)
By Request: Roy Orbison – Blue Bayou (1963)
Jo Stafford with Paul Weston & His Orchestra – Somewhere My Love
By Request: Conway Twitty & Joni Lee – Don’t Cry Joni
Frank Mills & His Orchestra – When You Smile
Bruce Coughlan – Lean Times (2023)
Johnny Chester – She’s Another Man’s Woman
Sherrie Shines – Saddle Boy (2023)
Tommy Roe – Sheila (1962)
Bill Conti – Gonna Fly Now (1977)
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