12 August 2023

Part of this day has been spent putting the finishing touches to my next Music Marathon, which will be between 6 a.m. and Midday on Friday, September 1,
when I sit-in for Bruce Lamb during the Breakky programme, which precedes my own shift.

Bruce won’t be available to do his programme for a few weeks later this month, so Nigel Jones and I will cover his shifts on alternate weeks.

As usual, in the next edition and in future, I cover topics as varied as some of the roadworks you are likely to encounter on the roads; planets which can be seen at night;
the day in history; and as of last Friday a new one, Railway Roundup.

The latter is a brief run-down on train operations by hard-working volunteers in Heritage railways throughout the State.

But back to the present, and on Music Unlimited at 6 a.m., a few of the artists you will hear are the Everly Brothers, Bobby Vee, Paul Simon.

In the Comfort Zone, Patti Page;   in the Country Patch, Ferlin Husky;  and in Album Corner,  John Denver.

In Valley Sunrise from 7.00 through to 9.00, easy listening with listener requests after 8.00.  Please call me on 6261 2000 during the programme.

UPDATE – Today’s Playlist:

Hour 1:

The Long And Short Of It – Wake Me Up (2023)
Desi Egan – I Wanna Stay With You (2023)
Andy Martin – You Asked Me To (2023)
Esther van Kommer – Under The Moon (2023)
Karl Heinz Kaestel – The Last Waltz
Richard Clayderman – Till

Jade Hurley – Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain
George Shearing Quintet – Basic English (1952)
(George Shearing born this day in Battersea, London, England, 1919. Died 2011)
Dave “Baby” Cortez – The Happy Organ (1959)
(David Cortez Clowney aka Dave Cortez born this day in Detroit, Michigan USA. Turns 85)
Dan Fogelberg – Longer
(Dan Fogelberg born this day in Peoria, Illinois, USA. Died 2007)
Film 77 Orchestra and Singers – Red Roses For A Blue Lady
Acoustic Bloom – T L C (2023)
Foster & Allen – Scots Polka
Rob E G – Aloha Oe

Hour 2:

Renee & Renato – Volare
By Request: Michael Crawford – The Music Of The Night
By Request: Roy Orbison – Cry Softly Lonely One
Little Patti – Pushing A Good Thing Too Far (1965)
By Request: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Hooked On Classics 1 (1981)

By Request: Chubby Checker – Let’s Twist Again (1961)
Victoria Eman – Mijn Pulau Ambon (2023)
Burt Bacharach & His Orchestra – Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head
Bohemian Rogue – Coastal Groove (2023)
James Last Orchestra – American Patrol
Larissa Tormey – Thank God I’m A Country Girl (2018)

EVENTS THIS DAY

1868 Arica, Peru – An estimated 70,000 perished in a magnitude 8.5 earthquake and a resulting tsanami.
1930 Hobart – Radio station 7HO (now 7HO-FM) commenced regular transmission.
1940 London, England – The Battle of Britain began with Germany’s Luftwaffe attacking British air force bases and radar installations
1961 Berlin, Germany – East Germany closed the border with the West and blocked it with barbed wire.

Friday, August 11….

In Edition 377 of Friday Morning Radio on TYGA-FM 98.9, a mix of selected tracks from indie artists, easy-listening tracks and memories,
especially 50-Year Gold and 60-Year Diamond tracks each hour.

NEW in this edition, Railway Round-Up, which is a run-down on the availability of real train rides in this State, which is seriously lagging
behind other Australian States in this area.

And on the matter of today’s photo, one of my sons recently walked to Trestle Mountain with a companion.  He took a few interesting photos on the day,
one of which is being used this week as a header on this blog entry.

 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

Today’s Playlist:

Hour 1:

Desi Egan – I Wanna Stay With You (2023)
The Long and Short Of It – Wake Me Up (2023)
Andy Martin – You Asked Me To (2023)
Renee & Renato – Volare
Roger Whittaker in Concert – The Elizabethan Serenade
Film 77 Orchestra & Singers – Red Roses For A Blue Lady
Julie London – Desafinado

Jade Hurley – Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain
By Request: Kenny Rovers – Reuben James
Frank Pourcel & His Orchestra – This Is My Song
Roberto Delgado & His Orchestra – The Star of Mykonos
Christine Clifford – She’s Playing With Fire (2023)
Angus Gill & Seasons of Change – Little Green Man
60 Year Diamond Track: Atlantics – Bombora (1963)

Hour 2:

Acoustic Bloom – T L C (2023)
Kaiyah Mercedes – Angel Eyes (2023)
The Band That Never Was – The Rights of Man
Esther van Kommer – Under The Moon (2023)
50 Year Gold Twin-Spin: Jud Strunk – Daisy a Day (1973)
Charlie Rich – Behind Closed Doors (1973)

Andrew Dean & The Farm Machine – Soaking Up The Rays (2023)
Abby Grace – I’m Too Much (2023)
Daniel O’Donnell – The Old Dungarvan Oak
Billy Fury – A Thousand Stars (1960)
Jimmy Carroll & His Orchestra – Noodles From Naples
Mrs Mills – Oh Susanna
John Williamson – Big Bad Bushranger

Hour 3:

50 Year Gold Track: 10cc – Rubber Bullets (1973)
Beach Boys – Surfin’ Safari (1962)
Elvis Presley – Don’t Be Cruel (1956)
Mickey Brae – That Luke Combs song (2023)
Ashley Cook – Saltbush On The Breeze (2023)
Glenn Yarborough – Love Came A-Trickling Down (1965)

Pepe Jaramillo & His Latin American Rhythm – Adios Amor
60 Year Diamond Twin-Spin: New Christy Minstrels – Green Green (1963)
Tornados The Ice Cream Man (1963)
Ollie Austin – Radio Lover
Muriel O’Connor & Fran Curry – Clap Your Hands Stomp Your Feet (2023)
Seekers – Whiskey In The Jar

DIGRESSING FOR A MOMENT……..

A treasured photograph which was discovered by sheer chance, about 20 years ago; it could easily have been lost back then, for all time.

My great-grandparents’ wedding photo, Launceston, Tasmania, now a little over 140 years ago.

Left to right:

Unidentified; ~ (Seated) John Hewitt, Senior; ~ Sarah Hewitt; ~ (Bride) Clara Lewis; ~ (Groom) John Hewitt, Junior; ~ Isabella James; ~ (Seated) Clara Lewis; ~ Thomas Lewis.

August 6th

Sunday, and included in the morning’s edition of Music Unlimited with Ian MacPhee at 6.00, Kenny Rogers, Roger Miller,  Brenda Lee and Rosanne Cash (daughter of the late’n’great Johnny).

The Comfort Zone includes a duet by Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond and the Country Patch, Jim Reeves and Johnny Cash.

More easy listening in Valley Sunrise after 8.00, including listener requests. The number to call during the programme is 6261-2000.

As always, for people out of reception range, the on-line link to TYGA-FM is:

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Today’s playlist:

Hour 1:

Wirrinyga Band – Dreamtime Shadows
Jimmy Little – Beautiful Woman
Col Elliott – Henry Banjo And Me (2023)
Max Bygraves – Any Dream Will Do (1973)
Rob E G – 55 Days At Peking (1963)
Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass – Acapulco 1922 (1963)

Lissa Retrot – Free To Love (2023)
Born This Day 1917 – Robert Mitchum – O He O Hi O Ho (1948)
Born This Day 1951 – Daryl Somers – Night And Day
Susan Boyle – Mull of Kintyre
Orchestral Sounds – Angel Of The Morning
Johnny Chester – World’s Greatest Mum (1973)
John Denver – Old Train

Hour 2:

Dermot O’Hara – Past The Point Of Rescue (2023)
By Request: Alan Jackson – Remember When
By Request: Foster & Allen – Old Loves Never Die
Died This Day 1994: Domenico Modugno – Volare (1958)
By Request: George Baker Selection – Una Paloma Blanca (1975)
Died This Day 2016: Pete Fountain – A Taste Of Honey

Bette Midler – Memories Of You
Graeme Clarke – Always My Best Friend (2019)
Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra – Look For A Star
Marty Robbins – The Story Of My Life (1957)
Cliona Hagan – Jolene (2022)
David Craig – Drunken Sailor (2023)

A few photos from the British Railway Modellers’ / Glenorchy Lions exhibition, which is being held this weekend in Kingston, are included below.

Sunday in the Valley: Cloudy, with a possible shower, a top around 15 C.

Above and below – From the British Railway Modellers’ / Glenorchy Lions model railway exhibition, Kingston, today (5 August).

Above – An American touch, G Scale.

British Railway Modellers’ / Glenorchy Lions model railway exhibition, Kingston, today (5 August).

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.