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

Valley Sunrise Edition 854
0600 ~ 0900 AEST

During this edition, two chart-busters each hour, from the Top 40 charts of this week in 1975 and a mix of recent tracks from indie artists and other easy-listening music which you won’t hear on mainstream radio.

► On 28 September, 1869,   In the Bay of Fundy, Eastern Canada, a hurricane, with an associated two-metre storm surge, devastated this region, which normally has one of the highest tidal ranges in the world.
A British naval officer, Stephen Martin Saxby, had predicted , ten months previously, that a hurricane would co-incide with an extremely high spring tide, through his astronomical observations.

In 1930, Near Beauvais, France – The British Airship R 101 crashed, whilst on its maiden voyage to India.  The loss of 48 lives surpassed the Hindenburg disaster 7 years later. The demise of 101 ended British employment of rigid airships..

1962, in London, England – The Beatles released their first single for EMI, Love Me Do.

► BORN on this day in 1923, in Pretoria, South Africa, of Welsh parents, Glynis Johns, British actress, dancer, singer and pianist, who starred in numerous movies between 1938 and 1999.  She died in 2024, aged 100.

► BORN on this day in 1930 in Quorn, South Australia, Anne Haddy, actress and one of the first presenters of the television series Play School.
Haddy appeared in many Australian productions, and became one of the longest-running actresses in the TV soap opera Neighbours. She died in 1999, aged 69

► BORN on this day in 1951 in County Dublin, Ireland – Bob Geldof, Irish singer, songwriter, author, actor and political activist.  Turns 74 today. 

Today’s photo: High Street, New Norfolk, at an hour when only refuse disposal engineers and early morning radio announcers are stirring.

Today’s Playlist (V S):

TRACK	RELEASE YEAR	TIME	PREVIOUS PLAYS	LAST PLAYED
Denise Blum – Super Hero	2025	06:06	0
Charting this day 1975 Bay City Rollers – Bye Bye Baby	1975	06:13	2	19/5/2024
Charting this day 1975 Marty Rhone – Denim or Lace	1975	06:16	4	11/2/2022
Glenn Jones – Best Be On Your Way	2025	06:20	1	26/9/2025
Cec Peterson – This Old Guitar	2025	06:22	1	10/8/2025
Richard Mulligan – Bere Island	2025	06:28	1	22/8/2025
Melachrino Strings – Alone		06:34	0
Doris Day – At Last		06:38	0
John Gary – Ashamed		06:43	0
By Request: You’re My World – Cilla Black	1964	06:45	13	20/4/2025
Vintage Vinyl    Chordettes – Pink Shoe Laces	1959	06:50	2	3/2/2017
Christine Clifford – The Overland Corner Hotel	2025	06:54	1	4/7/2025
Philip Wildman – Aint Misbehavin’	2025	06:58	0
Todd Barrow – Ain’t Lookin’ Back Now	2025	07:06	1	19/9/2025
Charting this day 1975 Al Martino – To The Door Of The Sun	1975	07:13	9	30/9/2022
Charting this day 1975 Diana Trask – Oh Boy	1975	07:16	3	31/5/2024
For A Listener: John Glenn – Ghost Story	2017	0	0
Steve Cheers – Somebody To Love	2025	07:25	0
Tommy Emmanuel – Guitar Concerto De Aranjuez		07:31	2	31/5/2020
Vintage Vinyl    Gordon McRae – Singing In The Rain	1957	07:37	2	12/3/2021
Sandie Shaw – Please Mr Postman		07:39	1	6/4/2025
Joy Adams & Gary R. Farmer – That’s Why I Love You Like I Do	2025	07:44	5	12/1/2024
Dave Cox – Better With You	2024	07:47	2	23/2/2025
Tony Corrales – Bar Rooms and Breakups	2025	07:53	0
Bobby Limb – Harrigan		07:58	7	16/6/2024
Helene Neijmeijer – Unwise	2025	08:06	0
Charting this day 1975 Glen Campbell – Rhinestone Cowboy	1975	08:13	20	3/1/2025
Charting this day 1975 Band of the Black Watch – Scotch On The Rocks	1975	08:16	3	22/11/2019
By Request: Roy Orbison – California Blue		08:20	13	23/2/2025
Beatles – Love Me Do	1964	08:25	22	19/1/2024
Charlie Landsborough – How Do You Do Those Things		08:31	0
Arthur Greenslade & His Orchestra – Lemon Tree		08:38	1	7/6/2024
Tony Clarke – Hand Upon My Heart	2023	08:41	3	14/7/2023
Ed Ames – In The Arms Of Love		08:45	0
Vintage Vinyl    Danny Kaye – I’ve Got A Lovely Bunch of Coconuts	1951	08:49	0
Johnny Chester and Grant Luhrs – Loud, Confident And Wrong	2025	08:52	4	4/5/2025
Nancy Su – Ein Freund Wie Du	2025	08:56	0

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FRIDAY MORNING RADIO, Edition 489, 9.00 ~ Midday AEST  3 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 3 October, in 1952, in the Monte Bello Islands, West Australia – Britain conducted its first nuclear test, with the bomb positioned inside the hull of HMS Plym, a decommissioned World War 2 frigate.
The vessel was vaporised, with only a few fragments remaining after the explosion.

In 1985,   The Space Shuttle Atlantis made its maiden flight when it was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
When it was retired in 2011, Atlantis had orbited Earth 4,848 times and travelled 203 million km.  It is now on display at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida.

In 1987,  Twenty five thousand Vietnam veterans from all over Australia were given a Welcome Home parade from the Domain through Sydney, some 15 years after the last Australian troops left Vietnam.

In 1990,  The communist German Democratic Republic officially became part of the Federal Republic of Germany and the concrete wall, which had enclosed West Berlin for over 40 years, was demolished.

► BORN THIS DAY…..

1941 – In South Carolina, U.S.A., Ernest Evans, alias Chubby Checker, singer-songwriter best known for popularising the Twist dance with his 1960 cover of the Hank Ballard hit The Twist.  That was followed by Let’s Twist Again;  then Limbo Rock and its sequel, Let’s Limbo Some More.

► DIED THIS DAY…..

2005 – In Adderbury, Oxfordshire, England, Ronnie Barker, actor and comedian known for his roles in various British levision series, such as The Frost Report;  as Norman Fletcher in Porridge, The Two Ronnies and as Albert Arkwright in Open All Hours.  Aged 76.

2006 – In Bowral, New South Wales, Gwen Meredith, author and playwright, whose famous serial Blue Hills ran on ABC radio for 27 years.
She retired in 1976 after the last episode of Blue Hills, went to air.
Meredith and her husband moved to the New South Wales Southern Highlands, where she took up painting, gardening, bushwalking and  fly-fishing.   Aged 98.

Today’s photo: The Domain rose garden, Hobart, October 2018. (Yours Truly)

Today’s Playlist

TRACK	RELEASE YEAR	PLAY TIME	PREVIOUS PLAYS	LAST PLAYED
Ron Christopher – All About The Song	2025	09:05	3	7/9/2025
Justin Standley – My Eternal Blue Eyes	2025	09:12	2	19/9/2025
C J Hooper – Rain Song	2025	09:16	0
70s Classic    Lieutenant Pigeon – Mouldy Old Dough	1972	09:21	3	23/2/2025
Alison Moyet – Steal Me Blind	1984	09:24	0
Max Bygraves – All I Do Is Dream Of You		09:30	5	28/10/2022
Johnny Gregory & His Orchestra – The Music Box Dancer		09:35	0
Ashley Gall – Torn Jeans	2025	09:38	0
Chubby Checker – Let’s Limbo Some More	1963	09:44	3	31/3/2023
For a Listener Bing Crosby – Never On Sunday		09:47	0
Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Cliff Richard & Shadows – I Could Easily Fall In Love With You	1965	09:51	10	26/12/2021
Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Tom Jones – What’s New Pussycat	1965	09:54	3	23/2/2020
Beatles – A Hard Day’s Night	1964	09:58	24	24/11/2024
Adrian Martin Murphy – The Glen of Aherlow	2025	10:05	1	14/9/2025
Joy Adams – Still I Wonder	2025	10:11	1	28/9/2025
Don Smythe – Big City Blues	2025	10:14	0
For a Listener Cash Backman – He’ll Have To Go		10:18	5	27/8/2023
Vintage Vinyl   Rosemary Clooney & Jose Ferrer – A Bunch of Bananas	1954	10:22	4	15/11/2019
Andrew Dean and The Farm Machine – Swingtown	2025	10:26	0
Pete Moore & His Orchestra – Albatross		10:32	0
Brooke Seabrook – No City Lives In Me	2025	10:36	0
Franky B & the Shadow Riders – Hang Em High	2025	10:39	0
70s Classic    Loretta Lynn – One’s On The Way	2025	10:44	8	23/2/2025
Roger Whittaker – Good Morning Starshine		10:48	8	14/3/2025
Johnny Shilo – One Hundred Thousand Migrants	2025	10:51	0
Lance Birrell – Aussie Medley		10:57	7	24/3/2024
Manfred Fartek – Der Platz an Meiner Seite	2025	11:05	1	21/9/2025
Uncle Trent and Friends – The Devil	2025	11:11	1	7/9/2025
Dusty Springfield – Sweet Inspiration		11:14	1	12/6/2016
Juniper Arré – Howling At The Moon	2025	11:23	1	7/9/2025
Vintage Vinyl    Johnny Cash – I Walk The Line	1956	11:28	15	15/3/2020
Larry Dalton & His Orchestra – Save The Last Dance For Me		11:34	0
Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Barry McGuire – Eve of Destruction	1965	11:37	14	17/11/2024
Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Jay & Americans -Some Enchanted Evening	1965	11:41	3	11/3/2018
Warwick & Young – You’re The Reason	2025	11:45	0
Gail Barnard – Storms	2025	11:50	4	6/7/2025
Gary Jay & The Fire – Riverview Tavern	2024	11:53	3	24//2025

Valley Sunrise Edition 853
0600 ~ 0900 AEST

During this edition, two chart-busters each hour, from the Top 40 charts of this week in 1973 and a mix of recent tracks from indie artists and other easy-listening music which you won’t hear on mainstream radio.

► On 28 September, 1965,   In Hobart, an early morning gale de-roofed houses, tore down power and telephone lines and broke boats from their moorings.  The strongest gust recorded to that date in Hobart was measured at 150 km/h).

In 1994, one of the worst maritime disasters of the 20^th century occurred when the car ferry MS Estonia sank in rough conditions, with the loss of 852 lives.
A subsequent treaty between Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Poland, Denmark, Russia and the United Kingdom, declared sanctity over the site and prohibited their citizens from even approaching the wreck.  The site continues to be monitored by the Finnish Navy.

1998, in Longford, Victoria, two people died and eight were injured in an explosion at the State’s main natural gas plant.  The resulting curtailment of gas supplies caused businesses to stand down of tens of thousands of employees 

► BORN on this day in 1938, in Harlem, New York, U.S.A., Benjamin Earl Nelson alias Ben E King, soul singer best known as the singer and co-composer of Stand By Me, a major hit in 1961 and also as one of the lead singers of the R&B group The Drifters.  Died 2015.

► BORN on this day in 1946 in Bethnal Green, London, England, Helen Shapiro, singer and actress best known for 60s chart toppers such a, No Trespassing,  Walking Back To Happiness and Not Responsible.  Turns 79

► DIED on this day in 1953 in San Marino, California U.S.A., Edwin Hubble, astronomer regarded as one of the 20^th century’s most important observational cosmologists.  Named after him, is an asteroid, 2069 Hubble;  a crater on the Moon;  and the orbiting Hubble space telescope.  He was aged 63.

► DIED on this day in 1956 in Seattle, Washington, U.S.A., William Edward Boeing, aviation pioneer and founder of the Boeing aircraft company. He was aged 74.

Today’s photo:
Mt Geryon, in the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park.
A fatality over the weekend has brought attention to the fact that there are many people who go walking in the area, without the necessary equipment.
Even in summer, weather conditions can change from blue skies to a blizzard, extremely quickly. Unprepared people will face hypothermia and death.
Both Tasmania Police, and the Tasmanian National Parks and Wildlife Service, can provide advice on what equipment is needed to survive such conditions. Both departments have staff who, every year, put their own lives on the line by walking out in adverse conditions, to rescue walkers who find themselves in trouble.

Photographer: National Parks & Wildlife Service Ranger, Dion Tutty.

Today’s Playlist (V S):

TRACK	RELEASE YEAR	TIME	PREVIOUS PLAYS	LAST PLAYED
Rene de Roo- Could It Be You	2025	06:06	1	26/9/2025
Charting this day 1973 Helen Reddy – Delta Dawn	1973	06:13	6	1/9/2023
Charting this day 1971 Charlie Rich – Behind Closed Doors	1973	06:16	16	1/9/2023
Ben E King – Stand By Me	1961	06:21	5	15/7/2022
Eddie Rabbitt – I Wanna Dance With You		06:24	0
Sinead O’Connor – Why Don’t You Do Right		06:28	0
Melbourne Pops Orchestra – And I Love You So		06:32	1	21/3/2025
Engelbert Humperdinck – Blue Eyes		06:37	0
Anne Murray – Dancin’ All Night Long	2025	06:40	0
Vintage Vinyl    Bill Haley & His Comets – Dim Dim The Lights	1955	06:45	2	5/6/2016
James Taylor – It’s Only A Paper Moon		06:49	5	30/3/2025
By Request: Bruce Springsteen – Dancing In The Dark		06:53	0
Barry Owen – You’re Still The One		06:57	1	12/9/2025
Annette Hawkins -Shadow Of My Heart		07:06	1	26/9/2025
By Request: Bill Haley & His Comets – Rock Around The Clock	1955	07:12	19	24/5/2024
Charting this day 1973 Col Joye – Heaven Is My Woman’s Love	1973	07:16	17	13/7/2025
Charting this day 1973 Olivia Newton-John – Let Me Be There	1973	07:19	8	15/9/2023
By Request: Cilla Black – Surround Yourself With Sorrow	1969	07:23	11	29/3/2024
Richard Mulligan – I Don’t Run Anymore		07:26	0
Helen Shapiro – Walking Back To Happiness		07:30	6	11/8/2024
Leroy Anderson Orchestra – Sandpaper Ballet		07:34	2	16/10/2020
Vintage Vinyl    Boyd Bennett and His Rockets – Seventeen	1955	07:39	2	4/9/2016
Ray Malcolm – The Answer To Everything	2025	07:41	2	21/9/2025
Bill Conti – Gonna Fly Now (Theme From Rocky)	1977	07:47	3	27/7/2025
Manhattan Transfer – The Speak Up Mambo	1976	07:50	0
By Request: Sandy Posey – Single Girl	1967	07:53	5	18/6/2023
Rob E G- Tim Buc Too		07:58	2	14/6/2024
Brendan McMahon – Outback Ball	2025	08:05	1	26/9/2025
Charting this day 1973 Johnny Chester – The Worlds Greatest Mum	1973	08:10	12	1/9/2023
Charting this day 1973 Carpenters – Yesterday Once More	1973	08:13	5	1/9/2023
Che Orton – Rest Your Love On Me	2025	08:19	2	24/8/2025
Charlie Landsborough – I Say You		08:24	1	24/9/2023
Great Grand-Pop Dinah Shore – Three Little Sisters	1942	08:31	1	17/1/2025
Richard Clayderman – Dream Of Olwen		08:35	0
Andy Williams – Danny Boy		08:39	0
Allan Caswell – Really Long Goodbye	2025	08:42	0
Vintage Vinyl    Brook Benton – It’s Just a Matter of Time	1959	08:51	4	13/6/2021
Joy Adams – Still I Wonder	2025	08:53	0

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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