Thursday, August 16, 2012

Norman Banks on 3AW 1978.



Norman Banks was truly a legend in Australian broadcasting, with a career spanning over 40 years and dogged with controversy, he influenced Australian Radio in ways that are still heard today, pioneering the way football was called, talkback and even right down to the vocal delivery, Norman Banks stands tall in the annuals of Radio History. Starting broadcasting on 4th July 1931, Norman retired on 3rd July 1978 after 47 years. Check out the link in the biography below for more.

So here's a real treat folks, an exclusive to Australian Radio Airchecks, this is Norman Banks a couple of weeks before retirement on June 22nd and June 23rd 1978 with his talkback show Open Line on 3AW. The first file is about half an hour from 22nd June, and degenerates into static at the end, but has the advertising and live reads intact, the second file is longer and from 23rd June, but sadly when it was recorded someone made judicious use of the pause button, removing part of the news and all the advertising and live reads.

The third file is the short outro of the show on Friday 23rd June 1978, where he talks about selecting July 3rd as his last day of broadcasting.


Banks, Norman Tyrell (1905–1985)

by John Lack: http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/banks-norman-tyrell-12170

Norman Tyrell Banks (1905-1985), radio broadcaster, was born on 12 October 1905 at Sandringham, Melbourne, fifth child of Victorian-born parents Charles Cecil Banks, a Hampton newsagent who had died six months earlier, and his wife Alice Mary, née Elliott. Alice went into business as a draper. After attending local state schools and Hampton Beach College, Norman studied for the Anglican priesthood in the mid-1920s. He did not complete his training but remained a regular communicant whose religiosity was to influence aspects of his broadcasting career.

While working for S. A. Cheney Motors (Victoria) Pty Ltd, Banks became a successful car salesman. The firm sent him to England and to the United States of America where, attracted to the booming radio industry, he gained some experience. Back in Victoria, and out of work at Colac, he dug onions for a farmer, Joseph Gilmore, whose daughter, Lorna May, he married with Anglican rites on 6 May 1930 at Christ Church, South Yarra. Desperate to find a job, Banks followed his mother’s advice to try radio. 3KZ had just started broadcasting from the Melbourne Trades Hall, and he pestered the management until he was offered an announcer’s position, starting on 4 July 1931.

3KZ had just started broadcasting from the Melbourne Trades Hall, and he pestered the management until he was offered an announcer’s position, starting on 4 July 1931.

When differences with 3KZ management led to Banks’s resignation in July 1952, he was quickly snapped up by the Macquarie Broadcasting Service Pty Ltd. On 3AW he duplicated most of his successes, including the quiz `Party Line’, the musical miscellany `Your Music and Mine’ and the comedy show `Rate Your Mate’.


Even in the more sophisticated and questioning world of the 1970s, his audience remained substantial and loyal. His broadcasting style survived among those who revered his memory and emulated his delivery. His name and the causes he espoused continued to arouse passion among his admirers and detractors.

Near blindness and failing health made Banks’s last years difficult. Survived by his wife and their two sons and two daughters, he died on 15 September 1985 at Malvern and was cremated two days later. Only then did the family announce his death.

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Saturday, June 23, 2012

4KQ Jukebox Saturday Night






4KQ Jukebox Saturday Night , from 6pm 21st April 2012. 6 hours in 6 parts.

Whether you a Bodgie and Widgie, or Mod or Rocker Dave D and Saturday Night Jukebox has the night planned for you.
In the time of the Twilight Zone, doo-woop, Lucille Ball, The Cold War, and The British Invasion confidence was at an all-time high and the baby-boomer generation were at their peak.
All the best music from the 50s and 60s including The Kinks, The Who, The Beatles, Elvis, Buddy Holly even girl bands like The Supremes.
Get out your best two-tones, a thick milkshake, put your pony-tail right up high and sit back, or move around each Saturday Night as Dave D. plays the best music to get you boppin’ along – Every Saturday night from 6pm until late on 4KQ 693AM.

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More B105 with Take 40 Australia.

105.3 - B105 Brisbane Australia - Take 40 Australia is a nationally networked top 40 show with Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O. Here's the last hour from 6.00pm to 7.00pm Sat. June 23rd 2012.

Take 40 Australia® is the nation's first and longest running music countdown.

The Take 40 Australia® brand encompasses radio, online, television and new media. Using a combination of radio airplay, digital and retail sales the Take 40 chart is Australia's most trusted record of the week's biggest songs.

Now broadcast nationally each week to over 1.2 million listeners, Take 40 is the country's most listened to weekly music radio programme. With a focus on the biggest stars, Take 40 Australia is truly 'the home of the hits!'

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Sunday, June 10, 2012

105.3 B105 Brisbane





4BBB known on air as B105 is one of Brisbane powerhouse stations, heard all over the metro area of the city and much of the South East, the very popular B105 plays mainstream hits and is quite often networked from Melbourne or Sydney overnight. Here's an hour from about 11am on Friday 8th June 2012.



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104.5 FM Triple M Brisbane June 8th 2012

Returning now to my first love, 104.5 Triple M Brisbane. Here's "Bangers" Kim Blair with an hour from 9.30am on 8th June 2012.


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97.3 MIX FM June 8th 2012

97.3 FM, Here's an hour of this Mix station from Brisbane. June 8th 2012.

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106.9 NOVA FM Friday June 8th 2012.



Some more NOVA here, an hour from Friday June 8th. NOVA are a relative newcomer to Brisbane, appearing long after 4MMM and B105 and are making inroads into the ratings stranglehold that the other Brisbane FM stations used to have. Nova would be regarded as a "Hot AC" format.

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102.1 4ZZZ "Triple Zed" Friday June 8th 2012



Here's an hour of Triple Zed from Friday June 8th 2012, 4ZZZ is Brisbane's Community Youth Station, Originally associated with the University Of Queensland, Triple Zed stands proudly independent and operates out of a colourfully painted old building in Brisbane's Fortitude Valley. A long and proud history of playing local music and supporting local causes has cemented their place in local history.

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98.9 4AAA - Indigenous Country

From the 989 Country Website: Owned and operated by the Brisbane Indigenous Media Association (BIMA), 98.9fm is unique, with a Country and First Nations music format and featured segments such as Stayin’ Strong and Talkin’ About Law, which promote important services and address issues that impact on First Nations people locally and nationally. Here's an hour of their important service from Friday June 8th 2012..

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4BH Breakfast - The best songs of all time.


4BH are a classic music station here in Brisbane, Michael Price does breakfast with a smooth style that contrasts with the brash commercial FM stations, here's a couple of hours from 6.30am 17th April 2012.
Note that I've timestamped the files wrong, instead of 7.30am it should read 6.30am etc.

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Saturday, June 9, 2012

Radio Vila - 1977

An interview in 1977 with Peter Robinson of the ANZ bank on Radio Vila, New Hebrides. This interview is conducted wholly in "Pijin" or Bislama, which is now the official language of Vanuatu, as the area became known as after independence in 1980. I'm sorry I can't name the presenter, maybe one of my loyal readers can help?


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Thursday, April 26, 2012

"The New 2UW" Rod Christopher 1969.

In 1964 2UW in Sydney, which had featured previously featured "classic" radio serials, abruptly dumps all the old serials and becomes the "NEW2UW" with 24-hour pop music presented by the "11-10 Men": Ward Austin, John Burgess, Donnie Sutherland, John Thompson, Rod Christopher, John Melonney and Greg Stewart. By the late 60's 2UW in Sydney in was THE station to listen to, top 40 format and more personalities than you could poke a stick at, Rod Christopher in the early afternoons and madcap Ward "Pally" Austin after school. A Ward Austin post is presented elsewhere on this blog, but here's about an hour of Rod Christopher in 1969. I'm unable to date this aircheck exactly, but it's a very nicely recorded hour of fun and nostalgia.

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Friday, January 20, 2012

Megaupload et al.

Edit: 11th June 2012.

I will slowly get these previous posts re-uploaded. Please be patient. If there is something you would like me upload please email me: deadeyesopened1964 (AT) gmail.com


Thanks.


We are going to have a little hiatus until we sort out a new file storage supplier now that the Megaupload free ride has come to an end. We also have to re-upload everything somewhere else.

We'll be back soon!