Claim OwnershipPilots of the Airwaves - Voices of a Generation Podcast
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We talk to some of those great Australian disc jockeys of the 70’s and 80’s who became so much part of our lives as we grew up!
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He listened to radio stations, won prizes on radio stations, worked at a number of radio stations….then created his own radio station! To some, he’s known as Hans Kristian, but to most it’s Hans Torv. Enjoy!
He enjoyed 50 great years in the industry, across 4 states, presenting a number of different formats as Superjock, Locko or simply Mike O’Loughlin. A man with many diverse strings to his bow.... and a story for them all. Enjoy!
3 states, 8 radio stations and a diverse career that has included a number of unique, successful (and at times challenging) experiences…..all with a story to go with them! Rod Spargo recalls them all in his own inimitable style! Enjoy!
He was the king of Adelaide radio in the 60's, played a major role in ensuring the Beatles made it to the City of Churches in '64 and even had his own fan club! Get ready pussycats, it's Jim Slade! Enjoy!
He worked in 4 capital cities, presented a range of music formats, introduced a myriad of ‘special guests’ to his programs and today shared a full swag of great stories from a very full career! That’s Bernie Brittain! Enjoy!
Melbourne born, but an icon of Sydney radio through the 70’s and 80’s and the man responsible for taking Triple J to the nation, Barry Chapman’s career in radio has been anything but mainstream. Great stories and a history lesson rolled into one! Enjoy!
65 years in the media doesn’t happen by accident, it takes talent, persistence and maybe an ounce of luck every now and again. Whether it’s through television or radio, so many of us have grown up with Philip Brady, an Australian media icon. Enjoy!
From the highlands of Scotland, to country Western Australia before eventually settling east, the journey to become the first woman in Australia to rate No 1 for a talk-back program on prime time radio, was an exciting one for our guest Muriel Cooper. Enjoy!
From living in the Middle East and relying on Radio Australia for his ‘radio fix’ to becoming the youngest drive time announcer in the history of Sydney radio, Mike Hammond has stories aplenty that span over 17 years of quality broadcasting. Enjoy!
1From travelling through the country selling flair and body shirts to becoming part of one of Melbourne’s most loved breakfast duos, today’s guest has had a unique radio journey that continues as strong as ever today. It’s Peter “Grubby’ Stubbs! Enjoy!
Ian Nicholls is a radio journeyman clocking up almost 70 years in the business. He has skipped across the Melbourne radio dial, as well as working in country Victoria, Tassie and his first appointment in Young NSW. A man of many talents and a load of stories!! Enjoy!
He went from being one of the most influential music jocks in the 70’s and 80’s, putting together the famous 3XY Top 40 charts, hosting the station's legendary Album Show and playing a part in the introduction of FM radio in Australia, to joining a Buddhist community in a Victorian country town. The journey (so far) of Chris Maxwell McGlone really is unique. Enjoy!
If you have been involved with 5 or 6 diverse formats, worked at both AM and FM stations and successfully transitioned between commercial radio and the ABC, you are a survivor! George Danes ticks all the boxes! Enjoy! (Tnx to Wayne Mac and David Oaten for some Mellow Music treasures!)
He's a Brisbane boy who paid his dues in the bush and eventually made his way to the big time in Sydney, before settling back in his home town. Even spending an hour with Graham Roberts for the first time, you really do feel like you are chatting with "your old mate, Robbo!" Enjoy!
He was born in Tasssie, became a 'Starr' on Melbourne radio, was part of the DB Music! revolution in the mid 70's then developed into one of this country's most astute program directors. He is, of course, commercial radio hall of famer, Greg Smith! Enjoy!
Besides serving his apprenticeship in Newcastle and helping to kick start 2JJ, Alan McGirvan made the Brisbane radio marketplace his own in the mid 70's to early 80's. He came, he saw, he conquered.......then moved on! Plenty of stories! Enjoy!
He started off spinning the discs and honing his broadcasting skills in the middle of N.S.W. in the mid 60's. However, it wasn't long before he became one of the most influential radio news reports in the country. He is a doyen of the industry....he is Denis O'Kane!
He roamed up and down the east coast of Australia presenting his special brand of broadcasting on 16 different stations throughout his career. He wasSydney's Triple M first breakfast jock and he even raced around the world in four days as part of a station promotion! He is Pete Rudder! Enjoy!
From being the office boy at 2UW, to having his voice booming across centre court at Melbourne Park or the MCG, Craig Willis is the voice of voice overs, the master of MCs ......and has accumulated a very broad and successful body of work in broadcasting! Enjoy!
He started as a panel operator at 3DB, presented a top rating breakfast program in Melbourne but it was in Newcastle where David Jones really made his mark. A great jock? Yes! A ‘Derro’? Only sometimes!! Enjoy!
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