Radio in Colour has been nominated for a national community radio award!

Here's a sampler of some of our best stories about the late 1980s, from illegal casinos in Brisbane to the story of the international students who learnt to call Australia home after the Tiananmen massacre of 1989, to the experiences of a Muslim woman growing up in Queensland under Joh Bjelke Petersen.

Featuring interviews with Historian Frank Bongiorno, former Senator for Queensland Andrew Bartlett, and a conversation with the premier about building a space station in Cape York.

Also included: Kev Carmody and Paul Kelly's song 'From Little Things Big Things Grow' is based on a true story, and how the collapse of the Soviet Union made it possible for 4ZZZ to buy its studios in Brisbane's Fortitude Valley for a song.