Listen to the Music was the last song on 3TT. In the air tonight was the first song on TTFM.
Smooth FM 91.5 & 95.3: Haven’t Met You Yet - Michael Buble
3MMM (converting from 3EON) - INXS, New Sensation
Magic 693 (3EE) – Perry Como, Magic Moments I can’t be certain but this might also have been the last song played before Magic 693 signed off a couple of hours before…
Magic 1278 (3EE) – Olivia Newton-John, Magic
2JJ – Skyhooks, You Just Like Me 'Cause I’m Good In Bed
3MP – Sherbet, Howzat! (also the last song played before 3MP signed off to become talk back station MTR)
B105’s first song was New Sensation by INXS
Nova 106.9 was Push The Button by The Chemical Brothers
2JJJ when converted to FM in 1980 was Gay Guys by Dugites
FM104 Brisbane I think was Cool Change by LRB
I’m not sure what 973’s official first song was.
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I seem to recall KZFM’s first song was Auld Lang Syne, with the FM conversion taking place at 12.00am on 1 January 1990.
Your memory serves you correctly. Perry Como Magic Moments was curtainly the first and last song played on Magic 693 then a classic 693 jingle before the switch over.
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A Couple I know of from my neck of the woods.
NOW FM Moree, Rock And Roll Music - Mental As Anything May 19 1990
2GGG Gunnedah, One Headlight - Wallflowers September 17 1997
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One Headlight?
Any significance behind that song, hat?
Not Really, Just one of the biggest radio songs at the time, We made sure that the first day was huge music wise.
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Some notes on some of the posts so far:
According to Wikipedia, the first few seconds of the song was intentionally played at the wrong speed, as the DJ’s way of getting back at the studio manager, who had been barking orders at him all day. Unfortunately there’s no grabs of it on YouTube (I would love to hear this)
I thought it was Since I Left You? (also by The Avalanches)
I recall reading at the time it was “For One Day” by Evermore.
According to Wikipedia, it was “Never Before” by Cold Chisel.
And my own contribution:
SAFM’s first song was Sultans of Swing by Dire Straits
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Sultans of swing ~ superb track to start proceedings with…
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Not sure about launch, but 3ZE Ashburton had “Communication Breakdown” queued at the Transmitter for the inevitable breakdown in communications. You could tell when the link to the studio had failed!
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Too much concern for money to burn…
As mentioned on Breeze this morning, Video Killed the Radio Star was the first video played on MTV when it launched in 1981.
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Yes FM104 (although launched as 4MMM before changing to FM104 fairly quickly) was Cool Change/LRB.
I think the prize goes to 96FM though with FM/ Steely Dan. Just my view 
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Considering how much talk there is on MMM these days it’s probably fitting that there was a lot of chatter at their launch…
Not sure… probably a little too ‘predictable’ IMHO…
Not sure what Wiki article you’re reading but the triple J wiki article, plus the doco ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ both mention Gay Guys was the first song on 2JJJ-FM
And I have the audio cassette somewhere where ‘Bevan’ pushed the button to launch 106.9. Evermore were live in the (yet to be finished) studio however.
Frontier Pyschiatrist according to The Age on 4/12/01 (day after launch):
http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?docID=AGE011204H322K57KSIE
Hitz FM Bundaberg went to air in 1993 with We Built This City/Starship.
I believe SAFM was Sultans of Swing