That was a good listen. News analysis and discussion like that is what is missing from radio now.
Great to reminisce about the days before widespread electronic banking and cash was delivered to businesses so they could pay their staff. As recently as the mid 1990s I was delivering bags of cash across a suburb on foot. My mother hit the roof when she found out my employer had me doing that.
40 years later and the greyhound racing industry is still having issues with cruelty to animals.
I’d also forgotten about those lucky envelopes the police were cracking down on. I remember them from school fetes and just thought they’d gone out of fashion.
Pity that air check didn’t last a bit longer so we could hear a bit of vintage Mike Gibson and George Moore.
Dave Whitcomb (the presenter on the aircheck) mentioned about today being Friday the 13th. Looking at the calendar for 1979, the 2OO aircheck would’ve been from 13th July 1979.
At that time, 2OO was only just over 6 months old, as the station had commenced broadcasting on New Year’s Day 1979. It’s worth noting that Sandy Aloisi was the newsreader on the station before she went on to bigger & better things up in Sydney.
@TV-Expert reclaims the title of top researcher! And note the temperatures as well (top of 18) which, on the coast, would most likely be in the winter months.
I am getting flashbacks to when i went on the high school camp to Jindabyne . And I was one of those kids who brought a walkman. I now recall, they were more modern back then.
Same same. But this was 2003 and I was listening to Snow FM . I remember the bus had 2XL (96.3) on, though. Taking Long Jaws from memory. I didn’t know the frequencies of the repeaters at the time so researched them beforehand, like a good nerd should. I tried to tune in Perisher 101.9 around the National Park entrance but couldn’t get it; 97.7 was much better, as my seat partner surmised it would be (he was a bit of a wannabe DXer).
One other kid brought his Casio handheld TV along; it didn’t work very well except in the middle of Cooma.
I had one of those in the late 90s. I use to bring it to the cricket. I was always number 11 and the team thought it was humorous I brought it along. I like to muck around which ground had the best reception. I was a bit strange (still am to some extent! :)). Anyway a bit off topic.
From memory, 2XL (along with 2GN) played a bit more 60s & 70s music at that time, which was fairly common for a regional adult music commercial station back then.
I was quite surprised of the sound of 2XL back then too. I did not go down to the snow in 88-89 so that’s why 2XL sounded quite different to what I am use to of the early to mid 90’s.
A lot of radio stations changed format in 1990 2day fm, Kix 106, X107 and 2XL all skewed much younger. I guess 2XL did the same due to the neighbouring Canberra market and the influx of Sydney Skiers.
Around 91-92 they had a very hot CHR format.
Around 93-98 they went more hot AC and was a cross between 2day fm and Canberra’s Fm 104.7 at that time.
They took all the Austereo programs Martin Molloy, Pillow Talk, Take 40 Australia / Party Hard.
2XL was on all day at my ski lodge, and is still the preferred choice of stations as the members are now quite old.
X107 didn’t exist until May 1992, when it converted from AM as X13, which had a similar format after it relaunched from 2NX (which had a “Classic Hits” format after NEW FM arrived) in 1991.
Speaking of 2NX, check out this Facebook page, which also contains some of X13 & X107.
Ha me too in year 6 (1998) and I can remember listening to Snow FM which would have been brand new back then and Eagle FM on the way down. Only I would take a walkman and no tapes!
FF to 2020 and the CD player in my car has busted (apparently through lack of use). I have no aux input, USB, or Apple/Android and people wonder how I do it.
@matt86 You are younger vintage. I was there in 1993. I was still in the i98 FM stage of my life, where I thought that was the best station period. 2XL was too modern back then (for my tastes, I think as I got older I don’t mind 90s music too much). Lucky I had my trusty mix tape with 60s to early 80s music I remember trying to get the bus driver to play my tape, it was too old for most of my classmates.
As a kid back in the mid to late 80’s, just before we moved to NSW, I remember myself and all of my mates used to listen to 4AK ‘Rock In Stereo’. We used to pick this station up in Yeppoon at night.
4AK back in the mid and late 80’s and 96.9 Sun FM (Shepparton) back in the 90’s would have to be one of the best formatted radio stations I ever listen to. Even 2XL, 2GN and 2WG were a good listen to when they had a 'Hits Of The 90’s or ‘Hot Hits’ format back in the 90’s.
Yes 4AK was a good station indeed and so different to most AM regional stations. I recall going up to Toowoomba quite a bit from Brisbane in 86 - 88 and AK reminded me of an AM version of FM104. Their logo at the time was also a bit of a copy of 104.
Occasionally I would pick up 4RR from Townsville at night in the mid 80s and it was similar in sound to AK.
. I remember the bus had 2XL (96.3) on, though. Taking Long Jaws from memory. I didn’t know the frequencies of the repeaters at the time so researched them beforehand, like a good nerd should. I tried to tune in Perisher 101.9 around the National Park entrance but couldn’t get it; 97.7 was much better, as my seat partner surmised it would be (he was a bit of a wannabe DXer).
I remember trying to get the bus driver to play my tape, it was too old for most of my classmates.
