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Buell Wesley Frazier Part IV & Australian Radio Legend Ian MacRae 12-02-24
Today's episode Buell Wesley Frazier discusses what the JFK Assassination did to his life and we sit down with star Australian morning radio host Ian MacRae.
GUEST INTRO: Ian MacRae launched his 50 year plus radio career at Melbourne’s 3AW in the early 60s where as a record librarian, panel operator and general office boy, his only on-air window of opportunity was the one-hour test programs from 5-6am on Sunday mornings. He says it took the austere station six months to wake up to the fact that he was playing what he says was, “The grungiest rock ‘n’ roll of the time”. MacRae later travelled to the UK becoming one of the pioneer announcers of UK pirate radio station Radio City off the coasts of England for two years and later Radio Caroline. Upon his return to Australia he joined 2SM. At 2SM MacRae became Australia’s first radio announcer to mix music with a committed comedy breakfast radio show. It was comedy that started with a few bogus telephone calls and built to some of the most absurd stunts that delighted Sydney and later Adelaide audiences for a mammoth 18-year reign of breakfast radio mayhem and huge ratings success. He's the author of two non-fiction books, The Beginners Guide To Becoming a Radio Star and the other an eBook The Discovery Files.
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GUEST INTRO: Ian MacRae launched his 50 year plus radio career at Melbourne’s 3AW in the early 60s where as a record librarian, panel operator and general office boy, his only on-air window of opportunity was the one-hour test programs from 5-6am on Sunday mornings. He says it took the austere station six months to wake up to the fact that he was playing what he says was, “The grungiest rock ‘n’ roll of the time”. MacRae later travelled to the UK becoming one of the pioneer announcers of UK pirate radio station Radio City off the coasts of England for two years and later Radio Caroline. Upon his return to Australia he joined 2SM. At 2SM MacRae became Australia’s first radio announcer to mix music with a committed comedy breakfast radio show. It was comedy that started with a few bogus telephone calls and built to some of the most absurd stunts that delighted Sydney and later Adelaide audiences for a mammoth 18-year reign of breakfast radio mayhem and huge ratings success. He's the author of two non-fiction books, The Beginners Guide To Becoming a Radio Star and the other an eBook The Discovery Files.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/quorum-radio-episodes-wrmi--497924/support.
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By William McIntoshToday's episode Buell Wesley Frazier discusses what the JFK Assassination did to his life and we sit down with star Australian morning radio host Ian MacRae.
GUEST INTRO: Ian MacRae launched his 50 year plus radio career at Melbourne’s 3AW in the early 60s where as a record librarian, panel operator and general office boy, his only on-air window of opportunity was the one-hour test programs from 5-6am on Sunday mornings. He says it took the austere station six months to wake up to the fact that he was playing what he says was, “The grungiest rock ‘n’ roll of the time”. MacRae later travelled to the UK becoming one of the pioneer announcers of UK pirate radio station Radio City off the coasts of England for two years and later Radio Caroline. Upon his return to Australia he joined 2SM. At 2SM MacRae became Australia’s first radio announcer to mix music with a committed comedy breakfast radio show. It was comedy that started with a few bogus telephone calls and built to some of the most absurd stunts that delighted Sydney and later Adelaide audiences for a mammoth 18-year reign of breakfast radio mayhem and huge ratings success. He's the author of two non-fiction books, The Beginners Guide To Becoming a Radio Star and the other an eBook The Discovery Files.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/quorum-radio-episodes-wrmi--497924/support.
GUEST INTRO: Ian MacRae launched his 50 year plus radio career at Melbourne’s 3AW in the early 60s where as a record librarian, panel operator and general office boy, his only on-air window of opportunity was the one-hour test programs from 5-6am on Sunday mornings. He says it took the austere station six months to wake up to the fact that he was playing what he says was, “The grungiest rock ‘n’ roll of the time”. MacRae later travelled to the UK becoming one of the pioneer announcers of UK pirate radio station Radio City off the coasts of England for two years and later Radio Caroline. Upon his return to Australia he joined 2SM. At 2SM MacRae became Australia’s first radio announcer to mix music with a committed comedy breakfast radio show. It was comedy that started with a few bogus telephone calls and built to some of the most absurd stunts that delighted Sydney and later Adelaide audiences for a mammoth 18-year reign of breakfast radio mayhem and huge ratings success. He's the author of two non-fiction books, The Beginners Guide To Becoming a Radio Star and the other an eBook The Discovery Files.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/quorum-radio-episodes-wrmi--497924/support.