5 Nov, 1999.  It's the day before the public vote on The Australian republic referendum. It's a two-question referendum to amend the Constitution of Australia. The first question asks whether Australia should become a republic with a President appointed by Parliament.  The second question asked whether Australia should alter the Constitution to insert a preamble. 
Now, on the eve of the referendum, former political opponents and Prime Ministers in their own rights Gough Whitlam and Malcom Fraser join forces to urge the nation to vote for a republic.  Listen here for edited highlights of their speeches.

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On May 3rd, 1979, Derryn Hinch was taken off air after breaking the "Election Blackout" laws.  But this editorial takes place over three months later after 3AW was successful in renewing it's licence.  The tribunal declared that Derryn Hinch was irresponsible.   This was his reply. 

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28 October, 1999, Peter Landy announces his retirement from television.  
In this audio, 3AW's David Hookes and Gary Lyon interview Peter about his career, and ask him his predictions for the future of AFL games being broadcast on television.

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It was a hot morning in Florida.  At Cape Kennedy sitting in seat 32 row E of the press stand was reporter Derryn Hinch for the Sydney Sun and NBS news. 
The last moments ticked by....

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Up there Cazaly was a hit song for Mike Brady in 1979.  It became synonymous with Australian Rules Football and now, even  40 years later we cannot imagine it not being a part of the AFL’s Grand Final entertainment.

If you don’t follow Aussie Rules Football but you are Victorian you would be aware of the song. 
If you do follow the footy you could probably sing it off by heart.

But Roy Cazaly’s playing career finished 92 years ago in 1927.  To remember seeing him play in a game you’d have to be about 100 years old.

It was over a quarter of a century later that Mike Brady arrived from England with his family and it was another quarter of a century later that Mike wrote a song about him.

Why did Mike Brady write a song about Roy Cazaly 50 years after he finished playing?
Is it true that it was never intended to be a full song? 
Who was the radio announcer friend of Mike Brady’s who nagged him to make it happen?
What did the Cazaly family think of the song?

Please listen here to the definitive story of Up There Cazaly.

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Two years after the passing of the King of Rock & Roll, Bert Newton presented a tribute show on his 3UZ morning program.

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Enjoy as the beautiful voice of the great John Worthy interviews Helen Reddy whilst on tour in Las Vegas with her two young children

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After almost 2 years of operation, MTR had failed to make the desired impact in the Melbourne radio market. A dispute arose between the co-owners of the station. Drive host Luke Grant was on air when the news came through that the station was closing effective immediately. The 5pm bulletin was not meant to be broadcast, but this had not been communicated to 2GB newsreader Amie Meehan who was interrupted shortly after the bulletin began.  Not knowing she was still live to air, Amie congratulated the staff and expressed her sympathies in what was to be an unusual, but in my mind rather special end of MTR

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Steve Vizard hosted mornings on the short lived MTR radio station. Here, he interviewed Daryl Somers as season one of the Hey Hey It's Saturday revival wound up.

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Sam Newman was a daily regular on the Steve Price breakfast program on MTR in 2010, and 2011.  A fan of the John Doremus serial "The Passing Parade", Sam did his own interpretation on the life of Steve Price.

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