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4BH July 1962

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This is from the Southside News July 25th 1962 and now the classic hits station here in Brisbane in 2026 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the early 60's which among their disc jockeys was Bill Gates who was the one who gave the Bee Gees their name as well as doing the record hops around Brisbane including O'Connor Boathouse which was in North Quay as well as doing the City Hall in 1959 and 1960 at Lunchtimes was on every day playing the records that was out at the time.

Splat by Deep Purple

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This is the new album by legendary British hard rock band Deep Purple and this was recorded in Nashville, Toronto, Harston in England and Hamburg which the songs on the album are written by the members of the band as well as the 2 additional musicians on the album were Bob Ezrin who also produced the album did background vocals and Keith Urban who played on the song Diablo. It is FANTASTIC, AWESOME and BRILLIANT with FANTASTIC and AWESOME songs which they sound great as well as Deep Purple with Ian Gilian, Roger Glover, Ian Paice, Don Airey and Simon McBride are still sounding great and playing great which proves just like the Rolling Stones guys in their late 70's early 80's can still do it which they are playing better than ever. It has gone to number 12 in the UK and number 19 in Australia and the band are doing shows throughout the year in Europe, Canada, USA and Latin America and let's hope for an Australian tour one day. This is a must for Deep Purple fans and I giv...

Foreign Tongues The Rolling Stones

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This is the new album by the legendary British rock band the Rolling Stones and it was recorded in Los Angeles at Henson and London at Metropolis between 2019-26 which the songs are mainly written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards as well 2 tracks they wrote with Matt Clifford and one with producer Andrew Watt as well as there 2 covers an Amy Winehouse song called You Know I'm No Good and Beautiful Deliah an Chuck Berry song who as everyone knows was an big influence on the Rolling Stones as well as among the other musicians playing on the album including Paul McCartney, Robert Smith from the Cure and Steve Winwood and also Charlie Watts who passed away 5 years ago played on one track. It is AWESOME, ROCKIN and SUPERB with AWESOME songs which it rocks and the Stones with Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ron Wood who are still playing and sounding great which they are playing better than ever which proves that guys in their late 70's and early 80's can do it. The album has ...

4IP July 1972

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This is from the Telegraph July 24th 1972 and until 1992 when it became 4TAB which it is now Radio TAB 4IP was one of Brisbane's top radio stations at the time in the early 70's having been originally based from Ipswich was making inroads in Brisbane as it would be based there for many years as among their disc jockeys was David Greenwood who in 1967 hosted the 2nd and final year of the Brisbane music TV show Countdown as well as working at 4BH for a time in 1968 did the Breakfast show on 4IP with prizes and giveaways.

4BK July 1959

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This is from the Telegraph July 23rd 1959 and until 1990 when it became B105 4BK was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the late 50's having started in 1930 which among their disc jockeys was Malcolm Searle who would become successful on TV with the 300 pound Question on Channel 7 from 1960-63 as well as working on 3AK was on Monday to Friday at 5pm with Five O'Clock Date, Tuesday with The Uncle Toby Show at 12.40pm, Friday morning at 8.30am with Edgell's Housewives Hit Parade, Saturday morning at 9.30am with Tristram's Young Queenslanders Club and Sunday from 9.15am until 2pm with Disc Jockey Parade.

4BC July 1962

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This is from the Sunday Truth July 22nd 1962 and now the talk back station as it is the only commercial one here in Brisbane 4BC was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the early 60's which among their disc jockeys was Geoff Atkinson who had been with the station since 1957 was on Sundays at 9am hosting the Hi Fi Club which was presented by Coca Cola as well as for the Hi Fi Club members there was prizes to win including a trip to the Barrier Reef for 2.

4KQ July 1960

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This is from the Telegraph July 21st 1960 and long before known for being the Good Times and Great Classic Hits station as well as for a time in the 80's being a country music station 4KQ was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the early 60's which being a music they also did variety as they broadcast shows in the Gold Coast on Friday with the show Gold Coast Coast compered by George Hardman live at the Chevron Skyline Cabaret at 11am, Surfers Paradise Gadabout at 12.45pm, Burleigh Time at 1.15pm and Grand Variety which was recorded at Grand Hotel Southport at 7pm which was compered by Andy Stevens and it was broadcast on Tuesday at 11am.