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4BH May 1958

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This is from the Telegraph May 16th 1958 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 late 1950's which they were an music station even back then which on the Saturday May 17th they did the 50 Top Tunes show which would every Saturday at the time between 5.30am until 9am playing the best selling 50 songs of the day.

4BK Top 40 charts May 1982

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This is from the Telegraph May 13th 1982 and this was the 4BK Top 40 charts with Joan Jett at number 1 with I Love Rock'n'Roll, Jo Kennedy at number 2 with Body & Soul, Paul McCartney who has a new album coming up at number 3 with Ebony & Ivory in a duet with Stevie Wonder and Tight Fit at number 4 with their version of the Tokens song The Lion Sleeps Tonight. The only new entry in the charts that week was Ottowen at number 29 with Hands Up and besides from Jo Kennedy the other Australian acts as well as New Zealand acts in the charts that week were Cold Chisel at number 5 with Forever Now, Split Enz at number 11 with Dirty Creature, Men At Work at number 12 with Be Good Johnny, Moving Pictures at number 13 with the iconic What About Me and Richard Clapton at number 35 with I Am An Island

4BC May 1966

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This is from the Northern Suburbs Express May 11th 1966 and now the talk back station which it is the only commercial one here in Brisbane which it's now owned by Tapt Media 4BC was one of Brisbane's top music radio stations at the time in the 60's which among their disc jockeys was Johnny James who had been with the station since the 50's as he would be there until the early 70's did the Top 40 Breakfast Show Monday to Friday.

4BK Top 40 Charts May 8th 1964

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This is from the Courier Mail May 8th 1964 and this was the 4BK Top 40 charts with Peter and Gordon at number 1 with the song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney A World Without Love, Johnny O'Keefe at number 2 with the double sided hit She Wears My Ring/Let's Love Tonight, The Beatles at number 3 with All My Loving and Terry Stafford at number 4 with his version of the Elvis Presley song Suspicion. The new entries in the charts that week were The Beatles at number 12 with Can't Buy Me Love, The Swinging Blue Jeans at number 28 with their version of the Little Richard song Good Golly Miss Molly,The Beatles at number 34 with Please Please Me, Vic Dana at number 35 with Shangri-La and The Beatles with Tony Sheridan at number 39 with Cry For A Shadow and besides from Johnny O'Keefe the other Australian acts on the charts that week were Judy Stone at number 8 with 4,003,221 Tears From Now, Little Pattie at number 32 with the song written by Jay Justin and Joe Halford...

4KQ May 1954

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This is from the Telegraph May 7th 1954 and long before known as the Good Times and Great Classic Hits station as well as for a time in the 80's as a country music station 4KQ was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 50's which their programs that was on that night were Les Richmond at Wurlitzer organ at 7.30pm, Dr Evatt's speech at the City Hall at 8pm, Brickbats and Banquets at 9pm and Western Hit Parade at 9.15pm.

4BH May 1954

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This is from the Telegraph May 7th 1954 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 1950's which among their disc jockeys was Johnny James who would go on to great success with 4BC from the mid 50's until the early 70's which on Saturdays hosted a show called Rambling In Rhythm which was on Saturday morning at 10.30am.

4BH May 1964

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This is from the Courier Mail May 4th 1964 and now the classic hits here in Brisbane 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time back in the 60's which besides from being a music station it also promoted events which in that month it did the Happy Holiday Picnic which was held at the Exhibition Oval no 2 that had non stop entertainment for Mother's, Teenagers and Children which opened at 8.15am.