4BH September 1962

This is from the Telegraph September 18th 1962 and now the classic hits station here in Brisbane in 2026 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio station at the time in the early 60's which on Sundays they did Music Day from 5am with disc jockeys Jim Sweeney, Bill Gates who was the one who gave the Bee Gees their name as well as doing the record hops around Brisbane including the O'Connor Boathouse , Brian Henderson who hosted the iconic Australian music show Bandstand at the time and Ben Beckinsale.

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