In the heady days of Blackers & Unca and Hinch. This piece was put together as a tool for sales reps to help convince potential clients to advertise on the station. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By The 3AW Archive

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 inser…

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By The 3AW Archive

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.... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By The 3AW Archive

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 pro…

Two years after the passing of the King of Rock & Roll, Bert Newton presented a tribute show on his 3UZ morning program. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By The 3AW Archive

Enjoy as the beautiful voice of the great John Worthy interviews Helen Reddy whilst on tour in Las Vegas with her two young children See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By The 3AW Archive

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 commun…

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By The 3AW Archive

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By The 3AW Archive

From Wikipedia: In December 2009, existing operator Pacific Star Network and Macquarie Radio Network, the owner of top rating Sydney talkback radio station 2GB, agreed to create the joint-venture "Melbourne Radio Operations Pty Ltd", to supply radio programming in the Melbourne market. In April 2010, the two signed an interim agreement to launch co…

Just prior to the two 2009 Hey Hey reunion episodes, Darryl Somers and John Blackman joined Philip Brady and Marty Fields in studio to discuss the upcoming specials. Wilbur Wilde and Red Symons also called in.Thanks to Waldo who requested that this interview be uploaded. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

It was 1993, Ross and Dean took off on holidays and were replaced on 3AW breakfast by Greg Evans and Sam Newman. With the academy award nominees being announced, they asked their producer to call Bill Collins. It didn't quite go to plan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By The 3AW Archive

In Stan Zemanek's interesting, but turbulent year at 3AW many things happened. This remains one of the most memorable. The clash between Stan Zemanek and Rex Hunt. This is the third of three parts. - The talkback callers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By The 3AW Archive

In Stan Zemanek's interesting, but turbulent year at 3AW many things happened. This remains one of the most memorable. The clash between Stan Zemanek and Rex Hunt. This is the second of three parts. - Stan explains his side See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By The 3AW Archive

In Stan Zemanek's interesting, but turbulent year at 3AW many things happened. This remains one of the most memorable. The clash between Stan Zemanek and Rex Hunt. This is the first of three parts. - The fight. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By The 3AW Archive

In my early years at 3AW, listening to Friday Sport with Rex Hunt and Sam Newman with Steve Price each week was a must. It was fiery and very entertaining. This particular episode was quite tame but they still manage to sink the boot into eachother. I hope to find some more fiery episodes in the future. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy infor…

With Rex Hunt indisposed, Rob Sitch and Tom Gleisner took over this fishing show for one night only. Rob opened with an editorial worthy of Rex himself. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By The 3AW Archive

The word "legend" is used all too often. But in terms of VFL/AFL Football it is certainly appropriate when used to describe Ron Barassi. In 2008 as Victoria celebrated 150 years of Australian Rules Football, Bruce and Phil interviewed the legend Ron Barassi. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

Faye B wanted to hear some of the fabulous Mary Hardy working with Peter James. This piece came to me labelled as being from 1969, but I don't believe that to be the case. It was possibly just a typo and is more likely from 1979. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By The 3AW Archive

A week or so ago, Shane B asked if I had any 3KZ football with The Captain and the Major. I didn't have any, but searching youtube I found that OZTIGER73 has many football clips worth checking out. This was one of them with the great "Captain" Jack Dyer with Ian Major. Check out OZTIGER73 on Youtube. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informat…

Thanks to Bruce P who has requested some Geoff Manion audio. Geoff Manion had many big interviews over the years, many of which were packaged up by 3AW's David Mann. I have quite a few of these in my archive. So I will feature more in the future as I lift them from the old BASF reels on which they currently reside. See omnystudio.com/listener for p…

Bruce and Phil's Desert Island discs is getting another run here. Glenn Robbins joined Bruce and Paul Cronin (Paul filling in for Philip). Of particular interest in this chat was Glenn talking about the time he met Sting. It's a story you can't miss. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

1988 through to 1990 was an interesting time in Melbourne Radio with many 3AW personalities and 3AK personalities crossing from one station to another. 3AK's bold CBC experiment had failed, as had 3AW's Thinking Person's Radio. In 1990 Denis O'Kane had taken over the reins of 3AW and initiated the rebuild, in part by taking Ross Stevenson, Dennis D…

In 1969, Don Rainsford took over the reins of the daily service programs where listeners could call in to seek advice from a vet, lawyer, marriage counsellor, or Martha Gardener, at 12.30 each day. This left an opening at 1.30pm, Don’s previous timeslot. So 3AW introduced Tommy Hanlon Jr with a program called Tommy Hanlon’s Heart Line”. The idea wa…

In addition to their top-rating breakfast program, John Blackman and Uncle Roy also recorded a one hour program which aired on the weekends called "Messing About". Which is exactly what they did. Here's a whole program (less music, ads, and news). Photo Credit: Ash Long See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

Last week I featured Bruce and Phil's "Desert Island Discs" with Don Lane. In this interview, Bruce and Paul Cronin (filling in for Phil) chat with Neighbours legend Ian Smith (Harold Bishop). It's a lovely chat . A particular highlight is when Ian tells a fabulous story about the time he met John Cleese. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inf…

A few weeks back we featured Barry Humphries appearring on Margaret Fletcher's program. I then had a request come through for the time Dame Edna made an appearance with Ernie Sigley. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By The 3AW Archive

A 3AW footy piece with Bill Jacobs of a big footy punch up incident in April 1989. It's great stuff. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By The 3AW Archive

The title says it all. Paul McCartney was just one of the legends interviewed by Margaret Fletcher in her time hosting 3AW Afternoons. Image: Paul in Australia for his 1993 tour. - PaulOnTheRun.Blogspot See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By The 3AW Archive

In 2010 and 2011, Anthony Simpson (Ant) and Anthony Toohey (Becks) joined ARN as the hosts of the Drive show on Mix in Melbourne and Sydney. Originally they hosted the Benchwarmers show on regional stations until they were heard by Duncan Campbell who made the offer for them to come to ARN. Unfortunately they were up against the incredibly popular …

Bruce and Phil's interpretation of the BBC's "Desert Island Discs" saw the boys interview some great guests and hear some fascinating stories. In this episode, Don Lane was live in the studio. He showed clearly why he was so successful. It was all about having fun. Pic: The Examiner See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

After his very successful tenure hosting Drive at 3LO, Doug Aiton began hosting the Sunday Afternoon program on 3AW. In that time he interviewed some of Australia's great favourites. One such fabulous interview was this one with Ruth Cracknell. Pic: The Pulse FM See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

The end of an era. When FM radio killed off the once great 3XY. In it's final hours of broadcasting on September 23, 1991, 3XY heard from Roxanne Bennet, Laurie Atlas, Richard Stubbs, Barry Bissel. Lee Simon, Jane Holmes, Mal Walden and Glen A Baker. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

With a cast including Ross Higgins, Robyn Moore and Kevin Golsby it's no wonder that the Samuel Pepys Show was such a success. Radio sketch comedy at it's best. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By The 3AW Archive

Forever and a day, promotional reels have been made to give advertising clients a taste of the on-air lineup of a station. The episode prior to this one contained the station line-up for 1975. This one was made for 3AW in 1990. The year following the failed "Thinking Person's Radio" campaign. This is the year that "Talking Melbourne" became the sta…

Forever and a day, promotional reels have been made to give advertising clients a taste of the on-air lineup of a station. This one was made for 3AW in 1975. The next podcast will contain the lineup in 1990. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By The 3AW Archive

In the first few years of Bruce and Phil's tenure as the hosts of Nightline, they had a segment called The SUpper Club where an in-studio guest would be interviewed. In this edition, Bruce and Phil chatted live in studio with "The Biker" and "The Construction Worker" from The Village People. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

I found this clip on youtube posted by dxer22000 who wrote: 3EON-FM (EON-FM) 92.3 Changeover to 3MMM 105.1 - 1988 recording. this old audio recording I did of 3EON 92.3 changing to 3MMM 105.1. 21 November 1988. Best to listen on a good stereo setup for the best effect. The original clip can be found here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSXB8jNpGFA…

In 1988, “Upfront” was introduced.to be a program where three well known figures speak their minds. It was an effort to try to recreate the success of Norman, Ormsby and Claudia's Great Debate program. The panel of three usually consisted of Bill Tuckey, Tess Lawrence and Barry Everingham. Others who featured were Muriel Cooper, John Hindle, John-M…

In 1974, Claudia Wright was employed at 3AW. It was this year that one of the stations best remembered segments started. "The Great Debate" involved Norman Banks, Ormsby Wilkins and Claudia Wright. The segment would only run until early 1977. Very little audio of the segment still exists, here's a snippett we've managed to find. See omnystudio.com/…

In 1986, Brian White departed 3AW, which, as well as leaving the station without a programme director, left a scheduling hole in weekends. Derryn Hinch filled the gap with a weekly profile interview called "Hinch: The other side. This was episode 2, the guest was John-Michael Howson. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

To promote a book of his poetry, Barry Humphries put in a call to the 3AW Afternoon Program hosted by Margaret Fletcher. Dame Edna also happened to be there. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By The 3AW Archive

Graham Kennedy worked at many radio stations, 3UZ with Nicky, 3AK with Bert, 3XY in the early 1970s, but for about 6 months in 1975 he hosted the Drive Home Program with Richard Coombe See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By The 3AW Archive

Although Tom Elliott had filled in for Derryn Hinch on 3AW's Drive programme, The job became his own after General Manager Shane Healy and Programme Director Clark Forbes decided to let Derryn go at the end of 2012. So on 14 Jan, 2003, Tom Elliott became the new Drive host. In this first hour Tom had an editorial with a solution for Newstart, Premi…

John "Sam" Newman joined Bruce and Phil on 3AW's Nightline program back in 1992 for a segment the boys had called "The Supper Club". This is a great Chat with Sam, listen for his Rex Hunt Impersonation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By The 3AW Archive

Tony Martin and Mick Molloy hosting drive on the Austereo network was "must listen to" radio in the late 1990s. It was a ratings smash, rare for a national drive show. It paved the way for Hamish and Andy in the late 2000s and FM drive shows as we know them today. I had no Martin Molloy audio in my archive, but was very keen to feature them here so…

For 22 years, Roy & HG broadcast their program "This Sporting Life" on Triple J (1986 - 2008). Like the Melbourne based programs "Punter to Punter" and "The Coodabeen Champions", TSL had a very dedicated audience, and Roy & HG are still in demand. They currently work at Macquarie Sports Radio. I wanted to feature Roy & HG here but had no audio in m…

Journalist Mark Day was there during the very successful "Personality Radio" years at 3AW alongside the winning lineup of Blackers & Unca, Hinch, and Muriel Cooper. But all things must come to an end, and Mark ended his stint as Drive host on 13 May, 1986. This audio features Harry Beitzel, Hugh Riminton reading news, and Eva Pinkava doing traffic.…