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2SM Sydney: Nostradamus I Special 1977 – Reel 2

Frankster — Fri, 18 May 2012 11:37:29 +0000

…and continuing 2SM’s 1977 special Nostradamus I, here’s reel 2 – the next update will carry 3XY’s version, recorded a year later, and also originating on two reels.

2SM Sydney: Nostradamus I 1977 – Reel 2
Narrated by John Torv with track introductions by Paul Turner, 3XY Melbourne
1/4″ 7.5 IPS Mono, no reference tones

Reel 2 Part 1: What The World Needs Now – 3.6 MB, Duration: 7’44″
Download audio file (07.mp3)

Reel 2 Part 2: Armstrong – 1.9 MB, Duration: 4’12″
Download audio file (08.mp3)

Reel 2 Part 3: Eve Of Destruction – 5.3 MB, Duration: 11’20″
Download audio file (09.mp3)
**The tape box had this track listed as “Eye of Destruction” instead. I’m sure they meant “Eve”…”Ohhhh I don’t believe…we’re on the eye of destruction” doesn’t quite sound right to me…also at 2:55 the level suddenly jumps up. It wasn’t me, folks!

Reel 2 Part 4: In The Year 2525 – 2.7 MB, Duration: 5’51″
Download audio file (10.mp3)
**More haphazard editing on this segment with the ending suddenly dropping off. I know the RCA valve desks had a nasty habit of chopping the signal off entirely in the last quarter or so of fader travel but I’m sure an RME was in use at 2SM at this time.

Reel 2 Part 5: Ballad Of Nostradamus – 3.3 MB, Duration: 7’03″
Download audio file (11.mp3)

2SM Sydney: Nostradamus I Special 1977

Frankster — Sun, 13 May 2012 04:09:53 +0000

The two 1/4" master reels that make up 2SM Sydney's 1977 special, Nostradamus 1.

A special presentation for you this time around – 2SM Sydney’s Nostradamus I special from 1977. This came in the form of two 1/4″ open reel tapes with white leader tape in-between segments, and like all mastering tape from this era, they had to be given the bake method before playing.

2SM Sydney: Nostradamus I 1977 – Reel 1
Narrated by John Torv with track introductions by Paul Turner, 3XY Melbourne
1/4″ 7.5 IPS Mono, no reference tones

Reel 1 Part 1: Fire – 4.0 MB, Duration: 8’34″
Download audio file (01.mp3)

Reel 1 Part 2: Revolution – 2.4 MB, Duration: 5’16″
Download audio file (02.mp3)
**A drop occurs around 1:22 in this cut – upon examining the tape I found a splice, not a very good one but it’s there. Presumably either during rewind or fast forward the tape had fallen apart as there’s a section missing.

Reel 1 Part 3: Impossible Dream – 2.7 MB, Duration: 5’54″
Download audio file (03.mp3)

Reel 1 Part 4: War – 3.8 MB, Duration: 8’10″
Download audio file (04.mp3)

Reel 1 Part 5: Universal Soldier – 2.2 MB, Duration: 4’49″
Download audio file (05.mp3)

Reel 1 Part 6: A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall – 2.6 MB, Duration: 5’36″
Download audio file (06.mp3)
**From 4:14 you’ll hear the effect of a damaged tape. It seems someone else tried to play it before baking and before it got to me, and by doing so they have literally peeled the oxide away from the tape surface! You’ll hear it as a drop every 2 seconds, coinciding with every turn of the supply reel and rapidly disintegrating as it gets towards the end of the segment and the reel itself.

Next update: Reel 2

Video Update: Sunday, May 13th, 2012

Frankster — Sun, 13 May 2012 02:41:14 +0000

First up, it’s mother’s day! Happy mother’s day to you if you’re a mum and hope the kids did the right thing by you! Unfortunately not so good this end – my dad’s been taken to hospital. He’s having problems with COPD that he’s had since 2005. At time of writing he’s hooked up to machines as he’s still having trouble breathing – but at 9am this morning before he got there he had a blood pressure of…wait for it..

205 over 105.

He’s 82 years old, and the unfortunate part about this is that he also has had a backache and scans revealed he has what they’re calling T6 and T9 compression fractures – so he was being treated for that with some meds, but we don’t know if those meds somehow interacted with the meds he’s been taking for COPD. In any case he’s now breathing with an assistance from a machine – he’s struggling to breathe on his own right now.

To take my mind off this awful situation I’ve compiled a video update. Enjoy this, and hopefully by next update I’ll have some good news for you regarding my dad.

TVC: Don Smallgoods: Is Don! Is Good!
Dur: 0’16″, 902 KB

TVC: Don Smallgoods: Is Don! is Good!
Dur: 0’14″, 688 KB

TVC: John Farnham Chain Reaction Tour
Dur: 0’30″, 1.4 MB

TVC: John West, The Best – Ohkoononoooooo!
Dur: 0’32″, 1.4 MB

TVC: Goldstar/Kambrook Video Players
Dur: 0’31″, 2.3 MB

TVC: Kentucky Fried Chicken Nuggets
Dur: 0’30″, 1.4 MB

TVC: KIA Rio Cars with Damir Dokic **STEREO**
Dur: 0’31″, 1.3 MB

TVC: Leggo’s Italian Cooking Sauces with Gough Whitlam
Dur: 0’28″, 1.7 MB

**The next three tracks are for Keep Australia Beautiful – you’ll see why they’re numbered as 1, 3 and 2 when you download/play them. Somehow version 3 ended up on the tape before version 2 and that’s how we’re presenting them here.

TVC: Keep Australia Beautiful Campaign – Version 1: Beach Bins
Dur: 1’01″, 4.1 MB

TVC: Keep Australia Beautiful Campaign – Version 3: Open Rubbish
Dur: 1’02″, 4.3 MB

TVC: Keep Australia Beautiful Campaign – Version 2: Park Bins
Dur: 1’01″, 2.0 MB

TVC: McDonalds ‘You Deserve A Break Today’ campaign – 60 seconder
Dur: 1’01″, 4.3 MB

TVC: Microsoft
Dur: 0’29″, 1.1 MB

TVC: Miniskips
Dur: 0’29″, 2.0 MB

TVC: Moccona Coffees ‘Mochakenya Style’
Dur: 0’29″, 1.2 MB

May 12 2012: CFS International Awareness Day

Frankster — Fri, 11 May 2012 15:56:19 +0000

It's ME/CFS Awareness Day. Please spare a thought for those who have this horrible disease. My lady friend has it and has had it for 17 years with no hope of a cure. Please keep her in your thoughts today.

The axe continues to fall

Frankster — Thu, 10 May 2012 05:46:38 +0000

2GB Sydney are at it again. Now another long serving bloke there has been given the arse. Luke Bona.

Luke is another brilliant broadcaster and you can certainly tell what a great guy he is off the air too. The timing couldn’t have been any worse – it happened right on his birthday.

Luke, I hope somewhere else recognises all the hard work you put in over the years and often at a moment’s notice. Hang in there and remember the old saying – one door closes, and another one opens.

Its still a crap act to be turfing people that have been at 2GB for years though. What now, another mtr contract to fill out is it? Start changing stuff and the listeners will simply go elsewhere – I’ve been in both sides of the radio and straight up, listeners just do NOT like change, and especially not sudden ones.

I first heard about it on a radio forum but it was unconfirmed..then confirmed moments later, and then I saw reference to it on Twitter.

As is often said, these things tend to come in threes. Who the hell is next…

Blacklist changed to Greenlist in the UK

Frankster — Mon, 07 May 2012 22:24:53 +0000

2UE’s brekky show with Jason carried an interesting piece this morning that in the UK, the term Blacklist is considered racist towards black people. So they’re pushing for it to be changed to Greenlist or Redlist.

Greenlist is my favourite because I bet they never asked Kermit The Frog if thats racist towards frogs

Heh heh heh…

Stan Zemanek: 1999 Caller Replays – Tracks 111 to 128

Frankster — Sun, 06 May 2012 05:42:45 +0000

**Tracks available from 4.00pm AEST Sunday May 6th 2012

**Audio Credit: Radio 2UE Sydney

This update features the last 18 tracks of Stan Zemanek Caller Replays that we have. Hope you enjoyed the entire series!

Stan Zemanek Caller Replay: Track 111 – Dur: 4’17″, 64/22/Mono
Download audio file (111.mp3)

Stan Zemanek Caller Replay: Track 112 – Dur: 7’04″, 64/22/Mono
Download audio file (112.mp3)

Stan Zemanek Caller Replay: Track 113 – Dur: 5’11″, 64/22/Mono
Download audio file (113.mp3)

Stan Zemanek Caller Replay: Track 114 – Dur: 5’26″, 64/22/Mono
Download audio file (114.mp3)

Stan Zemanek Caller Replay: Track 115 – Dur: 4’11″, 64/22/Mono
Download audio file (115.mp3)

Stan Zemanek Caller Replay: Track 116 – Dur: 7’24″, 64/22/Mono
Download audio file (116.mp3)

Stan Zemanek Caller Replay: Track 117 – Dur: 6’04″, 64/22/Mono
Download audio file (117.mp3)

Stan Zemanek Caller Replay: Track 118 – Dur: 7’16″, 64/22/Mono
Download audio file (118.mp3)

Stan Zemanek Caller Replay: Track 119 – Dur: 5’22″, 64/22/Mono
Download audio file (119.mp3)

Stan Zemanek Caller Replay: Track 120 – Dur: 4’58″, 64/22/Mono
Download audio file (120.mp3)

Stan Zemanek Caller Replay: Track 121 – Dur: 7’21″, 64/22/Mono
Download audio file (121.mp3)

Stan Zemanek Caller Replay: Track 122 – Dur: 5’13″, 64/22/Mono
Download audio file (122.mp3)

Stan Zemanek Caller Replay: Track 123 – Dur: 5’39″, 64/22/Mono
Download audio file (123.mp3)

Stan Zemanek Caller Replay: Track 124 – Dur: 5’18″, 64/22/Mono
Download audio file (124.mp3)

Stan Zemanek Caller Replay: Track 125 – Dur: 6’01″, 64/22/Mono
Download audio file (125.mp3)

Stan Zemanek Caller Replay: Track 126 – Dur: 6’39″, 64/22/Mono
Download audio file (126.mp3)

Stan Zemanek Caller Replay: Track 127 – Dur: 7’12″, 64/22/Mono
Download audio file (127.mp3)

Stan Zemanek Caller Replay: Track 128 – Dur: 5’47″, 64/22/Mono
Download audio file (128.mp3)

Downtime

Frankster — Fri, 04 May 2012 14:14:13 +0000

Sorry about the downtime today folks! It was out of our control this time around, unfortunately all of Zanyspace was affected and we were offline for most of the day. Kudos to Glen who got us and the rest back online just after 9pm.

Happy weekend everyone!

2GB Sydney

Frankster — Thu, 03 May 2012 02:05:16 +0000

Is someone trying to sabotage 2GB Sydney or is it really a case of failing equipment?

In the last few weeks, radio 2GB have had a couple of transmitter problems – nothing new for a 24/7 service, you’d have to expect some downtime sometime – but the fact it keeps happening and often with monotonous regularity has got me baffled, and probably baffling the techs as well.

Last night during Steve Price’s show it happened again. Both the 873 AM transmitter at Homebush Bay/Wentworth Point, and the digital radio transmitter at Artarmon were on and off, the digital signal continuing to have problems through Mike Williams’s overnight show – which was quite odd as its very rare for both to go down at once seeing they’re in seperate locations. So I could only guess it was at the studio end.

What is going on? What piece of gear is failing so badly that it affects the on air signal on both transmitters and why is it still in service? …and while we’re here, why no aviation lights on the 873 tower? It’s pitch black at night out there and you can’t see it unless the lights are on. Or they ARE on the tower and either not switched on or have bulbs that haven’t been replaced in ages…

Beats the shit outta me…

David Oldfield’s first few minutes on nights at 2UE, 30th April 2012

Frankster — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:40:43 +0000

Audio Credit: Radio 2UE Sydney, Fairfax Radio

…and while we’ve got the Steve Price audio up, here’s how 2UE sounded on David Oldfield’s new night slot at the same time.

David Oldfield 2UE Sydney: First few minutes on nights 30th April 2012
Dur: 0’39″, MP3 128 kbps 44 kHz Mono, 635 KB
Download audio file (oldfield2ue.mp3)

Steve Price’s first few minutes on 2GB Sydney, April 30th 2012

Frankster — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:19:33 +0000

G’day folks,

Here ’tis Steve Price’s first few minutes on 2GB Sydney, April 30th 2012, in case you missed it. Recorded from digital radio.

2GB Sydney: Steve Price opening few minutes – April 30th 2012
Dur: 4’46″, 128 Kbps 44 kHz Stereo, 4.5 MB
Download audio file (price2gb.mp3)

**Audio Credit: Macquarie Radio Network

2UW Promo Master #57

Frankster — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 08:47:18 +0000

2UW Promo Master #57 – 192 kbps 44 kHz

11 Songs In 11 Seconds: Game Tracks 11 to 16 – Dur: 2’33″, 3.5 MB
Download audio file (57a.mp3)

Bazz & Pilko IN London: Promos 1 to 6 – Dur: 5’12″, 7.3 MB
Download audio file (57b.mp3)

Bazz & Pilko London OB: Promos 2 to 6 – Dur: 3’07″, 4.3 MB
Download audio file (57c.mp3)

British Rock Invasion: Promo 1 – Dur: 1’00″, 1.4 MB
Download audio file (57d.mp3)

Money Exchange Winners: Promos 2 to 4 – Dur: 2’18″, 3.2 MB
Download audio file (57e.mp3)

Malcolm T Elliot Pays Your Bills: Promos 1 and 2 – Dur: 1’37″, 2.2 MB
Download audio file (57f.mp3)

Neil Diamond Weekend: Promo 1 – Dur: 0’48″, 1.1 MB
Download audio file (57g.mp3)

Rock Classics Weekend: Promos A and B – Dur: 0’58″, 1.3 MB
Download audio file (57h.mp3)

Sound Of Sydney FX Tracks: Cig out with foot/Electronic cash register/Opening carton of eggs/Phone teledex/Record back into sleeve/Screwing in light bulb/Shaking carton of eggs – Dur: 0’25″, 601 KB
Download audio file (57i.mp3)

Sound Of Sydney Winner: Promos 5 and 6 – Dur: 1’02″, 1.4 MB
Download audio file (57j.mp3)

Various Sweepers – Dur: 1’23″, 1.9 MB
a) Best of British Weekend Cuts A & B
b) Neil Diamond Weekend
c) One great song after another
d) Six O’ Clock Rock 50′s classic/60′s classic/70′s classic
e) Six O’ Clock Rock best party faves
f) Six O’ Clock Rock fave oldies
g) Six O’ Clock Rock interruption free oldies
h) The best mix of old and new songs
i) Weekend Of Rock Classics
Download audio file (57k.mp3)

Wests Promos: Carts #568, #571 and #572 – Dur: 1’29″, 2.1 MB
Download audio file (57l.mp3)

Video Update: Monday April 30th 2012

Frankster — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 08:13:49 +0000

**All clips available for download from 7.00pm AEDST Monday April 30th 2012

Showtime movie opener 1996
Dur: 0’15″, 663 KB
**Recorded at a time when I had Galaxy Pay-TV!

10 ID: Home On Ten
Dur: 0’12″, 973 KB

10 ID: Home On Ten
Dur: 0’14″, 609 KB

The Comedy Channel: Launch Compile 1996
Dur: 3’20″, 13.2 MB

TVC: Advance Bank
Dur: 0’31″, 2.1 MB

TVC: Bristol Paints with Totti Goldsmith
Dur: 0’17″, 899 KB

TVC: Carefree Panty Shields
Dur: 0’31″, 1.7 MB
There you go! Wear them and you can be transported to a beautiful setting without leaving your chair…

TVC: Planet Ark – Phones For Planet Ark promotion with Big Brother 1′s Christina Davis
Dur: 0’27″, 1.0 MB

TVC: Coke Is It! with John Farnham (1988)
Dur: 0’58″, 5.6 MB

Colgate Flouriguard with Mrs. Marsh
Dur: 0’32″, 1.0 MB

TVC: 3AW – Derryn Hinch
Dur: 0’16″, 735 KB
**Time to play ‘spot the equipment’ in this cut. Opening shot has a pair of CEL 996′s.

TVC: Dynamo laundry liquid
Dur: 0’30″, 1.4 MB

TVC: ETA Mayonnaise
Dur: 0’31″, 1.0 MB

TVC: Food Plus
Dur: 0’28″, 1.9 MB

TVC: Don Smallgoods – Is Don! Is Good!
Dur: 0’16″, 1.3 MB
**These ads crack me up!! For the record, the guy’s name is Tommy Dysart – same guy from the Yellow Pages Goggomobile ads and in later episodes of Prisoner Cell Block H. Love the “bevare of cheap imitatings” too.

Stan Zemanek: 1999 Caller Replays – Tracks 96 to 110

Frankster — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 07:06:15 +0000

Hope you guys are all enjoying the Stan Zemanek 1999 caller replay tracks as here are the next few tracks of this wonderful series. 13 tracks to go and those will be included in the next Stan update – in the meantime, enjoy these! (and yes, there is a bit of fluttering near the end of some of these…a combination of old cassette tapes and less than ideal recording conditions at the time).

**Audio Credit: Radio 2UE Sydney

Stan Zemanek Caller Replay: Track 95 – Dur: 5’13″, 64/22/Mono
Download audio file (95.mp3)

Stan Zemanek Caller Replay: Track 96 – Dur: 4’53″, 64/22/Mono
Download audio file (96.mp3)

Stan Zemanek Caller Replay: Track 97 – Dur: 7’42″, 64/22/Mono
Download audio file (97.mp3)

Stan Zemanek Caller Replay: Track 98 – Dur: 5’46″, 64/22/Mono
Download audio file (98.mp3)

Stan Zemanek Caller Replay: Track 99 – Dur: 5’37″, 64/22/Mono
Download audio file (99.mp3)

Stan Zemanek Caller Replay: Track 100 – Dur: 5’19″, 64/22/Mono
Download audio file (100.mp3)

Stan Zemanek Caller Replay: Track 101 – Dur: 5’04″, 64/22/Mono
Download audio file (101.mp3)

Stan Zemanek Caller Replay: Track 102 – Dur: 6’11″, 64/22/Mono
Download audio file (102.mp3)

Stan Zemanek Caller Replay: Track 103 – Dur: 5’51″, 64/22/Mono
Download audio file (103.mp3)

Stan Zemanek Caller Replay: Track 104 – Dur: 4’57″, 64/22/Mono
Download audio file (104.mp3)

Stan Zemanek Caller Replay: Track 105 – Dur: 5’24″, 64/22/Mono
Download audio file (105.mp3)

Stan Zemanek Caller Replay: Track 106 – Dur: 6’36″, 64/22/Mono
Download audio file (106.mp3)

Stan Zemanek Caller Replay: Track 107 – Dur: 6’14″, 64/22/Mono
Download audio file (107.mp3)

Stan Zemanek Caller Replay: Track 108 – Dur: 5’07″, 64/22/Mono
Download audio file (108.mp3)

Stan Zemanek Caller Replay: Track 109 – Dur: 4’38″, 64/22/Mono
Download audio file (109.mp3)

Stan Zemanek Caller Replay: Track 110 – Dur: 6’13″, 64/22/Mono
Download audio file (110.mp3)

Producers…please

Frankster — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 02:59:28 +0000

Little message for the producers/engineers of the latest BUPA radio spots.

THEY ARE TOO BLOODY LOUD!!!!

One version has bells in it which absolutely blow your ears off if you’re listening on digital radio with headphones. Producers, time to do some serious optimizing. Back off on the compression and EQ those damn bells. Geesh they were loud…

(and women screaming in radio ads also piss me off..WHY?? It’s LOUD!!! Geddit??)

Sydney Radio Changes: An update

Frankster — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:42:44 +0000

**Since I wrote this post, Sam over at Samuel’s Blog has written a great piece about all these changes. Head on over there for his take.

Folks,

You may have heard of a couple of changes affecting Sydney’s two main talkback radio stations, 2UE and 2GB. This is the tally board so far:

* Brian Wilshire: Definitely leaving for 3 months to write his latest book. Could be code for he isn’t coming back. The fact he’s going, to make way for someone else is irritating. Anyway, from monday april 30th, 8pm – midnight it’s Steve Price. This means the Alan Jones and Ray Hadley highlights are gone too from 8pm to 9pm. Maybe. Steve starting at 9pm? Not likely, because:
* David Oldfield moves to nights on 2UE, *also* from 8pm – midnight. Right up against Steve Price.
* Mike Jeffries last show tonight. There was talk that he was moving back to middawns, but now that doesn’t seem quite right as Mike mentioned he will be taking 2 weeks off to consider things.
* A vacant morning slot now means Stuart Bocking will be taking over the 9am – Midday slot. Welcome back Stu!!

…and the piece de resistance…

The brains trust at Sydney’s 95.3 have decided their latest attempt at a format hasn’t gone too well either. It’s been scrapped (again). Now expect positioner’s and idents to tell you it’s called…wait for it:

“Smooth 95.3″

Oh dear…anyway, it’ll be a very interesting survey period with even more interesting results. Watch this space!

Songs stuck to my head

Frankster — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 01:49:17 +0000

Ever had a song continually go round and round in your head? Today from me its one of mondo rock’s.

All morning its “boom baby boom!” in my head!

Sleep deprivation?

ANZAC Day 2012: A special update

Frankster — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:01:44 +0000

“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

Lest we forget.”

It’s ANZAC Day 2012. Wherever you are, whatever you’re doing today, take a moment to think of those brave people who went to war, of those who continue to, and of those who sadly, never made it home. I’ll never forget going to AFTRS in 2005 and being played a snippet of a guy who told in detail that as he and many others were walking around, he heard a click and thought he’d stepped on something and froze. The sadness that went through me when he then told that the cracking noise was him literally walking over his fallen friend – the clicking being from his ribs – he was open chested lying there – was unbelievable. I felt so sorry for him as he broke down while telling the story.

We have prepared a compile audio track for you to commemorate this day, and it’s my heartfelt thanks and appreciation to Matt from Wireless Fodder who sent me a bunch of stuff years ago which also contained some 2005 ANZAC Day stuff and also to Radio WS-FM Sydney for its reproduction. As a result this audio is being promoted as being “ANZAC Day 2005″ but whether it’s 2005 or 2012, it’s still ANZAC Day – therefore it’s that audio I share with you now. The backing track in the grabs is James Blundell’s “Postcards From Saigon”.

WS-FM ANZAC Day Audio Compile
Dur: 12’05″, MP3 256 kbps 44 kHz Stereo, 22.6 MB
Download audio file (wsfmanzac.mp3)

In order:
1. WS-FM ANZAC Day Grab 1
2. WS-FM ANZAC Day Grab 2
3. WS-FM ANZAC Day Grab 3
4. WS-FM ANZAC Day Grab 4
5. WS-FM ANZAC Day Grab 5
6. WS-FM ANZAC Day Grab 6
7. WS-FM ANZAC Day Grab 7
8. WS-FM ANZAC Day Grab 8
9. WS-FM ANZAC Day Grab 9
10. WS-FM ANZAC Day Grab 10
11. WS-FM ANZAC Day compile track – includes full length cut of James Blundell’s “Postcards From Saigon”.
12. WS-FM ANZAC Day ID/Promo by James Blundell

Credits:
ANZAC Day Commemoration Committee, Queensland, Australia for the use of the ode
Matt from Wireless Fodder for supplying the audio
Radio WS-FM Sydney for the reproduction of the audio

Video Update: Tuesday April 24th 2012

Frankster — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 03:51:25 +0000

These videos available for download from 2.30pm – images to the videos will be up shortly.

Betamax Goodies
Clips are MP4 format encoded at 320×240 resolution
**NOTE: Bitrate on these videos has been increased to accommodate those watching these on the iPad as well as an iPhone and other capable MP4 device.
**To download these clips, right-click and select either Save Target As or Save Link As
**Must thank James Paterson of the Australian Television Archive at this point – he undertook the transfer of the betamax tapes involved in this and the previous update when I was just starting out collecting old videotapes for material and at that point I didn’t have a betamax machine, so he helped out with the transfers. Lost a bit of quality as it was betamax—–>VHS——->DVD but its not too bad. You could probably get better quality versions of these cuts at his website or on Youtube.

9 News partial with Peter Hitchener
Dur: 1’43″, 3.9 MB

9 News update with Peter Hitchener
Dur: 0’31″, 1.9 MB
**Had problems dubbing this one unfortunately as you’ll see

9 Promo: Cyclone Tracy crossfading to 9 ID
Dur: 0’28″, 1.8 MB

9 Promo: The Best Of The Paul Hogan Show
Dur: 0’31″, 1.8 MB

ABC-TV Promo: The Mike Walsh Show (1987)
Dur: 0’30″, 1.1 MB

10 Promo: Magnum PI – crossfading to 10 ID
Dur: 0’34″, 2.3 MB

10 Promo: Perfect Match with Greg Evans
Dur: 0’31″, 1.3 MB

10 Sport Opener 1984
Dur: 0’12″, 539 KB

7 Wednesday Night Movie Opener
Dur: 0’24″, 1.4 MB

9 Season Launch ID 2002 **Stereo**
Dur: 1’00″, 6.8 MB

9 Promo: Sale Of The Century with Tony Barber and Alyce Platt
Dur: 0’20″, 976 KB

9 Wide World Of Sports opener
Dur: 0’18″, 585 KB
**This cut is the original 70′s music style version and not the remade plastered-with-synths version played in the 90′s and 2000′s

VFL Grand Final 1987: Daryl Somers sings Waltzing Matilda
Dur: 1’13″, 5.7 MB

9 ID (GTV9? Different coloured 9 logo at end)
Dur: 0’23″, 1.2 MB

National Panasonic Consumer Electronics station tag
Dur: 0’12″, 487 KB

A day off with a bizarre start

Frankster — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:11:13 +0000

Any dream interpreters/analysts in the audience? This one’s for you!

I’m in the middle of the city with a friend (female) and we start singing Prince’s track, “little red corvette”. Shortly after we’re joined by 10 people, then 20, then 50, and as the song continues we’ve got 1,000 all singing the same thing. I then woke up and caught myself mouthing the words to the song!

What the hell…?

Another radio favourite of mine gets the heave-ho

Frankster — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 02:46:59 +0000

Is it just me? As well as Brian Wilshire, now another favourite of mine has been unceremoniously dumped.

Trevor Sinclair, who most of you know from 2UW and recently Vega 95.3, has now been dumped from his drive show on 2CH!

I can’t believe this! Macquarie probably trying to recoup MTR losses? Yup..whether they are or not the last 2 decisions stink just the same. I’m sorry but they do.

So with that also came last night’s announcement that Mike Williams will be doing the 1am to 3.30am this week – Michael Mclaren’s gig.

What the HELL is going on??

Another Frankstermix!

Frankster — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:31:21 +0000

Well..sort of. About a month ago I posted my mix of Queen’s “One Vision” after finding the multitrack stems online. I went back and experimented with it tonight and thought I’d put this version up – this is just the rhythm track, that is, drums only. Quite an experience and one I hope you’ll find interesting!

Queen: One Vision – The Frankster’s Archive Rhythm Mix
Dur: 3’16″, MP3 192 kbps 44 khz Stereo, 5.2 MB
Download audio file (queenrhythmtrack.mp3)

2 celebrities gone in one day

Frankster — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 06:00:30 +0000

Earlier today we heard Dick Clark passed away at 82 after a heart attack, and news has broken in the last few minutes of Greg Ham’s passing – Greg was the flautist in Men At Work.

I find it particularly concerning about Greg Ham that the report says police had established a crime scene.

RIP Greg and Dick.

Continuity Clanger #4,355

Frankster — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 23:51:16 +0000

2GB just broadcast an ad for bing lee who are advertising a samsung computer carrying 8 meg ram. Surely its 8 gig? My first computer in 1994 had 4 meg. Either bing’s are going backwards or the gb copy guys need a bum kicking…

2GB’s Brian Wilshire

Frankster — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:25:10 +0000

Wha…? Am I hearing things or is this story true?

2GB’s weeknight host Brian Wilshire is being pushed aside for Steve Price?? With Brian being bumped to middawns? Where does that leave Michael Mclaren then?

Consistently number one at nights, and they wanna push him aside? Unless Brian wants to leave that slot?

Standby folks..the radio landscape in Sydney is about to change yet again.

It was 45 years ago today! 2UE taught the band to play!

Frankster — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 03:48:28 +0000

Well maybe not quite the band but it was definitely 45 years ago today – the first open line/talkback call went to air on 2UE here in Sydney. Its been actually open for debate with Mike Walsh mentioned but 2UE soon straightened that out.

Jason Morrison’s brekky show carried an awesome bit of audio of that first call and I gotta say congrats to them for finding it! So often there are stories of broadcast archival material no longer in existence or destroyed or even just damaged beyond repair – so to hear that audio this morning was fantastic, as someone like me who has been trying to save stuff wherever possible this restored my faith in it all. But if you’re gonna attempt restoration yourself please be aware you can just as easily damage it beyond repair. Ampex mastering tape is the prime offender – 406, 456, 407 and 457 are the worst cases, as is 478 and some of the Scotch series…226, 227 and others. These have a backcoating which has acted as a moisture absorber and breaks down during playback, taking your recordings with it. A temporary cure is to bake these tapes (yes, as in baking a cake) for a certain amount of time – doing this drives the moisture out long enough for you to transfer the contents to another format. There are also tapes which do not have backcoating such as the Scotch 177 series – these are just dry, the silicone lubricant having worn off. Cure for these is to actually relubricate the whole roll.

To that end folks, I reiterate – if you have something, anything that relates to radio or tv in some way, particularly in recorded form, please don’t chuck it. You may be throwing away the only copy in existence, and as so much historical audio and video is missing at various networks, you might just be holding the missing pieces to the jigsaw.

Stan Zemanek: 1999 Caller Replays – Tracks 81 to 95

Frankster — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:10:44 +0000

**Audio Credit: Radio 2UE Sydney

Stan Zemanek Caller Replay: Track 81 – Dur: 4’50″, 64/22/Mono
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Stan Zemanek Caller Replay: Track 82 – Dur: 6’48″, 64/22/Mono
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Stan Zemanek Caller Replay: Track 83 – Dur: 5’00″, 64/22/Mono
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Stan Zemanek Caller Replay: Track 84 – Dur: 5’43″, 64/22/Mono
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Stan Zemanek Caller Replay: Track 85 – Dur: 4’07″, 64/22/Mono
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Stan Zemanek Caller Replay: Track 86 – Dur: 8’39″, 64/22/Mono
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Stan Zemanek Caller Replay: Track 87 – Dur: 6’13″, 64/22/Mono
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Stan Zemanek Caller Replay: Track 88 – Dur: 6’05″, 64/22/Mono
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Stan Zemanek Caller Replay: Track 89 – Dur: 6’02″, 64/22/Mono
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Stan Zemanek Caller Replay: Track 90 – Dur: 5’49″, 64/22/Mono
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Stan Zemanek Caller Replay: Track 91 – Dur: 5’12″, 64/22/Mono
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Stan Zemanek Caller Replay: Track 92 – Dur: 5’15″, 64/22/Mono
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Stan Zemanek Caller Replay: Track 93 – Dur: 6’47″, 64/22/Mono
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Stan Zemanek Caller Replay: Track 94 – Dur: 6’01″, 64/22/Mono
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Stan Zemanek Caller Replay: Track 95 – Dur: 5’13″, 64/22/Mono
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Video Update: Tuesday April 17th 2012

Frankster — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:05:55 +0000

Channel 10 Eyewitness News Update with Charles Slade
Dur: 0’38″, 1.4 MB

Channel 10 Eyewitness News Update with Des Connors
Dur: 1’15″, 3.4 MB

10 ID 1991
Dur: 0’12″, 856 KB

Soccer/Channel 10 Eyewitness News Update with Des Connors/Eyewitness News Melbourne Promo
Dur: 0’28″, 1.7 MB
**A bizarre cut this one. First a soccer game appears, and just as a player is about to kick a goal, Eyewitness News crashes in!

10 Promo: Hinch – “Bottled Gold”
Dur: 0’16″, 1.0 MB

10 Promo: Neighbours – “Starts Monday” version
Dur: 0’32″, 3.7 MB

10 Promo: Star Search with Greg Evans
Dur: 0’31″, 2.1 MB

ABC Melbourne: VFL Grand Final bits 1987
Dur: 1’02″, 2.2 MB

7 ID
Dur: 0’08″, 473 KB

7 National News newsbreak
Dur: 0’43″, 3.2 MB

7 Promo: Deceptions
Dur: 0’16″, 999 KB

7 Promo: Hinch
Dur: 0’20″, 740 KB

7 Promo: Punky Brewster
Dur: 0’21″, 969 KB

7 News Promo: Nobody knows news like Seven
Dur: 0’19″, 1.4 MB
**Think I forgot to de-interlace this one…if you get zig-zag lines on playback, my fault entirely…

7 Promo: The Great Pleasure Hunt II
Dur: 0’19″, 900 KB

Heh, heh, heh…

Frankster — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 14:08:39 +0000

“Technical glitch reveals winner

From: Herald Sun
April 15, 2012 11:40PM

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TONIGHT, the name of the gold Logie winner was inadvertently and momentarily made available via Google prior to the winner being announced at the event in Melbourne.

The error occurred during live testing of the Herald Sun’s new iPad application which is due for release in coming weeks.

Live testing has been taking place for about a week.

At no time did the Herald Sun publish the name of the winner on its website, iPad app or in Twitter.

However, during the live testing, a link to an embargoed story naming the winner was momentarily created and published by Google.

The link was discovered almost as soon as it had been created and immediately killed.

The only media outlet to knowingly publish the winner’s name prior to it being announced was ninemsn.com.au – the website of the host broadcaster.”

Reset time folks

Frankster — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 02:17:58 +0000

For those of you unaware of what a reset actually entails, we put this site in maintenance mode and delete all existing AV material to make way for new stuff. Usually this only happens a couple of times a year but we are looking into more webspace so it happens less often.

The last few weeks have been phenomenal in terms of traffic – a huge thankyou to all that have found us recently and to the long term visitors as well for your support. I’m a one man outfit doing this and it can be a lot of work but knowing you guys are enjoying it gives me the drive and passion to keep going.

At this point, credit must go to Sam at Samuel’s Blog for giving me a hand with sorting the server side and getting it off the ground. Without him you’d be getting the dreaded 404′s everywhere. Heartfelt thanks Sam, very much appreciated!

OK so back to the reset. Please grab anything you need or want prior to next tuesday april 17th at 12.01am. From that point we’ll be offline for a minute or two then back with new material!.

Go for it!