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Radio Maroon : Let's Make it 7
FIRST, there was Radio Maroon – the proudly biased and unauthorised commentary team that gave Queenslanders the chance to listen to Origin games free of Blues rubbish. The Courier-Mail and 98.9FM will again bring Radio Maroon to life on Wednesday night, with Channel 10’s Bill McDonald leading a team featuring former Origin stars Steve Renouf, Adrian Lam […]
Listen >>Eric Deeral : The First, First Nations State Member
Born at Cape Bedford Mission in 1932, Eric Deeral was evacuated to Woorabinda during World War II, where he was educated at the Woorabinda Central School. He left school at the age of 13 and held down carious jobs as a labourer, bush worker and stockman. Eric continued to educate himself and, in 1957, became […]
Listen >>NAIDOC Week 1st - 8th July 2012
Go to “COMMUNITY” to see all events happening around QLD to celebrate NAIDOC week. What is NAIDOC? NAIDOC celebrations are held around Australia in July each year to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. NAIDOC Week 2012 will be held from 1 to 8 July. This year the […]
Listen >>Cooktown Trainees
Media trainees from Cooktown State High School attended Cairns this week for block training at BBM 98.7fm. The students produced their own live radio show as well as assisting Tiga with the Let’s Talk program. Big thanks to Karen Whipper, Domenic Power and the Cooktown District Community Centre for supporting the students in this training […]
Listen >>Too Deadly Dunn
RADIO personality Jamie Dunn is still cracking the jokes but he has a serious side too, quietly returning as many Aboriginal artefacts as he can to their rightful owners. IT was in Rita Rainbow’s second-hand shop in Marcoola, on the Sunshine Coast, that Jamie Dunn first saw it. It was a smooth, crescent-shaped piece of […]
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