Sunday, October 20, 2024

3LO turns 100

The (now ABC) station called 3LO turned 100 last week. The ABC pulled out all the stops to put on a wonderful live broadcast followed by an ex-staff party in Melbourne. 

I've heard that everyone who was asked to perform was more than keen to be there. Aside from amazing musicians there were many notable celebrities in the crowd.

The first guest was no less than the Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, who was wearing ABC Sox.

Some names that stood out for me included: Brian Nankervis, Colin Denovan, David Anderson, Deborah Cheetham Fraillon, Jacinta Allan, Jacinta Parsons, John Pesutto, Jon Faine, Mark Seymore - (hunters & collectors), Paul Higgins, Pete Smith, Peter Couchman, Raf Epstein, Red Symonds , Sarah Blasco, The Teskey Brothers, Tina Arena, TISM, Vicka & Linda Bull, and Virginia Trioli.

Danny Tran was there doing interviews for a TV news spot. Daniel Ziffer was sitting behind me. (I wanted to tell him how much I enjoyed his coverage of Sam Bankman-Fried's hair).

The show opened with the ABC news with the theme played live. Here are a few clips:


The Athenaeum Theatre was a wonderful venue for all this.

WIA historian Peter Wolfenden, VK3RV, kindly sent me this list of the first stations:


Warm thanks and congratulations to the team that put all this together. A memorable event.

As well as those of us who've worked at 3LO in the past, the current staff gathered for a photo:


John Amies wants to know why Peter Evans wasn't there.

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