Pilot Number Sixty - Five

He’s a smooth operator in more ways than one, creating a story that started in Wangaratta, moved around the country for 32 years, with the current chapter being written in Melbourne. A survivor of 45 years in the biz…it’s Mike Perso! Enjoy!

He started his radio career in Faraday Street and ended 55 years later in Collins Street. In between there was some panel operating, producing and news reading, but it was the love of announcing and creating a special rapport with his audience that gave him the greatest satisfaction. He is Peter Van. Enjoy!

A ‘one trick pony’ she definitely isn’t; a successful on air jock, a station programmer, a teacher and mentor, a podcaster………..and a soccer mum!  Toni Tenaglia has a story to tell! Enjoy!

He started his career in his home town of Shepparton, worked in 3 states at numerous capital city radio stations as well as stints in the UK and Solomon Islands! Mike Andrew’s 28 year radio career has been most diverse…..and most successful!  Enjoy!

5 states and 14 stations over 36 years…. and a first day on the job at a brand new radio station that neither he nor anyone else at the station will ever forget! Dean Matters is a true radio journeyman with plenty of tales to tell!  Enjoy!

If you were a teenager in the 70's, living on the east coast of Australia, there was only one month that really mattered....ROCKTOBER! Hans Torv, Lee Simon, Ian Macrae and Mark Irvine have a quick chat about their ROCKTOBER memories. Roll over ROCKTOBER!! Enjoy!

He’s been a jock, a station manager, a producer and an author who has written three volumes of music facts and trivia that have become a point of reference for both industry professionals and people who just love music. He is the very versatile Steve Woods. Enjoy!

It’s about the Rolling Stones, 3XY, EON FM, 3DB, 4IP, rock festivals, crazy interviews, career highs, personal lows …….and a whole lot more. It’s Mike Nicholls Part 2.  Enjoy!

To recall the radio journey of Mike Nicholls, we need to go back …. right back before he was born, to appreciate his childhood, the family environment he grew up in, the status of his parents in showbiz and how he was destined to have an incredible career in radio. It’s Mike Nicholls Part 1. Enjoy!

If you lived down the east coast of Australia in the 70’s, 80’s or 90’s, the name will no doubt be familiar. He plied his trade at 23 radio stations across  N.S.W., A.C.T, Victoria and Queensland in both capital cities and regional hubs. He is Frank Fursey. Enjoy!