Three
D Radio's 30th Birthday and Top 30
Countdown
Three
D Radio 93.7FM has now officially turned 30 years old! We
had a great time celebrating this event and we hope you
did too!
One
feature of the night was our playlist of 30 (or more) of
the most loved bands and artists, as nominated by Three D
subscribers and announcers.
There
is no number one; they are in chronological order from
the present to 1979. We have not listed particular songs
(many people did not nominate a particular song). We
ended up with the list of the most nominated
bands/artists for the show and the announcers chose which
song they played. In some cases this was very difficult
due to the body of work, eg The Mark of Cain or Fear and
Loathing.
We
will be re-broadcasting the program between 2-6pm on 14
February 2010.
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Molting
Vultures
The Audreys
The Yearlings
The Saucermen
The Hiptones
Leighstardust
Baterz
Soursob Bob
Brillig
Hilltop Hoods
NFI
|
Green
Circles
Horrahedd
Testeagles
GT Stringer
Clowns of Decadence
Auntie Raelene
Where’s the Pope
Mark of Cain
Lizard Train
Mad Turks from Istanbul
July 14
The Bodgies
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Exploding
White Mice
Acid Drops
Toyland
The Spikes
Grong Grong
The Dagoes
No Fixed Address
Fear and Loathing
Screaming Believers
Bad Poets
The Brats
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Three
decades on Three D is still fiercely independent,
committed to playing progressive, alternative music, and
supporting local and Australian bands and
artists.
Commercial
free. Down to earth. No bells and whistles. Straight to
the point. Real Music. Three D.
Our
30th Birthday Celebrations
Three
D Radio has
attracted a fair bit of media publicity in the lead up to
our 30th birthday celebrations in December
2009.
Here
are a few samples:
Hillbilly
Hoot
on YouTube, 'Look
Ma! I'm on Hillbilly Radio!'
Photos
courtesy of Ian
Fisk
click
here
Photos
courtesy of Michael
Hunter
click
here
MusicSA
article 'three
d radio's 30th birthday'
dB
Magazine
article in 'Puff
'n' Stuff'
East
Torrens Messenger
article 'Easy
as ABC for Three D Radio'
Adelaide
Magazine
article 'thirty
rocks'
Our
30th Birthday Gig Guide
Friday
December 18th
Forresters and Squatters Arms: Standard Union, Priority
Orange and Days To Come.
Saturday
December 19th
Grace Emily: The Green Circles, Diesel Witch, Cow and
Slingshot Dragster.
Sunday
December 20th
Wheatsheaf Hotel: The Joans, The Baker Suite and The
Yearlings.
Monday
December 21st from 7pm
Three D Radio at 48 Nelson Street Stepney: Hillbilly Hoot
regulars and other Adelaide musicians performed an
extended live to air, broadcast from our
stables.
History
of Triple M, Three D Radio & The Progressive Music
Broadcasting Association Inc
1978
*
ABC
FM only FM broadcaster in Adelaide, decides to restrict
itself almost exclusively to the classical end of the
music spectrum, and progressively axe most of its more
innovative, modern and experimental programs. Many people
who bought FM receivers to hear progressive contemporary
music were angry. The axing of Rocturnal was the final
straw.
*
Community
meeting held on Sunday July 2 at the Box Factory
Community Centre and was attended by over 250 people.
*
Meeting
of 40 people held at the SA Media Resource Centre decided
to form an organisation to apply for a license to
broadcast "progressive" (that is non-commercial,
contemporary) music.
1979
*
August,
Don Dunstan promised $62,000 "seeding" grant to buy
equipment. An additional $10,000 Film Commission grant
virtually guaranteed the success of the license
application.
*
September
5th public hearings by Broadcast Tribunal.
*
September
28 PMBA incorporated.
From
the beginning the PMBA was based on the principle of
participatory democracy, with the management as
democratic as possible, with ultimate control remaining
with the membership.
*
October
5 offered license (along with 5UV and 5EBI).
*
Nov
16 ballot to decide call sign, 5MMM selected.
*
Nov
25 call sign launched in Rundle St party (Exeter
Hotel).
*
Dec
17 test transmissions with the call sign PMB-5.
*
Dec
21 first broadcast at midnight.
The
first music heard on Triple M was a version of
"Tomorrow Never Knows" by 801 Live, then
"Turn Up Your Radio" by the Master
Apprentices. The first voice to be heard was that of
Mandy Salomon whose brief introduction conveyed the
incredulous excitement of the 500-strong crowd of
supporters celebrating outside the studios. The on-air
launch by Premier Don Dunstan followed - Adelaide Radio
Lived Again!
1993
On the
first of October Triple M became Three D
Radio.
