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●●●●● Mal Walden, Dan Webb and David Johnston were at the Kingston

Hotel, Richmond, on Sunday for a reunion of former employees of

radio station 3DB. More than 75 people attended the function for

the station. 3DB was awarded its broadcast licence 90 years ago in

1925, but did not make its debut on-air until February 27, 1927.. The

station was originally owned by Druleigh Business College, hence

the callsign "DB". The original studios were located in Capital House,

Swanston Street, Melbourne. In 1929, 3DB along with 3UZ partici-

pated in experimental television broadcasts using the Radiovision

system. More photos, Pages 38 and 39.

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“For the cause that lacks assistance,

‘Gainst the wrongs that need resistance

For the future in the distance,

And the good that we can do”

‘Melbourne’s own 3DB’

■ Long before 3AWadopted the ‘Melbourne’sOwn’ moniker, the mottowas used by iconic radiostation 3DB.

(It was the late KeithMcGowan who suggestedthe use of the ‘positioningstatement’ to 3AW bosses,when the statement wasunder challenge by StevePrice’s ill-fated Mel-bourne Talk Radio).

3DB was a Melbourneinstitution before becom-ing just another music sta-tion in 1988, when it be-came 3TT, then TT-FM,then Mix 101.1, then KIIS.

For generations, Mel-bourne tuned into 3DB tohear identities includingDick Cranbourne, GeoffMcComas, Don Kinsey,John Stewart, MontyBlandford, MaurieCallard, Dan Webb, ErnieSigley, Ric Melbourne,Stephanie Deste, RonCasey, Bill Collins andLou Richards.

The 3DB roll-call in-cluded John Eden, GeoffCorke, Mal Walden,David Johnston, KeithLivingston, Bert Newton,Mickie de Stoop, JohnVertigan, Tedd Bull, Gra-ham Kennedy and Rich-ard Coombe.

Perhaps you might re-member Lawrence Cos-tin, Barry Ferber, CharlesSkase, Peter Surrey,Gerald Lyons, PaddyO’Donnell, Hal Todd andGeoff Cox.

3DB ex-staff came to-gether for a reunion onSunday. More than 75 at-tended the function at theKingston Hotel, Rich-mond.

Amongst them wereDoug Aiton (picturedabove), most recentlyheard on 3AW’s Nightlineand a Friday Srive pro-gram on Geelong’s Pulse94.7.

(Doug and I worked to-gether in print journalismin the early 1980s.)

There is a double-pagespread of photos from theDB reunion in the Ob-server Showbiz section.

★Who remembers the 3DB host Maurie Callardwho hosted The Friendly Door? His colleague

Dan Webb tells us Maurie and his wife Gwen livedat Yalla-Y-Poora, situated between Ararat and Beau-fort. The property is featured in a book, The Con-stant Renovators, published by Melbourne Univer-sity Press.

★Melbourne entertainer Reg Gorman, accom-panied by the Observer’s own Kevin Trask, will

fly to Queensland for Diana Trask’s concert at theTwin Towns at Tweed Heads (NSW) on Friday nextweek (Nov. 7).

★Arts columnist Julie Houghton and husbandAllan Smith have been holidaying this week at

Cabarita Beach, northern New South Wales.

★Melbourne Observer reader Wally Andrewsof Railway Pl., Williamstown, wrote to say he

enjoyed seeing the photo of the ‘Beetle’ rail motor(Oct. 14). Wally enclosed a photo of a ‘dog box’ car-riage for the interest of “those of us who rememberthese wonderful old electric trains that used to runour suburban lines many years ago before our ‘Metro’trains took over.”

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to try and like that which one has to do.”

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★Rozzi Bazzani hasauthored a biogra-

phy about MelbourneTV-radio producer HectorCrawford, who was re-sponsible for shows in-cluding D24, Homicide,Division 4, Matlock Po-lice, The Sullivans andThe Box. Rozzi, whosome will remember willremember from her 3AKdays, has published thebook, at $39.95 throughAustralian ScholarlyPublishing. ●●●●● Hector Crawford

★Sunday morning ABC Radio host IanMcNamara is releasing a new CD, Get On

With It Macca ($24.99), but he laments that the ABCShops that would normally sell the production aresoon closing. The CD can be ordered through theABC website.

★Melbourne Observer country music columnistRob Foenander has released his second CD,

By Request 2. It includes 14 tracks including DevilWoman, Unforgettable, To Love Somebody, SheWears My Ring, The Wonder Of You and There GoesMy Everything. The Observer is giving away fiveCDs in a reader competition this week. Turn to theObserver Readers Club page.

★Christine Melnikas, 54, of Mernda, has beenfound guilty of 1049 charges relating to the theft

of $200,000 from the Banyule and Districts NetballAssociation. She is being assessed for a community-based order after appearing before Judge RachelleLewitan of the County Court.

★Actress Maureen O’Hara has died at the ageof 95. She had appeared on the That’s Enter-

tainment radio program broadcast by 96.5 Inner FM,based at Heidelberg.

★Our uneducated Long Shot for the MelbourneCup: Our Ivanhowe, quoted by TAB.com.au

at $21 for the win and $6 for the place.

★Michael Storer, former manager of a Fountain Gate fruit and vegetable shop, has gone to

Facebook, to allege health standard contravenetionsof the store. They are denied by the proprietors.

★Victoria’s senior Freemasons have been inPerth at the weekend for Western Australia’s

installation of their Grand Master. Amongst those at-tending were Victorian Grand Master HillelBenedykt, and Deputy Don Reynolds.

★The Royal Melbourne Phiharmonic will holda Cup Day Classical Cabaret Fundraiser from

6.30pm on Tuesday (Nov. 3) at the Drill Hall, 239A’Beckett St, Melbourne.

●●●●● Susan Tate, Kerrina Chadwick and Doug Aiton at the 3DB reunion

■ Magda Szubanski will talk about her new book, Reckoning, at Eltham Com-

munity Centre at 7pm on Wednesday, November 11.

■ There will be a special advance screening of Hotel Transylvania 2 at the

Metro Boronia Cinemas this Saturday (Oct. 31). See our inside back page.

■ Melbourne Singers of Gospel will perform at MLC Kew on December 5.

Radio People3DB Reunion

Kingston Hotel, RichmondPhotos: Ash Long

●●●●● Pam Wood and Judy Dyer●●●●● Lynne Butler and Effie Mineo

●●●●● Morris Allen and Sue Allan

●●●●● Shirley and Ian McGregor ●●●●● Bruce McKay and John Vertigan

●●●●● Noel McGrath and Chris Welsh ●●●●● Ewen Cameron and Clem Allan

●●●●● Doug Ackerley and David Beckwith

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Radio People3DB Reunion

Kingston Hotel, RichmondPhotos: Ash Long

●●●●● Susie Howard and Denis Scanlan●●●●● Anna Micallef and Maria Srbinovaski

●●●●● Peter Cox and Cathie Cox

●●●●● Anita Reynolds and Jenny Prime ●●●●● Meir Abramovitz and Shez Cantlie

●●●●● Robert Anderson and Ian Nicholls ●●●●● Keith Livingston, Mark Skurnik and Chris Lewis

●●●●● Warwick Prime and Dean Reynolds

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