1410kHz 2KO Newcastle NSW AUS 04-06-1978 (RGC198)

1410kHz 2KO Newcastle NSW Australia locally received with the station theme tune "Newcastle 1410 2KO Goes On" on June 4, 1978, while staying at the People's Palace Hotel in Newcastle CBD.

[@Albert-zl3zd]

a nice selection from your recording museum, great. Albert. The Netherlands. 📻🇳🇱🎄.

[@crawf71]

This is gold. Hilarious to hear the TM singers trying to manage the local pronunciation of "castle" in Newcastle. Just doesnt sound quite right with their US accents :) Thanks for putting this one up.

[@Wenlocktvdx]

3KZ Melbourne was also “The Brighter”. Hilarious song

[@RGC198]

2UE Sydney was also "The Brighter" back in the good old days. The song on 2KO was the only time that I ever heard it.

[@top40researcher31]

@@RGC198 good old 2KO Newcastle

[@JZAlvarez97]

That 70's - 80's station theme tune of 2KO Newcastle was from "Listen To Your City" jingle package by TM Productions (now TM Studios) in Dallas, Texas, U.S.A. (This jingle package was inspired and originated by KFMB 760 San Diego, which is now as "760 KGB").

[@RGC198]

Interesting. Thanks for sharing that information. I have noticed that various themes used on both our TV and radio stations often originated on similar stations in USA.

[@JZAlvarez97]

@@RGC198 Also 2UE Sydney used that jingle package (Listen To Your City) too.

[@RGC198]

@@JZAlvarez97 From memory, 2UE and 2KO used to even share programmes back in those days as well.

[@denisconlan2655]

@@RGC198 Shared programs and Top 40 charts as they were under the same ownership, the Newcastle based Lamb family. My wife Narelle worked at 2KO in the mid 60s until she announced our engagement and was then told she would have to leave as there were too many married woman working there at the time. Ah, those were the days!! Ozdenis

[@RGC198]

@@denisconlan2655 I remember seeing Top 40 charts for 2KO, 2HD and even 2NX. Those were the good old days.