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Punter To Punter
''Punter to Punter'' is a 1980s Australian radio show that ran on 3RRR for five years and then on 3XY for three and was reformed in 1990 on FOX-FM as ''The Punters''. The main cast was Mitchell Faircloth as Slim Whittle, John Rothfield as Dr. Turf and Tony Rickards as Con Marasco. The show grew out of a 1980 racing tips segment on a morning sports show that featured Simon Thorpe and Rickards as Vince and Con Marasco. Faircloth joined them and they got their own show which began in 1981 by Thorpe, Rickards and Faircloth, with Rothfield joining as a special guest and soon moving up to being a regular. Other cast members have included Jason van de Velde as Trevor Marmalade, Tracy Harvey Tracy Harvey is a comedian, TV presenter, actor and writer from Melbourne, Australia. Biography Harvey appeared in 'Movement' a web series, ''The Comedy Company'', ''The Gillies Report'', ''The Big Gig'', '' Hey Hey It's Saturday'' ''Smallest ... as Tammy Whittle, Graeme Sefton as Young Grae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3RRR
3RRR (pronounced "Three Triple R", or simply "Triple R") is an Australian community radio station, based in Melbourne. 3RRR first commenced broadcasting in 1976 from the studios of 3ST, the student radio station of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (now RMIT University), on an educational licence with the name 3RMT. In 1979 it relocated to Fitzroy, and adopted its present name. During the late 1970s and early 1980s, it became synonymous with the post punk and new wave subcultures. In late 2004, supporters raised enough money for the station to purchase and move into new premises on the corner of Blyth and Nicholson Streets in Brunswick East after the 20-year lease on their previous studios, in Victoria St, Fitzroy, expired. 3RRR's mission statement was defined in 1990 as "To educate, inform and entertain by drawing upon appropriate community resources. To develop a critical approach to contemporary culture." Triple R's programming is split roughly 70% specialist m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fox FM (Melbourne Radio Station)
Fox FM (call sign: 3FOX) is a commercial FM radio station broadcasting in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, on a frequency of 101.9 MHz, and is the flagship station on Southern Cross Austereo's Hit Network. The station's transmitter is shared with the ATV-10 transmitter on top of Mount Dandenong. History Fox FM started life at 5PM on 1 August 1980. The station was put together by radio consultant and 1960s/1970s radio personality and programmer Rhett H. Walker, who also acted as first General Manager. This followed a successful stint for Walker as a consultant for Radio 3KZ in 1979. One of Fox FM's original advertising lines was 'Catch the Fox'. The original announcing team consisted of Mike Jeffries, John Aimes, Ralphe Rickman, Rod McNeil, Graham Braddy, Richard Combe, and overnight announcers Geoff Harrison, Noel Miller and Peter Acfield. In the newsroom were Pam Wilson and Michael Schilberger. The first song to be played on air, George Benson's "Breezin'," was played at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Rickards
Tony Rickards is an Australian comedian and actor. Rickards played lead roles in ''The Great Gold Swindle'', ''Robbery'' and '' Mud, Bloody Mud'' and featured in '' Waterfront''. He played Con Marasco of radio's ''Punter to Punter ''Punter to Punter'' is a 1980s Australian radio show that ran on 3RRR for five years and then on 3XY for three and was reformed in 1990 on FOX-FM as ''The Punters''. The main cast was Mitchell Faircloth as Slim Whittle, John Rothfield as Dr. Tu ...'' for eight years. He appear in stage shows such as ''Tony Rickards takes a punt'' (1985, Last Laugh). References External links * Tony Rickardsat AusStage Australian stage actors Australian film actors Australian television actors Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{Australia-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trevor Marmalade
Trevor Marmalade (born Jason van de Velde, 26 April 1962) is an Australian comedian and radio and television presenter. Marmalade is of Dutch people, Dutch descent and grew up in the Melbourne suburb of Surrey Hills, Victoria, Surrey Hills. Career During the 1980s, Marmalade was a member of the alternative comedy show ''Punter to Punter'' with Tracy Harvey as Tammy Whittle, Tony Rickards as Con Marasco, Mitchell Faircloth as Slim Whittle and John Rothfield as Dr Turf. The show was broadcast on 3RRR on Saturday mornings after the Coodabeen Champions. Marmalade is also a successful standup comedy, standup comic going back to his appearances in the early 1980s at The Last Laugh (comedy venue), "Le Joke" and "The Last Laugh". He also appeared on the long-running television show, ''Hey Hey It's Saturday'', from 1991 to 1999. Marmalade appeared on the Nine Network, Nine television network's ''The AFL Footy Show'' from 1994 to 2008, as a comedian based ''behind the bar''. At the end ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracy Harvey
Tracy Harvey is a comedian, TV presenter, actor and writer from Melbourne, Australia. Biography Harvey appeared in 'Movement' a web series, ''The Comedy Company'', ''The Gillies Report'', ''The Big Gig'', '' Hey Hey It's Saturday'' ''Smallest Room in the House'', ''Bert Newton Midday Show'', ''The Pack of Women'', ''COPP This!'', ''Waterfront'' (a miniseries), ''Dead Gorgeous'' and TVC's for Sussan, Myer and Pfizer. Harvey was a weekly co-host on the Derek Guille program on 774 ABC Melbourne. Harvey was a member of the alternative comedy breakfast panel radio show Punter to Punter with Trevor Marmalade and Dr Turf. The show was aired on 3XY and 3RRR on Saturday mornings after the Coodabeen Champions The Coodabeen Champions'' (often referred to as "The Coodabeens") are an Australian comedy team with radio programs broadcast on the ACE Radio Network in Melbourne on 1377AM 3MP and sell as across regional Victoria and Southern New South Wales. ... during the 1980s. Harve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |