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Radio 97-2MW Gold Coast Tweed - Robert Bowman

UNCOVERED! Radio 97-2MW Interview of Ron Barassi by Robert Bowman in 1981

Radio 97-2MW Gold Coast Tweed - Robert Bowman Robert Bowman - Radio 97-2MW Sports Co-Ordinator
A few weeks ago, I uncovered a box of old tapes my dad had kept for years. These old tapes were recordings of interviews, news spots and sports commentary my dad, (Bob Bowman as he was known as at the time) had done during his years as the sporting co-coordinator at Gold Coast Radio 97-2MW.

The picture above is from the newsletter distributed in February 1982. If anyone knows the Tweed on the Gold Coast, they would know of the shopping centre referred to in the ‘News Flash’. There is also an image of my dad on the back sports page of the newsletter.

One of the first tapes that I uncovered was an Interview my dad did with one of the other commentators (Phil), with Australian Football legend and Icon, Ron Barassi. This was an interview done in 1981, and I was able to track that due to the reference to a question my dad asked Ron about him changing clubs during his coaching career.

Dad asked a few different questions, and the key focus of most of those questions were about Australian football in Queensland. It was very interesting to hear this now that Australian football has such a great audience up here. Interesting responses about how Aussie rules could penetrate the audience up here but also in regard to Australian sport in general can get better national-wide exposure. There were some interesting comments about the influences of Soccer in Australia.

I’ve digitised the interview into a podcast, so please feel free to listen to it, it goes for about 13 minutes.

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Katie Gannon - Mother Maria - Fashion Designer

Podcast Interview with Katie Gannon of Mother Maria

Katie Gannon - Mother Maria - Fashion Designer

“The quirky and bright label Mother Maria presented it’s first range in Spring 2006. The range was born from designer Katie Gannon’s love for vintage fabrics, blending retro prints with bold new colours and timeless sillouettes of era’s gone by. The name was born from Katie’s late polish grandmother, Maria Duchnicz, who was always an apple in her eye.” -MotherMaria.com.au

Last weekend I interviewed Katie Gannon of Mother Maria on the Sunshine Coast. I was up there to do a photo shoot with Katie, after being in contact with her via email after the Ethical Fashion Showcase that I documented earlier this year.

As this was only my second ever podcast interview, I’m still learning the process and working with my interviewing skills. There was a lot of traffic noise during this interview and I “ummed and ahh” too much during my questioning. Nevertheless I know I’m learning and I enjoy doing my interviewing in one take. My introduction had to be redone due to overly excessive noise and wind. That’s me sitting in my l lounge room if you download the video.

I hope you enjoy this interview, make sure you check out mothermaria.com.au and add Mother Maria as you friend on myspace here

Here are the files for you download or play – You may either stream or download the AUDIO version or you may download the VIDEO version. Let me know what you think!

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