I present the show  every Monday from 9 till 11pm  from the studios of Encounter FM community radio at Victor Harbor. 

Victor Harbor is a popular holiday resort, one hours drive south of Adelaide (the ex-home of The Australian Formula One Grand Prix). Many throng to Victor to see the Southern Right whales through the winter months, often with a calf, as they migrate, click the whale. 

Encounter FM broadcasts full-time 24hrs a day from Feb 1 1998  and is run entirely by volunteers, there are never enough, so you are welcome to join us and get involved - It's fun!! 
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I've been producing and presenting The R & B Show for  five years now, Ive also done shifts on Breckie and various other programmes. I also present Saturday night Megamix,  a mixed popular music program, with a fair smattering of humour (not mine). 

I previously worked at 'Radio 2XX' in Canberra, our capital city, and 'Radio 5UV' in Adelaide SA. 

Since joining the NET I have made some great friends, local and international, and I now include in my show occasionally  The Black Cat Radio Show a bonza programme produced in Memphis, which you can hear on the WEB weekly. 

I am not a musician or a blues expert, but I know what I enjoy and I research my programme well, my radio voice has a cockney ring, distinctive, if not classic. I try to make each programme special, unusual, unique and with a particular theme. I have fond memories of the my programme 'In Memoriam to Ted Hawkins' and I enjoyed doing 'Ladies Sing the Blues'. Recently I enjoyed an interview with the guys from Turning Blue a Geelong, Victoria band. They kindly did a promo for the station and the show. 

I've been asked "What do you call rhythm and blues?" Well, I see B's as a traditional black style and a feeling in music. Influenced by artists such as Robert Johnson and Leadbelly.  
I added the R to the title of the show so we could include material from artists such as early 'Stones', 'Fleetwood Mac', 'Cream', 'Wilson Pickett and even Jimmy Hendrix and Janis Joplin. 

During '98  We'll be featuring lots af top quality independently produced new releases from Australia and around the world. 

 You can now hear my online show, streaming to you instantly  in Real Audio. 

I am talking to several  community radio stations with a blues programme. To know more about them, click here. 
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The growth of blues in Australia; the artists and bands; the exposure of the many recordings; the promotion of tours and one night stands all owe much to the many and varied Blues radio programs that grace the Australian air waves on both public and community radio. The presenters through love and devotion, dedicate their time and resources to what is often taken for granted, your local blues program. Blues is very much alive and well and these radio programs provide the vehicle upon which it travels. Please support these presenters, send information interviews and above all your music. 
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Many thanks to the bands from around the world who regularly send me their new release CDs.  I have, and will continue to featured all of them on the R&B Show and my Blues Bands web pages & now on-line in RA. 
I am NOW arranging Australian distribution for many of them. 
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South Australian Blues Society - The home of blues in South Australia is SABC. Their newsletter is Blues News, their regular gigs are at The Governor Hindmarsh Hotel in Adelaide SA  email 

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