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February 2018 - Rod Thomas steps down from GMC

8/2/2018

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After 12 years behind the microphone for Good Morning Country, longstanding Tuesday presenter Rod Thomas has made the decision to step back from the show to focus on other activities:

“I'm very proud of the way that GMC has developed over the last 12 years. We've added outside broadcasts from Mildura and Tamworth, visited many community radio stations and increased the audience reach of the program and so introducing country music to many new listeners. We've helped the career of many new artists, extended the careers of established musicians and provided pleasure to many audience members.”

We certainly agree. As well as his work on-air, Rod has worked hard behind the scenes and has been integral to its growth, from the period of critical development in 2007-2008 when the program solidified its format and line-up, through to the addition of festival broadcasts and station visits as mentioned above. During this period he has also managed to work as station manager of Chatswood's FM99.3, Hornsby's Triple H FM, and contribute to Manning Valley's 2BOB Radio.

We’ll miss Rod and his work on the show, and wish him all the best for the future.

If you have a message for Rod send it through to us at crn@cbaa.org.au and we’ll make sure it reaches him.

Image below: Walshy (L) receives the news that Rod (R) will be spending less time on the radio show and more time playing chess.
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GMC Christmas 2017 Guitar Giveaway

15/11/2017

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For Christmas this year we’ve got a terrific new competition just for Good Morning Country listeners: you can win a new acoustic guitar...

But this isn’t any ordinary guitar – it has been signed by all the 2017 Golden Guitar winners!
 
That's Travis Collins, Sara Storer, Troy Cassar-Daley, Bennett, Bowtell & Urquhart, Luke O’Shea, John Krsulja, Catherine Britt, Fanny Lumsden, Stuie French, Kristy Cox.
 
This is a totally unique memento that could be yours.
 
Listen to the show each weekday for your chance to go into the draw, when you hear a song played by our feature artist of the day.
 
We’re taking entries right up to Wednesday 13 December, every day on Good Morning Country. Tune in on Thursday 14 December for the superdraw with Jane Kellaway.

Can't get through? You can enter by snail mail (maximum one per person). Send to “Christmas Guitar Giveaway”, PO Box 99, Harrington, NSW 2427 –  make sure you've put your name, address and phone number on the BACK of the envelope. All snail mail entries need to have arrived by Monday 11 December.
 
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Good Morning Country Live at The Mildura Country Music Festival 2017

26/9/2017

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Returning in 2017 to the iconic Mildura Country Music Festival, the Good Morning Country team will be pulling double-shifts, drinking double-shot coffees and working twice as hard to bring you double the amount of GMC between Friday 29th September and Saturday 7th October!

Starting on Friday, catch Kevin Walsh anchoring the chair overnight from 12am/1am - 5am/6am (see schedule below) for My Kind of Country with Walshy. Walshy will be bringing you interviews with artists in town for the festival, organisers, local businesses and even local celebrities from Mildura. Plus there'll be CD giveaways, shoutouts, and most importantly: a lot of Country music!

Good Morning Country will be business as usual during the mornings, with regular updates from the team on the happenings at the Mildura Country Music Festival

Then on Saturday 7th October 5:30pm - 9pm AEDT, we'll be bringing you the Southern Stars Awards live, celebrating album of the year, single of the year, rising male and female stars, and more exciting categories.

If you're in the Mildura area, you can catch My Kind of Country with Walshy, Good Morning Country and the Southern Stars Awards on your radio thanks to Festival FM 91.5

If you're outside the Mildura area, contact your local GMC station to see if they'll be broadcasting My Kind of Country with Walshy or The Southern Stars Awards. These specials will be made available to all stations that broadcast Good Morning Country.

Not sure if your local station broadcasts Good Morning Country? Have a look at our station finder here

GMC Broadcast Schedule (NB. Daylight saving starts 1 October)

Fri 29 Sep
Overnight from Mildura 00:06 to 05:00 AEST

Sat 30 Sep
Overnight from Mildura 00:06 to 06:00 AEST

Mon 2 Oct
Overnight from Mildura 01:00 to 05:00 AEDT
Good Morning Country 05:06 to 09:00 AEDT

Tue 3 Oct
Overnight from Mildura 00:06 to 05:00 AEDT
Good Morning Country 05:06 to 09:00 AEDT

Wed 4 Oct
Overnight from Mildura 00:06 to 05:00 AEDT
Good Morning Country 05:06 to 09:00 AEDT

Thu 5 Oct
Overnight from Mildura 00:06 to 05:00 AEDT
Good Morning Country 05:06 to 09:00 AEDT

Fri 6 Oct
Overnight from Mildura 00:06 to 05:00 AEDT
Good Morning Country 05:06 to 09:00 AEDT

Sat 7 Oct
Overnight from Mildura 00:06 to 06:00 AEDT
Southern Stars Awards  17:30 to 21:00 AEDT [Times TBC]

Mon 9 Oct
Good Morning Country Mildura Festival Wrap 05:06 to 09:00 AEDT

For further details, visit
www.cbaa.org.au/article/mildura-country-music-festival-2017
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Congratulations to our winning entry!

13/8/2017

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A big congratulations to Reg Savage of Alexandra, Victoria, listening to Good Morning Country on UGFM. 

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Reg has won Slim Dusty's Odds & Sods 5CD Boxset, plus signature range polo shirt, t-shirt and baseball cap. That's all thanks to Slim Dusty Enterprises and EMI Australia.

Reg entered the comp by snail mail, and was on the winning ticket #19.
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Bill Beerens retires from Good Morning Country

21/12/2016

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Longstanding Good Morning Country breakfast presenter Bill Beerens has announced his retirement from the airwaves, effective from December 2016. Bill has been a mainstay of the CBAA’s country music breakfast show since its inception in 2000, and involved in community radio since 1988,  spending time at Hawkesbury Radio, 2MCR, AIR-FM, and WOW FM at St Marys. Extending his involvement in the promotion of country music, Bill joined the Blacktown Country Music Club and eventually became its president, a position he served in for many years.
 
In both 2008 and 2009 Bill was nominated for Favourite DJ at the Tamworth People’s Choice Awards, and in January 2013 he was inducted into the Australian Country Music Broadcasters Hall of Fame. Bill's breakfast show has had a strong sense of traditional Australian country, with strong connections to the bush balladeer scene.
 
For 17 years he has made a huge effort for national country radio, and all of it has been voluntary. The CBAA wishes Bill all the best in his radio retirement.

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Mildura Country Music Festival 2016

7/9/2016

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It won't be long before the Good Morning Country team pack up their swags and hit the trail for the 2016 Mildura Country Music Festival.

The 30th annual festival will see the breakfast team broadcast live from the Festival each morning in their regular slots, from Friday 23 September to Sunday 2 October.

As GMC presenter Kev Walsh contends: "the team are honoured to be the representatives of Australian community radio at the 30th anniversary of Mildura, bringing the activities of this special event to those who can't be there".


In addition to GMC, live overnight coverage will be the go almost every night on CRN-2. And of course the team will be bringing listeners the Southern Stars awards gala live.
Broadcasting live from 23 September to 2 October:

Saturday Breakfast with Jeff Dunn live from Mildura (on CRN-1 and CRN-2): 
  • Sat 24 Sep, Sat 1 Oct - 06:04 to 09:00 AEST
Good Morning Country live from Mildura (on CRN-1 and CRN-2): 
  • Mon 26 Sep to Fri 30 Sep - 05:04 to 09:00 AEST daily
Overnight live from Mildura (on CRN-2 only): 
  • Fri 23 Sep to Sat 1 Oct - 00:04 to 05:00 AEST daily (to 06:00 AEST Saturdays; NO PROGRAM Sun 25 Sep)
Southern Stars Awards live (on CRN-2 only): 
  • Sat 1 Oct - 17:30 to 21:00 AEST
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Mildura Country Music Festival 2015

1/9/2015

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It's one of Australia's biggest music events and we're going to be there.

Find out what we're going to be up to at this article on the CBAA website.

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Interview with Declan O'Callaghan

17/8/2015

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On Sunday 16 August 2015 the Community Radio Network farewelled long-time Sunday breakfast host Declan O’Callaghan, who after 16 years is heading back to his Irish homeland.

We thank Declan for his dedication to the position. The sheer number of calls he received from listeners during is final show is a testament to his commitment. He will be greatly missed by listeners all around Australia and we wish him all the best.

Good Morning Country's Kevin Walsh managed to convince Declan to come on-air and share some thoughts at this time, and you can listen to the interview in full below.

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Tamworth coverage 2015

7/1/2015

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The crew is soon to embark on the annual pilgrimage to Tamworth, from where they'll bring stations the very best of the 43rd Country Music Festival, via the Community Radio Network.

Sunday 18 January - Star Maker Top Ten Final - Australia's most successful and prestigious country music search. Broadcast time 18:30 to 22:30 EDT, replacing regular programming. The GMC crew will preview the event from 18:30, crossing to the stage presentation at 19:00 EDT, and return to wrap up the event around 10:10 EDT. Monday 19 to Friday 23 - GMC presented live from Tamworth, with the biggest stars in Australian country dropping by for their morning cuppas. 05:06 to 09:00 EDT.

Saturday 24 - Golden Guitars - this is Australian country music’s most prestigious night of nights and recognises recording excellence with a gala concert. Broadcast time 19:00 to 23:00 EDT, replacing regular programming. The GMC crew will preview the event from 19:00 EDT, crossing to the stage presentation at 19:30 EDT. They'll do a post-event wrap from around 22:30 EDT through to 23:00 EDT.

Wednesday 28 - Star Maker Top Four Grand Final - a highlights package will be presented by Good Morning Country's Kevin Walsh, and distributed to stations via Extras 2 at 14:04 EDT, and on Thursday 29 January in Spotlight at 20:00 EDT (55'50 mins).

These broadcasts will be available for syndication to stations through the Community Radio Network live satellite audio stream. For more information contact CRN staff on 02 9310 2999 or email crn@cbaa.org.au.



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Vale Good Morning Country Founder/Presenter BOB SPENCE, 1928-2014

10/12/2014

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The Community Broadcasting Association of Australia, Community Radio Network and Good Morning Country are deeply saddened to announce the death of veteran GMC presenter Bob Spence, age 86, who passed away early on Thursday 11 December, 2014.

A true gentleman and former broadcaster with Sydney stations 2SER, 2SSR and 2RDJ, Bob was an original founder of Good Morning Country in 2000 and the show’s first Program Manager. Having previously presented the five-hour CRN overnight program ‘Australia Country Wide’, Bob was a dedicated Country music fan who was inducted into the Australian Country Music Broadcasters Hall Of Fame in 2004.

“I guess I play more Australian Country music, but I do like some the American songs too,” he admitted in a recent GMC article in the sector magazine CBX. “I prefer the older style, the kind of songs that bring back memories for people,” related Bob.

“I recently played an oldie, ‘Dark Moon’ by Bonnie Guitar, and a listener phoned up crying because that song was his late wife’s favourite. It really touched him to hear it again.”

Having only returned to GMC in July 2013 after a long break, Bob will be greatly missed by all who knew him and enjoyed his excellent radio programs.
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