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sometimes i just tuned here and there and got some sw stations but the radio and aerial too small to receive good signals from overseas....also got those whistling type background which was louder than everything else......noise to content ratio very high.

tv came to singapore in 1963 i think....remember watching tokyo olympics on tv in 1964....watched at neighbour's place.

small transistor radio so didn't know how to get BBC.

no ....never listened to those....now i remember that in the 60s we only had 1 transistor radio, the small type for the whole family.... my brother and i listened to music in the daytime after school but evening my dad hog the radio to listen to other stuff like news and shares.

we believe in happy endings.....emmylou harris & earl thomas conley.

julia.....ted mulry.

toast and marmalade for tea......tin tin.

let the little girl dance........billy bland.

during his time .... a person with a Grade 1 or 2 for his Senior Cambridge ( equivalent O levels these days ) who had at least a credit in English could be quite confident of getting a pretty reasonable job with a good salary. Someone who was a good DJ like him would usually be quite popular...

the week afternoon music was from 1 to 2 pm i think......they played some songs that radio never did eg....Pretty Ballerina and Walk Away Renee by the Left Banke.....Hi Ho Silver Lining by Jeff Beck and Tell it to the Rain by the 4 Seasons.

yes this was in the 80s....the Xperiments were playing in Seaview hotel in Katong and i used to go watch. Little by little they started to play churchy songs as Joe got deeper and deeper into the cult activities. They group subsequently disbanded as Joe went on to try to be a worship leader and...

thanks for the info....sad that these guys who everyone sort of 'knew' passed on in this manner.

a good read....unless i missed it.....missing are the Trailers with Benny Koh. Also i heard Derek Fitzgerald of the Thunderbirds is in a bad shape at the moment. Dudley Nonis formerly of the Xperiments is still performing with another band.

you remember far better than i do my friend.

i think they used to broadcast 4 different language programmes over 1 station....unlike today where we have so many dedicated stations.....maybe this is why i don't recall very many programmes apart from music and the news.

ahhh thanks man... very fuzzy about the radio programmes as i said.

ahhh....missed by a bit.

yes....havent heard that name in a long time .....blind DJ.....did he do some Sunday radio programme ... Kee Huat fantastic facts and fancies or something like that?

there was a ricky ricardo lim too.

rediffusion also had good pop songs around lunch time but after that mostly chinese storytime i think.....neighbour rented a set so sometimes go there to listen to music.