Thread by @stilgherrian

When it came time to do a weather forecast, I had no idea what it was. So I plugged the mic onto a 50m cable and walked out to where I had a view of the sky in all directions. I told the listeners I’d grown up on a farm so here’s what I reckon. I was pretty close, it turned out.

Meanwhile, a listener figured out where we must be, made a thermos of tea and grabbed a packet of biscuits, and drove out into the swamp to bring us a cuppa. She’d figured that our tower must be the one with the station wagon parked next to it, and obviously she was right.

Anyway, it only took a few hours for Telecom Australia to repair the cable, and I seem to remember it wasn’t too dark by the time we finished. With no mobile phone, I think we had to say it was fixed by saying it on air. “And now back to the studio” then moving the patch cable.

That’s enough 5UV. I was then at the ABC 1985–1991, and station manager of Three D Radio in 1993–1994 I think it was. Let me think about whether I want to tell any more stories tonight. Stand by.

This is a VERY old gag. quoteinvestigator.com/2019/07/24/tv/

https://twitter.com/steampowerednet/status/1360516476810129410

I must say, @domknight, the spontaneity it brings creates a much sharper program. In the studio people can settle into a rut. The blurb before the news is repeated the same lifeless way every day. Plus it reminds you the outside world exists, even without a live audience.

https://twitter.com/domknight/status/1360523725871869955

This photo of 5UV people looks like the first half of the 1980s. I won’t go through the whole list, but bottom left that’s a very young Richard Morecroft.

Ah, here’s that 5UV transmission tower in 1980, when it was brand new. digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/dspace/handle/…

I thought I had a bunch of photos from then, but I now suspect I only have prints, or maybe even just the negatives, and all that’s been in storage for the last 10 years.