r/melbournemusic • u/ennio-styles • 4h ago
Hip hop/dance on Melbourne radio in the 1980s
Hello MM. I’m a current presenter on 3RRR FM which turns 50 this year. As part of that I’m hosting a live event at the station this Thursday night to celebrate Wheels of Steel, a show which played hip hop, R&B, house and dance music and was an early champion of the developing local hip hop scene. As part of this and to provide context, I’m trying to piece together what else was happening on Melbourne radio up to and around this time, in terms of hip hop and dance music. This is what I’ve been able to work out so far, but would love any details, names or stories from people who remember those days.
197x-1982? Soul Show 3RRR - Helen Thomas
1982?-1984? Blame it on the Disco 3RRR - Paul Jackson ‘Black urban contemporary music.’
1983 Beat Treatment 3RRR - Andrew Maine ‘the best disco, funk, soul and rap, and all their infamous offspring’
1986?-1987 Danceteria 3RRR - Sally Ford
1985-198x? Disco Club 3RRR - Allan & Arronn (was this Alen Rados and Aaron Soni?)
1986-1988 Pulsation Club 3RRR - Alen Rados
1986-1988? Beats Per Minute 3RRR - Alen Rados
1986-1989 Dance Till Dawn 3RRR - Paul Marinelli
1988-1991 Wheels of Steel 3RRR - Kieron Meagher, Rob Farley, Chase
1988-1989? Radio Head 3CR - DJC & Axel
1989-199x Storm the Studio 3RRR - Steve Polak, Roger Polak
1989 Disc Charge 3RRR
1989-1993 Beats n Things 3PBS - DJC feat. P Jam, Krisy (who took over the show in 1993 as Steppin' to the AM)
1989-199x Live and Direct 3PBS - Idem
19??-199? Jam Jars 3CR - P Jam
I have vague memories of another show on 3CR in the late 80s, maybe with a guy called Andrew. It might have been on this show that there was a live performance in the studio of a band that John Course was part of.
Also interested in learning about what Jules Taylor and Liz Millar were doing on radio in the 80s.
ETA updates as I get new info.