Historic John 15 June 2020

It’s the podcast that brings you a dose of history and lots more. This Week in History is broadcast every Monday around 9:40 AM on A Newsman and his Music. Historic John is the only member of Southern FM who is usually confined to the dungeon beneath the studios. He’s allowed out for only a few minutes a week to chat with Colin

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Don’t mention the rate rise

A Glen Eira Council media release about its draft budget encourages ratepayers to comment, but it fails to mention rates are going up by the maximum percentage allowed by the State Government. The Mayor Cr Margaret Esakoff speaks with Southern FM’s Colin Tyrus about this and other issues in this podcast from A Newsman and his Music on 1 June

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Radio re-invented with Historic John

In this episode of This Week in History, join Colin and Historic John as they fire up the flux capacitor for a journey back in time to when either Marconi or Tesla invented radio. When you hear this segment, you’ll probably wish it hadn’t been invented. Historic John emerges from his dungeon every week to present This Week in History

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COVID and Captain Cook

In this podcast from A Newsman and his Music (18 May 2020) Colin asks the Member for Brighton James Newbury about his role as “PR officer for Captain James Cook”. They talk about public servants using their taxpayer-funded phones for social media and discuss how the Bayside community has worked together during the COVID-19 pandemic. A Newsman and his Music is

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Historic John returns

Historic John (HJ) slept right through the first week of May, so Colin aroused him from his slumbers to again emerge from the dungeon beneath Southern FM’s bayside studios. Listen to the podcast for another episode of This Week in History as heard on A Newsman and his Music (Monday 11 May 2020).

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