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Gaywaves
Gaywaves was Sydney’s first gay and lesbian radio program. It was considered groundbreaking when it went to air in November 1979, at a time when homosexuality was still illegal in New South Wales. ...
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World Radio Day 2019: Behind the Violence
The NFSA marks World Radio Day 2019 on 13 February by profiling the community radio series Behind the Violence.
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Gaywaves first broadcast, 1980
Gaywaves members talk to Dennis Altman and Margaret McMann on the first live broadcast of Gaywaves in January 1980.
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'Neighbours' theme song by Dame Edna Everage
Dame Edna sings a cover of the very recognisable theme song from Neighbours, the long-running Australian television soap opera (1985–current). The song was written by Tony Hatch with lyrics by Jackie...
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Mothers and Others Gaywaves special - promo
Promo for Mothers and Others, a 1991 Gaywaves special focusing on lesbian parenting.
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2SER’s Gaywaves - HIV/AIDS Public Health Amendment Act report (1985)
Sydney gay and lesbian radio program Gaywaves presenter Dietmar Hollman reports in November 1985 on proposed legislation (which would become the 1985 Public Health Proclaimed Diseases Amendment Act)...
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2SER’s Gaywaves - Club 80 police raid rally report
Greg Reading reports for Gaywaves in 1983 from a march on Oxford Street, Sydney, organised as a response to a second police raid of sex-on-premises venue Club 80 in which eleven were charged with...
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2SER's Gaywaves by NFSA Australia
Recordings from the radio program Gaywaves, which ran from 1979 to 2005 on Sydney community radio station 2SER 107.3. Published courtesy of 2SER 107.3.  Image from the Australian Lesbian and Gay...
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Dietmar Hollman at the 2SER panel
Gaywaves presenter and program producer, Dietmar Hollman, a member of the New South Wales Gay Rights Lobby during the gay law reform campaign in the early 1980s, pictured at the 2SER panel, circa...
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