Greetings and welcome back to the archive for 2021!! Hope you all had an enjoyable break if you were able to, despite lockdowns and covid raging away. We’re ready for another year of archival goodness so I hope you are, and below is our first audio update of the year. Enjoy!

2SM Swinging In The 90’s special – Harry Connick Jnr (Ken Sparkes)
Dur: 30’29”, 28.5 MB, Stereo

Audio credit: Broadcast Operations Group
Restored/Dubbed by Frankster @ DSM Sydney

2WS Rock Around The World with Ken Sparkes – 1981
Dur: 13’40”, 6.4 MB, Mono

Audio credit:ARN
Restored/Dubbed by Frankster @ DSM Sydney

2UE aircheck tape August 22nd 1993
Dur: 14’58”, 14 MB, Mono

Audio credit: Nine Radio
Restored/Dubbed by Frankster @ DSM Sydney

This aircheck contains some of 2UE’s continuous call show, a newsbreak, and then some of Suzy Yates
**My many thanks to SydneyCityTV for the update with this audio – it’s from Sunday August 22nd 1993. Cheers mate!

2SM Special 1992: Welcome home HMAS Sydney/Requests aircheck
Dur: 59’27”, 55.7 MB, Stereo

Audio credit: Broadcast Operations Group
Restored/Dubbed by Frankster @ DSM Sydney

3UZ aircheck with Ken Sparkes – 1971
Dur: 61’47”, 28.9 MB, Mono

Audio credit: RSN
Restored/Dubbed by Frankster @ DSM Sydney

2UW aircheck 1981: The Official Australian Top 40 Countdown/Cross Talk with Father Jim McLaren
Dur: 14’43”, 6.9 MB, Mono

Audio credit: ARN
Restored/Dubbed by Frankster @ DSM Sydney

2UW aircheck 1981: The Official Australian Top 40 Countdown with Ron E Sparx
Dur: 57’36”, 27 MB, Mono

Audio credit: ARN
Restored/Dubbed by Frankster @ DSM Sydney

5KA aircheck 1975: Ken Sparkes final show
Dur: 1 hr 57 min, 55.2 MB, Mono

Audio credit: SCA
Restored/Dubbed by Frankster @ DSM Sydney

3UZ aircheck undated – Ken Sparkes
Dur: 1 hr 32 min, 43.2 MB, Mono

Audio credit: RSN
Restored/Dubbed by Frankster @ DSM Sydney

3DB aircheck September 1st 1981 – Ernie Sigley/Dennis Scanlan
Dur: 1 hr 31 min, 42.6 MB, Mono

Audio credit: ARN
Restored/Dubbed by Frankster @ DSM Sydney