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This week I got an extra hour for my 80’s tunes. I played a couple of 1 hit wonders, and also #1’s from this week in ’82, ’84 and ’87.

NEWS THIS WEEK

1985 – First episode of Neighbours broadcast. Neighbours has been sold to over 50 countries around the world and is one of Australia’s most successful media exports. The episode featuring Scott and Charlene’s wedding achieved the highest ever ratings for Neighbours and it became one of the highest rating soap episodes ever in Australia. The same episode attracted 20 million viewers when it was aired in the United Kingdom

1988 – The Seikan Tunnel, the longest undersea tunnel in the world, opens in Japan. Construction on the main tunnel began in September 1971. It is a 33.46 mile railway tunnel with a 14.5 miles long portion under the seabed. The track level is about 100 metres below the seabed and 240 m below sea level.
However the Channel Tunnel between the United Kingdom and France has a longer undersea portion

SONGS PLAYED
The Jam – Going Underground
Terence Trent D’Arby – If You Let Me Stay
Quarterflash – Harden My Heart
The Damned – Eloise
Pet Shop Boys – ALWAYS ON MY MIND
Odyssey – Going Back to My Roots
Depeche Mode – Master and Servant
Talking Heads – Road To Nowhere
Madonna – Material Girl
Chaka Khan – This is My Night
Tanita Tikaram – World Outside Your Window
Paul Young – Love Of The Common People
Van Halen – Jump
T’Pau – China In Your Hand
Duran Duran – Wild Boys
Michael Jackson – Leave Me Alone
Eurythmics – Thorn In My Side
Prefab Sprout – The King of Rock ‘N’ Roll
Visage – Fade To Grey
Swing Out Sister – Breakout
Bronski Beat – Hit That Perfect Beat
Phyllis Nelson – Move Closer
Robin Beck – First Time
Madness – Baggy Trousers
Bananarama – Love In the First Degree
Genesis – Throwing It All Away
Robert Palmer – Addicted to Love
Wet Wet Wet – Temptation
Men at Work – Down Under
Giorgio Moroder with Philip Oakey – Together In Electric Dreams
Baby Jane – Rod Stewart
Prince – Raspberry Beret
Queen/David Bowie – Under Pressure
Roxy Music – Jealous Guy
Nena – 99 Red Balloons
Boy George – Everything I Own
The Blow Monkeys – It Doesn’t Have to be this Way
Curiosity Killed The Cat – Name And Number
Kool and the Gang – Get Down On It
Prince And The Revolution – Purple Rain
Shakatak – Easier Said Than Done
REM – It’s The End Of The World As We Know It

See you next week 7-9pm