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Radio Waves - MM Issue 1092 - 5th June 2003

Ken Swings To Merimbula

Ken Vatcher will miss his regular shows, the Scrambled Eggs Brekky Show, 8.30am Saturday and the Coconut Telegraph, 9am Monday, this holiday weekend but you can catch him performing in a variety of bands at the Merimbula Jazz Festival. Ken loves the opportunity to perform with other musicians from Melbourne, Sydney and the South Coast, NSW.
Ken has been a volunteer with 3MGB since 1988. He was President of the station for many years and is currently once again a member of the Board of Management. Ken has presented his community affairs program the Coconut Telegraph on   and off for approximately 7

Ken Vatcher

years. Ken has also been presenting the Saturday Brekky Show since 1997 despite often working Friday night, arriving home in the early hours of Saturday morning to catch a few hours of sleep before heading off to the radio station. Together with John Grunden, Ken presented one of the station's all time popular shows, the Tuesday Morning Brekky Show. Ken and John's show was famous for it's comedy, the 'secret sound' competition and the fabulous adventures of 'Druce' the ventriloquist dummy.

Jake Owen Joins Us For Lunch

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While new presenter As well as providing a wide variety of local programs 3MGB rebroadcasts programs from the Community Radio Satellite Network.   In   1993 the CBAA   (Community   Broadcasting

Association of Australia) established the Community Radio Satellite or ComRadSat as it is commonly called, after more than a decade of distributing radio programs via cassette. There are now over 150 community radio stations like 3MGB accessing news and specialist programs for rebroadcast on their local frequencies. Many stations like us also tune in for special broadcasts of national festivals, sporting and political events and documentaries. ComRadSat broadcasts some of the best programs produced by member stations, provides a daily sustaining service, which allows us to broadcast around the clock and also provides daily live news and current affairs.

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