David M. Green: Purveyor of fine humour

Tag: radio

  • Rexy Radio and The Croc Rock

    Ever wondered how David M. Green pays his rent?

    I’m back at Crocmedia in 2013 and since the end of March, I’ve spent every weekend panelling their flagship syndicated radio show “AFL Live”. And I’m still loving it.

    By process of attrition, I’ve become their senior panel operator and last weekend I racked up by 500th hour “on the buttons”, also surpassing the number of hours I spent panelling at Melbourne Talk Radio. This is now the longest stretch of time I’ve held a job in radio without being replaced by a computer or the station shutting down.

    Here are some more memorable moments from AFL Live in 2012/13 with Rex Hunt, Peter Donegan, Sandy Roberts, Billy Brownless, Shane Crawford, Jack Heverin, Tristan Foenander, and a few surprises…

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    You can tune in on radio stations around regional Australia, or via the official AFL iPhone App.

    I’d also like to introduce you to “The Croc Rock”.

    From time to time, The Croc Rock helps me and the other panel operators out. Like so:

    Triple M might rock footy, but do they have The Croc Rock?

    I don’t think so.

    Kind regards,
    David M. Green
    Assistant to Mr The Croc Rock

  • David M. Green and Other Famous People

    Every man and his dog has a podcast these days. I now have 3. Podcasts, not dogs.

    But my latest one is perhaps a little more relatable than four nautical-themed characters prattling on about old timey things or two guys irritating Michael Caine…

    David M. Green and Other Famous People!

    It’s a collection of interviews, all of them featuring me and another famous person. The first two episodes are now available on iTunes for your downloading pleasure.

    Episode 1 is my 2006 interview with Tony Martin. I’ve also managed to dig up an ID he recorded as John Howard, which I’d completely forgotten about and hasn’t seen the light of day since it first aired on the now non-existent Flinders University Student Radio.

    Episode 2 is my first interview with Shaun Micallef. And I’ve also included the ID he recorded, which won me the 2007 South Australian Community Broadcasting Association “Bilby” Award for “Best Station ID” for some reason.

    If you’re not a fan of iTunes (I’m certainly not), you can hear the episodes RIGHT HERE:

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    But hey, don’t think this’ll just be a junk yard for my 6-year-old Radio Adelaide interviews. I’m planning on recording some NEW interviews with NEW famous people. Stay tuned.

    And if you’re wondering what ever happened to that podcast I was doing with Anthony McCormack – The Good Show – we’ve been struggling to find adequate studio facilities and nice people to let us record there for free. It looks like I’m going to have to bite the bullet and buy my own equipment so I won’t be faced with this problem again.

    It’s quite ridiculous the history of trouble I’ve had with getting access to recording facilities.

    SAFM said I could use their studios when I worked there in 2008, but they wouldn’t give me a computer login, so I could record but I couldn’t get the audio off the computers. Around the same time I was making sketches for 891 ABC Adelaide, but they wouldn’t let me record the sketches there, which were FOR THE ABC. Ridiculously, we had to use community radio facilities at Radio Adelaide, until Radio Adelaide found out we were recording non-Radio Adelaide things. They didn’t like that.

    For a brief time when I was working at MTR, I had access to their fabulous studios. Until they shut down in March. Fun Fact: “Studio Pleasant” is now the SEN news booth.

    I feel like Monet without a steady supply of canvases. Or Beethoven without his hearing.

    So I guess I’m saying I’m Beethoven.

    Kind regards,
    David M. Green
    My kingdom for two microphones and a mixer?

  • 31 Questions season finale for Adelaide and Perth this week

    Due to a mix up in Western Australia, Adelaide has somehow overtaken Perth and will be the first non-Melbourne city to to see the season finale of 31 Questions! How AMAZING is that!?!

    Episode 13 of the low budget TV game show all the critics are ignoring was supposed to air on WTV Perth last Saturday, but they made a last minute schedule change. Perth fans can now catch the last episode of season 1 THIS coming Saturday, 24 November 11.30PM (that’s digital channel 44). So scratch that in your fridge.

    Adelaide, on the other hand, can watch it first TONIGHT 10.30PM on 44 Adelaide. By gum, that’s only 90 minutes from now!

    Left this blog entry a little late…

    I was back in Adelaide a couple of weeks ago and did a bit of a radio station crawl. Just after midnight on Monday November 5, I stopped by FiveAA 1395AM to have a chat with Peter Godfrey. Technically, I was his lead guest for the week.

    We talked about 31 Questions (obviously), Adelaide versus Melbourne, community TV in general, and some other things that probably aren’t that important. Have a listen here:

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    Incredibly, Peter Godfrey does that midnight to 6am shift all by himself. No panel operator. And no producer! He screens all the calls himself. Incredible. An absolute pro.

    At one point I left the studio to grab a glass of water and take another selfie photo of me in front of the sign and I actually got lost. That FiveAA office is a maze. Ing.

    Now for most media whores, that would be enough for the night, but not me. No sir. When it comes to radio, I just can’t quit.

    So I hopped in the car (Dad’s), and drove from Hindmarsh Square to fabulous 228 North Terrace for a pre-recorded interview with John Murch at Radio Adelaide 101.5FM. It was about 3AM by the time I left. Not sure when that interview will air. I guess just listen out for RadioNotes on a Sunday night.

    Oh, while I’m here, just one more thing. Back in 2007 I won an “Bilby” award for “Best Station ID” at the 2007 South Australian Community Broadcasting Association Awards. It was on display in the Radio Adelaide foyer when I was last there in 2009. But it ain’t there now!

    In fact, there’s a space where it should be. There’s awards from 1985 all the way up to 2006. Then the awards just jump to 2008!

    So if anyone’s seen it, I’d be very interested to know its current whereabouts. To my knowledge there was only one copy.

    And I couldn’t imagine there’d be any single past or present Radio Adelaide station volunteer who would want to see harm come to a physical representation of my talent…

    Ha, but seriously… I want that award back.

    Kind regards,
    David M. Green
    Are Bilbys rare or something?

  • Radio with Rex appeal

    Ahoy!

    After Melbourne Talk Radio shut down 6 months ago, I’ve been panelling weekends for Crocmedia, which broadcasts “AFL Live” around Australian regional radio stations and via the AFL 2012 iPhone app.

    It’s been a lot of fun and I’ve had the good fortune to work with football broadcasting legends Sandy Roberts, Peter Donegan and Rex Hunt.

    Here are some highlights of my work on the buttons:

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    See you this Saturday for the Grand Final!

    Kind regards,
    David M. Green
    Livin’ the panel op dream

  • Tips for Citizen Journalists… with Chelsea.

    This is a radio sketch I made for SYN a couple of years ago, using clips from ACTUAL news bulletins broadcast on Adelaide’s Fresh 92.7FM circa December 2008 – January 2009.

    At the insistence of my good friend Van Badham, I knocked up this visual version using stock footage from some American educational film about the 1956 Interstate Highways Act.

    If you know anything about news or journalism, you should enjoy this.

    Kind regards,
    David M. Green
    Chelsea, you’ve done it again!