Hoedown's success laid the foundations for the establishment of Country Music Capital, the Golden Guitar Awards, Tamworth Country Music Festival and ultimately to the development of a genuine Australian country music industry which had never really existed before. As the audience grew it was expanded to five nights a week and in 1981 networked to 4WK, Toowoomba. In late 1965 the country music program was moved to an evening time slot (7.30pm Thursdays) and re-named Hoedown (by 2TM announcer Brian Anderson). The program was taken over by copywriter, John Minson.Īfter the introduction of television to Tamworth on April 10, 1965, radio audiences plummeted.
2TM's modern country music history was launched with a Saturday morning program (The Modern Sounds of Country & Western) presented by Canadian Ken McEwan who left the station in 1964. In October 1959, the station moved to its present location at Radio Centre, Calala. In its first decades, 2TM only played country music or, as it was known then, hillbilly (or Country & Western) during its early breakfast programs (so called “music to milk” by!). Radio 2TM goes to air, started by Ernest Higginbotham and Tom Whitcombe. Who was involved in the early days of Tamworth's country music development? Click here to find out.įebruary 27. Major milestones in the beginning and continuing timeline of Tamworth, Country Music Capital. Origins of the Tamworth Country Music FestivalĮmail matters relating to the conduct of this site remain under the total control of Max Ellis or his nominees who will endeavour to ensure the accuracy and balance of the content and proper conduct of the site but, subject to legal requirements, cannot be held responsible for any digression or non-compliance in respect of these matters. How Tamworth became Country Music Capital Brief History of the Golden Guitar Awards
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