Agreed. Hey Reaves, like I said I will be travelling the next 5 or 6 days, so if you want to put this together as a mod feel free. I just want to have a couple of authentic Australian stations on my radio, doesnt matter who does it. :up:

Absolutely! Pity Curtin's 27 Dec 1941 speech "The Task Ahead" isn't on audio record. What a defining point in Australia's relations with both the UK and America.

The artists performing the tunes I linked above were well known and somewhat contemporary in Australia at the time (Jack Lumsdaine and Peter Dawson for example, with Peter also known internationally). I can only guess therefore that the tunes were played on radio, especially something like "Curl The Mo Uncle Jo". I couldn't imagine why they wouldn't have been - they're definately more mainstream orientated than strict military marches. I'd be quite certain that they would have been played more often at the time than traditional Australian standards like "Waltzing Matilda", "Click Go The Shears" etc...

These tunes may not be remembered as "hit music" of the period, but that wouldn't reduce the likelyhood that they were played (for example, can you name the current Billboard #55 song let alone remember it in three years? I can't even name the #2 :rotfl: ). Admittedly though, a bit of Vera Lynn, a bit of Glenn Miller plus some other period British and American pieces are a MUST inclusion, as they define Australian culture of the time as much as the local music does. ;)

Strict military marches would be a different matter, of course. They'd prolly only be played on parade, LOL!

But then, I guess only someone who was there would know for sure.

EDIT: Reaves, dunno if this list of popular music will help you... http://www.music.unimelb.edu.au/about/CSAM/popular.html

Guys, any progress on this?

OMG someone mentioned NZ. Pretty rare in these forums, even our boat roster in-game is pretty crap. I suppose our Cruisers were off in the atlantic, messing up the graff-spee etc... But a couple of our Corvettes sunk a Jap-fleet sub (one of those huge ones) in I think it was the solomons... we even helped in some of the amphibious assaults in the region, but Churchill sent my grandfather and his mates off to the European theatre to replace the losses we took while thrashing the Nazis.

Back on topic, aside from some minor local differences, the music from Aussie and NZ would have been pretty similiar I imagine, with plenty sourced from the UK.

Be great for some down-under content to make it to the mods section.

Just thinking out loud, a question perhaps for one of our Dutch contingent...

Would there have continued to be (assuming there was one to begin with) a Dutch radio station after Japanese occupation of the DEI?

I guess if so it would focus on Japanese events, but music wise, would it have still played popular Dutch tunes?

Just curious...

(Not wanting to hijack this very important thread, but just wanting to sow the seed, if necessary, for someone to go forth and create a Dutch radio station).

Here's a pdf with info on the broadcasting network in the Dutch Indies:
http://cip.cornell.edu/DPubS/Reposit...53536/body/pdf

From what I've read, once the Japanese occupation started (March 42) there would have been only broadcasts in Japanese and Indonesian. Maybe the Dutch forces had a radio station in Australia, but I couldn't find sources for that. Of course one could add a Dutch speaking pirate station somewhere for atmosphere.

Here's a site with Dutch music recordings (wma format)
http://members.chello.nl/~l.steeman/

:o What took you so long? :rotfl:

This is great. I wonder if anyone is interested in running with it. :hmm:

I was about to ask the same thing. :hmm: About to head out again for a couple days work, then I can start putting some of this together this weekend if nobody else has started yet. I really feel we need an Aussie's touch on this one though. Especially for the Events.ini and deciding which radio files would be the most pertinent.

I've had some severe computer problems due to an upgrade but everythings back to normal now.

Anything I can help with i'd be more than happy to lend my time.