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If you are going to the Wings and Wheels Classic at Wigram tomorrow, be sure to take your transistor radio with you. That is the way to find out the whereabouts of “little Johnny” when he wanders off ... or know the best way home to avoid a crush. A special fully fledged radio station, “Radio Wings and Wheels,” will go on air at 8 a.m. tomorrow and broadcast for nine hours before being disbanded. You will be able to tune in to the station on 1584kh AM — but do not expect the reception to be too good unless you live in the vicinity of Wigram. The station, sponsored;-; by 3ZB, is? a novel rfe-‘;
placement of the usual public address system which in past years has fought a losing battle against aircraft and car noise. The announcers on “Radio Wings and Wheels” will be. the motoring broadcaster, Alistair Ansell, and a former 3ZB radio personality, Neville Wakem. Mr Wakem said the one-day station would provide commentaries on events, interviews with pilots and drivers, and general information for the public at the event It would feed also into the Air Force radio so that spectators could listen to cockpit conversaacrobatic
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Press, 8 February 1986, Page 3
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