Melbourne Cup Broadcasts
HE first Tuesday of November draws ‘" near. On both sides of the Tasman conversation and financial speculation will once again be directed at an event
of rare importance: the Melbourne Cup. The night before the big race, ZB stations together with 1XH, 1ZC, 2ZC, 2ZA, 4ZA and 2XB will be broadcasting a preview at 9.45 p.m.; and then, on Tuesday, November 3 at 5.0 p.m. (approximately), these same _ stations, together with the X stations and 3YZ, will be broadcasting a commentary by Bill Collins. At 6.49 p.m, another commentary, by ABC commentator Joe Brown, will be heard from the YAs and YZs. Bill Collins comes from a well-known tacing family and as a child his favourite game was to perch on a roof and "call" suitably-marked matches as they floated down a water-filled gutter. When a little older he became a_ stop-gap commentator, and this led to regular race broadcasting commitments and also a radio announcer’s job. Joe Brown’s great interest in racing has grown, he says, from a ". . . love for the thoroughbred, the finest animal that man has ever known." When he first became a commentator, in Hobart in 1945, his ambition was to call the Melbourne Cup. This year that ambition will be realised for the twelfth time. il
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 41, Issue 1053, 30 October 1959, Page 9
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214Melbourne Cup Broadcasts New Zealand Listener, Volume 41, Issue 1053, 30 October 1959, Page 9
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