River 94.9 Ipswich celebrates 20 years

River 949 celebrates a significant milestone today with the 20th
Anniversary of FM Radio in Ipswich.

Ipswich Councillor Paul Tully was in the studio during the breakfast show to relive some great stories of the station, including the time he climbed the old 4IP transmission tower in protest at the station moving to Brisbane.

At 12 noon the station will run an hour long River 949 special presentation
“The History of Ipswich Radio” produced by the River News Team.

The doco can be heard on the River website after broadcast at the link below.

Geoff Harrison, who is now PD of 4BH, was in his first job in Ipswich when the station began. He has contributed this to add to the story of River FM:

“The launch of 106.9 QFM (4QFM) by the Ipswich & West Moreton Broadcasting Corporation 20 years ago was a completely separate entity to 4IP… the station formerly known as 4IP is now 4TAB.

“My old friend Paul Tully may have climbed the 4IP tower to protest against it moving to Brisbane in the early 70’s but again nothing to do with the 20th Anniversary… He was and is a master of publicity and a good bloke who knows his community.

“The very existence of QFM may heve been born out of Ipswich wanting its own radio station again but for a long time in its early life was viewed by many long-time locals (listener’s & business community) with suspicion that history may repeat itself.”