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Speaker 1: Now, we don't usually bring our general manager into the studio,

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Speaker 1: but it is. Well. First off, I've got Sarah Paslick

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Speaker 1: in the studio with me as well. Good morning, Sarah.

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Speaker 1: And then we've got Michael Harvey. Mike Harvey, our general manager,

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Speaker 1: has been our general manager here at Mixed one oh

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Speaker 1: four nine and Hot one hundred well for the past

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Speaker 1: twelve years, and today is your last day.

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Speaker 2: Morning Katie. Oh twelve years I've successfully avoided being in

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Speaker 2: your studio.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, got some questions. Oh look, it's been such a

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Speaker 1: it's been a massive you know, I've been here for

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Speaker 1: ten years now. Sarah is about the same. You know what,

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Speaker 1: you really you've been my boss, the adult in my

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Speaker 1: work life for longer than anybody else.

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Speaker 3: A minute, can we just like remember that Mike is

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Speaker 3: the adult that also everyone in the build, but he's

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Speaker 3: a bit of a kid at heart himself. I've never

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Speaker 3: met anyone who loves a day as much in your

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Speaker 2: You've got to say firework, mate, Yeah, well, the Sandman fireworks,

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Speaker 2: the new building. I've got to take credit.

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Speaker 1: You got to take credit for that.

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Speaker 2: But it's just been a wild ride for twelve years.

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Speaker 2: It's just been extraordinary.

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Speaker 1: I was thinking about it and I was like, what's

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Speaker 1: one of the highlights for me? Now? One of the

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Speaker 1: things that you got me to do over my ten

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Speaker 1: years was an outside broadcast from the Tap Bar at

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Speaker 1: nine o'clock in the morning, and there's a photo of

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Speaker 1: us having a drink. I reckon it about I don't

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Speaker 1: know what time the bar even. We waited. We waited,

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Speaker 1: and then we're like, all right, it's go time. I

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Speaker 1: love that.

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Speaker 3: That's what you remember. I think I'm more with what

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Speaker 3: he let me say on the radio, Like we had

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Speaker 3: a competition called the Drake Great jerk Off for the

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Speaker 3: jerky competition.

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Speaker 1: Oh yeah, it's qualified. It was about beef ch It's beeferkey,

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Speaker 1: Yes it was. It was an occasion that I or

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Speaker 1: a competition. I don't know if you get away with that.

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Speaker 1: Down south to the Gold Coat where you going?

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Speaker 3: Are excited to be going to the gold Case.

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Speaker 2: Look, I'm going to miss this place. There's no two

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Speaker 2: ways about it. I mean, obviously, when I first came

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Speaker 2: And for ever anyone who's ever came to our studios

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Speaker 2: the old studios, I apologize and you know, we transitioned

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Speaker 2: out of them into this fantastic new facility. But then

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Speaker 2: you look back over the twelve years of you know

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Speaker 2: Mix one O four point nine and also you know

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Speaker 2: our sister stationed down the Hall one hundred and you know,

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Speaker 2: we have more staff now than we did ten years

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Speaker 2: ago when I first got here twelve years ago, which

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Speaker 2: is testament to the power of radio. Our audience has increased.

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Speaker 2: We have more listeners now than we did twelve years ago.

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Speaker 2: We've got a great team. I think both stations are

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Speaker 2: heavily embedded into the community. You'd be flat out finding

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Speaker 2: a particular part of the community. We're hot Mix and

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Speaker 2: you know our Kicks Country station aren't sponsoring somebody, you

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Speaker 2: know we are. We're an integral part of this community.

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Speaker 3: And we yeah, we're still very local.

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Speaker 1: Yeah you're able to leave here.

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Speaker 2: And yeah, yeah, both stations full of local announcers. You know,

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Speaker 2: the company is passionate about keeping as local and Darwin

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Speaker 2: deserves it. It's just been such a wonderful place. It's

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Speaker 2: just it's allowed us to do things we would never

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Speaker 3: Before Territory Day, Like I can't believe he's coming back

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Speaker 3: Territory Day.

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Speaker 2: I've got a plan it. So obviously we depart tomorrow,

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Speaker 2: but then we need to be back. I just need

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Speaker 2: to keep an eye on one more Territory Day to.

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Speaker 1: Just make sure we don't do anything crazy. Yeah, well,

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Speaker 1: I'll tell you what, it's been a massive twelve years.

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Speaker 1: I mean, as I said, I joke, but you've been

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Speaker 1: my boss for the large majority of my adult life

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Speaker 1: and through some tough times. I think it's definitely worth

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Speaker 1: you know, I do want to say that you've been

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Speaker 1: You know, I'll never forget at that studio that morning

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Speaker 1: not something that you get from everybody, but it's something

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Speaker 1: that a good boss does, is a support their staff,

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Speaker 1: and that's something that you've always done an incredible job

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Speaker 1: that's why we're all so happy on air, and that

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Speaker 1: from the top, so I'm really grateful for that. I

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Speaker 1: thank you for everything that you've done as my boss

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Speaker 1: over the last ten years. I know I've had plenty

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Speaker 1: of complaints and plenty of people that are happy as well.

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Speaker 3: We don't have to Mentionine exactly how much you had

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Speaker 2: And you know, I go back to that day, you know,

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Speaker 2: when when we got the news that Peter had passed away,

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Speaker 2: and you know, even now, that's tough to talk, it is,

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Speaker 2: that announcement was a heartbreaking and tough day. And I

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Speaker 2: think Pete would be very proud of what you've achieved

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Speaker 2: and what the stations have achieved.

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Speaker 3: You know, Yeah, I think he definitely would.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I remember, I think he'd be proud of all

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Speaker 3: Still able to push you around a little bit though.

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Speaker 3: He used to finish his show nearly half an hour early,

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Speaker 3: and you didn't say anything.

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Speaker 1: I'm just I'm fringing it up well, and Sarah and

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Speaker 1: I both produced him say I've timed out I'm just

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Speaker 1: going out for a smoke.

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Speaker 2: Then seven songs in a row.

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Speaker 3: Fun now, But now we have to hug Michael Moon.

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Speaker 1: I know, we've got to give him one of those

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Speaker 1: beer hunts. I think he needs it. Halves. What's been

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Speaker 1: the what has been the most memorable, the most fun

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Speaker 2: Oh, we were talking about this and it's just so hard,

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Speaker 2: you know. I think I think one of the really

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Speaker 2: pleasing memories was when the sad Man got stolen and

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Speaker 2: we found it not burnt out. Yeah, the sense of relief.

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Speaker 1: Can I just tell our listeners that half streets the

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Speaker 1: same man like his baby.

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Speaker 3: You're taking it with you, right, maybe, but you're so right.

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Speaker 3: And it was radio like they knew they could call

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Speaker 2: So there was that. I mean, look all the crazy

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Speaker 2: had our own mobile pub there for a while, just

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Speaker 2: think it's it's one thing that you know, the one

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Speaker 2: the media and we in the community really need to

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Speaker 2: protect is freedom. Is just this freedom. We don't need

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Speaker 2: rule after rule after rule after rule, which seems to

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Speaker 2: be the way everywhere else is going. Darwin, you know,

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Speaker 2: we've still got that frontier spirit where people act on

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Speaker 2: personal responsibility as opposed to because that's how you have to.

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Speaker 2: That's how we run the radio stations. That's why I

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Speaker 2: think we've been so successful. That's why I think you

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Speaker 2: guys have been so successful. As long as we keep

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Speaker 2: that spirit up, you know, keep that spirit alive, I

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Speaker 2: think we'll always will always be a massive part of

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Speaker 2: this community, and Darwin will always be a massive part

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Speaker 3: Have fun with the rules where you're going, and we'll

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Speaker 3: call you.

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Speaker 1: I'll tell you and let you know what crazy shit

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Speaker 1: we're up to. Mike Carvey, the general manager here at

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Speaker 1: Mix one O four point nine and and of course

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Speaker 1: Hot one hundred, thank you. Thanks for everything you've done

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Speaker 1: for us over the last twelve years. We are going

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Speaker 1: to truly miss you.

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Speaker 3: Please don't go Yeah, alright,