2018 AUSTRALIAN RADIO, TV, NEWSPAPERS & CINEMA BADGES

AN Australian badge guide by Mark TAYLOR © 2018

3rd Edition | 127 pages | 655 references | 21 badge makers | 391 full-colour badge images | RRP $29.95

Includes: stories about the badges, including personalities featured on badges [fully revised]

Contents

Badges/Buttons/Pins

Radio Stations

2AY Smile Club ……………………………………………………………………………………….12

2BH Smilers Club (3) ….……………………………………………………………………................12

2CA (4) ………………….……………………………………………………………………………..14

2CH Australia, Women’s League, Coo-ee Comedy and Smile Clubs (4)……………………………..16

2DU Wagon Wheels Club (2)…………………………………………………………………………..18

2GN – Harmony Home…………………………………………………………………………………19

2GB and Weekly Australian Air League broadcast (4 & 8) ...…………………………………………19

2GZ……………………………………………………………………………………………………..24

2HD Joy Club (3)……………………………………………………………………………………….24

Double J Rock 1540 (2)………………………………………………………………………………...25

2 KM Birthday Club …………………………………………………………………………………...26

2KO Cheerio Club (9) ..………………………………………………………………………………...27

2LM Radiance Club ……………………………………………………………………………………29

2NX Help Spread Sunshine…………………………………………………………………………….29

2NZ Country Service …………………………………………………………………………………..30

2RG Sunshine Club……………………………………………………………………………………..31

2SM …………………………………………………………………………………………………….31

2TM Women’s Radio Club……………………………………………………………………………..32

2UE Call to Youth (2)…………………………………………………………………………………..32

2UW Blind Babies Appeal……………………………………………………………………………...33

2UW Gerald the Talking Grasshopper Club …………………………………………………………...34

2WL 1430 Club ………………………………………………………………………………………...34

3AW Courtesy Crusader, Mothers Day, Chatterbox Corner, Junior etc., (5)…………………………..34

3BA Blue Bird Appeal………………………………………………………………………………….36

3BO Women’s Club ……………………………………………………………………………………37

3CR……………………………………………………………………………………………………..37

3CS Colac Help Mates Club……………………………………………………………………………38

3CS Sunshiners Club…………………………………………………………………………………...38

3CV Women’s Radio Club …………………………………………………………………………….38

3DB Smile Away Club…………………………………………………………………………………39

3HA Women’s Club…………………………………………………………………………………….40

3KZ Christmas Day Appeal (2)………………………………………………………………………...40

3MBS…………………………………………………………………………………………………...41

3SH Murray Merrymakers Club………………………………………………………………………..42

3SR Friendship Club……………………………………………………………………………………42

3TR Womens’ Club ……………………………………………………………………………………43

3UZ …………………………………………………………………………………………………….44

3YB Our Gang …………………………………………………………………………………………44

4BC Pals Club (2) .……………………………………………………………………………………..45

4BH Kookaburra Club………………………………………………………………………………….46

4BK Tristram’s Young Queenslanders’Club …………………………………………………………..46

4KQ G’Day……………………………………………………………………………………………..47

4MB ……………………………………………………………………………………………………48

4ZZZ……………………………………………………………………………………………………48

5AN …………………………………………………………………………………………………….48

5AD Kangaroo Club (4)  ……………………………………………………………………………….49

5AD Robin Hood Club ………………………………………………………………………………...50

5AD Stairway to Stardom………………………………………………………………………………50

5CL Twinkler Boys Club……………………………………………………………………………….51

5DN Kipling Boys Club (3)…………………………………………………………………………….52

5KA Cheerio Club……………………………………………………………………………………...53

5KA Smilers Club………………………………………………………………………………………53

5KA Merrymaker Club…………………………………………………………………………………54

7LA …………………………………………………………………………………………………….54

ABC (8) ………………………………………………………………………………………………...55

ABC Club……………………………………………………………………………………………….56

Argonaut’s Club[1](5) ..…………………………………………………………………………………57

Charlie Chuckles Club (5)………………………………………………………………………………59

The Dog House Club (31) ..…………………………………………………………………………….60

FM 104.7 ……………………………………………………………………………………………….66

Radio Australia (2)……………………………………………………………………………………...66

Australian Radio College……………………………………………………………………………….67

Surface Hill Methodist Radio Sunday School …………………………………………………………67

Tamworth Practice School  - Radio Appeal ..…………………………………………………………..68

(badge number in bracket, otherwise one badge)

 

Newspaper/Television/Theatre Badges

The Advertiser Children’s Club………………………………………………………………………...68

The Age Classifieds ……………………………………………………………………………………69

The Argus Superman Club ……………………………………………………………………………..69

Australian Wildlife Club………………………………………………………………………………..70

Bananas in Pyjamas ……………………………………………………………………………………70

Bobby Bear Club (The Argus) …………………………………………………………………………71

BTV Channel 6 Juniors Club…………………………………………………………………………...71

Bundaberg News & Mail ABF Club …………………………………………………………………...72

The Capitol Movie Club………………………………………………………………………………..72

Captain Fortune ATN 7…………………………………………………………………………………73

Carols by Candlelight (3)……………………………………………………………………………….75

The Channel Ten Bobo Club …………………………………………………………………………..76

Civic Theatre Happy Gang……………………………………………………………………………..76

Dad and Dave ………………………………………………………………………………………….77

Fox Hoyts Radio Club NSW …………………………………………………………………………..77

Ginger Meggs Sun-Herald ……………………………………………………………………………..78

Harry and Ralph Club…………………………………………………………………………………..78

Herald League…………………………………………………………………………………………..79

Hoyts Suburban Theatre – Children’s Cinema Club …………………………………………………..79

Independent Theatres …………………………………………………………………………………..80

I Fly Skynine Action News …………………………………………………………………………….80

Junior Herald Club ……………………………………………………………………………………..80

Liberty Theatre Cinema Club…………………………………………………………………………..81

Metro Goldwyn Mayer Radio Movie Club……………………………………………………………..81

The Mirror’s Mimi’s Sunday Club……………………………………………………………………..82

National Film and Sound Archive ……………………………………………………………………..82

News Limited Socceroos ………………………………………………………………………………83

Nine Network …………………………………………………………………………………………..83

Odeon National Cinema Club for Boys and Girls……………………………………………………...83

Seven Network Melbourne……………………………………………………………………………..84

Skippy the Bush Kangaroo …………………………………………………………………………….84

Stanley in Africa (2) ……………………………………………………………………………………85

The Sun Newspaper Sunbeam Club…………………………………………………………………….86

Sun Herald Koala Fund ………………………………………………………………………………...88

Tarax Happy Club (Channel 9 & Gerry Gee) (5) ……………………………………………………...88

TVT Channel Sixers ……………………………………………………………………………………90

Western Star Club – Sheriff (2) ………………………………………………………………………..90

West’s Pictures Splendid Fellows ………………..……………………………………………………91

Radio/Television/Theatre Personalities/Commentators/Employees

Ken Archer……………………………………………………………………………………………...91

Richie Benaud…………………………………………………………………………………………..92

Leonard Bullen (Actors Benevolent Fund)……………………………………………………………..93

Terry Dear’s Pepsodent Gang…………………………………………………………………………..94

Bob Dyer’s Offsider (Colgate-Palmolive)……………………………………………………………...95

Norman Gunston ……………………………………………………………………………………….96

Lindsay Hassett (2)…………………………………………………………………………………..…97

Humphrey B. Bear (4)………………………………………………………………………………......98

Buck Jones…………………………………………………………………………………………….100

Val Mayhew: Red Cross Quest Miss Teahouse of August Moon - Miss Shell……………………….101

Keith Miller (2)………………………………………………………………………………………..102

Joy Nichols…………………………………………………………………………………………….103

Miss Mollie Noonan…………………………………………………………………………………...104

Max Oldaker (Actors Benevolent Fund)………………………………………………………………104

Mike O’Malley………………………………………………………………………………………...106

Snowy McGann in the Sunday Sun…………………………………………………………………...106

Bill Peach This Day Tonight …………………………………………………………………………107

Joan Read (Police Candidate Anzac House Appeal)………………………………………………….107

Doug Ring……………………………………………………………………………………………..108

Ernie Sigley …………………………………………………………………………………………...109

Sir Ross Smith’s Flight (2)…………………………………………………………………………….109

Netta Squires – United Charities Appeal – Miss 1945 (Legion of Catholic Women candidate)……...111

Rocky Starr (A Man of Stamina[2] (2) .………………………………………………………………..112

 

Makers

Ability Badges ………………………………………………………………………………………...113

Amor…………………………………………………………………………………………………..113

Angus & Coote………………………………………………………………………………………..114

Atkinson ………………………………………………………………………………………………115

Bertram ………………………………………………………………………………………………..116

Bridgland & King ……………………………..………………………………………………………116

Cencast Melb ………………………………………………………………………………………….117

Denham, Neale & Treloar……………………………………………………………………………..117

Douglas Badges………………………………………………………………………………………..118

M. Jacobs ……………………………………………………………………………………………..118

King……………………………………………………………………………………………………118

K.G. Luke……………………………………………………………………………………………...118

G.A. Miller…………………………………………………………………………………………….119

F.W. Nissen……………………………………………………………………………………………120

A.J. Parkes……………………………………………………………………………………………..121

Patricks ………..…………………………………………………………………................................122

Perfection Badges……………………………………………………………………………………..123

Pinworkx ……………………………………………………………………………………………...123

Schlank………………………………………………………………………………………………..123

Stokes………………………………………………………………………………………………….125

W. Mark ………………………………………………………………………………………………126

[1] The man who gave his voice to two of the Argonauts’ characters, Jason and Mac, Athol Fleming sadly died in 1972. Source: The Canberra Times newspaper, dated 9 May 1972; retrieved via Trove @ http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/102020270?searchTerm="ABC Radio Club"&searchLimits=sortby=dateDesc
[2] It is believed that there is also a clothing store marketing tie-in as there is “A man of stamina” – Captain Cook button. Stamina Clothes for Boys and Youths distributed through Palmers (Sydney, Maitland and Wagga) and Coo-ee Stores (Sydney and suburbs, Newcastle, Wollongong and Goulburn) were all wool worsteds. The Horse logo featured on the Cook button is also on the clothes  Source: The Sun (Sydney, NSW) newspaper, dated 1 September 1953, page 18; retrieved via Trove @ http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/230755270?searchTerm="A Man of Stamina" "Captain James Cook"&searchLimits=