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Northern Territorians will each spend around $50 to $300 on personal fireworks, which can only be purchased and ignited on one day!

That’s how the NT celebrate ‘Territory Day’ in Darwin.

Last year Canberra placed the second last ban on the sale and use of personal fireworks in Australia. With the Hadron Collider failing to meet expectations, this only leaves Darwin, Alice Springs, Katherine, Tennant Creek and outlying communities as the last frontiers to re-create the Big Bang!

Abandon shops, sheds, even car yards open their doors for one day, with explosives products available to over 18’s:

Best Product Names:

Bad Bitch, Grave Shaker, Top End Terror, Blonde Joke, Evil Intent, Thunderstruck to name a few…

Best advertising quote:

“Guaranteed to blow your neighbour away this year, unless they buy one themselves!”

After Darwin’s record wet season rainfall, grass fuel loads are still extremely high in what is now dry season. This combined with the Top End’s appreciation for beer and laid back approach to life, NT Bushfires, Ambulance, Police and Emergency Services are again prepared for one of their busiest nights of the year.

Sure, the official ‘Territory Day’ ceremonies and ribbon cutting are going on somewhere, but as night falls, political protocol will make way for Friendly Firepower!

But the one announcement Government nor the Opposition are willing to make is to ban personal use fireworks on this one day of the year.

With some of the most marginal seats in Australia, and a looming election, it’s no surprise Rick couldn’t find a single Labour or Country Liberal representative to speak out over the mounting injury list and the $40,000 annual clean up bill from this one day of shimmering sky fire!

In the Territory, we gleefully reject every restricting influence from you ‘Southerners’, and safety is at the top of our list!

Excuse me, I’m being served next…

Where is the progression in radio? I think Fox FM’s mix of DJ beatmatched imaging is great, but I saw this happening in 2002 in my short time as thunder driver. Mix101.1 Imaging is almost all voice, NOVA’s comedic snippets are nice but again, basic. The station sounds are relying too heavily on the innovative sound of modern music to make them sound fresh I feel, neglecting.

Happy to hear from the other side, about innovations that are happening behind the scenes that aren’t given enough cred in the ‘real’ world.

Similarly, I’m looking out for trends online in ways Digital Radio will be able to offer a noticeably better experience worth the investment… So far, not so good. Are there tips to be gained from other emerging media formats? – Satellite Radio Sirius – Howard Stern uncensored for example.

Or, can we just draw a line through Digital Radio (gasp!) and go for a wireless Internet Radio format (in the same way illegal MP3′s were phased out with quality pay services like iTunes, make it QUALITY and INNOVATIVE and people are will to pay).

On a journey of exploration, promotion, plagurism and discovery – I’d love to aircheck a breakfast show a day for 2 months. Listen to format, style and pace of delivery, content (the BUZZ word in most metro-wannabe stations) and levels of online/real life interaction, mixed in with a good dose of bitch! I guess the first step is to collate the HITLIST…. Thoughts?