Radio star retires
Posted February 27th, 2010 by debritz
Luminaries from the Brisbane media, past and present, gathered at the Paddington Tavern on Friday night to say to farewell to producer Majella Marsden, who is retiring after 30 years working in broadcasting. Majella has worked with 4BK, 4BC, B105, Channel 9, River 949 and, most recently, 612ABC. Among those on hand to say farewell were Wayne Roberts (who is also Majella's brother in law), Rick Burnett, Billy J. Smith, Spencer Howson, Kelly Higgins-Devine, Loretta Ryan, Richard Fidler, Gerry Collins, David Greenwood, Rod "Mr T." Tiley, Peter Psaltis, Donna Lynch, Natalie Bochenski, Peter Gooch and Peter Dick. Earlier in the say, Kelly Higgins-Devine hosted an on-air farewell which included contributions from Wayne Roberts (pictured with Majella) and Jamie Dunn. More pictures from the function are here.
Great pics Brett! It looks like Rick won't shave until Extra's back on the air. After all, back when Rick did Extra there were times, at the start of each year where he came out beard and all. (including a phone poll one year, asking should Rick keep the beard?)
I'm really surprised that 7 haven't even approached Rick in the four years since he left Extra... After all, if Rick were on 7 at 5:30 now, he'd get more viewers than Abandon, I mean Andrew O' Keefe and Deal, and 5:30 would be more competitive again.