Don Sun

Radical Australia

Don Sun is a proud Sunshine boy from the 50s and has been around the community radio scene for decades. He penned the Admin Watch column in Farrago, University of Melbourne's student magazine, back in the day when he studied political philosophy and saw student unionism up close. He roadied for Lou Richards at Channel 7 and turned the quarter lights on at Waverley when the TV broadcasts resumed after the ads. Don's first encounter with 3CR was back in '77. He had a show called Local and Live with friend Marion Cincotta, but prior to that he had a show going on PBS called Lunchtime Legends. Don was obviously into celebrating local music and had a venue called 1C1. He has had a guerilla garden in Carlton since 1988 and was a numeracy, literacy and maths teacher at TAFE. He shared some advice about playing the lotto. Thank-you for bringing the lemons, Don, and for joining us on the show this week.