The Mark Copolov Radio Interviews
LATEST NEWS as at 15th February 2010

  • On Wednesday, 17th February, Mark will interview his all-time favourite Australian musician, Ross Wilson. They will talk about Ross's new DVD 'Five Decades Of Cool', his latest CD 'Hell Of A Time', as well as Daddy Cool, Mondo Rock and other bands that Ross has led during his incredibly successful career. CLICK HERE to see a photo of Mark and Ross taken at their most recent get-together.
  • On Wednesday 28th October on Purple Haze, 8-10pm, Mark will interview EMI project manager Mike Heatley, who was co-responsible for the recent 9.9.09 release of the Beatle's entire song catalogue which was digitally re-mastered into mono and stereo box sets. This will be an 'in-depth' interview and includes discussions about 'mono vs stereo', 'why the packaging differs across the mono and box sets', 'how long did the project take', 'who was involved', 'why was it conceived in the first place', etc.
  • On September the 9th Mark, along with his old 'Beatle nut' friend Ed Story, was interviewed for the national Channel 7 TV news to talk about the remastered Beatle's catalogue. CLICK HERE for the vision of this interview (courtesy of YouTube).
  • Mark returned as a guest on Derek Guille's radio show "evenings with Derek Guille" on ABC local radio (774 AM) in Melbourne at 9apm on Wednesday 9th September 2009. Mark was invited as the "Beatles guru" to talk about the world-wide release of the entrie Beatles re-mastered catalogue on CD.
  • Mark recorded his interview with the founder, leader, songwriter and performer from The Beach Boys, Brian Wilson about his new cd 'That Lucky Old Sun' on Wednesday April 29th. The sessiuon also included an interview with Leo Sayer. This combined broadcast with Brian Wilson & Leo Sayer is now available on the 88.3 Southern FM Podcast Page - refer to http://www.southernfm.com.au  The Leo Sayer interview starts just after half way through Part 2.
  • It is with deep sadness that Mark reports that Jim Wright, the President of 88.3 Southern FM has passed away. Jim was an inspiration to everyone at 88.3 and his support, leadership and tireless effort will be greatly missed.
  • On Wednesday, 16th February 2009, the first show of 2009, Mark did the following:
    • Interviewing Gary Puckett from the Union Gap (Young Girl, Woman Woman,Lady Willpower etc.) about his upcoming tour to Oz., his big hits and about his solo cds. Refer to http://www.garypuckettmusic.com
    • Interviewing Dom Byrne from local band Little Red about their success (so far!) and their cd 'Listen To Little Red'.
    • Spinning some new releases.
  • If you'd like to hear it 'live to air', go to http://www.southernfm.com.au and click on the appropriate button under 'Live Stream' in the top right hand corner of the screen.
  • On Wednesday, 17th. December, 8-10pm on 88.3 Southern FM, Mark will be interviewing Dominic Byrne from local band 'Little Red' about their new cd 'Listen To Little Red', as well as spinning other new cds
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    As you heard when you entered this site, Mark has spoken with Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys and he hopes to soon secure an interview with Brian about his new cd 'That Luck Old Sun'. Stay tuned for details...
  • On Wednesday July 30th, 8- 10pm on 'Purple Haze' Mark will interviewed Australian legend Normie Rowe about his new double cd, "Normie Rowe..Necessarily So..The Definitive Collection".
  • On Wednesday July 2nd, 8 - 10pm on 'Purple Haze', 88.3 Southern FM, Melbourne,Mark presented a two hour 'special' - his interview (including music) with music star Leo Sayer talking about his new studio cd "Don't Wait Until Tomorrow".
  • On Wednesday, April 30th, 8 -10pm on 'Purple Haze', 88.3 Southern FM, Mark featured Carly Simon's new studio cd "This Kind Of Love" as well as Cheryl Crow's new studio CD "Detours". Mark also interviewed his good friend, Richard Lush, about his involvement in the new DVD "Classic albums : John Lennon, Plastic Ono Band" .
  • We now PODCAST - Mark's latest interviews are available on the Southern FM website as Podcasts so that anyone, anywhere can now listen to them.

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