I grew up at a time when there was but one radio in the house around which we all gathered on Sunday night when ABC Radio broadcast comedies such as the long running and utterly wonderful Take it from Here.

That same radio, permanently tuned to the ABC, was the sole source of music, and only classical at that. Consequently I have a very patchy popular music knowledge and an unswerving love of fine music which I shall loosely describe as being in the classical genre. So classical music was embedded in me as a youngster.

^{Margaret Lehmann}

Fast forward to meeting the love of my life closely followed by the launch of ABC FM. When Peter and I collided, among many exciting discoveries we found that we shared a love of classical music. His first gifts were not flowers and chocolates, but recordings of great oratorios and masses.

Then came ABC Classic FM. What joy it brought: music around the clock. During vintage, Peter always had the radio in his weighbridge tuned to that station. Being the musical lot they are, Barossa grape growers certainly appreciated ABC FM while they waited...