Brian Wise
{{Short description|Australian radio presenter}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Use Australian English|date=November 2012}}
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Brian Wise {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM}} is an Australian music journalist and broadcaster based in Murrumbeena, Victoria. He is best known for his program Off The Record on Australian community radio station 3RRR.
Biography
Brian Wise was one of the co-founders of Monash University's 3MU student radio station in 1972, and worked as a broadcaster at Melbourne's community radio station 3PBS between 1980 and 1987, when he started hosting Off The Record at 3RRR.{{cite web |title=Queen's Birthday honours those with connections to radio|url=https://radioinfo.com.au/news/queens-birthday-honours-those-connections-radio |website=Radio Info |access-date=19 July 2021 |date=14 June 2021}}
Off The Record started in November 1987 and aired Sunday nights until a Saturday morning slot became available in 1989, where it has remained since.{{cite web |title=Triple R – 30 years in 30 days episode 13 1988 |url=https://www.rrr.org.au/on-demand/archives/23-triple-r-30-years-in-30-days-episode-13-1988 |website=Triple R |publisher=3RRR |access-date=20 July 2021 |date=28 November 2006}} The show features Americana/roots music and interviews with local and international guests.{{Cite web |date=2018-09-24 |title=Off the Record – 30 passionate years of roots and Americana music |url=https://cbf.org.au/off-the-record/ |access-date=2022-06-15 |website=CBF |language=en-US}}
In 1992 Wise founded the roots music magazine Rhythms Magazine after he visited the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and noticed the city had two monthly roots music magazines of their own, while Melbourne had none.{{cite web |title=Brass Passers from the Down Under |url=https://www.wwoz.org/531-brass-passers-down-under |publisher=WWOZ |access-date=20 July 2021 |date=12 March 2012}} Initially he had to work other jobs to fund the magazine, and later sold Rhythms in 2005.{{cite news |last1=Donovan |first1=Patrick |last2=Murfett |first2=Andrew |title=Sticky Carpet |url=https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/sticky-carpet-20070914-ge5ti1.html |access-date=19 July 2021 |publisher=The Age |date=14 September 2007}} But after stepping away for several years he took back ownership in 2018.{{cite news |last1=Eliezer |first1=Christie |title=Rhythms magazine under old management as founder Brian Wise takes back the reins |url=https://themusicnetwork.com/rhythms-magazine-under-old-management-as-founder-brian-wise-takes-back-the-reins/ |access-date=19 July 2021 |publisher=The Music Network |date=7 August 2018}}
Between 1997 and 2003 Wise was editor for the Australian edition of the online music magazine Addicted To Noise which twice won the national ONYA Award in 1999 and 2000 for Best Online Music Magazine. He also presented dig on the Radio with Michael MacKenzie on ABC Local Radio during summer between 2003 – 2006, and was a contributor to the ABC's Dig! website.{{cite web |title=Brian Wise |url=https://www.abc.net.au/profiles/content/s1855590.htm |website=ABC |date=6 December 2004 |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=19 July 2021}}
Wise has continued to host his weekly music program Off The Record on Saturday mornings,{{cite web |title=About |url=https://offtherecord.com.au/contact/ |website=Off The Record |date=10 March 2013 |access-date=19 July 2021}} featuring news, reviews and interviews with local and international guests. The program has been called praised as one of the most popular on 3RRR,{{cite news |title=Five minutes with Virginia Trioli |url=https://www.abc.net.au/radio/melbourne/five-minutes-with-virginia-trioli/13383676 |access-date=20 July 2021 |publisher=ABC Radio Melbourne |date=11 June 2021}} thanks to Wise being one of the few journalists covering roots music when the program begun. A one-hour version of Off The Record is also broadcast weekly to over 45 stations on Australia's Community Radio Network via satellite.
Outside of radio, Wise worked as a teacher of screen and media studies at Holmesglen TAFE,{{cite news |last1=Donovan |first1=Patrick |title= A Saturday morning wake-up call|url=https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/a-saturday-morning-wake-up-call-20090815-ge81kp.html |access-date=20 July 2021 |publisher=The Age |date=15 August 2009}} and previously reviewed music for The Sunday Age newspaper{{cite news |title=Media Contribution |url=https://issuu.com/mediaflash/docs/lpmann210616z |access-date=20 July 2021 |publisher=The Local Paper |date=16 June 2021 |page=6}} and The New Daily.{{cite web |title=Brian Wise |url=https://thenewdaily.com.au/author/brian-wise/ |website=The New Daily |access-date=20 July 2021}}
Awards and achievements
- Vanguard Award from Americana Music Association for continued commitment to the Americana genre (2018){{cite web |title=THE SECOND ANNUAL AUSTRALIAN AMERICANA MUSIC HONOURS TO TAKE PLACE IN MELBOURNE – OCT .11 |date=30 August 2018 |url=https://americanamusic.org/news/second-annual-australian-americana-music-honours-take-place-melbourne-oct-11 |publisher=The Americana Music Association |access-date=19 July 2021 |archive-date=19 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719104606/https://americanamusic.org/news/second-annual-australian-americana-music-honours-take-place-melbourne-oct-11 |url-status=dead }}
- Order of Australia for service to the broadcast media (2021){{cite news |last1=Chifley |first1=Danny |title=Queen's Birthday Honours for Community Broadcasters |url=https://www.cbaa.org.au/article/queens-birthday-honours-community-broadcasters |access-date=19 July 2021 |publisher=Community Broadcasting Association of Australia |date=15 June 2021}}
References
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External links
- [https://rhythms.com.au/ Rhythms Magazine website]
- [https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/presenters/brian-wise Interview with Brian Wise]
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Category:Australian music journalists
Category:Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
Category:Journalists from Melbourne
Category:20th-century Australian journalists
Category:Australian radio journalists
Category:Australian magazine founders
Category:Australian radio presenters
Category:Australian magazine editors
Category:ABC radio (Australia) journalists and presenters
Category:Americana Music Honors & Awards winners
Category:Monash University alumni
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)