That’s Country with Frank McHugh
Sundays: 12 noon – 3 pm (Melbourne Time)
Repeated on Wednesdays: 7 pm – 10 pm
Listen live online only at RadioPVS.com
“That’s Country” is a mix of real traditional country, Texas country, honky tonk, country rock, western swing, rockabilly, bluegrass and country that borders on jazz and the blues. Real country – with attitude.
Regular features include a live country music gig guide, local music, album of the week and country music birthdays of the week featuring profiles and songs of these artists. The final hour of the show, “Texas Time Travelin”, is dedicated to country songs with a Texas connection – Texas artists and any country songs about Texas.
12 noon Program Start
12:30 pm Gig Guide,
1:00 pm Album Of The Week,
1:30 pm Country Music Birthdays,
2:00 pm Texas Time Travelin’ Hour
Frank was with 98.9 North West FM from 1994 until July 15, 2021. Since then he has been doing a weekly program on RadioPVS.com. He was a regular visitor to the Tamworth Country Music Festival for 15 consecutive years, hosting a daily program on Festival FM – the official radio voice of the Tamworth festival.
Frank looked after 98.9 North West FM’s website, he rebuilt their website in 2005 and again in 2018. Since 2007 Frank had been their Production Group Coordinator, looking after their audio production of program promos, Community Service Announcements and sponsorships.
Frank is also a committee member of the Country Music Guild of Australasia. They put on a live country band every Friday evening at the Pascoe Vale RSL in Melbourne. Frank also looks after their website countrymusicguild.com. Frank has filmed and recorded many country bands performing at the Country Music Guild and they can be seen on the Guild’s Band Videos page.
To see his recent program playlists, visit his Facebook page:- www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008460460067
Check out Frank’s annual top 10 traditional country albums: 2005 – 2024
Frank’s Top 10 Traditional Country Albums of 2024
- Richard Lynch – Pulling Up the Covers (MTS)
- Creed Fisher – Outlaw Influence Vol 2 (Fishdog)
- Richard Lynch – Some Days Are Better Than Others (MTS)
- George Dearborne – Lotta Honky Tonkin’ Left In Me (Wingate)
- Darin & Brooke Aldridge – Talk Of The Town (Billy Blue)
- Matt Castillo – Pushing Borders (Texace)
- Rhonda Vincent – Destinations and Fun Places (Upper Management Music)
- Oklahoma Swing – Somewhere North Of San Antone (DK)
- Zach Top – Cold Beer & Country Music (Leo33)
- Layla Tucker – Hold My Coat (Fantasy)
Tune in to That’s Country – Sundays 12 noon – 3 pm – Listen online at RadioPVS.com