MEDIA RELEASE ‘Black Gold’ presents the Arthur Beetson Radio Tribute ‘Black Gold’, produced by Koori Radio (Sydney) and 3KnD (Melbourne), will present a special live 3-hour tribute show for Indigenous rugby league legend, Uncle Arthur Beetson OAM. We will be celebrating the life and times of the first ever Aboriginal captain of a major national sports team, who won two premierships as captain of Eastern Suburbs, and was one of seven Rugby League Immortals. He passed last week at the age of 67. • Date and Time : Monday, 12th th December, 2011 from 6pm-9pm AEDT (daylight savings time – NSW and Vic), 5pm-8pm AEST (non-daylight savings time - QLD) • Featuring : § Hosted by Sweet Science’s Brad Cooke (Barefoot Rugby League), former Sydney King coach and player and South Sydney Rabbitohs winger Claude “The Black Diamond” Williams, and Vibe Magazine editor Jake Keane from Koori Radio’s Redfern studio § Pre-recorded and live tributes and interviews with Aboriginal community leaders, the rugby league community, Aboriginal sportspeople, community members. Includes Arthur’s son Mark Beetson, Federal Sports Minister Mark Arbib, NRL CEO David Gallop, Biographer Ian Heads, Queensland legends Mal Meninga, Chris Close, Gene Miles, Tony Currie, Johnathon Thurston, Preston Campbell, Scott Prince, Wendell Sailor, NSW legends Tommy Raudonikis and Laurie Daley and manager Justin Karcher § Aboriginal legend music § Facebook and Twitter tribute read-outs from the community. • Station/Network : Koori Radio 93.7 FM and via the National Indigenous Radio Service (www.nirs.org.au) Region Station Frequency Internet streaming National NIRS www.nirs.org.au Sydney Koori Radio 93.7 FM www.gadigal.org.au Melbourne 3KND 1503 AM www.3knd.org.au Perth (3pm-8pm) Noongar Radio 100.9 FM www.noongarradio.com Townsville 4K1G 107.1 FM www.4k1g.org Cairns Bumma Bippera 98.7 FM Torres Strait 4MW Meriba Wakai 1260 AM Darwin (4.30-7.30) Larrakia FM 94.5 FM www.radiolarrakia.org Alice Springs (“) CAAMA 100.5FM http://caama.com.au/radio For More info: www.nirs.org.au Program Contact: [email protected] .