On this week’s Radiothon Phantom Dancer, hear 100 years of recorded radio from an excerpt from National Defence Day Broadcast in 1924 to The Phantom Dancer in 2024. You’ll also hear Fats Waller and Adelaide Hall broadcasting from London, Julie London from New York and Harry James from Culver City Ca.

It’s the 2024 2SER Radiothon and your opportunity to support Community Radio 2SER. Your subscriptions go in the draw for major prizes. The Phantom Dancer has been on 2SER, under various titles, since 1985! This week enjoy some of your favourite feature artists from the past few years. Good stuff!

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The Phantom Dancer is your weekly non-stop mix of swing and jazz from live 1920s-60s radio and TV every week.

LISTEN to this week’s Phantom Dancer mix (online after 6pm AEST, Tuesday 17 September) and weeks of Phantom Dancer mixes online at, at https://2ser.com/phantom-dancer/

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For more than four decades 2SER has provided an independent platform for Sydney’s best stories, music and ideas.

We’ve pioneered everything from underground and scene-leading music shows to ground-shifting talks, have won international awards, and helped kick-start the careers of hundreds of journalists and broadcasters.

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The station has always been not-for-profit, powered by volunteers from across Sydney. Help 2SER keep making the programs you love, by becoming a Subscriber or making a tax-deductible donation today.

PRIZES!!

We have more prizes on offer this year for Radiothon than ever before! Simply subscribe and choose the prize draw you want to be nominated for!

• • Beer For A Year – A carton of Yulli’s Brews beer every month for a year + dinner and a brewery tour for 13 pax
  • Heaps Normal Beer For A Year – A carton of Heaps Normal alcohol free beer every month for a year plus some cool Heaps Normal Merch
  • New Tattoo from Joe Bell at Little Tokyo – $750 Tattoo voucher
  • Turramurra Music/Novation Home Recording Pack – Scarlett 2i2 Studio Pack + Novation LaunchKey MK4 61 key courtesy of Turramurra Music and Novation Home Recording
  • Dashville Skyline Festival Pack 2 x 3-day double passes + t-shirt + cap (4 tickets) courtesy of Dashville Skyline
  • Nimbin Roots Festival Pack 2 x 3-day double passes (4 tickets) courtesy of Nimbin Roots Festival
  • Oxford Art Factory Golden Ticket – free DOUBLE PASS to as many gigs you want to at Oxford Art Factory for free for a year
  • Sydney Writers’ Festival 2025 Golden Ticket: 2 x tickets to the following: 2025 Sydney Writers’ Festival Opening Night Event; 2025 Sydney Writers’ Festival Closing Night Event; 8 2025 Sydney Writers’ Festival events of the winner’s choice, courtesy of Sydney Writers’ Festival
  • Sydney Comedy Festival 2025 Golden Ticket: 2 x tickets to the following: Sydney Comedy Festival Opening Night Gala of winner’s choice; Sydney Comedy Festival Closing Night Gala; 10 comedy shows of winner’s choice (international and local acts), courtesy of Sydney Comedy Festival
  • AudioTechnica ‘Soundburger’ – portable retro turntable (AT-SB707) from AudioTechnica
  • Coffee For A Year – 12 Month coffee subscription from Suspension Coffee in Marrickville
  • Merida Mountain Bike – A Merida Big Seven 10D, to be precise, from Bicycles Plus
  • Band /Solo Artist Prize
    (this huge prize is only available for bands or solo artist subscriptions)
    – 7 inch vinyl record pressing – 100 copies of a 7 inch record pressed by Zenith Records
    – Stranded Recording Studio Single Package – One day recording and song mixed at Stranded Recording Studio Bellambi
    – Turramurra Music/Focusrite 2i2 Studio Pack – courtesy of Turramurra Music and Focusrite
    – Chris Frape Photo Band Photo Shoot – courtesy Chris Frape Photo, Live music/Documentary Photographer

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