 He took over from Barry Augustus, who led the station through one of its most successful periods through the late 70s and 1980s.This included a frequency change from 1390 kHz to 880 kHz in the mid 1970s and from 880 kHz to 882 kHz on 23 November 1978, a relocation of the Transmitter from Bald Hills to Wynnum West and a move from its old Adelaide Street home to purpose built studios at Astor Terrace Spring Hill.In 1988, the station was sold to a local consortium.