Hottest 100 day is the most important day on the radio calendar

Saturday was the most important day on the radio calendar. It had nothing to do with icy cold cans of Coke or rooftop concerts – although icy cold drinks were consumed en masse, and there was plenty of dancing on rooftops.

Cheap wine was also definitely a main ingredient, although Barnesy probably wasn’t. It was a no-repeat no-work day. And the only commercials heard on air were for backyard parties in Port Macquarie, where you can audibly hear how sunburnt a caller is as they slur down the phone line.

It is, of course, Hottest 100 day. The nation’s official day of sanctioned late-January celebration – and the best example of radio’s power to unite the nation – even if we are all voting differently.