A friend posed this question to me last night: why is it that nobody introduces people to each other any more? Is it because we're getting ruder or because we have trouble remembering each other's names?

On 612 ABC this morning, I spoke to Spencer Howson about the Helpmann Awards, Walking with Dinosaurs, the Brisbane International Film Festival opening night, and Brisbane radio icon John Knox's final bulletin on 4KQ.

I may be buying into a network television beat-up here, but the ads for David Tench Tonight have got me intrigued. It's apparently a variety show hosted by a computer-generated character (shades of the great Max Headroom). Speculation on the Net is that the Trench show may involve Hamish Blake and Andy Lee, or Rove McManus, or Andrew Denton, or all or none of the above. Whatever it's all about, it's got something to do with Ten's continuing battle to win the hearts and minds of youngish viewers.
PS: The show starts on August 17 at 8.30pm.

Veteran 4KQ newsreader John Knox has signed off after half a century in radio, most of it Brisbane. His last bulletin was followed by a brief farewell speech and the Charlie Dore song Pilot of the Airwaves.
PS: The audio of Knoxy's final words is here.