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Will Jamie Dunn come home?

What is Jamie Dunn up to? As I reported on the ie blog, Jamie Dunn rang 4KQ on Thursday offering to fill in for ill host Laurel Edwards. He said he wanted to return to Brisbane radio because "I've only got two listeners" at Zinc 96.1 on the Sunshine Coast. (You can read it and listen to it here.) Is there a place for Jamie Dunn on Brisbane radio? If so, it would have to be at an older-skewed station - meaning any of the AM-banders (4KQ, 4BH or 4BC with the first, arguably the best fit) or, perhaps, KQ's sister station 97.3FM. Dunn is supposedly contracted to Zinc for 10 years, but the metropolitan broadcasters have very deep pockets and there's no doubt they'll get him if they want him. But do they - and a big-enough number of Brisbane listeners - still want him? My guess is that they very probably do.

David Tench unmasked

The guessing game is over. The face and voice behind animated talk-show host David Tench has been revealed as that of actor Drew Forsythe. The Sunday Telegraph has the story here.

Robbie Williams tour doubt

Fresh doubts have emerged over Robbie Williams's planned Australian tour, with reports that he cancelled the Asian leg of his tour due to depression. The Daily Mirror in the UK says Williams is "being treated by Dr Mark Collins, a top expert at the Priory clinic in South West London". Don't panic quite yet if you've got tickets to one of his two Suncorp Stadium gigs, though. At this stage at least, Williams's Australian tour is officially going ahead.