Gene Bradley Fisk, born 1935 in Colac, Victoria is a country singer. Gene’s musical interests began when he joined a banjo club at age 11 playing concerts and radio shows. He joined the Royal Australian Air Force as an engineering apprentice in 1951 and served for 15 years, which included overseas postings to Malaysia and Thailand. Fisk formed his first band called The Sidewinders in 1959.
Fisk began his broadcasting career at Butterworth Malaysia at Radio RAAF in 1960 as one of their first announcers. On completion of military service Gene became a disc jockey on commercial radio at 3HA Hamilton in 1967 and went on to 3CV Maryborough, 3BO Bendigo and 3GL Geelong. At 3UZ in Melbourne he hosted a top rated country music program from 1977 until 1980 followed by country music programs on 3GL Geelong and community stations 3CCC Bendigo, 3PBS Melbourne and 3YYR Geelong in the 1980s and 1990s.
Fisk’s recording career began in the mid 70s and he recorded a number of singles on the Goldstrike, Mac, ENREC and Bullet record labels. He recorded his debut album ‘Blood Of A Rambler’ in 1981.
Gene was a founding member of Country FM radio in Geelong a 24-hour Country Music station from 1994 until it closed in 2005. At Country FM Gene was production/music director and an announcer. In 2014 he commenced broadcasting a one-hour all Australasian country music show “OZ Country” on Highlands FM Woodend, Victoria, and from May 2018 has been broadcasting the program on WYN FM Werribee Vic. It is also heard on OCR FM Colac and Apollo Bay, Highlands FM and 88FM Castlemaine Vic. In 1999 he was inducted into the Country Music Broadcasters Hall of Fame and in 2005 he was inducted into the Country Music Hands of Fame. Fisk currently resides in Geelong, Victoria, . His daughter, Donna Fisk, is also a successful country entertainer.
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Gene Bradley Fisk – Wikipedia
