Max Keogh, one of the founders of 2MBS-FM, has died.
Max was a pioneer of community broadcasting in Australia. I first met him in early 1991, when I was studying journalism. He taught the communications law part of the course. I was immediately drawn to this eccentric old fellow.
Shortly afterwards, I started broadcasting on MBS, and would often see him at the station late at night. We would have interesting conversations while smoking outside the front of the station. I have fond memories of him smoking his pipe.
He was one of the few ‘old guard’ at MBS who was supportive of contemporary music, and I admired his strong commitment to keeping MBS as independent as possible, something which unfortunately made him a more marginal figure in recent years. But every year, at the station’s AGM, he would step up to the mic and tell everyone exactly what he thought.
Farewell, Max, I’ll miss you. The Australian music and radio communities will be much poorer without you.
The funeral will be at 12.30pm on Tuesday January 24 at the East Chapel of Northern Suburbs Crematorium, Sydney.
October 17th, 2006 at 2:24 am - Edit
I knew max. i am so sad to hear of his death. I rememer him as such a kind person with extreme preciseness when it comes to grammer. Have fun wherever you are.