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Wednesday, January 11, 2023 1:44 pm Reading Time: 2 minutes What lengths did you go to for a date? A man who has never been on a date decided to advertise himself on a billboard to find love. The 23-year-old has been single his whole life and had no luck on dating apps. So he decided to take a unique approach to meet his perfect match. He advertised a giant photo of himself with the simple message “date me'”. He received an influx of messages and found four potential women to take on a date.

Reading Time: 2 minutes Join 98five’s Fundraising and Relationships Team in a Relationships Support Role! Do you love people, love making a difference in people’s lives and love what 98five Sonshine does in WA and beyond? Do you have experience or qualifications in Marketing, Fundraising, Communications or key customer services? We’re looking for a person who will deepen relationships with our existing financial and community supporters and also grow our list of partners.

Reading Time: 2 minutes Andy Day is an English actor, comedian, entertainer and television presenter known for his work on the BBC’s CBeebies channel. Specialising in shows about animals and nature such as Andy’s Dinosaur Adventures, Andy’s Prehistoric Adventures, Andy’s Wild Workouts and more. Andy always knew he wanted to work in children’s television and started his career as a presenter on CBeebies House.

Reading Time: 2 minutes Jeziel’s wife spent ages making a pie for a Christmas party. Only to drop it on the floor when they arrived at their friend’s house. “They opened the door to go hey guys welcome and there is just pie all over their pavement…We did still eat it.” Julia and her husband were tasked with transporting a French patisserie tower to Rottnest on the ferry. It was a particularly rough journey and everyone was vomiting.

Monday, January 9, 2023 9:42 am Reading Time: 2 minutes The world’s oldest pen pals have turned 100 years old. Geoff Banks from England and Celesta Byrne from America started writing each other letters in 1938 when they were just 16 years old. They were paired for an educational project that sought to connect British and American students. Now they are celebrating over 80 years of letters.

Reading Time: 2 minutes Bec and Telana shared some mind-blowing facts they recently learnt. Today I learnt… Footwear brand Payless set up a fake luxury store. Payless set up a fake luxury store called ‘Palessi’, to see if people would be willing to pay luxury prices for their discount footwear. This also included a sleek website and Instagram account. About 80 influencers attended their event and shelled out a total of $3000. “I would pay $400 or $500,” a woman said holding a pair of $19.99 sneakers.

Reading Time: < 1 minute Join Dan Elliott and Colin Buchanan as they talk about the start of his career, how he almost quit and his music in this episode of the Table Talk Podcast. Dan is a radio host on 98five’s Brekky Show and Colin Buchanan is an Australian singer, entertainer and multi-instrumentalist. The Table Talk podcast: short answers to life’s tall topics. Got time for a quick bite? Table Talk is your new go-to podcast when you only have 10 minutes to listen.

Reading Time: 2 minutes Toddlers and food; one of the fiercest face-offs parents may ever encounter. These tiny humans can throw the biggest fuss over what they will and will not eat. And what are we supposed to do? They need sustenance—nutritious, varied food. So when Bec and Jeziel heard about the lengths this one particular mum went to, to get her toddler to eat his meals, they had total sympathy. Brianne Cahoon, 24, from Toronto, is mum to a 3-year-old boy who is obsessed with the colour blue.

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What other radio station gives you comfort and encouragement when you need it most? 98five is committed to bringing hope to every home in Perth and WA. We have grown significantly over the last decade, but so has WA. As Perth’s population continues to explode we see that only 37% of the 2.1 million greater Perth population have ever listened to us, and only 52% even know that a Christian station exists.