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Continental Drift on 3BBR 103.1FM West Gippsland

Garry Havrillay presents Cross-cultural music of the world, with new and forthcoming album releases outside the mainstream.  A weekly radio program that largely seeks out fairly peaceful musical places; traditional, neo-classical, acoustic, trance, ambient, jazz, rock, folk and singer-songwriters.  Continental Drift  was a nominated finalist for Best Music Program at the 2024 CBAA Awards.

Garry Havrillay is your host on 3BBR West Gippsland Community Radio via 103.1FM and streaming online, every Sunday from 12pm to 2pm (Melbourne time, Australia)

Playlists for the one hour Community Radio Network edition of Continental Drift are available separately.

185 Playlists

Coming Up

Peter Somuah - 'Highlife' artwork
  #695 — Jazz inspirations and traditional links

Latest program

Telek - Kambek
  #694 — PNG, Chile, France, Afghanistan...

Earlier Programs

  #563 — From Ghana to Finland, Spain & Ukraine
  #562 — Celebrating NAIDOC Week, 3-10 July // Highlife & Afrobeat
  #561 — Focus on Romani music
  #560 — The Japanese Perspective (and tangents)
  #559 — New and recent releases from near and far
  #558 — South America, Oceania, new compilations, flamenco and Christopher Wood live in 1988
  #557 — African-influenced music // Orchestral flavours
  #556 — Music on the theme of Home // Vale Vangelis
  #555 — Mostly new releases from France, Portugal and Turkey
  #554 — Tribute to electronic music pioneer Klaus Schulze
  #553 — Montreal, Finland, Sweden
  #552 — Hurt and healing, ritual and spiritual
  #551 — Haram & Halal with some version hopping
  #550 — Music from Spain, Portugal, Senegal, plus xylophones and variations
  #549 — From sand to dirt; sanskrit to dirtmusic
  #548 — Jumping all over the globe with mostly new releases
  #547 — Tundra, fjords and gardens
  #546 — New music from Portugal, France, Italy, Hungary & Australia, with gypsy swing and reinvented traditions
  #545 — Hands on: Percussion world-wide
  #544 — Prefacing International Women's Day
  #543 — African music from top to bottom
  #542 — Europe, India, Scotland & a spaceship
  #541 — New York City, Portugal & Australia, with a touch of Klezmer
  #540 — Latin, Mediterranean, neo-classical and unclassifiable
  #539 — After Australia Day
  #538 — Northern Europe, Lebanon, Basque Spain, Cabo Verde, Angola...

Submit your music
Say hello & send a download link — I want the music I play to sound as good as it can on the radio, so CD-quality WAV preferred.  MP3 files less than 320kbps will not be accepted.  Please include your PDF digital info booklet and/or press kit. 

A little background...
Continental Drift  was on air during the 1990s on Melbourne's PBS 106.7FM. You can explore the archive of Continental Drift  episodes #1 to #510. The program was revived in 2021 for 3BBR 103.FM West Gippsland, and was extended nationally to the Community Radio Network in May 2022.

The CONTINENTAL DRIFT TIMELINE

Station

Program

Day

Time

Date

Community Radio Network *

#553 ➝

Thur

4:04-5:00pm (CRN-1 VAST ch630) and via digital delivery *

5 May 2022
ongoing

3BBR 103.1FM West Gippsland

#540 ➝

Sun
Tue

12:00-2:00pm
10:00-11:00pm (CRN version)

6 Feb 2022
ongoing

#511

Mon

8:00-10:00pm

19 July 2021

PBS 106.7FM Melbourne

#510

Sun

10:00pm-Midnight

13 Dec 1998

#434

Sun

10:00pm-Midnight

22 Jun 1997

#235(?)

Sun

10:30pm-Midnight

15 Aug 1993(?)

#199

Sun

9:00-10:30pm

12 Dec 1992

#169

Thur

8:30-10:00pm

7 May 1992

#168

Thur

8:30-10:30pm

30 Apr 1992

#37(?)

Sun

6:00 - 7:30pm

5 Nov 1989(?)

#1

Sun

9:30-11:00pm

5 Feb 1989

* The Community Radio Network offers 24/7 programming to CBAA Member Community Radio stations across Australia, by satellite (CRN-1 on VAST ch630) and by digital delivery for delayed broadcast.