Gavin Wood has shared on Facebook: “Very sad news, my friend and mentor, especially those wonderful years at 4BC, Ross (Rosco) Meldrum has left the studio. One of the best on and off the air. Condolences to Christine and all the family. R.I.P. Gentle Man.” Meldrum was 74. His son Jamie Meldrum died in 2020.
Below are tributes shared on social media:
Graham Smith
What a wonderful human being. Always professional and committed to providing the best music sound tracks to the station policy. A dedicated producer and panel-op to Haydn Sargent over many years including an innovative week of broadcasts from London to celebrate the Queen’s many Jubilees. Haydn and Ross told many funny stories about travelling all over London tracking down the numerous celebrities who were interviewed on Haydn’s program. Individually, Ross was very supportive of many new young talent joining the industry. His contribution to the regional radio Industry in Victoria over many years selecting the music programming for the ACE radio network and others must also be acknowledged. On a personal level, Diane & I wish Christine and family our deepest sympathy at this sad time. 74 seems all too young to all of us. We remember the many good times on both 4BC in Brisbane and later in Sydney at 2UW.
I used to work the phone lines on the Fr Joe Duffy show on 4BC in the late 70’s early 80’s … Ross did the panel… an absolute gentleman… RIP.
Jason Dacey
This is sad news. I worked with Ross’s son Jamie (whom we lost a couple of years ago) at Money FM in Singapore. A real radio family
Extremely competent and talented operator. Great voice – he inherited the Channel 10 ROS VoiceOver promos from me back in 88 I think. He never let anyone down.
Hey Gav, I used to listen to Rosco when I left school. He was the last of the 4BC dj’s to still be obsessed by the music.
Very sad Gav, Rosko was a true legend and a great mentor for me. Taught me everything about Selector back in the day. Condolences to Christine and family. Just a lovely fella with a booming big laugh.
Very sad news. Roscoe was one of the radio voices of my childhood, along with yourself (as Gavin Fullwood), Mike A’hern, Graham Smith, Peter Dick, Hans Kristian (Torv) and Garry Suprain. RIP Ross.
We called him the gentle giant. He was big in stature and had a mountain of talent. His delivery was smooth and relaxed and his knowledge of the industry was unsurpassed. I am so grateful that I was able to catch up with Ross at a RATS reunion lunch on the Sunshine Coast in 2023. We reminisced about our days together at 4BC and shared many laughs. I was very sorry to hear of his passing.