{"id":12041,"date":"2026-04-26T18:09:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T18:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/26\/james-valentine-remembered-by-australias-music-and-media-community-indiana-105\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T18:09:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T18:09:09","slug":"james-valentine-remembered-by-australias-music-and-media-community-indiana-105","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/26\/james-valentine-remembered-by-australias-music-and-media-community-indiana-105\/","title":{"rendered":"James Valentine Remembered by Australia\u2019s Music and Media Community – Indiana 105"},"content":{"rendered":"

James Valentine, <\/b>the Australian broadcaster and musician, <\/span>has died at 64,<\/b> prompting tributes from across the country\u2019s music and media circles.<\/span>
In public tributes, artists and industry figures remembered Valentine as a warm, sharp and deeply creative presence. Jimmy Barnes was among those who shared condolences, while <\/span>INXS also honored his connection to Australia\u2019s music culture.<\/b>
Valentine was widely known for his long-running work in radio, where he built a reputation for thoughtful interviews, dry humor and an easy connection with listeners. Before becoming a familiar voice on air, he was also active as a musician, including work as a saxophonist.<\/span>
His career crossed several parts of Australian entertainment, from music and live performance to broadcasting and television. That range helped make him a recognizable figure to different generations of listeners and viewers.<\/span>
The tributes reflect the broad respect Valentine earned over decades in public life<\/b>, both for his professional work and for the personal impression he left on colleagues, musicians and audiences.<\/span>
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James Valentine, the Australian broadcaster and musician, has died at 64, prompting tributes from across the country\u2019s music and media circles.In public tributes, artists and industry figures remembered Valentine as a warm, sharp and deeply creative presence. Jimmy Barnes was among those who shared condolences, while INXS also honored his connection to Australia\u2019s music culture.Valentine […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12042,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-12041","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}