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[Swprograms] RA Previews #673; 9-12 Apr '04
- Subject: [Swprograms] RA Previews #673; 9-12 Apr '04
- From: John Figliozzi <jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2004 23:51:54 -0400
RADIO AUSTRALIA PREVIEWS
Edition 673
Apr. 9-12, 2004
Days and times are in UTC. An * indicates that a program is produced by
Radio Australia. All others are produced by Radio National or by other
ABC Radio networks as indicated. Further information about these
programs, as well as transcripts and on-demand audio files of
particular programs, and a wealth of supporting information can be
obtained from
<http://www.abc.net.au>. Additional information and a key to
abbreviations and symbols used appear at the bottom of the page.
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GRANDSTAND [abc.net.au/grandstand/].
Radio Australia also relays the domestic weekend live sport program
"Grandstand" every Saturday and Sunday from 0210-0700 on 21725, 17580,
12080 and 9660 kHz. only. Major Australian, Asian, Pacific and
international events are covered, some live and extensively. This week
on Saturday: AFL Round three - The Kangaroos v Carlton at the MCG..
This week on Sunday: rugby.
(RA or ABC News every hour on the hour)
Friday
1605 -
BUSH TELEGRAPH - rural and regional issues around Australia with
Michael Mackenzie. [%]
1705 -
MARGARET THROSBY - in conversation with a special guest, playing their
favourite music and telling their own stories.
<http://www.abc.net.au/classic/throsby/#promo> for details. (from ABC
Classic FM) [%]
Today: Benjamin Zander, Conductor of the Boston Philharmonic
Orchestra.
[replaces AUSTRALIA TALKS BACK today - ed.]
1805 -
PACIFIC REVIEW - the week that was in the Pacific with Bruce Hill.
1830 -
COUNTRY BREAKFAST - Australia beyond the urban fringe. [T;%]
1905 -
RURAL REPORTER - the people and places that make up country Australia.
1930 -
AUSTRALIAN COUNTRY STYLE - Aussie country music with John Nutting.
2005 -
PACIFIC REVIEW - the week that was in the Pacific with Bruce Hill.
2030 -
THE BUZZ - technology understandably explained. This week: "Radar
Replacement". Australia's about to roll-out a new aircraft tracking
system that could one day replace radar. The Automatic Dependent
Surveillance - Broadcast, or ADS-B, uses the Global Positioning System
to ensure that each aircraft knows where it is. "Training for Ethical
Hackers". Hackers are a problem for computer network security teams. To
stop a hacker you have to think like a hacker, but how do you do this?
"The Artist in the Machine".
New media art is the application of computer technologies to an
artistic vision. But increasingly artists are encouraging the
technology to take a real role in creativity by working with Artificial
Life (AI). [%]
2105 -
VERBATIM - oral histories with David Mark. This week: Italian-born
Josephine Cabassi's father emigrated to Australia in 1925. The family
rejoined him in 1937. She talks with Bill Bunbury about their reunion
and his subsequent internment as an "enemy alien" in World War Two.
[T;%]
2130 -
IN CONVERSATION - Robyn Williams talks to scientists and those
interested in the subject, about what science has meant to their lives.
<http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/incon/> for details. [%]
2205 -
ASIA PACIFIC WEEKEND EDITION [T;%]
2230 -
SATURDAY AM - ABC's Saturday morning news magazine. [T;%]
2305 -
COUNTRY BREAKFAST (refer to 1830)
2330 -
HIT MIX* - presented by Brendon Telfer. Find out what we're listening
to in Australia and what we're giving to the world in our brand new
look at the Australian music scene. [T;%]
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Saturday
0005 PACIFIC REVIEW* (refer to Fri. 1805)
0030 OCKHAM'S RAZOR - sharp talk about science. This week: "Safe,
Legalised Euthanasia is a Myth". Dr Brian Pollard is a retired
anaesthetist and founder of the first full-time Palliative Care Service
in Sydney. He argues that believing euthanasia would be a socially
desirable practice, and making a safe law about it are totally
different things. [%]
0045 LINGUA FRANCA - about language. This week: "Public Speaking".
Does the prospect of having to 'say a few words' at a gathering of
people fill you with dread? If so, you're in the majority. Most people
equate public speaking with public humiliation. And yet so many of us
long to be able to get up in front of a crowded room and be articulate,
insightful and witty. Steven Alward takes us on his journey of becoming
accustomed to public speaking. [%]
0105 ASIA PACIFIC WEEKEND EDITION* (refer to Fri. 2205)
0130 THE CHAT ROOM* - presented by Heather Jarvis. The place to meet
people from the region living lives a little out of the ordinary--from
business, to sport, science and the arts. Community leaders and quiet
achievers. They drop in, share their stories and play a bit of music.
0205 BACKGROUND BRIEFING - Radio National's agenda-setting, current
affairs radio documentary program. This week: "Energy in the Wind". A
Danish company is transforming the northwest Tasmanian economy and
landscape with its windpower plant. Australia could get twenty percent
of its power from wind farming. But, as Alexandra de Blas reports, we
are hooked on coal. [T;%]
0255 REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK* - background to the news.
0305 RURAL REPORTER* (refer to 1905 Fri.)
0330 AUSTRALIAN COUNTRY STYLE (refer to 1930 Fri.)
0405 BOOKS AND WRITING - in-depth discussions focusing on books,
ideas and writing with Ramona Koval. This week: "Andrew Lindsay". Books
& Writing heads to the town of Salvation to meet Ernie The Slapping
Man, who bestows a sense of wellbeing on all who pay to slap his jaw.
Ernie is a man who is blessed, or cursed, with a magnificent set of
mandibles, and Ramona Koval speaks to Ernie's creator, Andrew Lindsay,
about his book 'The Slapping Man', about his fascination with the
freakish and the grotesque and about the apparent universal need for
scapegoats. [T;%]
0434 BOOK TALK - a mix of reviews, critical discussion and a look at
the latest developments in publishing with Amanda Smith. This week:
"The Secret Power of Beauty".
John Armstrong writes books that are described as 'intimate
philosophies'. He's a modern-day philosopher whose latest subject is
beauty. Can beauty be defined? Why can it move us to tears? [%]
0505 AUSTRALIAN EXPRESS - a magazine about life in Australia, with
Roger Broadbent. This week: Did you know that Australia has one of the
highest incidence of household pets in the world and they're not all
pussy cats and pooches. There's a growing
interest in the more exotic style of pet and this trend is being
promoted by the Australian Veterinary Association. We'll also be
celebrating a 70th birthday. 70 years ago the Australian Broadcasting
Corporation despatched its first journalist overseas to cast an
Australian eye on international events. To mark the occasion the cream
of this country's journalists, present and former ABC correspondents,
met to debate the question - 'How important is it for world events to
be seen and reported through Australian eyes? And as Internet junk mail
increases alarmingly we learn that the anti-spammers are gathering
strength to rid us of this annoying and sometimes criminal on-line
phenomenon.
0532 ALL IN THE MIND - a foray into the mental universe, the mind,
the brain and human behavior with Natasha Mitchell. This week: "The
Coming of the Neurosociety".
Need a neurocompetitive advantage? Pop a neuroceutical! Pundit Zack
Lynch says we're on the cusp of a major technosocial transformation.
But who will have access to what's on offer, and will your thoughts
remain your own? [%]
0605 VERBATIM (refer to 2105 Fri.)
0630 HIT MIX* (refer to 2332 Fri.)
0705 ASIA PACIFIC WEEKEND EDITION* (refer to Fri. 2205)
0730 THE BUZZ (refer to 2030 Fri.)
0805 PERSPECTIVE* - informed commentary.
0810 GRANDSTAND WRAP
0830 EARTHBEAT - environmental issues raised by economic development
with Jackie May. This week: "Logging in Indonesia". It's election time
in Indonesia where the government is accused of being too focused on
the issue of illegal logging. Earthbeat travels to the heart of
Indonesian timber country to explore the issue. [T;%]
0905 THE SCIENCE SHOW - with Robyn Williams. This week: "On Thin
Ice, Again". One of the studies being done by Australian scientists in
Antarctica is on the rate ice melts. One prediction is that this will
cause the sea level rise of six to eight metres. Is it the result of
global warming? [%]
0955 BUSINESS WEEKEND*
1005 BACKGROUND BRIEFING (refer to 0205)
1055 CORRESPONDENT'S NOTEBOOK*
1105 ASIA PACIFIC Weekend Edition* (refer to 0105)
1130 ALL IN THE MIND (refer to 0532) [T;%]
1205 THE MUSIC SHOW - a mix of music, interviews and information
about the latest developments in music, hosted by composer Andrew Ford.
[http://www.abc.net.au/rn/music/mshow/] for details. This week: From
the 11/29/03 Famous Spiegeltent in the Sydney Domain. Guests include:
musicals man Anthony Warlow, Caravaggio's man at the Art Gallery of NSW
Edmund Capon, Swing band The Mell-o-tones, gypsy outfit Monsieur
Camembert and jazz performer Michelle Nicole. [T;%]
1405 BACKGROUND BRIEFING (refer to 0205)
1455 CORRESPONDENT'S NOTEBOOK
1505 IN THE PIPELINE - This thirteen part radio series goes beyond
the current hype surrounding digital technology to examine the
challenges and opportunities it creates for Australia and the Asian
region. This week: "6--The Wired Marketplace". During the Asian
economic crisis, we witnessed the havoc caused by the rapid movement of
vast amounts of capital in and out of some countries. And yet,
electronic commerce is being touted as a major growth industry in the
21st. Century and will have significant impact on economic growth. What
can Australia do to stake its claim to a share of global commerce as
increasingly, corporations, small businesses and individuals alike will
buy, sell and invest on-line? [T;%]
1532 AUSTRALIAN EXPRESS (refer to 0505)
1605 HINDSIGHT - social history. This week: "Hasluck’s Grand Plan".
When Paul Hasluck was appointed Commonwealth Minister for Territories
in 1951, he effectively became the Government's Minister for the
Northern Territory. He was to oversee the development and
implementation of polices for what was then titled 'Native Affairs'. [%]
1655 PERSPECTIVE - informed commentary.
1705 THE SPIRIT OF THINGS - religion and spirituality. This week: "A
Letter to Jesus".
Gerd Ludemann is a world-renowned New Testament scholar at the
University of Gottingen in Germany. After publishing 'A Letter to
Jesus' declaring his loss of faith, the University of Gottingen,
removed his courses from the theological faculty. A cause celebre
among biblical scholars, Ludemann's predicament raises issues about the
relationship between scholarship and personal faith. In this special
interview Ludemann bares his soul and his thoughts about who Jesus
really was. [T;%]
1755 THE PULSE - Australian new music.
1805 THE BEST OF LATE NIGHT LIVE - a reprise of interviews and
analysis from the weekday programs of Philip Adams.
1905 EARTHBEAT (refer to 0830.)
1934 THE MAKERS - the creative process as used by artists,
musicians, directors and performers.
1949 HEALTH BITES
2005 BUSINESS WEEKEND*
2010 AUSTRALIA ALL OVER - a celebration of what makes Australians
Australian with Ian "Macca" McNamara.
2100 AUSTRALIA ALL OVER - continues from 2010.
2145 ABC NEWS
2150 ASIA SUNDAY - regional week in review.
2205 CORRESPONDENTS' REPORT - the ABC's overseas reporters give
their interpretation and analysis of the week's major events, and offer
perceptive observations about the countries and regions in which
they're based.
2230 MUSIC DELI - folk, traditional, acoustic and world music with
Paul Petran. This week: Live from the East Coast Blues and Roots
Festival. More music from, and interviews with, the artists featured at
this year's East Coast Blues and Roots Festival in Byron Bay. [T;%]
2255 PERSPECTIVE - informed commentary.
2305 THE EUROPEANS - broader historical and cultural perspectives on
European societies. [http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/europe/europe.htm]
for details. [%]
2330 INNOVATIONS* - Showcasing Australian invention, enterprise and
ingenuity. [abc.net.au/ra/innovations/default.htm] for details. [T;%]
Sunday
0005 KEYS TO MUSIC - Graham Abbott breaks down the barriers to
enjoying classical music for non-musicians, revealing basic concepts,
discussing composers and exploring pieces of music inside-out. (from
ABC Classic FM.) [%]
0105 CORRESPONDENTS' REPORT (refer to 2205 Sat.)
0130 IN CONVERSATION (refer to 2130 Fri.)
0205 MARGARET THROSBY - in conversation with a special guest,
playing their favourite music and telling their own stories.
[www.abc.net.au/classic/throsby/#promo] for details. Today: Paul
Grabowsky, composer and pianist. [%]
0305 AUSTRALIAN EXPRESS (refer to Sat. 0505)
0330 JAZZ NOTES* - with Ivan Lloyd.
0354 HEYWIRE* - the views of rural Australia's young people.
0405 THE EUROPEANS (refer to 2305 Sat.)
0430 THE CHAT ROOM* (refer to 0130 Sat.)
0505 ALL IN THE MIND (refer to 1130 Sat.)
0530 THE ARK - Rachael Kohn talks to some of the world's leading
religious historians and authors about curious moments in religious
history that shatter the usual perception of the past and illuminate
the present. This week: "The Quest for the True Cross". Carsten Pieter
Thiede is well known for his "discovery" of the earliest known fragment
of the Gospel of Matthew. Now he's found a piece of the true cross in a
church in Rome. He tells Rachael Kohn why he's sure it's authentic.
[T;%]
0550 THE PULSE* - Australian music now.
0605 THE BUZZ (refer to Fri. 2030) [%]
0630 IN CONVERSATION (refer to Fri. 2130)
0705 CORRESPONDENTS REPORT (refer to Fri. 2205)
0730 INNOVATIONS* (refer to Sat. 2330)
0805 PERSPECTIVE* - informed commentary.
0810 GRANDSTAND WRAP
0830 IN THE PIPELINE* (refer to Sat. 1505)
0905 THE NATIONAL INTEREST - Terry Lane looks at the major issues of
the week. This week: The head of the Anglican Church in Australia,
Archbishop Peter Carnley, joins Lane to discuss faith, miracles,
politics and Mel Gibson's "Passion". And Dr Abe Ata talks
about his research into Christian-Muslim marriage in Australia. [%]
1005 KEYS TO MUSIC (refer to 0005)
1105 SUNDAY PROFILE - - In-depth analysis of the major news in
Australia and around the world with Geraldine Doogue.
[http://www.abc.net.au/sundayprofile/] for details. [%]
1130 SPEAKING OUT - a program about Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander people. This week: "I Don't Belong Anywhere". In part three
of Speaking Out's Stolen Generations series, Dorothy Lee Tong talks
about how her parents removal from their family as children affects her
life. [%]
1205 THE SPIRIT OF THINGS (refer to Sat. 1705)
1255 THE PULSE - Australian new music.
1305 ENCOUNTER - the religious experience of multicultural
Australia. This week: "Birds from Cages - Christians in Extreme
Situations". Knowing when to tell a lie for the sake of another or to
be part of violent resistance against tyranny is part of mature
Christian life - so argued the distinguished 20th century Christian
theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer who resisted the Nazis. [T;%]
1355 PERSPECTIVE - informed commentary.
1405 THE SCIENCE SHOW (refer to Sat. 0905)
1455 BUSINESS WEEKEND
1505 THE NATIONAL INTEREST (refer to 0905)
1555 PERSPECTIVE
1605 BOOKS AND WRITING (refer to Sat. 0405) [%]
1634 BOOK TALK (refer to Sat. 0434) [%]
1705 SOUND QUALITY - an hour of music with Tim Ritchie that grabs
the mould and gives it a good shake.
[www.abc.net.au/rn/music/soundqlt/] for playlists and program
details. Tim writes, "This week brings some challenges and some
rewards.... listening to music can be a funny thing. Do we want to hear
familiar ground or be challenged? I think both and often in between
those poles. So the program in question is going to traverse some of
the difficult and some of the pleasant... and the middle ground - the
premise is to show that a whole can be made from a set of parts that on
the surface don't really gel." [T;%]
1810 PACIFIC BEAT* - daily magazine covering the people, issues and
events of the Pacific Islands with Myra Mortenson.
[www.abc.net.au/ra/pacbeat/] for details. [T;%]
1829 HEADLINES
1830 SPORT
1835 AUSTRALIAN EXPRESS (refer to Sat. 0505)
1910 PACIFIC BEAT* (continues from 1810)
1929 HEADLINES
1930 SPORT
1935 THE BEST OF BREAKFAST - A roundup of the best stories from
Radio National's daily breakfast program. [%]
2010 PACIFIC BEAT* (refer to 1810)
2029 HEADLINES
2030 SPORT*
2035 PACIFIC BEAT* (continues from 2010)
2110 AM - ABC Radio's morning news magazine. [%; T]
2130 COUNTRY BREAKFAST (refer to 2030 Fri.)
2210 AM (refer to 2110)
2240 AUSTRALIA WIDE - a national news roundup from ABC Newsradio.
2254 PERSPECTIVE - informed commentary
2305 ASIA PACIFIC* - interviews and reports from the region. (T;%]
2330 VERBATIM (refer to 2105 Fri.)
Monday
0010 AWAYE! - Aboriginal arts, culture and politics with Ursula
Raymond - This week: "Telling Stories". In recent years Native
Americans have begun reclaiming traditional narratives from
anthropology and the hands of non-Native publishers. Claudia Taranto
takes us to an Indian storytelling festival in San Francisco. [%]
0105 ASIA PACIFIC* (refer to 2305 Sun.)
0130 HEALTH REPORT - with Norman Swan. This week: "The Placebo
Effect". This week a special feature on the placebo effect, focusing on
one of the most controversial treatments around - medication for
depression. [T;%]
0210 THE JOHN CLEARY INTERVIEW - with prominent former British
politician, Tony Benn, who at one time was described by Rupert
Murdoch's London Sun newspaper as the most dangerous politician in
Britain and who most recently made the headlines
when, before the second Iraq war, he visited Saddam Hussein. [replaces
THE WORLD TODAY at this time today - ed.]
0310 SPORT*
0320 LIFE MATTERS - social change and day-to-day life in Australia.
How to Listen to Radio Australia----
Via shortwave:
Best noted in eastern North America - (Please note that reception of RA
in eastern NA in local evenings during the current winter has been less
reliable than recent years' experience.)
2200 - 0000 UTC: 21740 (usually reliable)
0000 - 0200 UTC: 15240 [17580 also noted] (heard regularily, but not
daily)
0200 - 0700 UTC: 15515 (usually reliable) [17580
and 17750 also noted (heard regularly, but not daily)]
0700 - 0800 UTC: 15240 (heard regularly, but not daily) [17580 and
6020 also noted
(occasionally heard)]
0800 - 1400 UTC: 9580 (reliable) [6020 and 9590 also noted (reliable)]
1400 - 1600 UTC: 9590 (reliable)
Best in UK as reported in Shortwave Magazine (further reports from
readers in the UK/Europe welcomed):
0530 - 0800 UTC: 21725, 17750, 15415
0800 - 1100 UTC: 21820, 21725, 17750, 15415
1100 - 1400 UTC: 21820, 11880
1400 - 1700 UTC: 11660, 9475
1700 - 1900 UTC: 9475
1900 - 2130 UTC: 9500
2200 - 0000 UTC: 13620
(Complete worldwide schedule from
<http://www.abc.net.au/ra/schedule/default.htm>.)
Via Internet audio streaming:
from <http://www.abc.net.au/ra/audio/englishlive.htm>
Via World Radio Network:
<http://www.wrn.org/listeners/stations/station.php?StationID=50>
Via CBC Overnight:
<http://cbc.ca/overnight/>
Via satellite:
consult <http://www.abc.net.au/ra/hear/america.htm>
Via the Mobile Broadcast Network, which offers WRN
<http://www.myMBN.com>
Symbols Used:
Within brackets by each program listing, % denotes that the listed
program is available as an on-demand audio file via the Internet. T
indicates that a printed transcript of the program is available via the
RA or via an ABC domestic network Internet site. Consult
<http://www.abc.net.au/streaming/audiovideo.htm> or the particular
program's web page.
To be updated by Mon. 0500 UT.
Good Listening!
John Figliozzi
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