[Swprograms] RA Previews #704; 30 Jun-2 Jul '04

[John Figliozzi <jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

RADIO AUSTRALIA PREVIEWS
Edition 704
June 30-July 2, 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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Weekdays  -- Midweek Update
(RA or ABC News every hour on the hour)

0010 -
	Thu.: BACKGROUND BRIEFING - Radio National's agenda-setting, current 
affairs radio documentary program. This week: "Voluntary Stress". What 
employs 600,000 people and millions of volunteers? What contributes $21 
billion to the economy? Community and volunteer groups, not for profit 
organisations: everything from sporting clubs and churches, to 
community aged groups and the local orchid society. Why, then, so 
stressed and pressed? [T;%]
	Fri.: HINDSIGHT - social history with Jennifer Bowen. This week: 
"Margaret Barr".  The story of an extraordinary woman and her 
commitment to dance and social justice - the choreographer and teacher 
Margaret Barr. After training in New York with the pioneer of modern 
dance, Martha Graham, and working at the famous Dartington Hall in 
England,
Margaret Barr founded a dance-drama group in Sydney in 1953. She 
created over sixty works that engaged with the widest cultural concerns 
of the day - from the Vietnam War to the poems of Judith Wright, from 
the hardships of rural life to the excitement of the Melbourne Cup. 
Margaret Barr was also director of movement at the National Institute 
of Dramatic Art (NIDA) for twenty three years, but the political nature 
of her productions often put her at odds with the dance establishment. 
Drawing on interviews she gave before her death in 1991, and accounts 
from dancers, friends, critics and historians, this feature portrays 
the life of an individual who believed in the power of art to change 
the world, and the necessity for dance to communicate a social message. 
[%]

0110 -
	ASIA PACIFIC (refer to 2310) [T;%]
0130 -
	Wed.: RELIGION REPORT - with Stephen Crittendon. This week: US 
Congressman Bart Stupak on Holy Communion, Muslim Academic Farid Esack 
on Islam and modernity. [T;%]
	Thu.: MEDIA REPORT - with Mick O'Regan. This week: "Channel 4, 
Australia".
Advertising boss John Singleton wants a fourth free-to-air TV channel 
with only Australian content, and he'll back it with his money. 
Pie-in-the-sky or a serious attempt to add to Australia's cultural 
landscape? [T;%]
	Fri.: THE SPORTS FACTOR - with Warwick Hadfield. This week: "Jonah 
Lomu". A revealing interview with one of the greatest rugby union 
players of modern times, Jonah Lomu. He talks frankly about his violent 
upbringing in South Auckland and the serious kidney disease that robbed 
him of the best years of his playing career. [T;%]

0210 -
	THE WORLD TODAY - the ABC's comprehensive lunchtime current affairs 
program. [T]

0310 -
	SPORT*
0320 -
	LIFE MATTERS - a daily interview program about social change and 
day-to-day life in Australia with Rebecca Gorman. [%]

0410 -
	BUSH TELEGRAPH - rural and regional issues around Australia with 
Michael Mackenzie. [%]

0510 -
	PACIFIC BEAT* - daily afternoon magazine for the Pacific with Sport at 
0530. [T;%]

0610 -
	SPORT* - reports and scores.
0620 -
	Wed.: LINGUA FRANCA - about language. This week: "Slang & Back Slang". 
Some of the liveliest contributions to the way languages change and 
develop come through slang. Before it enters into general usage, slang 
evolves as a particular way of speaking that defines members of a 
certain group, and excludes those that are not part of the group.
Here, Ronnie Hoffman delivers a personal reflection on the slang he 
grew up speaking. In the backstreets of London, his unofficial 
languages included rhyming slang, back slang, and a variant of London 
back slang known as 'aiga'. [%]
	Thu.: 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: "Gregorian Chant". Today, Gregorian chant is 
experiencing a revival. But what are its origins, now that scholars 
have dismissed the story that Pope Gregory the Great (540-604) composed 
it? [T;%]
	Fri.: INSIDE OUT - presented by Isabelle Genoux. A weekly programme 
that brings out personal views from the Pacific region and stories 
gathered in Australia, within Pacific communities. [%]	
0633 -
	Wed.: JAZZ NOTES* - presented by Ivan Lloyd.
	Thu.: OZ COUNTRY STYLE - from ABC Local Radio.

0710 -
	PACIFIC BEAT* - daily afternoon magazine for the Pacific with Sport at 
0730. [T;%]

0810 -
	PM - with Mark Colvin. A comprehensive current affairs program which 
backgrounds, analyses, interprets and encourages debate on events and 
issues of interest and importance to all Australians. [T]

0910 -
	AUSTRALIA TALKS BACK - a daily national talkback program that's a 
forum for the discussion of a specific topic with the involvement of 
expert guests, Radio National specialists and listeners. 
[abc.net.au/rn/talks/austback/] for details. [%]
		Wed.: "Handover Of Power To Iraq". The Americans have handed power to 
an interim government in Iraq, but is it a triumph of style over 
substance? The government’s under daily attack and unable to provide 
even basic services so will they pave the way for a democratic Iraq or 
simply struggle to survive?

1005 -
	ASIA PACIFIC (refer to 2310) [T;%]
	
1105 -
	SPORT - reports and scores.
1110 -
	ASIA PACIFIC (refer to 2310) [T;%]
1130 -
	Wed.: RURAL REPORTER - the people and places that make up country 
Australia.
	Thu.: DISTANT MIRRORS DIMLY LIT - a six-part radio series developed 
and presented by Australian born classicist Peter Toohey. It examines 
how the lives of the ancients relate to ours, through the exploration 
of six contemporary themes: Anger, Privacy, Leisure, Depression, Family 
and Memory. This week: "Family". The family appears to be under duress. 
Divorce, consumerism, mass media and an overtly sexualized society are 
said to be eroding the basic unit of our society. What can Ancient Rome 
and Greece tell us about family arrangements and filial bonding? [T;% 
(abc.net.au/rn/learning/lifelong/features/classics/)] [T;%]
	Fri.: 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.

1205 -
	Wed.-Thu.: LATE NIGHT LIVE - Phillip Adams hosts a discussion of 
current events in politics, science, philosophy and culture. 
[abc.net.au/rn/talks/lnl/] for details. [%]
		Wed.: Margo Kingston: "Not Happy, John!"
		Thu.: Return of 'the two Johns', Button & Hewson
	Fri.: SOUND QUALITY - For 25 years, Tim Ritchie has been seeking out 
music: the interesting, the evolutionary, the inaccessible and the 
wonderful. [abc.net.au/rn/music/soundqlt/] for details and playlists. 
This week, Tim writes, "There's something about the middle of 
winter.... it has an impact from tassie to the top end, and I've let 
this time of the year drive my selection for this week. It would be too 
simple to say chilled out [and wrong for far north queensland for 
example], so I'll express it as somewhat significant music.
We start with the debut from a chap who fuses jazz instrumentation, hip 
hop beats, funk and gospel, then french dub, 2 tracks from the best 
album of the year so far, danish lounge, ibiza chill [even works where 
it's hot], 23yo chap from munich who is being heralded as a wunder 
kinde, and to finish... electronica from russia [with one of the two 
pieces getting to russia via canada]. [T;%]

1305 -
	THE PLANET - Lucky Oceans with jazz, blues, folk styles, art music and 
more in a show artfully arranged for radio. 
[abc.net.au/rn/music/planet/] for playlists and further details. [T;%]
		Wed.: Danilo Perez is a Panamanian-born, US-based pianist who 
stretches himself to the limit, whether he is playing classical, jazz 
or latin music (usually combining elements of each). His new CD, 
'...Till Then' was recorded with two different rhythm sections, his 
compadres in Wayne Shorter's quartet - John Pattituci and Brian Blade 
and Danilo's touring group, Ben Street and Adam Cruz. The repertoire is 
mostly drawn from Latin America, with compositions by Violeta Parra, 
Chico Buarque, Ruben Blades, Silvio Rodriguez and Milton Nascimento, 
but Perez' crystalline, abstracted interpretations take these songs a 
long way from their origins.
		Thu.: "Now My Soul” is the latest from one of the most soulful 
guitarists. In his own words, “Every song I write and play, has to have 
a spiritual soulfulness”. Ronnie Earl is a sophisticated musician who 
draws on jazz & other elements too, but is primarily a bluesman. He can 
rock & swing & scoot, but one of the blues' most precise electric 
guitar soloists is most especially rewarding when ringing every ounce 
of emotion from a slow blues. This CD has some spectacular examples of 
that art. Kim Wilson is a key ally as occasional vocalist & - as Ronnie 
describes him - “the Charlie Parker of the harmonica”.
		Fri.:  Soneros de Verdad are a loose-knit Cuban son group led by 
vocalist Luis Frank. Their CD 'A Buena Vista: Barrio De La Habana' 
features guest vocalists Pio Leyva, Manuel 'Puntillita' Licea and Rudy 
Calzado, but it's Luis' relaxed crooning voice that is the pleasing 
focus of the album. Also included is a loose duet for tres and two 
vocalists with Juan de Marcos Gonzalez. The nicest treat is the piano 
work by Guillermo 'Rubalcaba' Gonzalez, the father of Gonzalo Rubalcaba 
(confused yet?). Guillermo and Luis are currently touring Australia in 
the current version of Y Soneros de Verdad which plays in the 
production "The Bar at Buena Vista."

1405 -
	SPORT
1410 -
	PM (refer to 0810)

1505 -
	SPORT - reports and scores.
1510 -
	ASIA PACIFIC (refer to 2310) [T;%]
1530 -
	REPORT programs (refer to 0130)

1605 -
	MARGARET THROSBY - in conversation with a special guest, playing their 
favourite music and telling their own stories. 
[abc.net.au/classic/throsby/#promo] for details. (from ABC Classic FM) 
[%]
		Wed.: William Lyne, Former Artistic Director of the Wigmore Hall, 
London.
Chairman of the Jury for the Sydney International Piano Competition.
		Thu. & Fri.: tba

1705 -
	AUSTRALIA TALKS BACK (refer to 0905)

1805 -
	Fri.: PACIFIC REVIEW - the best of the previous week's PACIFIC BEAT.
1810 -
	Wed.-Thu.: PACIFIC BEAT* - focuses in on the island nations which 
depend on the Pacific Ocean for their existence, drawing on Australian 
based reporters and correspondents throughout the region. With 
headlines at 1829 and sport at 1830. [T;%]
1830 -
	Fri.:  COUNTRY BREAKFAST - Australia beyond the urban fringe. [T;%]
1835 -
	Wed.-Thu.: ON THE MAT* - Where the Pacific comes together to chat and 
discuss issues of regional interest.	

1905 -
	Fri.: RURAL REPORTER - the people and places that make up country 
Australia.
1910 -
	Wed.-Thu.: PACIFIC BEAT* - continued from 1810 with headlines at 1929 
and sport at 1930.
1930 -
	Fri.: AUSTRALIAN COUNTRY STYLE - Aussie country music with John 
Nutting.
1935 -
	Wed.-Thu.: THE BEST OF BUSH TELEGRAPH* - Myra Mortensen with a 
selection of stories and reports of rural and regional issues. [%]	
2005 -
	Fri.: ASIA PACIFIC (refer to 2310)
2010 -
	Wed.-Thu.: PACIFIC BEAT* - continued from 1910 with headlines at 2029 
and sport at 2030.
2030 -
	Fri.: THE BUZZ (refer to 2330 Thu.) [%]

2105 -
	Fri.: VERBATIM - oral histories with David Mark. This week: Harry 
Vanda has had a huge influence on the Australian Pop Music Industry, 
writing for and producing countless acts. When he arrived in Australia 
from The Netherlands he lived at the Villawood Migrant Hostel, where he 
met his long time songwriting partner George Young and they formed The 
Easybeats. After success in Australia and hard times writing 
advertising jingles in London, the duo returned to Australia and wrote 
songs for John Paul Young, Ted Mulry, William Shakespeare and others, 
and produced them for Alberts Records. George's younger brothers formed 
the still popular band AC/DC, who were also produced by Vanda and 
Young. [T;%]
2110 -
	Wed.-Thu.: AM - ABC Radio's flagship current affairs program setting 
the day's news agenda with concise reports and analysis from 
correspondents around Australia and around the world. [T;%]

2130 -
	Wed.-Thu.: RNZI PACIFIC DATELINE - Pacific news and current affairs 
from Radio New Zealand International.
	Fri.: IN CONVERSATION - Robyn Williams talks to scientists and those 
interested in the subject, about what science has meant to their lives. 
This week: "Jonathan Kingdon".
In his book, Lowly Origin, Jonathan Kingdon traces the rise of humans 
from our ancestors. Our ability to walk on two legs is not only a 
characteristic human trait but one of the things that made us human in 
the first place. Today In Conversation with Robyn Williams he gives an 
account of what it meant, and what it means, to walk on two feet. [%]

2205 -
	Fri.: ASIA PACIFIC WEEKEND EDITION [T;%]
2210 -
	Wed.-Thu.: AM - (repeat of 2110)
2230 -
	Fri.: SATURDAY AM - ABC's Saturday morning news magazine. [T;%]
2240 -
	Wed.-Thu.: AUSTRALIA WIDE - a roundup of "home" news from ABC 
Newsradio.

2305 -
	Fri.: COUNTRY BREAKFAST (refer to 1830)
2310 -
	ASIA PACIFIC - current events in the Asia Pacific region. [T;%]
2330 -
	Wed.: THE ARTS ON RA - Julie Copeland interviews artists, composers 
and craftspeople and Julie Rigg looks at the movies. 
<http://www.abc.net.au/rn/arts/sunmorn/> for details concerning 
possible segments carried in this program, as the program is an
abridged version of the "Sunday Morning" program that is broadcast on 
ABC Radio National. [%]
	Thu.: THE BUZZ - technology understandably explained. This week: "On 
Yer Bike".
Could bikes be made of stronger stuff? A new Australian aluminium gets 
stronger by baking in the sun after it's left the factory. [%]
	Fri.: 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;%]

How to Listen to Radio Australia----
Via shortwave:
Best noted in eastern North America -
2200 - 0000 UTC:  21740 (usually reliable)
0000 - 0200 UTC:  17715 (usually reliable)
0200 - 0700 UTC:  15515 (usually reliable) [15240 also noted at times]
0700 - 0800 UTC:  13630 (usually reliable) [15240 also noted at times]
0800 - 1400 UTC:   9580 (reliable) [6020 and 9590 also noted (reliable)]
1400 - 1600 UTC:   9590 (reliable until fade out)
(European listeners are invited to report reception experience to this 
editor.)
(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 Fri. 0500 UT.

Good Listening!
John Figliozzi

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