[Swprograms] RA Previews #707; 7-9 Jul '04

[John Figliozzi <jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

RADIO AUSTRALIA PREVIEWS
Edition 707
July 7-9, 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
(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: "The SARS Story". SARS 
hasn’t gone away, and it's still teaching scientists and politicians a 
great deal about epidemics. Better laboratories, better training, and 
political will are some of the keys to containment. But the great 
danger remains influenza. [T;%]
	Fri.: HINDSIGHT - social history with Jennifer Bowen. This week: "The 
French Connection". In the last decade of the 18th century, a group of 
French expeditioners, led by Captain Bruni D'Entrecasteaux, sought 
shelter in a deep bay on the south-east coast of Tasmania. This is the 
story of the time that they spent there, the scientific and botanical 
work that they undertook, and their meeting with the Indigenous Palawa 
people. [%]

0110 -
	ASIA PACIFIC (refer to 2310) [T;%]
0130 -
	Wed.: RELIGION REPORT - with Stephen Crittendon. This week: 1. 
Alexander Downer on the Regional Conference of Religious Leaders 2. 
European bans on the Muslim headscarf  3. Russian Orthodox bishop on 
the European Constitution.  [T;%]
	Thu.: MEDIA REPORT - with Mick O'Regan. This week: "Inside 
Al-Jazeera". For some US politicians the channel is little more than a 
funnel for anti-American propaganda. To others it's democratised Arabic 
media for the first time. So this week on the Media Report we explore 
one of the most interesting television networks in the world. [T;%]
	Fri.: THE SPORTS FACTOR - with Warwick Hadfield. This week: "Drugs in 
Sport".
Mark Peters, Head of the Australian Sports Commission, talks about the 
ramifications of the Mark French drug affair. [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. This week: "NAIDOC 
Week Broadcast, Live from Wilcannia". During NAIDOC week, Radio 
National and ABC Local Radio simulcast from the remote NSW town of 
Wilcannia, home of some groundbreaking social programs. We profile the 
town’s strengths, weaknesses and prospects. Many of the challenges 
confront other similar, predominantly Indigenous communities. Democrats 
Deputy Leader Senator Aden Ridgeway joins Julie McCrossin and Peter 
Jinks. Indigenous Affairs Minister Senator Amanda Vanstone appears via 
satellite. [%]

0410 -
	BUSH TELEGRAPH - rural and regional issues around Australia with 
Michael Mackenzie. [%]
		Thu.: A panel of experts explores why the issue of uranium and the 
nuclear
industry has dropped off the media agenda. Despite Australia’s history 
of opposing nuclear power as an energy source, will we inevitably go 
down the nuclear power path?

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: "Languages in East 
Timor". The various languages of East Timor speak of the history of the 
place. The official language is Portuguese, the national language is 
Tetum, but fifteen other local dialects are spoken. Many young adults 
were educated in Bahasa Indonesia, and now most want to learn English. 
Language is a fiercely debated topic in this fledgling nation. From 
East Timor, Sian Prior reports on the history and politics of language 
in the two-year-old independent republic. Illiteracy rates are very 
high, but what language or languages are children being taught at 
school? And what happens to those who grew up under Indonesian rule 
speaking Bahasa, who've never had a chance to learn Portuguese? [%]
	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: "Genghis Khan". To Muslims, Russians and 
westerners he is a murderer of millions. Yet in his homeland of 
Mongolia he is the revered father of his nation and is worshipped as a 
demi-god. He ruled an empire four times the size of Alexander's, but 
Genghis Khan, born in 1162, always knew he was destined for greatness 
under "Eternal Heaven." [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.: "Generation X". Baby Boomers pride themselves on being the 
protest generation and complain that GEN X is self-centred and 
apolitical. But are they apolitical or have politicians lost interest 
in the youth vote?

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: "Memory". Memory is extraordinarily important to 
us, it helps us define our identity. The Greeks and the Romans saw 
memory in a completely different way. They wanted to reenact the past, 
so that through memory (or better, through memorialisation) they could 
make the present part of the past. We can tell how important memory is 
to us by the number of books and magazine articles with the word memory 
in their titles. What might drive us is our fear of loss of memory, and 
with it the loss of a sense of self. Hence our anxieties in the face of 
Alzheimer’s Disease, of recovered memory syndrome, of the loss of 
indigenous rights, even of the loss of wilderness areas. We define our 
identities by these things and their loss as a loss of self. What 
happens to the future? And, can we say it was a healthier way to deal 
with the passing of time? [T;% 
(abc.net.au/rn/learning/lifelong/features/classics/)]
	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 -
	Mon.-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.: Funding priority--Population health or bio-terrorism?
		Thu.: The ideosyncratic brilliance of George Dreyfus.
	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. 
Tim writes, "This week has a special dj set from the stables of !k7 - 
the duo known as funkstorung. This set comes to us via the european 
broadcasting union's eurosonic network. funkstorung have had a pretty 
fast rise to the top... but as you'll see from the bio below, it has 
taken them a dozen years to get here. In this set, you'll hear 43 
tracks in under 55minutes...phew..." [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.: Esma Rezdepova is a Macedonian-born Rom-Jewish singer, a 
two-time Nobel Peace Prize Nominee for her humanitarian work, which 
includes making direct donations and raising money for those in need of 
health care and education. She and her late husband Stevo Teod0sievski 
adopted 47 boys and trained them all to be musicians! Her album 'Chaje 
Shukarije: Queen of the Gypsies' is a lively and well-recorded set, 
produced and arranged by klezmer trumpeter Frank London, who brought 
together fine musicians from all over the world and Esma's ensemble 
Teodosievski for this recording.
		Thu.: As a teenager, his guitar skills were already exciting 
blues-loving Australians. Over the following fifteen years, Jeff Lang 
has caused increasing excitement, well beyond Australia. He’s developed 
in every respect: as player, singer & writer of songs & as a performer. 
Now in great demand at festivals worldwide, Lang is a phenomenal 
fingerpicker & slide player, but he’s not one of those tedious guitar 
show-offs. The blues are still there, but as just one element. 
“Whatever Makes You Happy” is likely his best album yet: using the 
possibilities a studio can offer, whilst retaining the edge, intimacy & 
the “in-the-moment” quality which sets Lang apart from the merely 
“deft” guitarists & the writers of merely “well-crafted” songs.
		Fri.: Born in the Western Scottish island of Barra, Catherine-Ann 
MacPhee is a warm voiced singer of Gaelic songs. After recording 3 fine 
albums for the Greentrax label in the 90s, she moved to Canada and her 
new album is her first new recording in a decade. It's called "Suil Air 
Ais: Looking Back" and it's a collection of Ceilidh songs, Mouth Music, 
and Hymns sung for dear friends who have passed away. Production is by 
peerless Scottish guitarist Tony McManus, with fine musicians Mairi 
MacInnes (backing vocals), Wendy Stewart (clarsach), Tony McManus 
(guitars), Neil Martin (cello), Iain MacDonald (flute and small pipes) 
and Ewen Vernal (bass).

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.: Helen Trinca, Editor of "BOSS" magazine.
		Thu.: Anna Funder, Author. Her book "Stasiland" has just won the 2004 
Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction.
		Fri.: William Barton, Didjeridu player. William Barton will be 
playing with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra in a concert.

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: "Bev 
Major". In the late 1960s Bev Major qualified as an air hostess and 
took a job with the fledgling Air New Guinea. In this interview she 
recalls her time living and working in PNG, where the humidity might 
have been high, but the flying altitude was usually very low. And then 
there were the very different kinds of passengers to contend with, 
which, on occasion, included live pigs and roosters. [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. 
[abc.net.au/rn/science/incon/] for details. [%]

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 with Anne 
Delaney. This week: "Virtual Borders". The US Homeland Security 
Department is rolling out a new biometric security system that will 
create a 
‘virtual border’ around the USA using digital finger printing 
and photos to track foreigners. Meanwhile, Australian Customs is 
expanding its automated face-recognition trial, SmartGate.  The Buzz 
looks at the pros and cons of the new biometrics. [%]
	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 Sat. 0000 UT.

Good Listening!
John Figliozzi

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