[Swprograms] RA Previews #716; 28-30 Jul '04

[John Figliozzi <jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

RADIO AUSTRALIA PREVIEWS
Edition 716
July 28-30, 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: "Homegrown Terrorists". 
Hate groups in America are growing, and the potential for domestic 
terrorism is high. Yet there is little coverage of this in the US 
media. Who's heard of the William Krar case? He could have razed a 
shopping mall, as Helen Thomas reports. [T;%]
	Fri.: HINDSIGHT - social history with Claudia Taranto. This week: 
"Wattle Records and Films". Wattle was unique in many respects – it was 
the first Australian record label to have a major hit record on the 
Australian record charts; the first to make dramatised and animated 
films of bush ballads; the first to commercially release recordings of 
didgeridoo playing and Aboriginal traditional songs; the first to 
invent and use a portable recording desk and a synchronised film and 
audio tape machine and the first to have Australian bush music played 
on television - on ABCTV. [%]

0110 -
	ASIA PACIFIC (refer to 2310) [T;%]
0130 -
	Wed.: RELIGION REPORT - with Stephen Crittendon. 
[abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/relrpt/] for details. [T;%]
	Thu.: MEDIA REPORT - with Mick O'Regan. 
[abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/mediarpt/] for details. [T;%]
	Fri.: THE SPORTS FACTOR - This week: "Olympic Uproars". This year's 
brouhaha over drugs is a storm in a teacup compared with the bitter and 
divisive controversy over whether Australia should compete at the 1980 
Olympic Games in Moscow. Jason Ford presents a special look back. [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: "Swearing". Another 
chance to hear Robert Dessaix on swearing, past, present and future. [%]
	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: "Rare and Remarkable Bibles". From a copy of 
the Geneva Bible, possibly used by William Shakespeare, to one of the 
most beautiful Bibles ever produced, the Macklin Bible, an 
extraordinary collection of the world's most printed book is on display 
in Australia.[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.: "Skills Shortage". We’re facing a skills shortage that will 
cost billions in the next decade according to the ACTU.  Traditional 
trades are struggling to replace an ageing workforce. So can we 
increase apprenticeships or simply have to import skilled workers?
		Fri.:  AUSTRALIA TALKS BOOKS - This month's book: "Mermaid Singing". 
For Charmian Clift, Greece was the Promised Land. In 1954 she and her 
husband, George Johnston, abandoned their sophisticated London 
existence and set off with two typewriters and two small children to 
start a new life.

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.: SMART SOCIETIES - a new eleven part education series that seeks 
to explore some of the challenges facing the region. Young 
professionals share their ideas about what is required to build truly 
smart and cohesive societies while regional experts discuss a range of 
issues from international education to creating liveable cities to 
being good corporate citizens. This week: "2. Global English". Learning 
English seems to be the smart thing to do as globalisation takes hold. 
English has become the pre-eminent language of world trade and 
international education. But will it retain this position?
	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.: Bruce Shapiro on Convention season in the US.
		Thu.: How writers & poets have framed perceptions of war.
	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 comments, "Highlights that would attract me to this week's program 
include the best cover I've ever heard of the greatest song ever 
written [in the simple "love" pop song format.... well maybe it's the 
"pulled heart string of an anguished youth" song format], long before 
mary robinson found things in denmark of interest - this program was 
flying the musical flag of denmark... and again this week with sampled 
school teacher blues and another piece that uses dub as it's basis, we 
also have nz dub, rare re-released ska and french electronic..." [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.: The “Sandy Lopicic Orkestar” are a Balkan brass band like no 
other. With musicians drawn from various parts of former Yugoslavia and 
further afield, they put a contemporary and ancient spin on the genre. 
Mattias Loibner plays the ancient Hurdy Gurdy in a post-Hendrix style 
and the rhythm section switches between Balkan and funk feels, while 
the brass and saxes do the same with jazz and Balkan. Add three feisty 
female vocalists and you’re in for a wild ride indeed with their second 
international album – “Balkea”.
		Thu.:  Ann Savoy was born in Virginia, but became part of the very 
inclusive Cajun culture when she married Marc Savoy – accordionist, 
instrument maker and cultural commentator supreme. Last year she 
produced an album called ‘Evangeline Made’ which paired non-Louisiana 
and Cajun musicians together. This year she produced ‘Creole Bred’ – a 
pairing of Zydeco musicians with the likes of Cindy Lauper, David 
Hidalgo, Taj Mahal, The Campbell Brothers, Sweet Honey in The Rock and 
Michelle Shocked. The performances lean towards the traditional, 
Cajun-oriented Creole sounds and the classic sounds of Clifton Chenier 
and there are many hot new players unearthed on the Zydeco side of the 
equation.
		Fri.: “Do Mention The Wars” is a special edition which foreshadows 
this weekend's special programs, as Radio National marks the ninetieth 
anniversary of World War One. "The Planet" won't limit itself to that 
war, nor only to the "Great" wars, but armed conflict is behind all of 
the music. It's not uniform: generically, geographically, 
philosophically & emotionally, today's songs & tunes are highly diverse.

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.: Peter Corris, creator of the Cliff Hardy detective series.
		Thu.:Emanuel Ax, Pianist. In recital this night on ABC Classic FM.
		Fri.: Geoffrey Burton, Filmmaker.

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: 
"Lieutenant General John Sanderson". Governor of WA, Lieutenant General 
Sanderson, talks about his role as
soldier in Vietnam and peace-keeper in Cambodia. [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: Dr Chris Smith is both a virologist and a Naked Scientist. 
He does his research at Trinity College Cambridge and his unclothed 
scientific cavorting on radio. Naked Scientist is becoming an 
institution on British radio. Having won a Churchill Scholarship, Dr 
Smith spent the last few months with the ABC Science Unit and here 
reflects on his experience and why Australia is far more willing to 
take risks than the UK. [%]

2205 -
	Fri.: ASIA PACIFIC WEEKEND EDITION [T;%]
2210 -
	Mon.-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: "E-Voting and its Paper Trail". 650 million people 
successfully cast their votes in India this year using an electronic 
voting system. But in the United States public suspicion about 
electronic voting is running so high that at least one state, 
California – the most populous – has decertified their electronic 
voting machinery in favour of paper based systems. [%]
	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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