[Swprograms] RA Previews #722; 11-13 Aug '04

[John Figliozzi <jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

RADIO AUSTRALIA PREVIEWS
Edition 722
Aug. 11-13, 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 Children's 
Election". From crib, to sand pit, to soccer field - Labor and Liberal 
politicians want your love for your children to be translated
into votes for them. There's cash for kiddies too, as Gerald Tooth 
reports. [T;%]
	Fri.: HINDSIGHT - social history with Claudia Taranto. This week: 
"Tarting Up Paddington". The story of the Sydney suburb of Paddington, 
and how it was transformed from city slum to city chic. What has been 
lost and what gained? Has the suburb's rich history been erased under 
the weight of gentrification? [%]

0110 -
	ASIA PACIFIC (refer to 2310) [T;%]
0130 -
	Wed.: RELIGION REPORT - with Stephen Crittendon. This week: "The 
Christian Churches of China". It was just another Communist lie when 
Madame Mao declared that the Christian Church was dead, but 30 years 
later the politbeareu got the shcok of it's life at a documentary 
screening which revealed the enormous extent of China's underground 
Christian Churches, try 70 million previously unaccounted for members. 
This year there's been a crackdown. We speak with David Aikmen, the 
world's leading authority on China's Protestant home Churches. [T;%]
	Thu.: MEDIA REPORT - with Mick O'Regan. This week: "TV Comedy". Mick 
O'Regan talks to a key player in the world of TV Comedy, the BBC's Jon 
Plowman, who brought "Absolutely Fabulous", "The Vicar of Dibley" and 
"The League of Gentlemen" to the small screen. [T;%]
	Fri.: THE SPORTS FACTOR - with Warwick Hadfield.
[abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/sportsf/] for details. [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. [%]
0356 -
	HEYWIRE - the voice of regional youth in Australia.

0410 -
	BUSH TELEGRAPH - rural and regional issues around Australia with 
Michael Mackenzie. [%]
		Thu.: "Eye Health". Professor Brian Layland's mission is to improve 
eye-care for all Australians. His work has been particularly beneficial 
in Aboriginal communities, which suffer ten times the rate of blindness 
and impaired vision than the rest of the population.

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: "She's Apples...". 
Andrew Pawley, Professor of Linguistics at the Australian National 
University, on the use of 'he' and 'she' for inanimate nouns in 
Australian Vernacular English - or why trees and turnips are 'he', axes 
and trucks are 'she' but cross-saws and hay are 'it'. [%]
	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: "The Delphic Oracle". We look at the Oracle of 
Delphi, which dates back more than 3000 years and was the most 
important shrine in ancient Greece. Built around a sacred spring, it 
was considered the centre of the world. [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.: "Peter Singer - The Man And The Ethics". Controversial 
ethicist, Peter Singer, joins us to map out where the front lines lie 
in the most critical ethical debates of our time. From medicine to 
politics, science to culture, we'll give you a chance to discuss the 
role of ethics in an increasingly unethical world.

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: "4. Going Bush". 
International and local students at one Australian university have the 
opportunity to ‘go bush’ as part of a ‘community engagement program’ 
designed to promote greater cross cultural awareness.
	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.: Drugs in Sport. Is it time to let go?
		Thu.: "Tom Critchley". Phillip Adams speaks with the veteran diplomat 
and strategic analyst, Tom Critchley, who was responsible for 
developing the Colombo Plan in the 1950s. He represented Australia in 
Singapore, Malaya, Korea, Thailand, PNG and Indonesia in a diplomatic 
career covering four decades from the end of WW2.
	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 opines, "Not that strength is the only measure I go by, but this 
week we have a weighty program. It is a concept album that is about the 
most complex thing to try and explain... and even after I explain it - 
you can listen without understanding the concept or chasing down the 
many many links that I've tracked down and still enjoy the project to 
it's fullest. Intrigued? well look below for more info... The label, 
sub rosa threw open their archive to dj spooky [that subliminal kid]... 
he went searching and listening to decades of material and has come up 
with the concept call "rhythm science - excerpts and allegories from 
the sub rosa archive". The result is an album that the cd technicians 
have managed to carve into 33 tracks [we only have time for the first 
23], but it is really one long piece that has many things going on at 
once. Spooky uses his own technology and ear to give life to old works 
by combining them with new and middle period material. [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.: A tummler can be a person who makes a lot of noise (tummel) and 
accomplishes little, a real party animal, or, more specifically, an 
entertainment director/entertainer who makes sure holiday makers in the 
Catskills' borscht belt have a great time. "Tummel" are a 
Danish/Swedish group whose use of bouzouki, bass sax, flute and 
distorted electric guitar add to their anarchic take on klezmer music. 
Their motto is 'forward in all directions' and their album is called 
'Oy'.
		Thu.: How to describe the new John Abercrombie album? “Improvised 
chamber music, rooted in the jazz tradition” is the leader’s own 
description. “Class Trip” is mostly quiet, yet intense, spontaneous, 
perfectly proportioned, serious yet playful. With his subtle, probing 
electric guitar are violinist Mark Feldman, acoustic bassist Marc 
Johnson & drummer Joey Baron. Even a casual listen makes it obvious 
that this is an exceptional, empathic quartet. But this is music which 
benefits enormously from listening, deeply.
		Fri.: After touring with Tony Bennett singing jazz standards, 
Alberta, Canada-born k.d. lang was inspired to record an album of songs 
from her own musical heritage. The result is "Hymns of the 49th 
Parallel", a collection of great songs by Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, 
Leonard Cohen, Bruce Cockburn, Ron Sexsmith, Jane Siberry and k.d. 
herself. She found the common thread in these songs to be the 
incorporation of nature and the elements to express emotions. It's a 
quiet, reverent album, with drums on only one track, the backing 
consisting of acoustic guitar and bass and piano, with intimate string 
arrangements written by Eumir Deodato.

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.: Marc Abrahams, Editor of Annals of Improbable Research.
		Thu.: tba
		Fri.: Baroness Caroline Cox, Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords and 
Hon. President of Christian Solidarity Worldwide.

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: "Remote 
Nursing". Moving and amusing tales of nursing in remote places in the 
1960s, working with Aboriginal people in the Kimberley region of WA and 
The Inuit in North America. [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. This week: The late Dr 
Francis Crick who discovered the structure of DNA 50 years ago is here 
in a past In Conversation with Lewis Wolpert. [%]

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: "Size Counts". A major report in Britain has 
recommended nanoparticles should be regulated as new chemical 
substances. These are the tiny particles manufactured to use in 
nanotechnologies. "China’s Mobile Phone Wars". The Buzz travels to 
Ningbo, a spartan town on China’s east coast, where a local mobile 
phone manufacturer, Ningbo Bird, has risen to challenge its large 
international competitors. The company now sells more phones than Nokia 
or Motorola and the Bird’s founder and president is hell bent on going 
global. "A Giant Leap Forward". Can China really can make another giant 
leap forward to rise from being the ‘factory of the world’ to 
technological innovator? [%]
	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 Wed. 0500 UT.

Good Listening!
John Figliozzi

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