[Swprograms] RA Previews #730; 8-10 Sep '04
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[Swprograms] RA Previews #730; 8-10 Sep '04



RADIO AUSTRALIA PREVIEWS
Edition 730
Sept. 8-10, 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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(RA or ABC News every hour on the hour)

Weekdays (Midweek Update)

0010 -
Thu.: BACKGROUND BRIEFING - Radio National's agenda-setting, current affairs radio documentary program. This week: "Fair Betting?" There's been a bitter race to stop online betting giant Betfair from operating in Australia. Kerry Packer wants part of the action, but the racing world is fearful. Is it a Trojan horse or a non-starter? Helen Thomas reports. [T;%]
Fri.: HINDSIGHT - social history with Claudia Taranto. This week: "Young Ireland". The story of a group of Irish rebels transported to the penal colony on Van Diemen's Land in 1849 before fleeing to America - some even fought in the American Civil War. Hear everything from spies and betrayal to daring escapes and tragic romance. [%]


0110 -
ASIA PACIFIC (refer to 2310) [T;%]
0130 -
Wed.: RELIGION REPORT - with Stephen Crittendon. This week: Anatol Lieven on Muslim reactions to recent terrorism; Gary Bouma on voting patterns and religion; The Catholic Bishop of Parramatta on the Federal election. [T;%]
Thu.: MEDIA REPORT - with Mick O'Regan. This week: "Media Power". The myth of media power. Does the media really affect the way people think about politics? Or has it reached the stage that it's nothing more than a vehicle for politicians and their spin doctors to reinforce party messages? [T;%]
Fri.: THE SPORTS FACTOR - with Warwick Hadfield. This week: "Cricket vs. Poverty in LA". As Australia plays the United States in a historic Champions Trophy cricket match, Warwick Hadfield looks at how the game is helping combat youth problems in that most unlikely of cricketing outposts, the poor streets of Los Angeles. [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. [%]


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: "The Living Languages and Cultures of North American Indians". The living languages and cultures of Native American Indians: Dr Will Moreau Goins tells the story of the Cherokee people, at the Melbourne Writers Festival. [%]
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: "Who Are the Copts?"
According to tradition, the evangelist Mark founded the community of Christians in Egypt in the first century. They were named Copts, from the Greek word for Egypt, and they claim to have given the Church its first taste of monasticism. [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.: "Labor's Tax And Family Policy". Labor's tax and family policy, cutting taxes for low and middle income families. It says the policy will draw more women into the workforce...a claim the government disputes. So will the appeal to the hip picket nerve swing your 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.: 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: "7. I.T – Making a Difference". Information Technology holds out the promise that developing countries like India and Malaysia might leap frog into the information age. So what impact are new communication technologies having on the poor?
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. [%]
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: "Air--Live in Munich". An Australian exclusive via the European Broadcasting Union - we hear French duo Air recorded live in Munich. [T;%]


1305 -
THE PLANET - Lucky Oceans (Doug Spencer on Mondays) 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.: Fado is the national music of Portugal which dates back to the early 19th century, making it one of the oldest surviving forms of the many musical styles that resulted from the mixing of European and African cultures. Fado was almost killed by the dictatorship that ruled Portugal until the mid-'70s, using the music as a propaganda weapon. It’s a testament to the music’s emotional power that the younger generation has now embraced it again. “The Rough Guide To Fado” features 20 fine Fado musicians, from up and coming 20 somethings to the music’s queen, the late Amalia Rodrigues.
Thu.: A cast of thousands! There are around fourteen hundred voices on “Mravalzhamier”, although a single cut may involve as few as three. The CD title is a Georgian salutation which wishes aeons of good fortune. Georgian vocal polyphony – whether haunting/reverent or playful/robust/ improvisatory – is one of the world’s musical wonders. “Mravalzhamier” is a set of traditional songs recorded “live” in Australia & New Zealand, where Georgian song is now widespread (as is also true of Bulgarian choral music). Many of these choirs are led or helped by a visitor or emigrant from the mountainous republic which is no longer “back in the USSR”.
Fri.: When Mavis Staples graduated from high school in 1957, the family group led by her father, Pops Staples, wasted no time in hitting the road to capitalise on a hit single. Known as ‘God’s Greatest Hitmakers’, The Staples Singers, inspired by their close friendship with Martin Luther King Jr., began writing and performing songs that made them one of the musical voices of the civil rights movement. Mavis’ new album, her first in eight years, “Have A Little Faith” continues the tradition of mixing gospel songs with songs for social change. Her voice is as pleasingly husky as ever, the arrangements are varied and she ends the disc with the first song her Daddy ever taught her.


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.: Ben Barnes, Artistic Director of The Abbey Theatre. "The Gigli Concert" runs at the Suncorp Theatre for the Brisbane Festival until 9th September; At the Sydney Theatre, Walsh Bay, 12th - 18th September.
Thu.: Professor Stephen Oppenheimer, Research Associate at the Institute of Human Sciences, Oxford. "Out of Eden: The Peopling of the World" is published by Robinson (Distributed in Australia by Peribo)
Fri.: Claire Bloom, Actress. Performing Mendelssohn's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra on the 10th & 11th September


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: "Laraine Wheeler: Behind the Spotlights". Old-style theatrical trouper, Laraine Wheeler, has worked with many of the greats in Australian theatre, opera and dance, but always from behind the spotlight – never in it. She spent twenty-one years at the Adelaide Festival Centre in the lighting department – but that’s only half her career. Among many other companies, Laraine has worked with the Australian Opera, the Australian Dance Theatre, the South Australian Theatre Company, Handspan Theatre and Phillipe Genty. But just as she never wanted to be a performer, she’s not much of a name dropper, so we don't hear about her season with Joan Sutherland, or what the young Graham Murphy was like to work with. Instead she talks about what it’s been like to be a hardworking professional doing a very practical job in an industry where the glamour is only on the surface. Laraine Wheeler has worked as a stage hand, stage manager, electrical technician and lighting designer. [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 Richard Aedy. This week: 1. "Artificial Photosynthesis". Photosynthesis is simple: plants take carbon dioxide and water - and, using energy provided by sunlight - turn it into oxygen and carbohydrate. They are just good enough at this to continue their existence but Australian researchers are planning to be much better, once they solve four difficult challenges. 2. "Smart Shower". The drought has brought a greater awareness that Australia is a dry continent. Too dry really for the long showers that some of us used to enjoy. 3. "More Light Than Heat". On sunny days, offices and cars can quickly become very hot. Blinds and other barriers cool things down, but the cost is lost light. [%]
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 as noted in eastern North America -
2100 - 2200 UTC: 15515 (usually reliable)
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> [Note: Suspended for the duration of the Olympics due to copyright restrictions.]


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 0500 UT Fri.

Good Listening!
John Figliozzi

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