[Swprograms] RA Previews #744; 20-22 Oct '04

[John Figliozzi <jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

RADIO AUSTRALIA PREVIEWS
Edition 744
Oct. 20-22, 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

0010 -
	Thu.: BACKGROUND BRIEFING - Radio National's agenda-setting, current 
affairs radio documentary program. This week: "Hong Kong". In Hong Kong 
democracy may be dented, but not out. In a strange twist, pressure from 
Beijing has strengthened citizens groups and activists as politicians 
try to quell democratic tendencies with central Party
control. Yuen Chan reports. [T;%]
	Fri.: HINDSIGHT - social history. This week: "Island Footprints". A 
story about survival, family, faith, and a long struggle for 
recognition. Nearly 60,000 men were bought to Australia during the mid 
19th century from the islands in the Western Pacific. Their labour 
helped establish Queensland’s sugar industry. [%]

0110 -
	ASIA PACIFIC (refer to 2310) [T;%]
0130 -
	Wed.: RELIGION REPORT - with Toni Hassan. This week: "Islamic 
Leadership and Anglican Rifts". The seeds of a potential leadership 
sea-change within Australia's ethnically-fractured Muslim community: A 
new group has been launched that
directly challenges the role of the honorary Mufti, controversial 
Sheikh Hilali, and the peak Islamic organisation that appointed him 
back in 1988. "Dangerous and Divisive" is how the established order 
describe it. Rifts too in the global Anglican communion: will a new 
report urging the American church NOT to ordain any more gay bishops 
prevent a schism? [T;%]
	Thu.: MEDIA REPORT - with Mick O'Regan. This week: "Propaganda and 
Defamation". We hear about some of the proposed changes to the 
defamation laws and
some interesting ideas on the power of words. [T;%]
	Fri.: THE SPORTS FACTOR - with Warwick Hadfield. This week: "Darting 
into the Olympics". They might still have a stiff drink at 10am to calm 
nerves before a tournament, but Australia's darts players harbour 
serious ambitions to get their sport into the Olympics. They've even 
agreed to make events non-smoking and to be drug-tested. [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: "When Telling The 
Truth Is Not Enough". Historian David Philips on the chasm between 
truth and reconciliation at South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation 
Commission. [%]
	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: "Wizards". Harry Potter is the latest and 
sweetest version of the dark art of sorcery. Alan Baker tells us the 
history of Wizardry. [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.: "Your Favourite Book". Last year we asked you to vote for your 
favourite Australian book, but this year the sky's the limit...you can 
vote for your all time favourite from anywhere in the world. Tell us 
about the book you'd want to have on that desert island!

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.: AUSTRALIA NOW* - a 13-part series looking at the jobs 
Australians do, the homes they live in and the way they spend their 
leisure. The series also examines the environment that supports 
Australians, the political structures that govern them and the way they 
get along with each other and their regional neighbours. "Program #3: 
Unfinished Business." Aboriginal Australians, whose ancestors arrived 
around 50,000 years  ago, and the more recent immigrants of the last 
two centuries have  different perceptions of the land. How are these 
differences reflected in the laws that govern ownership of land? [%;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.

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. 
Tim writes, "This week is a sound treat sandwiched between two pieces 
of tropical delight. That is, we have a great [and very cool] dj set 
from ikon - it is brought to us by the european broadcasting union's 
eurosonic network and with the kind assistance of ikon's label - 
jalapeno records - that's the sound treat and the tropical sandwich 
part is a track at the top and botoom of the show from diplo - a dj 
from florida with an album named florida." [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.: He comes from North Carolina and sings with a country twang, 
but Jim Lauderdale has always been on the fringes of the country music 
establishment. He has lived in New York and Los Angeles, where he also 
worked as an actor. For a long time, Jim has admired Grateful Dead 
songwriter Robert Hunter - "His lyrics are so literate yet so 
accessible.." so he contacted Robert about co-writing. Hunter accepted 
and the two have since written 34 songs together, usually Jim's 
melodies and Robert's words. Jim's new album, 'Headed For the Hills', 
includes 13 of that song catalogue. It's a treat to hear Robert's 
surrealistic words sung to Jim's sweet melodies with subtle, mostly 
acoustic backing.
		Thu.: Mozaik is an occasional quintet whose members come from 
Ireland, Bulgaria, the United States and the Netherlands. Each is a 
leading 'roots' musician, and a leader in his own right. Donal Lunny 
and Andy Irvine (who's in Australia from Oct 2- 17: schedule is here: 
http://andyirvine.com/calendar.html) are the Irish members, Bruce 
Molsky the American, Nikola Parov the Bulgarian and Rens van der Zalm 
the Dutchman. They play many instruments, all are imaginative 
interpreters of 'traditional' songs and tunes from many different 
traditions and some write fine songs and tunes, too. Irvine and Molsky 
are also wonderful singers. Recorded in Brisbane, Australia, Live at 
the Powerhouse is the group's debut CD.
		Fri.: At 71 years of age, Cuban music veteran Manuel 'Guajiro' 
Mirabal has recorded his first album. The trumpeter who has played on 
so many of the Buena Vista Social Club albums gets his turn and it's an 
extraordinary album - a tribute to bandleader Arsenio Rodriguez, the 
man who changed Cuban Music in the 40s. Guest stars include great young 
Pianist Roberto Fonseca, fine vocalist Carlos Calunga, and a cameo from 
Ruben Gonzalez.

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.: Martine Letts, Secretary General of the Australian Red Cross 
		Thu.: Adrienne Cahalan, Yachtswoman
		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. This week: 	
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. This week: "MD Monk". From the 
Australian suburbs to Ulaan Baatar, from Managing Director to Mongolian 
monk, and from a Jewish name to a Buddhist one - Adrian Feldmann, aka 
Thubtan Gyatso, tells his remarkable story. [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 - Scientists and those interested in the subject 
talk about what science has meant to their lives. This week: "Dr Tony 
Kidman" has written a short history of depression – an ailment suffered 
by the young people he treats. [%]

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: “Right at the church, then second left after the 
school”. Increasingly, new cars offer the option of navigation systems. 
But the instructions are in very short sentences and can actually be 
difficult to follow. We hear about a prototype navigation system that 
can give
instructions in everyday language.[%]
	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;%]

EDITOR'S NOTE: RA has a new webpage and web address 
<http://radioaustralia.net.au>
Feedback would be appreciated on the new design and the effectiveness 
of the information provided there.  Send comments to 
<broadbent.roger@xxxxxxxxxx>.
		
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>.
For US listeners:
<http://www.abc.net.au/ra/guide/unitedstates.htm>
US listeners might also like to check the frequencies listed at:
<http://www.abc.net.au/ra/tuning/unitedstates.htm>

Via Internet audio streaming:
from <http://www.abc.net.au/ra/tuning/web.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.

The next update will be posted by 0500 UT Fri.

Good Listening!
John Figliozzi

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