[Swprograms] RA Previews #746; 25-29 Oct '04

[John Figliozzi <jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

RADIO AUSTRALIA PREVIEWS
Edition 746
Oct. 25-29, 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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[EDITOR'S NOTE:  The combination of the approaching winter solstice in 
the Northern Hemisphere and the further weakening of an already waning 
solar cycle appear to have made reception of RA during local evenings 
and nights in eastern North America on shortwave nearly impossible.  
Despite adequate reported MUFs (maximum useable frequencies), signals 
simply are not propagating from the South Pacific.  Fortunately, 
morning reception remains robust from as early as an hour or more 
before local sunrise and usually has remained so into the late morning 
hours in eastern North America.]

(RA or ABC News every hour on the hour)

Weekdays

0010 -
	Tue.: THE SCIENCE SHOW - with Robyn Williams. This week: “Why Blue?" 
We answer several of the most important questions in science like why 
some older women die their hair blue? Will sleep upsets prevent space 
travel? Where have all the frogs gone? Answers come from as far a field 
as Cambridge and Cairns. [%]
	Wed.: THE NATIONAL INTEREST - Terry Lane looks at the major issues of 
the week. This week: "The Australian Constitution". Constitutional 
expert Helen Irving explains why the Australian constitution doesn't 
say what it means, nor mean what it says. [%]
	Thu.: BACKGROUND BRIEFING - Radio National's agenda-setting, current 
affairs radio documentary program. This week: "Endangered Livestock". 
Every month six breeds of domestic livestock become extinct. Varieties 
of pigs, cattle, horses, sheep and poultry die out as farmers 
selectively breed for the meat market. Helen Thomas reports. [T;%]
	Fri.: HINDSIGHT - social history. This week: "Sweet Sorrow". Between 
1879 and 1920, 60,000 indentured workers were sent from India to Fiji. 
This is a tale of brutality, struggle and survival, told entirely by 
the descendants of the indentured labour system. Was it little better 
than slavery? [%]

0110 -
	ASIA PACIFIC (refer to 2310) [T;%]
0130 -
	Mon.: HEALTH REPORT - with Norman Swan. This week: "The Protective 
Role of Legumes in the Diet". Researchers recently published a study 
which concluded that a higher legume intake is the most important 
dietary predictor of survival amongst the elderly, regardless of their 
ethnicity. [T;%]
	Tue.: LAW REPORT - with Damien Carrick. 
[abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/lawrpt/] for details. [T;%]
	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 - 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 Julie McCrossin. This week: "Week of 
Change". Whether it's from school to work, moving into retirement, 
contemplating a different body, grappling with adolescence (even 
grappling with adolescents), or waking up to find yourself in a new 
life, all this week we'll be exploring life's changes. [%]
		
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 -
	Mon.: OCKHAM'S RAZOR - sharp talk about science. This week: "Does CRC  
R&D Spell PR?" Science Communicator Dr Rob Morrison from Adelaide 
argues that science needs good communicators whose work can be trusted, 
not those who sensationalise and give false hope [%]
	Tue.: IN CONVERSATION - Robyn Williams talks to scientists and those 
interested in the subject, 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. [%]
	Wed.: LINGUA FRANCA - about language. This week: "The Covert Language 
Of Racism". The American historian Dan Carter on the sub-text of 
American conservative rhetoric over the last three decades. [%]
	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: "Missions to Aborigines".
Jessie Mitchell tells the story of the first missionaries who came to 
Australia from England in the 1830s and 1840s with the aim of teaching 
Indigenous Australians the Bible. [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 -
	Mon.: 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.
	Tue.: MUSIC DELI - international music with Paul Petran. [T;%]
	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. [%]

1005 -
	ASIA PACIFIC (refer to 2310) [T;%]
	
1105 -
	SPORT - reports and scores.
1110 -
	ASIA PACIFIC (refer to 2310) [T;%]
1130 -
	Mon.: INNOVATIONS* - Showcasing Australian invention, enterprise and 
ingenuity.   [abc.net.au/ra/innovations/default.htm] for details. Over 
the next few programs Innovations' will revisit people and businesses 
from its first year, 1985.  Almost twenty years on, some of these 
companies have grown to be world-recognised entities today. [T;%]
	Tue.: EARTHBEAT - environmental issues raised by economic development 
with Jackie May. This week: "Women Environmentalists Break Their 
Silence". When the environment is damaged by pollution or war it is 
usually women who clean up the mess. Their work is rarely documented. 
We meet leading female environmentalists who are reversing this trend, 
including Nobel Peace Prize Winner Wangari Maathai, founder of Kenya's 
Green Belt Movement. [T]
	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 #4: 
Taming the Land". Soil erosion and reduced water quality have forced 
Australians to  question the widespread use European farming practices 
and to come  up with fresh ideas on how best to preserve the 
environment. [%;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 -
	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. [%]
	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. 
[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;%]
		Mon.: Our featured CD marries the most esteemed of all Persian 
mystical verse with Western classical music’s pre-eminent genius. 
Iranian singer & multi-instrumentalist Davod Azad is one of the most 
acclaimed exponents & scholars of classical Persian music & Persian 
Sufi music (almost inarguably, the two are inseparable). “The Divan of 
Rumi & Bach” is a beautiful & unusual example of “fusion”, in which 
Bach’s music & Rumi’s verse remain intact. Six musicians are involved – 
each from a different nation: Iran, Bulgaria, Germany, Azerbaijan, 
India & England. Davod Azad is in Australia later this month, & in 
November.
		Tue.: “Freshwater Road” is the long-awaited, second album from 
Australian finger-style acoustic guitarist Lucas Michailidis.  Since 
his 2000 debut CD Lucas has become progressively better known beyond 
Australia, most especially since he won a major competition in Germany 
in 2002. He recorded the new CD in idyllic rural circumstances, in 
north-eastern Victoria. The result is a lovely album of original music 
for solo acoustic steel-stringed guitar, beautifully recorded. Whilst 
the word “lyrical” still applies, this album offers more grit, more 
tension & more “zip” than did its predecessor.
		Wed.: In March of 2002, 16 of Scotland’s leading female singers 
toured through Scotland backed by a fine band led by Brian McNeill. 
Some of the singers were Karine Polwart, Ray Fisher, Sheena Wellington, 
Ishbell MacAskill and Corrina Hewatt. Spirits were high for these 
concerts, with a repertoire that ranged from unaccompanied Gaelic song 
to rousing anthems to dirty ditties. It’s simply called “Scottish 
Women” and it’s fun and beautiful too.
		Thu.: “In Praise of Dreams” presents a singular new trio. It’s the 
first album in six years by Jan Garbarek. Ancestrally, he’s as much 
Polish as Scandinavian, his colleagues African & Armenian. 
Residentially, saxophonist Garbarek is Norwegian & 
drummer-percussionist Manu Katché French. Detroit-born Kim Kashkashian 
lives in Germany & is professor of viola at the Hanns Eisler Hochschule 
in Berlin. Jan & Manu have a shared history of many years. Although not 
their first encounter, this is Jan & Kim’s first album-length 
collaboration. He praises the “life & depth” she brought to his music, 
saying “the richness in her sound brings the music to another level, & 
gives me something to reach for, in my improvisations.” Her praise of 
him is as glowing. The music is lusciously textured, intimate yet 
orchestral.
		Fri.: Mark Knopfler's new album "Shangri-La" is full of songs about 
colourful and complicated characters, with an emphasis on iconic 
figures of the USA. Backed by his characteristic 'FM' sound, there are 
songs about heavyweight champion Sonny Liston, McDonald's founder Ray 
Croc and one that imagines Elvis at the moment he realises that his 
film career is not doing it for him. There's even a song in the voice 
of George Bush Sr. 'giving the keys' to his son and fellow president. 
It's called 'Don't Crash The Ambulance.'

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) 
[%]
		Mon.: Martin Flanagan, author and playwright. His "In Sunshine or in 
Shadow" was published last year by Picador. His play "The Call" is 
currently running at Playbox in Melbourne.
		Tue.-Fri.: tba

1705 -
	AUSTRALIA TALKS BACK (refer to 0905)

1805 -
	Fri.: PACIFIC REVIEW - the best of the previous week's PACIFIC BEAT.
1810 -
	Mon.-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 -
	Mon.-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 -
	Mon.-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 -
	Mon.-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 -
	Mon.-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: "Ted Dukas--Lithuanian 
Nomad". Ted Dukas was born eighty years ago in snowy Lithuania. He was 
one of tens of thousands who fled to the West after the Second World 
War, to escape the final Soviet occupation of their country. [T;%]
2110 -
	Mon.-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 -
	Mon.-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: "Fred 
Watson" is a star who peers at stars. He also sings about them. Now he 
has produced a book giving the definitive history of telescopes from 
the rough kinds invented 400 years ago to the computer-driven monsters 
of today. Which is entirely appropriate as he’s in charge of one of the 
world’s greatest instruments: the Anglo Australian Telescope at Siding 
Spring Mountain in NSW. [%]

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 -
	Mon.-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 -
	Mon.: THE EUROPEANS - broader historical and cultural perspectives on 
European societies with Keri Phillips. This week: "World's Largest 
Solar Power Plant". The Europeans visits the German village of 
Espenhain, near Leipzig, where the world's largest solar power plant 
has just become fully operational, and then heads to Croatia where 
hundreds of thousands of visitors have been soaking up the sun's rays 
on the splendid Adriatic coast, fuelling a tourist-led economic 
recovery in this part of the former Yugoslavia. [%]
	Tue.: RURAL REPORTER - the people and places that make up country 
Australia.
	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. [abc.net.au/rn/science/buzz/] for details. [%]
	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.

The midweek update will be posted by 0500 UT Wed.

Good Listening!
John Figliozzi

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