[Swprograms] RA Previews #773; 3-7 Jan '05
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[Swprograms] RA Previews #773; 3-7 Jan '05



RADIO AUSTRALIA PREVIEWS
Edition 773
Jan. 3-7, 2005

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> and <http://radioaustralia.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: Since it is summer in Australia, many regular programs are on hiatus until mid or late January. Therefore, much of the RA schedule is temporarily modified.

(RA or ABC News every hour on the hour)

Weekdays

0000 -
Mon.-Thu.: GRANDSTAND - International Cricket: Live coverage of the Third Test between Australia and Pakistan. (Began at 2330; continues to 0700.)
0005 -
Fri.: HINDSIGHT - social history with Claudia Taranto. This week: "The French Connection". In the last decade of the 18th century, a group of French expeditioners, led by Captain Bruni D'Entrecasteaux, sought shelter in a deep bay on the south-east coast of Tasmania. They journeyed to the southern hemisphere to search for their compatriot La Perouse, the French national hero, who went missing off the coast of Australia in 1789. This feature explores the time that the French spent in southern Tasmania, and the rich historical legacy they left behind. [%]
0055 -
Fri.: HIT MIX SPECIAL (refer to 2330 Fri.)


0105 -
Fri.: ASIA PACIFIC (refer to 2305)
0130 -
Fri.: THE SPORTS FACTOR - debating and celebrating the cultural significance of sport. [abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/sportsf/] for details.


0205 -
Fri.: CURRENT AFFAIRS SPECIAL (refer to 0710 Mon.)
0225 -
Fri.: INNOVATIONS - A showcase of Australian design, discoveries, invention, engineering and research skills with Desley Blanch. [abc.net.au/ra/innovations/] for details. [T;%]
0252 -
Fri.: PERSPECTIVE - informed commentary.


0305 -
Fri.: LIFE MATTERS - interview program about social change and day-to-day life in Australia with Julie McCrossin. [%]


0405 -
Fri.: MARGARET THROSBY INTERVIEW - Margaret Throsby takes an extended break until late January, so here are some of her past conversations 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) [%]


0505 -
Fri.: THE CHAT ROOM* - presented by Heather Jarvis. The place to meet people from the region living lives a little out of the ordinary.
0532 -
Fri.: AUSTRALIAN EXPRESS - a magazine about life in Australia, hosted by Roger Broadbent.


0605 -
Fri.: INSIDE OUT* - A weekly programme that brings out personal views from the Pacific region and stories gathered in Australia, within Pacific communities. [%]
0645 -
Fri.: TALKING POINT SPECIAL - interviews conducted by Peter Thompson, the presenter of RN's "Breakfast" program over the past season. <abc.net.au/rn/talks/brkfast/default.htm> for details.


0710 -
Mon.: CURRENT AFFAIRS SPECIAL - ABC correspondents focus on issues that have made the headlines during 2004.
Tue.-Fri.: PM - a comprehensive current affairs round-up. [T;%]


0730 -
DIG RADIO - a diverse mix of great sounds: blues, soul, country, roots, world music, jazz, rock and lots in-between. [abc.net.au/dig/] for details. (to 1100)


1105 -
NIGHTLIFE with Richard Fiddler - relay of a domestic program that is broadcast throughout Australia on ABC Local Radio.


1505 -
EARLY MORNINGS with Nadia Levin - relay of a domestic program that is broadcast throughout Australia on ABC Local Radio.


1805 -
PACIFIC BEAT SUMMER - 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.


1905 -
Mon.-Thu.: INSIDE OUT - personal views from the Pacific region, and stories gathered in Australia from within Pacific communities. [%]
Fri.: FLOATING WORLDS--CROSSING ART FORMS - A conversation about cross cultural exchanges in art.
1930 -
Fri.: AUSTRALIAN COUNTRY STYLE - The sound of Australian country music and the people who make it.
1945 -
Mon.-Thu.: TALKING POINT SPECIAL (refer to 0645 Fri.)


2005 -
	Mon.-Thu.: PACIFIC BEAT SUMMER (continued from 1805)
	Fri.: THE CHAT ROOM (refer to 0505 Fri.)
2030 -
	Fri.: THE BUZZ (refer to 2330 Thu.)

2110 -
Mon.-Thu.: AM - ABC Radio's morning news magazine. [%; T]
Fri.: VERBATIM - oral histories. This week: "Reg Gorman--Hanging On To Vaudeville". Over a fifty year performing career, Reg Gorman is a veteran of Australian television, film and theatre. And, although he’s still probably best remembered as Jack the Barman in the television series The Sullivans, Reg started treading the boards many years before this, in vaudeville. [%]


2130
Mon.-Thu.: DATELINE PACIFIC - a daily round-up of the very latest news from the Pacific with interviews and features with all the region's news makers It draws on the work of RNZI staff and 20 Pacific journalists from around the region.
Fri.: TALKING POINT SPECIAL (refer to 0645 Fri.)
2145 -
Mon.-Thu.: PACIFIC BEAT SUMMER (continued from 2005)
Fri.: THE PULSE - music from Australia and the Pacific.


2210 -
	Mon.-Thu.: AM (refer to 2110)
	Fri.: ASIA PACIFIC* - regional current affairs.
2230 -
	Fri.: CURRENT AFFAIRS SPECIAL (refer to 0710 Mon.)
2240 -
	TALKING POINT SPECIAL (refer to 0645 Fri.)

2305 -
Mon-Thu.: ASIA PACIFIC* - interviews and reports from the region. [T;%]
Fri.: AUSTRALIAN EXPRESS (refer to 0532 Fri.)
2330 -
Mon.-Wed.: GRANDSTAND - International Cricket: Live coverage of the Third Test between Australia and Pakistan. (continues to 0700)
Thu.: THE BUZZ - technology understandably explained with Richard Aedy. This week: "The Truth About Lying". You're breathing heavily, your heart's racing, your palms are sweaty, you're starting to blush. Are you falling in love, or telling a lie? [%]
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 -
2200 - 0000 UTC: 21740
0200 - 0900 UTC: 15515 [not well heard lately]
0700 - 1400 UTC: 9580 [6020, 9590 also noted at times]
1400 - 1600 UTC: 9590 [until fade out; 9475, 11680 also noted at times]
(Reception in western North America is much more reliable. 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/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.

A midweek update will be posted by 0500 UT Fri.

Good Listening!
John Figliozzi

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