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[Swprograms] RA Previews #790; 11-14 Mar '05
- Subject: [Swprograms] RA Previews #790; 11-14 Mar '05
- From: John Figliozzi <jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 23:55:10 -0500
RADIO AUSTRALIA PREVIEWS
Edition 790
Mar. 11-14, 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>. 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.)
Friday
2305 -
ASIA PACIFIC REVIEW* - a round-up of this flagship program's
notable reports from the past week. [T;%]
2330 -
AUSTRALIAN EXPRESS* - stories from and about Australia with
Roger Broadbent.
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Saturday
0005 -
PACIFIC REVIEW* - the week that was in the Pacific. [T;%]
0030 -
ASIA PACIFIC BUSINESS* - a weekly wrap-up of finance and
corporate news from the region.
0110 -
GRANDSTAND - Live sports from around Australia. (from ABC Local Radio)
[abc.net.au/grandstand/] is the program's website.
0710 -
GRANDSTAND WRAP - Summarizing the day's sporting activities in
Australia and around the world. (from ABC Local Radio)
0730 -
HIT MIX* - the Australian music scene with Brandon Telfer.
0805 -
ASIA PACIFIC REVIEW* (refer to Fri. 2305)
0830 -
JAZZ NOTES* - Australian jazz with Ian Lloyd.
0905 -
MARGARET THROSBY INTERVIEW - in conversation with a special guest,
playing their favourite music and telling their own stories. Today:
Bill Bryson, Author. "A Short History of Nearly Everything" in
published by Black Swan." [%]
1005 -
ASIA PACIFIC BUSINESS* (refer to 0030)
1020 -
TALKING POINT - interviews.
1035 -
PACIFIC REVIEW (refer to 0005)
1105 -
ASIA PACIFIC REVIEW* (refer to Fri. 2305)
1130 -
ALL IN THE MIND - the mind, brain and behaviour with Natasha Mitchell.
This week: "Activism for the Mind--Reclaiming the Cerebral Commons". Is
modern life polluting your brain? Editor of “Adbusters: The Journal of
the Mental Environment”, Kalle Lasn thinks
so. And he’s spearheading a mental ecology movement to do something
about it. [T;%]
1205 -
CORRESPONDENT'S NOTEBOOK* - An ABC overseas reporter provides a more
personal view of one of the week's major events.
[abc.net.au/ra/notebook/] for details. [T;%]
1210 -
SATURDAY NIGHT COUNTRY - with John Nutting. This week: Melinda
Schneider joins Johnno ahead of another trip to Nashville. Steve Gibson
pops in to the SNC studio to chat about his album and play live for us.
and we meet steel guitar player Mike Festa and ask why the steel guitar
is such an important part of country music. [T;%] (from ABC Local Radio)
1605 -
MARGARET THROSBY INTERVIEW (refer to 0905)
1655 -
PERSPECTIVE* - expert commentary.
1705 -
THE BEST OF LATE NIGHT LIVE - - a repeat broadcast of one of the
programs from the past week. [abc.net.au/rn/talks/lnl/] for details.
[T;%]
1805 -
CORRESPONDENTS' REPORT - The ABC's overseas reporters analyze and
interpret the week's major events. [abc.net.au/correspondents/] for
details. [T;%]
1830 -
AUSTRALIA ALL OVER - Ian "Macca" MacNamara speaks with Australians
from all walks of life and relishes the chance to travel the country.
Every Sunday morning, some 2 million listeners from every corner of
Australia tune in for their weekly dose of Macca's Australia. Wherever
you are, whatever the time, why not join them on-line or on-air. [%]
(from ABC Local Radio)
2005 -
PERSPECTIVE (refer to 1655)
2010 -
AUSTRALIA ALL OVER (continues)
2045 -
RA NEWS
2055 -
CORRESPONDENT'S NOTEBOOK* (refer to 1205)
2100 -
AUSTRALIA ALL OVER (continues)
2205 -
THE SPIRIT OF THINGS - an exploration contemporary values and beliefs
as expressed through ritual, art, music, and sacred texts with Rachael
Kohn. This week: "The Curmedgeon & the Mystic - Alf Garnett and
Gurdjieff". British TV's most incorrigible male chauvinist and bigot,
Alf Garnett, was played by veteran actor Warren Mitchell for 12 years
in Till Death Us Do Part. In Australia for his one man show "Warren
Garnett, Alf Mitchell", Warren Mitchell talks about the 20th century
mystic, George Ivanovich Gurdjieff, whose teachings known as "The Work"
have been an important part of his life. [T;%]
2305 -
CORRESPONDENTS' REPORT (refer to 1805)
2330 -
INNOVATIONS* - A showcase of Australian design, discoveries, invention,
engineering and research skills with Desley Blanch. [T;%]
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Sunday
0005 -
BACKGROUND BRIEFING - Radio National's agenda setting, current affairs
radio documentary. This week: "Transforming Humans". New "biosocial
groups" will spring up as people who share previously unknown ancestry,
or a common genetic disorder, join forces. Some will become test cases
for new values and ethics. Professor Nik Rose of London School of
Economics explains. [T;%]
0055 -
PERSPECTIVE* - expert commentary
0110 -
GRANDSTAND - Live sports from around Australia. (from ABC Local Radio)
[abc.net.au/grandstand/] is the program's website.
0710 -
GRANDSTAND WRAP - Summarizing the day's sporting activities in
Australia and around the world. (from ABC Local Radio)
0730 -
INNOVATIONS* (refer to Sat. 2330)
0805 -
CORRESPONDENTS' REPORT (refer to Sat. 1805)
0830 -
SMART SOCIETIES* - What will it take to be truly smart in the 21st
century? In this education series young people and regional specialists
discuss a range of issues from international education to creating
liveable cities to being good corporate citizens. This week: "Episode 6
- Gross National Happiness – Bhutan". An insight into a tiny Buddhist
Kingdom in the eastern Himalayas and their quest for Gross National
Happiness, a development philosophy initiated by the King of Bhutan.
[T;%]
0910 -
THE MUSIC SHOW - - a mix of music, interviews and information about
the latest developments in music, hosted by composer Andrew Ford.
[abc.net.au/rn/music/mshow/] for details. This week: live and direct
from Stage 1 at the Port Fairy Folk Festival. Andrew Ford will talk to
many of the headline acts at the Festival- and they'll all play:
singer/song-writer Janis Ian; Canadian duo Madviolet; master of the
Irish flute and tin whistle Grey Larsen; blues man and story teller Guy
Davis; Canadian multi-instrumentalist Michael Jerome Browne; venerable
English singer Bob Fox; exponents of Southern USA string band music
Michael Compton and David Long; and Canadian singer Serena Ryder. [T;%]
1105 -
SUNDAY PROFILE - Monica Attard talks to the people in the news about
the news. [abc.net.au/sundayprofile/] for details. (from ABC Local
Radio) [T;%]
1130 -
SPEAKING OUT - radio about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
people. This week's guests include Wire MC and Morganics talking about
their latest collaboration Stereotype. [%]
1205 -
THE SPIRIT OF THINGS (refer to Sat. 2205)
1305 -
ENCOUNTER - a highly-acclaimed series that explores the connections
between religion and life. This week: "Faith--The Evidence of Things
Unseen". How can we begin to understand the power of beliefs that are
essentially beyond reason that require us to make a leap into the
unknown? Gary Bryson explores an idea that’s at the heart of all
religious experience. [%]
1355 -
CORRESPONDENT'S NOTEBOOK (refer to Sat. 1205)
1405 -
THE SCIENCE SHOW - with Robyn Williams. This week: "Why Women Can’t Do
Maths and Physics?" Women Can’t Do Maths? Well, they can, of course.
There is an occasional outbreak of doubt, however, this time from the
Head of Harvard, Larry Summers. His ‘denigration’ of women went around
the world, reaching the cover of TIME magazine. Why? [T;%]
1505 -
THE NATIONAL INTEREST - Terry Lane looks at the major issues of the
week. [abc.net.au/rn/talks/natint/] for details. [T;%]
1605 -
MARGARET THROSBY INTERVIEW - in conversation with a special guest,
playing their favourite music and telling their own stories. Today:
Elisabeth Wynhausen, Senior Features writer for The Australian and
author of "Dirt Cheap: Life at the wrong end of the job market",
published by Pan Macmillan. [%]
1705 -
IN THE LOOP* - highlights from last Thursday's 2330 broadcast.
1730 -
THE SPORTS FACTOR - debating and celebrating the cultural significance
of sport with Mick O'Regan. This week: "Reinventing Football". Soccer
in Australia has struggled for success and recognition as a major
football code. Now the global game - known here until now as soccer -
is being reinvented as 'football'. After lots of planning, the kick-off
date for the new 'A' league is a reality. [T;%]
1810 -
PACIFIC BEAT* - focusing on the island nations which depend on the
Pacific Ocean for their existence, drawing on Australian based
reporters and correspondents throughout the region. With SPORT at :29.
[T;%]
2110 -
AM - ABC Radio's morning news magazine. [T;%]
2131 -
DATELINE PACIFIC - a round-up of the very latest news from the Pacific
with interviews and features with all the region's news makers, drawing
on the work of RNZI staff and 20 Pacific journalists from around the
region. [rnzi.com] for details. [from RNZI]
2210 -
AM (refer to 2110)
2240 -
TALKING POINT - interviews covering a diverse range of subjects.
2255 -
PERSPECTIVE* (refer to Sat. 1655)
2305 -
ASIA PACIFIC* - interviews and reports from the region. (T;%]
2330 -
IN THE LOOP* - Radio Australia's new two hour morning show celebrates
the cultures and peoples of the Pacific. Each day the programme
highlights the trends, opportunities and challenges the 21st century
brings for the region.
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Monday
0130 -
ASIA PACIFIC* (refer to Sun. 2305)
0210 -
THE WORLD TODAY - a comprehensive current affairs program which
backgrounds, analyses, interprets and encourages debate on events and
issues of interest and importance to all Australians. (includes a
FINANCIAL REPORT) [T;%]
0305 -
SPORT
0315 -
IN CONVERSATION - about scientific matters.
[abc.net.au/rn/science/incon/] for detauls. [%]
0331 -
HEALTH REPORT - with Dr. Norman Swan. This week: "Report from the AAAS
Conference". Norman Swan reports from the American Association for the
Advancement of Science Congress, which he attended recently in
Washington, DC. Topics include the Gorilla Diet, an update on SARS, and
defining male and female
gender. T;%]
0405 -
BIG IDEAS - lectures, conversations, features and special series from
Australia and around the world. [abc.net.au/rn/bigidea/] for details.
[T;%]
0510 -
PACIFIC BEAT* - focuses in on the island nations which depend on the
Pacific Ocean for their existence drawing on Australian reporters and
correspondents based throughout the region. [T;%]
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How to Listen to Radio Australia----
Via shortwave:
Best as noted in eastern North America -
2200 - 0000 UTC: 21740, 17715
0000 - 0200 UTC: 15240
0200 - 0900 UTC: 15515
0700 - 1400 UTC: 9580 [6020 and 9590 also noted at times]
1400 - 1600 UTC: 9590 (until fade out)
(Reception in western North America is 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.
To be updated by 0500 UT Mon.
Good Listening!
John Figliozzi
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