RADIO AUSTRALIA PREVIEWS
Edition 625
Dec. 3-5, 2003

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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Weekdays
(RA or ABC News every hour on the hour)

0010 -
Thu.: BACKGROUND BRIEFING - Radio National's agenda-setting, current
affairs radio documentary program. This week: "What Insurance Crisis?"
Australians are not particularly litigious, and payouts to injured
people were not the cause of the insurance crisis. So why did the
Bouncing Castle become an uninsurable menace, and why have common law
rights been curtailed? The plot is thick with bad management, hidden
profits, and political spin. Wendy Carlisle reports. [T;%]
Fri. - HINDSIGHT - social history. This week: "Hill End". Stories loom
large about Hill End, the gold-mining town of inland NSW. It was the
first reef-mining site in the country. It was once Australia's largest
inland town. Its gold rush of the 1870s established the Sydney Stock
Exchange. The trouble is, none of these stories is true. So how has this
isolated village earned such an important place in gold-mining history?
[%]

0100 -
ASIA PACIFIC (refer to 2300) [T;%]
0130 -
Wed.: RELIGION REPORT - This week: "A Dedication Mass at Parramatta
Cathedral; a storm at St Anne's Bondi". Destroyed by fire in 1996,
Sydney's Parramatta Cathedral has been restored, and was re-opened on
Saturday with a Dedication Mass. Also, St. Anne's Church at Bondi Beach
was built in 1934, and won the Sulman architecture prize the following
year. But recently the church has been at the centre of a stand-off
between parish priest Fr Paul Foley, who has been carrying out
structural changes to the church interior, and members of the
congregation who want to see the building preserved in its original
state. [T;%]
Thu.: MEDIA REPORT - http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/mediarpt/
for details. [T;%]
Fri. - THE SPORTS FACTOR -
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/sportsf/ for details. [T;%]

0210 -
THE WORLD TODAY - Radio National's lunchtime comprehensive current
affairs program.
0255 -
Tue.-Fri.: STOCK MARKET REPORT*

0310 -
SPORT*
0320 -
LIFE MATTERS - A daily interview program about social change and
day-to-day life in Australia. http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/lm/ for
details. [%]

0410 -
MARGARET THROSBY - in conversation with a special guest, playing their
favourite music and telling their own stories.
http://www.abc.net.au/classic/throsby/#promo for details. (from ABC
Classic FM) This week: [%]
Wed.: David Marshall, Aviation artist.
Thu.: John Clark, Director of NIDA.
Fri.: Don Watson, author and speechwriter.

0510 -
PACIFIC BEAT* - daily afternoon magazine for the Pacific with Sport at
0530. [T;%]

0610 -
SPORT*
0620 -
Wed.: LINGUA FRANCA - about language. This week: "Death Sentence"--Don
Watson on the decay of public language, the subject of his new book.
Following on the success of his prize-winning Recollections of a
Bleeding Heart, a portrait of Paul Keating PM, Don Watson has written
another book that has its origins in his experiences as Keating's
speechwriter. This time, it's a call for us to defend the language and
the culture against the mindless, manipulative 'public language' used by
politicians, bureaucrats, managers and marketers. [%]
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: "Escape from Kabul". In 2001 Australian aid worker
Diana Thomas and seven other colleagues spent months in a Kabul
prison, held captive by the Taliban. What was their crime? [T;%]
Fri.: THE MAKERS - Julie Copeland interviews artists, composers and
craftspeople. http://www.abc.net.au/rn/arts/sunmorn/makers.htm for
details. [%]
0635 -
Wed. - JAZZ NOTES* - presented by Ivan Lloyd.
Thu. - OZ COUNTRY STYLE - from ABC Local Radio.
Fri. - THE LOUNGE* - 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 in
Radio Australia’s Lounge.

0710 -
PACIFIC BEAT* - daily afternoon magazine for the Pacific with Sport at
0730. [T;%]

0810 -
PM - Radio National's primary evening newscast for Australia. [T;%]
0855 -
PERSPECTIVE - expert commentary on current affairs and issues.

0910 -
AUSTRALIA TALKS BACK - a daily national talkback program presented by
Sandy McCutcheon. http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/austback/ for details
and daily topics. [%]
Mon.: "Should Separating Parents Have Equal Custody Of Their
Children?"
Lobby groups argue that the current system is unfair, but family lawyers
say equal custody could increase conflict and not be in the child's best
interest. So should the law be changed?

1005 -
ASIA PACIFIC (refer to 2310) [T;%]
1030 -
"REPORT" programs (refer to 0130)

1105 -
ASIA PACIFIC (refer to 2310) [T;%]
1130 -
BUSH TELEGRAPH - a shortened version of the program broadcast daily at
1605.

1205 -
Wed.-Thu.: LATE NIGHT LIVE - Phillip Adams hosts a discussion of
current events in politics, science, philosophy and culture. Details
and daily topics from http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/lnl/. [%]
Wed.: Billy Sind--writing political drama in The West Wing.
Thu.: Phillip Jenkins on Anglican Church schism, and Live Music from
the studio floor.
Fri.: SOUND QUALITY - For 25 years, Tim Ritchie has been seeking out
music: the interesting, the evolutionary, the inaccessible and the
wonderful. About this week's show, Tim writes, "Some years ago I played
a track on sound quality called frankie teardrop. It probably caused the
biggest stir among listeners of anything I've played at radio
national.... and it was from the 70s. Well the band [duo] that brought
you that piece are still going - and we've got them recorded live in
august this year in spain."
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/music/soundqlt/ for details and playlists.
[T;%]

1305 -
THE PLANET - Lucky Oceans with jazz, blues, folk styles, art music and
more in a show artfully arranged for radio.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/music/planet/ for playlists and further
details. [T;%]
Wed.: Lyle Lovett tried every trick in the book to keep from recording
an album of new songs. Since 1996’s ‘Road to Ensenada’ he’s released a
great album of covers, a live record, a collection of songs that he
recorded for films, and a greatest hits collection. He even got his leg
broken by a bull but at least he didn’t make a Christmas Album. The new
disc, ‘My Baby Don’t Tolerate,’ is classic Lyle ? he mixes southern
genres with his endearingly husky voice riding over his usual crew of
great studio musicians on his slightly twisted wry songs about Texas
today.
Thu.: An Anglo-centric edition, jointly featuring a lovely young
female voice & a veteran fiddler. According to The Guardian, Kate Rusby
has 'the most beautiful voice in England'. Kate's new CD - Underneath
the Star - delicately marries her own & traditional lyrics/tunes; her
playing guests are some of Britain’s finest folk-persons, including her
spouse, John McCusker. Even before he accidentally joined Fairport
Convention in 1969, Dave Swarbrick was widely recognised as a singular
fiddler. Swarb (as he’s generally known) is an intriguing mix of
traditionalist & musical adventurer. Not just a player, he’s composed
quite a few fine songs & tunes, which he & various friends freshly
interpret (including a brand-new tune) on his album, English Fiddler.
Fri.: Conga player and bandleader Poncho Sanchez was one of 11
children born into a Mexican-American family in Laredo, Texas. While
growing up in Southern California, he was an R&B singer before he
discovered Latin music and eventually played in the band of his musical
hero, Cal Tjader. Since Tjader’s death in 1982, Poncho has led his own
band, recording 20 albums that explore the commonalities of soul/jazz
and Latin music, usually with a special Jazz guest artist. On “Latin
Spirits” we hear jump blues songs by Louis Jordan and Joe Liggins done
Poncho style. Chick Corea is the guest jazzman on two tracks.

1405
SPORT
1410
PM (refer to 0810)
1455 -
PERSPECTIVE - expert commentary on current affairs and issues.

1505 -
ASIA PACIFIC (refer to 2310) [T;%]
1530 -
"REPORT" programs (refer to 0130)

1605 -
BUSH TELEGRAPH - rural and regional issues around Australia. Each day
Country Viewpoint offers a unique social commentary from people who
live outside the major cities. And for those who want to keep up with
Rural News, there is a daily look at the news headlines. [%]

1705 -
AUSTRALIA TALKS BACK (refer to 0910) [%]
1755 -
PERSPECTIVE (refer to 0855)

1805 -
Fri.: PACIFIC REVIEW
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. [T;%]
1830 -
Fri.: COUNTRY BREAKFAST - Australia beyond the urban fringe. [T;%]

1905 -
Fri.: RURAL REPORTER - the people and places that make up country
Australia.
1910 -
Wed.-Thu.: PACIFIC BEAT* - continued from 1810 with sport at 1929.
1930 -
Fri.: AUSTRALIAN COUNTRY STYLE - Aussie country music with John
Nutting.

2005 -
Fri.: PACIFIC REVIEW*
2010 -
Wed.-Thu.: PACIFIC BEAT* - continued from 1910 with sport at 2029.
2030 -
Fri.: THE BUZZ (refer to 2330 Thu.) [%]

2105 -
Fri.: tba
2110 -
Mon.-Thu.: AM - ABC's morning news magazine. [T;%]
2130 -
Wed.: TIME TO TALK - Series on politics, society and governance in
today's Pacific. Program One: "Governance ? What’s in a
Word?" When the World Bank and other aid donors talk about governance,
they use words like ‘transparency’, ‘equity’ and ‘accountability’. What
does this language mean for people in the Pacific? For centuries,
indigenous societies in the region have had their own ways of governing
family and community. Can these traditional modes of governance now be
combined with new institutions? [T;%]
Thu.: ALL IN THE MIND - a foray into the mental universe, the mind, the
brain and human behavior. This week: "Racial Bias on the Brain". A new
brain scan study suggests that interracial interactions significantly
tax your brain. The effect is most significant when you’re racially
biased to begin with. Headlines across the world have called it a
"brain scan for racism", "a neurological basis for bias" and have even
concluded, "prejudice breeds stupidity". Natasha Mitchell speaks to the
study’s authors to find out what they really think it all means. [T;%]
Fri.: IN CONVERSATION - Robyn Williams talks to scientists and those
interested in the subject, about what science has meant to their lives.
This week: "Tomorrow's People". Oxford Professor of Pharmacology, Susan
Greenfield, has written a new book expressing concern about the
dehumanising effects of Information Technology.
She says the destructive effects of this have not been considered. [%]

2205 -
Fri.: ASIA PACIFIC WEEKEND EDITION* - regional current affairs and
business magazine. [T;%]
2210 -
Wed.-Thu.: AM - (repeat of 2106) [T;%]
2230 -
Fri.: AM SATURDAY - ABC's Saturday morning news magazine. [T;%]
2240 -
AUSTRALIA WIDE - a roundup of "home" news from ABC Newsradio.

2300 -
Wed.-Thu.: ASIA PACIFIC - the latest news, including in depth coverage
of major events in corporate and financial circles in the Asia Pacific.
[T;%]
2305 -
Fri.: COUNTRY BREAKFAST (refer to 1830)
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. This week: "Text,
Lies and Internet Chat Rooms". Love and lust are two of our driving
forces. As long as human beings have been around, we've been meeting
each other, fancying each other and falling for each other. [T;%]
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 noted in eastern North America -
2100 - 0000 UTC: 21740 (usually reliable)
0000 - 0200 UTC: 15240 (occasional)
0200 - 0700 UTC: 15515 (variably reliable) [15240 and 17750 also noted
(occasional)]
0500 - 0800 UTC: 15160 (variably reliable)
0700 - 0800 UTC: 15240 (occasional) [13630 also noted (occasional)]
0800 - 1100 UTC: 9580 (usually reliable) [9590 also noted (variably
reliable)]
1100 - 1400 UTC: 9580 (reliable) [6020 (occasional), 9590 (usually
reliable) also noted]
1400 - 1600 UTC: 9590 (reliable, but fades prior to 1600 in eNA)
Best in UK as reported in Shortwave Magazine (further reports from
readers in the UK/Europe welcomed): (updated 3/16!)
0530 - 0900 UTC: 17750, 15240
0930 - 1100 UTC: 15415, 15240
1100 - 1300 UTC: 11880, 9475
1400 - 1700 UTC: 11750, 9475 (from 1430)
1700 - 1900 UTC: 9475
1900 - 2130 UTC: 9500
2200 - 0000 UTC: 13620
(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
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 Fri. 0500 UT.

Good listening!
John Figliozzi