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
he
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@a....

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 via dxld yahoo group)
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