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HAVING come close to extinction, Radio Australia is stronger than ever
and about to start broadcasting a breakfast show into the Asia-Pacific region. It is believed to be the first time an international broadcaster has offered a specific "time of day" program in other countries. Eight years after the Federal Government sold all its transmitters and Radio Australia looked to be facing death, its survival is a remarkable story. It is broadcast by more than 160 radio stations in more than 40 countries and in languages including English, Vietnamese, Khmer and French. Station chief Jean-Gabriel Manguy has devised lateral and innovative ways of getting the content out. Radio Australia transmits its signal via satellite, enabling radio stations in places such as China, Fiji, Malaysia and Indonesia to pick it up and put it to air. Most recently the internet has provided new means of transmission. At 9.40 Monday morning local time, announcer Phil Kafcaloudes will broadcast his Breakfast Club program, a mix of breakfast banter, news, sport weather and finance into homes across the Asia-Pacific region. From his small studio in the ABC's Southbank headquarters, Kafcaloudes' show will be heard in locations such as Phnom Penh (five hours behind Melbourne) and Dili, which is two hours behind. Assisted by producer Adelaine Ng, who will sometimes partner him on air, Kafcaloudes says the idea is to mix fun and information with interviews. "We just have to make sure everything we do has to be of interest to the region," he says. Midway through breakfast the program will be interrupted with Radio Australia's version of AM, Connect Asia, a one-hour current affairs program hosted by Sen Lam. To Manguy, putting programs such as these to air is the next phase of his strategy to ensure the ongoing health of his station. "Content is king," he says, "it has to be because we are competing against the BBC World Service, Voice of America, Deutsche Welle and others." He is now looking to expand Radio Australia's availability in India and Sri Lanka and soon a station in Bali will broadcast hourly Radio Australia news bulletins. A Breakfast Club podcast is available from radioaustralia.net.au/breakfastclub. · |
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Back fromk the Dead
http://www.lookaboutusa.com/ wrote: HAVING come close to extinction, Radio Australia is stronger than ever and about to start broadcasting a breakfast show into the Asia-Pacific region. It is believed to be the first time an international broadcaster has offered a specific "time of day" program in other countries. Doesn't Radio China have a "drive time" program carried on a couple of US public radio stations? I think the BBC and China also make TV news programs timed to run at dinnertime in the US (usually public or small UHF TV stations). Tim. |
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