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WINTER 2009 PROGRAM GUIDE

3Words Punk
Sundays @ 10.30 pm
Key Contact: Daniel Winter & Ben Rohrlach

Playing every kind of punk under the sun including so-cal, hardcore, acoustic, emo, old school, new school and even country punk. Local and international news, gig rundowns and competitions all add up to pure punk gold in every hour!

Aboriginal Message
Thursday @ 3.30 pm
Key Contact: Kerrynne Liddle

The latest news & issues in Aboriginal affairs and culture, or maybe just a hit of indigenous music.
Produced with the assistance of the Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement (ALRM)

AchieveAbility
Fridays @ 3.30 pm
Key Contact: Darren Andrews

Get inspired and find out about the amazing achievements of individuals and organisations in the disability arena. Highlighting organisations involved in the care, advocacy, lobbying and policy making for people with a disability; as well as individual achievers, including athletes. There's music by local and Australian artists and a weekly check of the DisAbility calendar, which promotes events in the disability arena.

Adelaide Concert Hour
Mondays @ 11.00 am
Key Contact: Alastair Mackintosh

Local Classical performaces recorded live.

Afro World
Thursday @ 9.00 pm
Key Contact: Joe Tungaraza

African beats and culture, news and current affairs from the Diaspora.

Alternative Radio
Saturdays @ 1.00 am
Key Contact: Shane Elson  |  http://www.araustralia.org

Dissenting thinkers and activists.

Shane Elson
PO Box 780
Morwell VIC 3840 Aust
61-3-51348556
61-(0)413 597 828
Shane is the Australian distributor of Alternative Radio.

Always on Sunday
Sundays @ 4.30 pm
Key Contact: Zawsze Niedziele

Polish program.

Amistad
Sundays @ 2.00 pm
Key Contact: Zaida Antezana

AMISTAD is an alternative in spanish speaking programs offering entertainment, news, sport and interviews of interest and relevance to our predominantly Latin American audience. Interviews we have aired in the past include topics such as HIV and AIDS, depression in children and youth and Gambling. Amistad also brings the best of old and contemporary music of latin america to our audience catering for all generations.

Aqueerium
Saturdays @ 11.00 am
Key Contact: aqueerium@hotmail.com

Take your ears for a swim in the cool queer waters of The Aqueerium, for GLBTIQ news, views, guests and grooves. It's Queer Hear, engaging, entertaining and informative radio, not-so-straight after Arts Breakfast every Saturday morning.

Arts Breakfast
Saturdays @ 9.00 am
Key Contact: Cath Kenneally

Author and book reviewer Cath Kenneally interviews practitioners in every medium to let you know what’s going on in the Adelaide arts scene as well as what goes into the making of what’s going on. All genres of music, literature, visual and performing arts, plus weekly guests from SCALA (Society of Composers and Lyricists of Australia). Lively and informative.

Back Story
Wednesdays @ 6 pm
Key Contact: Julia Terreu  |  http://www.backstory.org.au

In the midst of fleeting sound bytes and images, we often hear the who, the what and the where of news stories but are often missing the how and why. We get the news story but not the BackStory. This weekly one hour program fleshes out the details when you want to know 'how did that happen?' Providing perspective on politics, people and places, with a special focus on international issues, BackStory is presented by Neil Smart and Julia Terreu with producer Malcolm Hughes.

Beats Working!
Thursdays @ 3 pm
Key Contact: Mike Stock & Peter Trevaskis

The first generation to face social, industrial, and scientific change at speed. They experienced the beginnings of space travel, they searched for a meaning in a time when the human race was, for the first time, in possible danger of self-destruction; yet they survived, and have themselves settled back to let the young ones take on the world's responsibilities. They are still active, thinking, and wondering where the youth of today is heading. This programme is by them, and for them.

Bluegrass Unlimited
Sundays @ 11.00 am
Key Contact: Bill Lawson

Covers the whole bluegrass spectrum from the earliest days to the latest overseas and local releases in both traditional and contemporary styles. Informed commentary, current news and features on particular aspects of the music make this longrunning program (now in its 19th year) one of our most popular.

Breakfast with Peter Godfrey 6.30 - 9 am, Monday - Thursday
Breakfast with Tom Changarathil 6.30 - 9 am, Friday
Key Contact: Peter Godfrey  |  http://radioadelaidebreakfast.wordpress.com

This lively breakfast show combines interviews with interesting and informative people, on a range of local, national and international topics plus a new world of music. Regular segments include:

• Mon 7.35 Talking with New Matilda
• Wed 7.50 Breakfast at the movies with Kat McCarthy
• Thurs 7.35 The latest New Zealand news with Selwyn Manning from Scoop
• Thurs 8.50 View from the Arts end of the World with Cath Kenneally
• Fri 6.50 Mungo MacCallum speaks his mind

Call of the Beloved
Fridays @ 10.00 pm
Key Contact: Kaiy Azdegan

Music, history, drama, poetry, religious and spiritual discussions about the Baha'i faith in Persian language

Colla Voce
Tuesdays @ 11.00 am
Key Contact: Jeff Oates

Follow the Voice - Music performed by solo singers or symphonic choruses.

Cooked Breakfast
Sundays @ 9.00 am
Contact

What do Rat Attacks in India have to do with flowering bamboo, famine and anti-government protests? Imagine the World Without – what if people never existed? Unravel the propaganda battle in the South Ossetian Conflict. Is Street Art a way of reclaiming public space or just reckless vandalism? These are just some of the questions explored in our new international documentary series hosted by Matt Buckley.

Country Brekky
Saturdays @ 6.00 am
Key Contact: Wally Sparrow

A mix of country brought to you by the legendary Wally Sparrow

Country Cafe
Sundays @ 6.00 am
Key Contact: Jim Giles

New and classic country tunes from North Terrace to Nashville, and the perfect cure to a Sunday Morning Coming Down.

Democracy Now
Saturdays @ midnight
Key Contact: Amy Goodman & Juan Gonzalez

Independent award-winning current affairs analysis produced in Chinatown NYC and broadcast on the community radio satelite network.

Dialectic
Sundays @ 3.00 am
Contact

2 hours a week of global music wanderings

Ear to the Ground
Thursdays @ 11.00 am
Key Contact: Ear to the Ground

Dedicated entirely to South Australian composers, and presented by active composers

Expanding Horizons
Sundays @ 8.00 am
Key Contact: Pauline Rooney

The Unitarians present an insightful and often humorous program raising questions and exploring issues arising from wherever spirituality and vital social concerns interact.

Free Range
Saturdays @ 2.00 pm
Contact

Strange but true?

Gastronaut
Wednesdays @ 9.00 pm
Key Contact: Bruce Guerin

Food, taste and indulgence

Hip Hop Mania
Mondays @ 9.30 pm
Key Contact: MC Frost

Hip-hop news, interviews & album reviews, with a touch of philosophy & interactivity.

International Links
Sundays @ 12 noon
Key Contact: Prof. David Boyd

International Links tells the people of South Australia what a great asset the students from overseas are, and how much they contribute to our community. In International Links students from one of the three universities, talk about themselves, their countries and the studies and research they are carrying out in Adelaide. The program is also broadcast on the Internet so that families and friends who are overseas can hear the broadcast live. Talking on radio is a skill, which many students will find useful at some stage of their careers when they return to their own country, and there are many advantages for them in learning this skill early and finding out that it is not so difficult as they expect. Presented by the International Students Association

Jazz on The Terrace
Weekdays @ Noon
Key Contact: Gregory Fisher  |  http://rajazzprograms.wordpress.com

A tasty smorgasbord of lunchtime jazz! This program presents entertaining, enjoyable, accessible jazz with wide popular appeal. A dozen or so experienced presenters means plenty of variety and something for all jazz-lovers' tastes. The emphasis is on the mainstream, perhaps spiced with some trad, big band or swing.

J-Talk
Fridays @ 9.00 pm
Key Contact: Lee Guerin  |  http://www.geocities.jp/jtalk_adelaide_radio/index.html

Japanese Pop, News, Trends (Bilingual)

Karawaan
Sundays @ 6.30 pm
Key Contact: Zia Abrahimzadeh

The Karawann team is made up of people of Afghan heritage living in Adelaide. Their program aims to maintain Afghani culture in Australia, including maintenance of language and values; to assist new migrants to adjust to the new society; to keep people informed of Australian and world news in their own language, provide information about the history and culture of their adopted land, assist in understanding the rules and regulations of the huge government departments people have to interact with and building a strong relationship between themselves and the many other cultural groups who make up Australia.
Karawaan is supported by MYSA - Multicultural Youth SA.

Karibu
Thursdays @ 10.00 pm
Key Contact: Kassim Dinno

Swahili program

Latitudes
Saturdays @ 9.00 pm
Key Contact: Neil Smart

World music across time, space and frontiers.

Launch Pad
Fridays @ 3.00 pm
Key Contact: Sarah Tomlinson  |  http://launchpadradio.wordpress.com

Newly graduated trainee broadcasters.

Local Noise
Tuesdays @ 9.00 pm
Key Contact: Daniel Hammond, Leigh McGrane  |  Email: local.noise@hotmail.com | Myspace Page

Local bands performing live on 101.5

NEO Voices
Mondays @ 6.00 pm
Key Contact: Joe Tungaraza  |  http://www.neovoices.blogspot.com | Myspace Page

News, reviews, commentary and world music presented by multicultural youth.

Nostalgia
Saturdays @ 12.30 pm
Key Contact: Graham Clarke

The Nostalgia Show takes you on a musical journey from the Roaring Twenties through to the Fabulous Fifties. Presenters Eric,Graham,Grizell,Kay and Malcolm bring their own interpretation to the music of these four decades,as well as some wonderful musical memories.

Nunga Wangga
Mondays @ 7.00 pm
Key Contact: Christine Brown

The Nunga Radio Mob are making the airwaves deadly with two hours of aboriginal culture, issues and music.

On Campus
Sundays @ 8.30 am
Key Contact: Ewart Shaw

What's on at the University of Adelaide? Courses, research, talks, visiting academics and more, Ewart Shaw presents this half hour show, sometimes serious, sometimes quirky. Frequently featuring a tid-bit of perormances from the Elder Con.

Out of this World
Saturdays @ 3.30 pm
Key Contact: outofthisworld1015@hotmail.com

A musical detour from the mainstream highway.

Peace of the Action
Sundays @ 12.30 pm
Key Contact: Sue Gilbey

peace and justice

Persian Program
Sundays @ 3.00 pm
Key Contact: Radio Adelaide

All things Persian presented in Farsi.

Piping Shrike Hour
Fridays @ 11.00 am
Key Contact: Alex MacFarlane

Primetime Jazz
Tuesday-Friday @ 7.00 pm
Contact  |  http://rajazzprograms.wordpress.com

A broadcast team of 20+ jazz afficionados play great music four nights a week. Tues Trad night, including lots of Australian musicians; Wed get your dancing shoes on because it's Swing & Big Band; Thurs Bebop and Beyond, with frequent Latin flirtations; Fri Whats New? The latest releases and recent developments.

Public Domain
Sundays @ 10.00 am & Friday @ 2.00 am rpt.
Key Contact: Darren van Schaik  |  http://radioadelaidepublicdomain.wordpress.com

A dynamic and timely weekly hour of the best public talks in Adelaide, recorded on site. Including talks from the Adelaide Thinkers in Residence, the annual Hawke Lecture, political issues, literature and the arts.

Sun / 24 May - How do we use innovation and science to find clever options for future water management?
Karlene Maywald, Minister for the River Murry and Water Security
Peter Cosier, Director, Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists
Professor Wayne Meyer, University of Adelaide
Water Wednesday: presented by the Water Research Cluster and the University of Adelaide
recorded: University of Adelaide / 15 October 2008

Sun / 31 May - Women’s Liberation and Dame Roma Mitchell / Roma the First: A Biography of Dame Roma Mitchell (2007)
Professor Susan Magarey
Presented by the Friends of the University of Adelaide Library / Presented by the Law School as part of it’s 125th year celebrations
recorded: University of Adelaide / 11 & 22 September 2008

Sun / 7 June - The Golden Metwand: The Measure of Justice in Shakespeare's Measure for Measure
Professor John Orth, University of North Carolina School of Law, USA
Presented by the Law School as part of it’s 125th year celebrations
recorded: University of Adelaide / 15 December 2009

Sun / 14 June - 2009 AW Jones Oration: Building World Class Schools in Australia
Professor Barry McGaw AO
Presented by the Australian College of Education
recorded: Bradley Forum, UniSA / 22 May 2009

Sun / 21 June - Anatomy of a meltdown: The GFC Forum: Cause, effect and recovery
Prof Christopher Findlay, Prof Ralf Zurbrugg, Adjunct Prof Andrew Stoler, Dogan Tirtiroglu
Presented by the University of Adelaide as part of it’s Research Tuesday series
recorded: University of Adelaide / 14 April 2009

Sun / 28 June - 2009 John Bray Oration: "Revenge or Forgiveness: Truth and Reconciliation in the Aftermath of Human Rights Violations"
Justice Richard Goldstone
Presented by the John Bray Law Chapter
recorded: Elder Hall / 11 March 2009

Sun / 5 July - Level playing field? Educational disadvantages and its impact on participation in higher education
Dr Janette Ryan, Monash University
Presented by the National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education, the Smith Family and the Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre
recorded: Bradley Forum, UniSA / 26 February 2009

Sun / 12 July - 2009 Australia-Israel Hawke Lecture: Water Security and Climate Change: Israel and the Middle East, with Australian reflections
Dr Clive Lipchin, Arava Institute, Israel
Presented by the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce and the Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre
recorded: Bradley Forum, UniSA / 7 July 2009

Sun / 19 July - 2009 Adelaide Festival of Ideas
Speaker & Title TBA

Sun / 26 July - 2009 Adelaide Festival of Ideas
Speaker & Title TBA

Sun / 2 August - The Diplomatic Gardener – Richard Schomburgk: explorer and Botanic Garden Director - Dr Pauline Payne
Rock Star: the story of Reg Sprigg - Kristin Weidenbach
Two Barr Smith discovery events presented by the Friends of the University of Adelaide Library
recorded: Barr Smith Library / 10 April 2008 & 18 Sept 2008

Sun / 9 August - 2009 Adelaide Festival of Ideas
Speaker & Title TBA

Sun / 16 August - Environmental Sustainability, Work, Life and Consumption
Professor Barbara Pocock, Director Centre for Work + Life Balance, UniSA
Dr Richard Denniss, The Australia Institute
Presented by The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre, The Centre for Work + Life and The Australia Institute
recorded: Bradley Forum, UniSA / 6 April 2009

Sun / 23 August - 2009 Adelaide Festival of Ideas
Speaker & Title TBA

Sun / 30 August - Lives de-filed and statues animated …. China, the passions of the political and the everyday
Professor Michael Dutton, Griffith University & University of London
Presented by the Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre
recorded: Bradley Forum, UniSA / 13 March 2009

Sun / 6 September - 2009 Adelaide Festival of Ideas
Speaker & Title TBA

Radio Serbia & Montenegro
Sundays @ 7.30 pm
Key Contact: Gina Trajlic

Formerly Yugoslav Radio.

Reel Time
Wednesdays @ 10.00 pm
Key Contact: Tristan Lintern & Kat McCarthy

Mainstream and independent arthouse cinema and everything in between, blended with a weekly musical soundtrack. Join clinically obsessed movie geeks Tristan Lintern and Kat McCarthy.

Represent
Fridays @ 6.00 pm
Key Contact: Represent  |  http://www.representradio.com

Youth news and current affairs, offering a fresh perspective on big issues.

Rhythm Stick
Saturdays @ 8.00 pm
Key Contact: Michelle Smith

An intoxicating mix of percussion driven music from around the world, from traditional beats to global fusions.

Roundabout (Radio for the Third Age)
Weekdays @ 1.00 pm
Key Contact: Geoffrey Mildred

A lively afternoon of music and song from earlier eras and information about today. Presented by and for folks over 55 and produced by Radio for the Third Age, each program is presented by changing teams of two. Request days are the last Friday of every month. Call during office hours in those weeks to get your request in early.

Saturday Blues
Saturdays @ 6.30 pm
Key Contact: Terry Heazlewood  |  http://users.tpg.com.au/adslpfdt/

The longest-running Blues show in Australia, Saturday Blues presenters draw from their depth of experience to bring you a fabulously bluesy evening.

Songcatcher
Mondays @ 9.00 pm
Key Contact: Claire Thackray

Clayton, Claire and Kylie, along with a guest Songwriter each week, will explore the world of the Songwriter and their songs. Expect to hear some great local music (sometimes intimate and unreleased versions) and insights into lyrics, melody, composition and arrangement from local practitioners; as well as music from major songwriting influences. The audience has opportunity to suggest questions and guests through our email address (song-catcher@hotmail.com, or by phoning the station. We expect to feature artists from various styles.

Stir Radio
Tuesdays @ 6.00 pm
Key Contact:

Student Radio - The University of Adelaide
Tue, Wed & Thur @ 11.00 pm
Key Contacts: Jonathan Brown  |  http://student.radio.adelaide.edu.au

The Angry Hour
Mondays @ 11.00 pm
Key Contact: Matt Lindquist

Music to punch walls to - punk is not a fashion statement. Join Angry Matt on the Angry Hour for your taste of punk, hardcore, emo, ska and metal, from the local and world scenes.

The Chamber Music Hour
Wednesdays @ 11.00 am
Contact

Share an hour of intimate fine music Please change Indiology to Indie music, Indie culture, James and Eddy bring you the world from an Indie perspective.

The Classical Connection
Mon - Fri @ 9.10 am
Contact

Over 30 classical music lovers create programs by devising new ways of 'connecting' the music of their favourite composers. A few examples: Works-the-Composer-dedicated-to-Someone-'Interesting' (Chopin, Debussey, Loussier, Mozart, et al), A Tale of Two Cities (classical music about London & Paris), Along the Danube (music performed in Regensburg, Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest, Bucharest). Always a new connection.

The Folk Show
Saturdays @ 5.00 pm
Key Contact: Julie Cavanagh

You get the best folk on Radio Adelaide - Every Saturday for the last 30 years, members of the Folk Co-op have been selecting the best of Anglo-Celtic, Australian and Contemporary folk music to entertain you. For great music, stimulating interviews and up to date news about what's happening on the folk scene, join the folk at Radio Adelaide.

The Power Team
Mondays @ midnight
Key Contact: Tristan Fielden

Glyn and Tristan play metal of every sort, from black to thrash to death to progressive to power. They also throw in interviews, gig and album reviews, and check out the latest games. It's arguably 'Adelaide's mightiest hour'. it's definitely not for the fainthearted.

The Range
Weekdays @ 4.00 pm
Contact   |    www.therange.wordpress.com

Keep sane during drive time - on the road or at the range with our music mix that's cruisy, swinging, relaxed, funky. Soul, reggae, roots, latin, indigenous, R & B, lounge. LOCAL. Music and conversations with artists performing around Adelaide. Every day a chance to win the feature CD-of-the-week. Including an Event Rundown at 5.20pm.

The Voice of Serbia
Sundays @ 5.30 pm
Key Contact: Dan Jovanovic

Voice of Serbia is an entertaining and quality radio show presented in Serbian consisting of Serbian news, culture, current affairs and a variety of Serbian music from various generas including traditional classics, folk, pop, dance, rock and commercial.

Dive beneath the surface to uncover alternative current affairs that challenge all points of view and provide media access to those who get little coverage elsewhere. Produced by a consortium of stations based in five states, The Wire investigates over 1000 stories a year. Australia's only daily national alternative current affairs program.

Up Down-Under
Saturdays @ 11.00 pm
Key Contact: Geoff Peake

All flavours of australian music

Writers' Radio
Monday @ 3.30 pm (rpt Sat @ Noon)
Key Contact: Cath Kenneally  |    www.radio.adelaide.edu.au/writersradio

In forty new episodes each year, Writers Radio brings you the best of Australian writing, both published and yet-to-be. Poets, novelists, playwrights, biographers, the occasional songwriter and others read new work and discuss it with presenter Cath Kenneally, while regular reviewers suck the marrow from the latest Australian novels and poetry. Just about every Oz writer has appeared on this program, where many had their first piece broadcast. All the famous names and new talent on the point of going stellar - Oz Lit pre-packed (and partly digested!) for you in one weekly half-hour hit.

Your Rights at Night
Thursdays @ 6.00 pm
Key Contact: Catherine Zengerer  |    www.myspace.com/rightsatnight

SA Unions present Adelaide's only union radio show, providing information and investigating your rights at work, union campaigns and other social issues.

The Zap!
Fridays @ 11pm
Key Contact:

Punk meets video games.