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       Radio Australia - The International Service of the Australian
                          Broadcasting Corporation
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                                MEDIA RELEASE
                               16 January 1997
                     NEW LOOK FOR RADIO AUSTRALIA IN 1997
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     Radio Australia will launch a revamped English language service
     next week with improved coverage of Australia, Asia and the
     Pacific.
     A highlight of the 1997 weekday schedule will be Dateline, a new
     live current affairs program updated every three hours throughout
     the day and with a shorter early edition in the preceding hour.
     The new schedule includes RA's major world news but also with
     specialist bulletins focussing on Australia and the Asian and
     Pacific regions.
     For the first time Radio Australia will also carry the best of the
     ABC's daily domestic current affairs programs AM, The World Today
     and PM.
     Assistant General Manager Radio Australia, Terry Brown, said the
     change to the weekday schedule was designed to make Radio
     Australia, more accessible, contemporary and user friendly.
     "The offering of a choice of bulletins both in content and duration
     and 'Dateline' with its ability to extend beyond world coverage to
     look closely at Asia and the Pacific, should enhance our English
     language service. And more attention will be paid to business and
     finance news in the region."
     RA's long commitment to the Pacific will be reinforced in the new
     format which includes the return of a revamped Pacific Beat program
     and a new series called Pacific Focus.
     The new Monday to Friday schedule will commence on Monday 20
     January.
     For further information contact:
     Roger Broadbent Tel: +61 3 9626 1920 or Tony Hastings Tel:
     +61 3 9626 1871
Happy monitoring,
Art
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