{"id":5094,"date":"2012-12-22T08:01:56","date_gmt":"2012-12-22T12:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=5094"},"modified":"2012-12-22T08:01:56","modified_gmt":"2012-12-22T12:01:56","slug":"radio-documentary-on-history-of-the-australian-broadcasting-corporation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/radio-documentary-on-history-of-the-australian-broadcasting-corporation\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio documentary on history of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ABC

ABC reporter, and later RN documentary maker, Tim Bowden on patrol with a US Marine squad near Da Nang in Vietnam. (1966) [Photo: ABC]<\/p><\/div>(Source: John Figliozzi via InternetRadio Digest)<\/p>\n

ABC Radio National will broadcast a weeklong series highlighting the history, development, key moments and future of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on the occasion of its 80th Anniversary, from December 24-28. \u00a0Details from:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/radionational\/programs\/specialbroadcasts\/abc-80th-anniversary\/4373618<\/a><\/p>\n

There is a 16 hour difference between New York and Melbourne during our standard time winters; 19 hours between Los Angeles and Melbourne. \u00a0“Live” broadcast, therefore, will be at 2 am, Dec. 23-27; repeated at 9 am, Dec. 24-28. \u00a0No word yet on whether or for how long a podcast of this series will be made available.<\/p>\n

John\u00a0Figliozzi<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: John Figliozzi via InternetRadio Digest) ABC Radio National will broadcast a weeklong series highlighting the history, development, key moments and future of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on the occasion of its 80th Anniversary, from December 24-28. \u00a0Details from: http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/radionational\/programs\/specialbroadcasts\/abc-80th-anniversary\/4373618 There is a 16 hour difference between New York and Melbourne during our standard time […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,81,305,288],"tags":[86,887,368,1552],"class_list":["post-5094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-current-events","category-nostalgia","category-radio-history","tag-abc","tag-australia","tag-radio-australia","tag-radio-australia-history"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-1ka","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":41213,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/australia-calling-abc-documentary-looking-at-the-impact-of-radio-australia\/","url_meta":{"origin":5094,"position":0},"title":"Australia Calling: ABC documentary looking at the impact of Radio Australia","author":"Thomas","date":"December 16, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to a number of SWLing Post contributors who contacted me about a new documentary focused on the impact of Radio Australia. 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