Sydney listeners were treated to an unplanned behind-the-scenes glimpse of live radio when ABC News Radio went off-air prior to the headlines at 9am yesterday morning, for around ten minutes.
Australia's fastest man, Patrick Johnson and Olympic swimming champion, Rob Woodhouse, will add their expertise to the ABC's 2018 Commonwealth Games broadcast team when coverage starts on April 4.
Thursday 8 March is International Women’s Day and the ABC is recognising the achievements of women Australia-wide, with female presenters taking the lead on ABC Radio, ABC TV and ABC News.
Highlights include:
ABC Radiowill feature women line-ups across Capital City Networks, RN and Radio Australia. Classic FM will feature 24 hours of all women composers and an all women line-up.
The ABC’s capital city radio network, its triple j and RN national networks and its regional stations have unveiled their 2018 program schedules which will launch on-air from January 22 next year.
Director of ABC Radio, Michael Mason says the changes to the program schedule, along with a move in some capital city stations to co-hosted breakfast shows reflects the changing audience needs.