ABC New England North West will join forces with the ABC’s brand new On the Road travelling show at this year’s Country Music Festival.
Visitors to this year’s Country Music Festival will be able to experience the many elements of the ABC “all in one bright big package.”
The ABC’s new On the Road show will make its regional NSW debut when it opens to the public between Wednesday 22 January and Friday 24 January in the centre of Tamworth and the heart of the festival.
Visitors to the site (on the corner of Peel and Brisbane Sts) will be treated to a series of live radio broadcasts featuring some of the best talent at the festival, as well as the new interactive experience of the ABC On the Road Show.
Live broadcasts from the On the Road site will include:
Wednesday 22 Jan, 4pm to 6pm – STATEWIDE DRIVE with Chris Coleman
Friday 24 Jan, 8.30am to 11am -New England North West MORNINGS with Kate Sieper
Friday 24 Jan , 3pm to 6pm – DRIVE with Richard Glover
John Nutting – SATURDAY NIGHT COUNTRY (Saturday 18 & 25 January, 10pm to 2am),
Colin Munro – SUMMER ALL OVER (Sunday 19 January, 5.30am to 10am)
and the national debut of the newly re-signed COODABEEN CHAMPIONS with Greg Champion (Sunday 26 January, 7pm to 9pm).
Visitors stepping inside the ABC On the Road Show will be able to interact with ABC TV, ABC Online, ABC Digital and ABC Radio, all under the one (air conditioned) roof. Inside, they will discover a mini TV and Radio studio, set up so that children can see themselves singing along with Bob the Builder on the TV screen. Kids can also do the TV weather, or try their hand at being a radio broadcaster. And they’ll get to take home either a VHS cassette or an audio tape of their efforts as a souvenir.
Other features will include TV screens, a 3D interactive radio display which reveals what some of Australia’s favourite radio presenters really look like, samples of the best of CDs available via ABC Shops and the opportunity to explore the world of ABC Online via three specially-installed iMAC computers. ABC staff will be on site with free tattoos, lollipops, sun visors and stickers.