ABC Radio unveils content and presenter line-up for 2017, with Kim Williams to present RN program
ABC Radio has unveiled its content and presenter line-up for next year, with former News Corp CEO, Kim Williams, to present a show on ABC’s Radio National.
Kim Williams will present new show, What Keeps Me Awake? on ABC’s Radio National
Michael Mason, ABC director – radio, said: “We want to deliver radio that is relevant, respected and valued by the Australian population. In a media environment that continues to undergo rapid change, our goal is to reach at last one in two Australians across all platforms and services.
“We want to tune up our broadcast networks and we want to attract larger-scale digital audiences. The changes we’re outlining today will deliver an improved platform offering for audiences.”
Kim Williams gets a radio show! Let’s call it “Networking for Kim” or “Move over Philip”. So much fun. Will he interview Chris Mitchell? A series of shows on “The Amusing Pamela W”? Can’t wait.
The axing of Sunday Nights with John Cleary is a major blow to anyone concerned with ethics. It deals with crucial topics such as the treatment of refugees and prison reform through the lens of compassion. John Cleary and Noel Debien are the most learned, entertaining and engaging broadcasters in Australia in my view. Shame on you Michelle Guthrie you sure are making a mess of our beloved Aunty.
I am amazed or should I say angry that you should even consider axing the John Cleary sunday night programme, perhaps the most informative and unbiased presentation of current affairs.in Australia today. I hope you are deluged with complaints re this matter and as top Office of our beloved ABC you will realize your programming mistake and reinstate John and his top rating Team forthwith.
I totally agree. It was bad enough when they chose football instead on some nights!!!
wonderful news ! Both Country music and Sunday night religious pontificating elitist academics going. Many people believe this show includes ethics and morals but it has shown me why people stay away from religion with it’s biased and patronising attitude to anyone who dares to disagree with its views. You have been listening to what your audience wants.
Maybe next – less sport. Oh well, I can dream.And compulsive adherence to “news” every hour.Congrats to Philip Clark as new nightlife host.
Pam
Again I agree !! So am I to be stuck with Saturday Country While you slash JOHN CLEARY
Why do new CEOs think they can improve things when we listen because we love RN just the way it is.
The loss of programs and broadcasters is always a heartbreak until we get used to and love the new format and then the next CEO changes it all over again. The loss of science program Catalyst on television is a tragedy. How will those who have a casual interest in science or don’t listen to RN learn about the new sciences now?
Why fix it when it ain’t broke?
Radio National has been relevant and topical forever- and many of us like it the way it is
I agree, why fix it when it ain’t broke? Change for the sake of change and throwing out all current, past presenters and journalists is churlish and unwarranted – you certainly do “your own thing”, without referring to the vast audience that has liked the ABC as it is – you have mucked up television, not satisfied with that, you have to take apart ABC Radio as well – I just wish NewsCorp butted out of the ABC altogether
Cannot believe you are stating for the ABC to stay relevant. John Cleary’s Sunday night program is relevant, interesting, thought provoking. I always look forward to The Sunday night program. Well you have lost me!
Bernadette
Oh woe oh woe. I spend my time working on my property and listening to RN Afternoons and the Inside Sleeve. The best 3 hours of radio on the Radio and you stuffed it. Why oh Why tamper with programming that works. Australian music will suffer and without afternoons i would not have known Chuck Berry is now 90 with a new album. John
Devastated at the loss of Michael McKenzies wit and intellect
So were you forced, or pushed, into giving the News Corp chap a gig on RN? And what’s the rationale for removing all the excellent music shows bar The Music Show from the network? RN is fantastic radio, intelligent, thought-provoking and wide-ranging in its subject matter. Please don’t mess with it to satisfy the extremist, bigoted, right-wing and intolerant element in the government that is so determined to dumb us all down and keep us in ignorance.
i agree – what is to become of our ABC/ – it will pall into insignificance with no one listening to dribble!
Why give Switzer from the Institute of Paid Advocacy more air time. There are other genuine conservatives around.
We want Green not Switzer.
The lame excuse for ABC cutting the BEST music shows on radio in the world ,The Inside sleeve and The daily Planet along with other great music shows, is to say they want to reach more people and more digital audience .
BULLS….
The digital audience will come along in the next few decades you just have to wait for time and generations to pass.
Has for turning RN in to another talking radio station we don’t need .
Music touch’s many people in many ways much more the some Plonker’s telling us their views ( which we can get if we want from all the other garbage radio stations.
If these changes go through I will stop listening and recommending RN .
WHEN THE MUSIC STOPS
WE STOP LISTENING.
LISTEN TO WHAT THE PEOPLE ARE TELLING YOU AND PUT THESE MUSIC PROGRAMS BACK ON AIR.
IT AIN’T OUR ABC THATS FOR SURE………………………………
To all those above who rue any diminution of music content on RN (sorry folks, you’ll have to look up words like “rue” and “diminution” in a dictionary if you have one) all I can say is twirl your radio dial. There you will find squillions of radio stations devoted entirely to every type of music imaginable. However the number of Aussie radio stations devoted to the spoken word, by that I mean the INTELLIGENT spoken word, I can pretty much count on one hand. Despite its shortcomings one of those is RN..
I,’m not religious, but have looked forward to Sundays and John Cleary. Also, one of the comments seemed to suggest that Jonathon Green might be going from RN. I have only recently discovered RN now I’m concerned that so much I have come to about it is going.
The Inside Sleeve could have easily transitioned to Double J, given it fits it’s format pretty well.
No ‘Inside Sleeve’, no more ‘The Planet’, and no ‘Pocket Docs’ – the insanity of the ‘bean counters’ in axing these vital and culturally relevant shows, is such a kick in the face to rational sense and a tight fisted breach of the ABC’s charter. Essential to the Oz music industry and festival circuit – and offering the best radio documentary forms on air, these programs have been the life line of many of us who live in regional Australia. Why is Aunty being killed? Shameful!
Giving Tom Switzer more time on Sunday mornings is not increasing diversity! Let him replace Amanda! Unbelievable. He is so biased- I can’t read his SMH opinion pieces- so one-eyed.
I don’t mind Tom Switzer,but Jonathan Green was,”The bees knees”:-(