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[.au] The Listening Room axed



>Forwarding you some information which may be of interest:
>
>
>This is to let you know of the very bad news which has come down from ABC 
>Radio management last Friday to axe The Listening Room on Classic FM.
>
>This decision effectively ends radiophonic production in stereo at the 
>ABC. Producers from the program
>are to be 'absorbed' into a pool of feature producers on Radio National 
>with 3 redundancies in the process.
>
>There is huge staff anger at this decision to abandon a form of 
>radio-making which has brought national and international plaudits to the 
>ABC (The Listening Room has most recently won the 2003 Prix Italia prize 
>for Music Programs), encouraged collaborations with many Australian 
>composers, musicians and writers and has explored the art of radio in 
>unique and innovative ways.
>
>Perhaps you may wish to forward this email on to other people who might be 
>concerned about this decision.
>If you want to write to the program manager of Radio National (who 
>announced the changes - Radio National being the network which administers 
>TLR, although it is broadcast on Classic FM) address your emails to
><taylor.gordon@xxxxxxxxxx> or letters to Gordon Taylor, Program Manager, 
>ABC Radio National, GPO Box 9994, Sydney 2001.
>The head of radio talks is <collier.mark@xxxxxxxxxx> and the director of 
>ABC radio is <howard.sue@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
>Professor Margaret Seares, Chair of the ABC Arts Advisory Group contact 
>her via ABC Corporate, GPO Box 9994, Sydney 2001.
>
>Chairman of the Board of the ABC is Donald McDonald. Write to him c/- of 
>the above postal address.
>
>These last two people really need to understand the depth of public 
>disquiet at the decision to axe The Listening Room.
>
>The executive producer of The Listening Room is Robyn Ravlich.
>Send messages of support to her at <ravlich.robyn@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
>Phone the ABC switch on (612) 8333 1500 and ask to be transferred to any 
>of the above power-brokers.
>
>Staff and supporters are intent on fighting this retrograde decision.
>We call on all who wish to defend radiophonic production of the highest 
>standard to act now.

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