Radio highlights

Our Fabulous Heritage: The Living Forest — The first of a six-part series on the National Estate Register. The Victorian Central Highlands is a large and very diverse area encompassing the magnificent mountain ash forests. These trees can be over 200 years old and 90 metres tall. This program travels through the area looking at history and the significance of the highlands to the people who live and work there. ABC Radio National, Sunday, February 12, 2.05pm.

Radio-Eye: The Other History — Between 1698 and 1865, the Ball family owned more than a dozen plantations near Charleston, South Carolina. The rice grown there was cultivated by enslaved Africans. Writer Edward Ball attends a family reunion. The Balls remember their forebears as "good" slave owners. Ball finds black people whose ancestors were in slavery to his own. The story not only reveals the skeletons in the family closet but also sheds some light on the United States' sordid past. ABC Radio National, Sunday, February 12, 8.30pm.

A Brief History of Protest Music — Set the alarm clock for this one! From the coal mines of Kentucky in the 1920s to the inner cities of the US in the 1990s, protest has played an important role in shaping people's opinions. ABC Radio National, Monday, February 13, 5.10am.

Paul Robeson — Since you are already awake, turn the dial to ABC FM to catch the legendary actor, singer and rebel in some rare recorded performances. The works of Robeson will be featured each day this week in Chistopher Lawrence's early morning timeslot. ABC Classic FM, Monday, February 13, 6.05am.

From GLW issue 174