Back Catalogue — Deep Purple Family Connections — Since 1968, hard rock group Deep Purple has survived fame, fortune, internal feuds, deaths and changes of fashion. Various versions of the group are featured live in concert from the '70s and '80s in this program. 2NUR, Friday, April 22, 7.15pm.
The Coming Out Show — South African women from various political backgrounds talk of their visions for a new democratic South Africa and their role in the reconstruction process. ABC Radio National, Saturday, April 23, 5.10pm.
The Orchestra on the Couch — Bob Maynard considers the various types of people who come together to form an orchestra, and wonders how so many individuals can ever play as one. A light-hearted feature, it has been well received on previous broadcasts. ABC Classic FM, Sunday, April 24, 8pm.
We are Family — Who Cares — Kath Duncan discovers that caring for family members who have disabilities and for older family members is usually left to women. 2XX, Monday, April 25, 11am. This series of programs is being broadcast on 72 community radio stations across Australia; ring your local station for details.
South Africa Week — On ABC Radio National — 6000 journalists will converge on South Africa to cover the elections there in late April. The BBC alone is sending 93 staff. Between April 25 and May 1, producers Sharon Davis and Matthew Leonard will be filing reports for over a dozen of Radio National's specialist programs.
Days of Good Hope: A Journey in South Africa — Legacies and Expectations — Journalist Donald Woods, who fled persecution in South Africa in the '70s, travels across his native land to assess its chances of making democracy work after the April elections. This program, the last in the series, looks at the biggest challenge for the new government: meeting the black electorate's expectations for a better life. 2XX, Tuesday, April 26, 10am. This program will be repeated on Sunday, May 1, at 12.30pm.
- A new crop of diverse radio programs will be beamed across the nation from April 25, when Community Radio Satellite service "ComRadSat" launches its new line-up.
The interactive network is managed by Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA) and broadcasts for an average of 18 hours a day. New programs include: Radio Out There, a daily hour of youth music and information, Monday-Friday, 10am; All Hits Breakfast, a weekday four-hour brekky show from Bankstown-based Alexander Moss Productions, Monday-Friday, 6am; Airs and Graces, a folk and early music show, every Tuesday, 2pm; and Telling Tales, an oral history series produced by 3CR in Melbourne, Thursday, 3.30pm. For full details of the many other programs, new and regular, contact CBAA on (02) 310 2999.