ABC Classic FM and ABC Radio National have cause
for celebration, with both stations honoured at three
separate major award ceremonies recently.

The stations scooped two of the available eight awards at the
Third Coast International Audio Festival with the documentary
“Affairs of the Mind” and feature “If”. These awards are the
world’s richest radio documentary prizes, recently called the
“Sundance of Radio”. The final positions will be announced
in Chicago on Saturday, November 2nd.

To celebrate the awards, “Affairs of the Mind” will be re-broadcast
on Radio National’s “Radio-Eye” on Saturday, November 2nd at 2pm and “If”
will be re-broadcast on ABC Classic FM’s “The Listening Room” on Monday,
November 4th at 9pm.

“Affairs of the Mind” by Kyla Brettle follows
a private detective through the process of a marital investigation.
On “If” by Sherre DeLys and John Jacobs, we hear young patient,
Andrew Salter, as he reinvents his experience of being in hospital
through metaphor and allusion.

At the United Nations Association Of Australia Media Peace Awards 2002
announced last Friday, Robyn Ravlich and Russell Stapleton won the
Best Radio award for “On the Raft, All at Sea”, originally broadcast
on ABC Classic FM’s “The Listening Room”. The program will be
re-broadcast on Radio National “Radio Eye” on Saturday,
December 14th at 2pm and the full stereo version will be broadcast
in “The Listening Room” on ABC Classic FM at 9pm on Monday,
December 16th.

Jacqueline Arias and Judy Rapley were honoured twice, winning the
Increasing Awareness And Understanding Of Women’s Rights And Issues
award for “Marriage Sexuality and Betrayal” and gaining a commendation
for “Voices From The Inside” in the Best Radio section. Both programs
were originally broadcast on ABC Radio National’s “Street Stories”.

At the 2002 ARIA Awards announced last week, the stations were
affiliated with a further two winners. The Best World Music Album,
“Live On Stage” by Monsieur Camembert, was a live performance
recorded for ABC Radio National’s “Live On Stage” program by
Cathy Peters and Mark Don. Best Jazz Album, Andrea Keller’s
“Thirteen Sketches”, was recorded for ABC Classic FM program
“Jim McLeod’s Jazztrack” by Mal Stanley.