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About The Wire |
Promos - see below |
The Wire is a daily current affairs program broadcast on Community radio stations around Australia.
The Wire is available via COMRADSAT to more than 150 stations in areas ranging from city to regional to remote Indigenous communities.
The Wire takes an independent approach to current issues, guided by our editorial Policy. We offer critical coverage, which challenges all points of view, putting issues and events in context and always asking 'why'.
Our audience is as diverse as the community radio sector - reaching a unique range of communities across the country. Over 4 million people across Australia can tune into The Wire any weekday.
The Wire is broadcast to stations via satellite at 5.04pm Sydney time. Many stations play us live, some record and replay a little later. Please check local guides (see Tuning In)
2008 broadcast season:
commences Monday February 4, ends Friday December 6
Produced by a consortium of progressive community broadcasters: Radio Adelaide 101.5 FM and 2SER 107.3FM in Sydney and 4EB in Brisbane with the assistance of the Community Broadcasting Foundation.
| Radio Adelaide | www.radio.adelaide.edu.au |
| 2ser | www.2ser.com |
| 4EB | www.4eb.org.au |
| ComRadSat | www.cbaa.org.au click on Satellite |
| CBF | www.cbf.com.au |
| CAAMA Satellite Network | www.caama.com.au |
Editorial Policy
The Wire will:| 1. | Contribute new and useful information, analysis and comment, adding to public awareness and understanding of important issues. |
| 2. | Concentrate especially on social, economic and political developments in areas such as the environment, education, welfare/social justice and international development (particularly regional, women's & indigenous issues) |
| 3. | Give particular attention to the voices of women, Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders, people on low incomes and others under-represented in social decision-making. |
| 4. | Be critical and question and challenge government and other authorities, "experts" and "conventional wisdom". We will translate and demystify language. |
| 5. | Cover a range of issues: international, national, state and local, for a national audience. |
| 6. | Concentrate on issues rather than personalities or events, avoiding stories that are merely superficial or sensational, including party political disputes devoid of real implication. |
| 7. | Draw ideas and information as far as possible from communities, organisations, and individuals directly involved in social action or directly affected by policies, decisions or proposals. |
| 8. | Abide by the Community Radio Codes of Practice. |
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