- ABC Rural
ABC Rural is a department of the
Australian Broadcasting Corporation that produces news, business, and entertainment programs targeted at audiences in regionalAustralia . At present the department employs 70 staff and reporters based around the country.cite web |title=About ABC Rural |url=http://www.abc.net.au/rural/about.htm |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |accessdate=2007-10-14 ]History
The history of the Rural department can be traced back to
1945 , when moves were made to formalise the provision of specialist rural news and information on ABC Radio. Although the ABC had provided specialist information to regional audiences (such as markets and rainfall figures), the head of the new department,John Douglass , established a new program titledThe Country Hour , first broadcast onDecember 3 ,1945 .Dick Snedden was the original host, known to viewers inNew South Wales for his reporting of the Sydney Show. Announcers were later appointed in other capital cities, to provide state-level news and information (all the while contributing to the national portion of the program). The Country Hour was later presented separately for each state.In
1951 , regional 'extension officers' were appointed to some areas undertake interviews and cover local stories. Following the1956 introduction of television to more densely-populated areas, a number of television programs were launched - "To Market To Market", "A Big Country", "Countrywide" and "Landline" all debuted in subsequent years. The titles of extension officers were changed in the 1980s to 'rural reporters', and their supervisors 'executive producers'. Their roles however, remained almost identical.An 'online gateway' was launched as part of the ABC's website in
1999 at http://www.abc.net.au/rural, offering news, and streaming audio and video.Programming
Radio
* "
The Country Hour " -ABC Local Radio
* "Bush Telegraph " -Radio National
* "Country Breakfast" -Radio National
* "Resources Beat" -ABC NewsRadio
* "Heywire "-ABC Local Radio ,Radio National ,Triple J Television
* "Landline" -
ABC TV References
ee also
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
*ABC Radio and Regional Content
* ABC TelevisionExternal links
* [http://www.abc.net.au/rural/ ABC Rural Online]
* [http://www.abc.net.au/northtas/stories/s1412722.htm A brief history of the ABC Rural Department]
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