Radio Australia is the international shortwave radio service operated by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Australia's public broadcaster.

It had a considerable range of broadcasts to the Asian region in the 1970's and 1980's, however in the late 1990's political influence on its broadcasting range and programming limited its Asian spread.

In recent years Radio Australia programs have also become available via web streaming.

Target areas

Radio Australia's signal is primarily aimed at the Asia-Pacific region. It broadcasts in several languages - English, Mandarin Chinese, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Khmer and Tok Pisin (a pidgin commonly spoken in Papua New Guinea). A daily Pacific news bulletin is podcast in French.

Though Radio Australia does not directly target North America or Europe via shortwave, some of its transmissions can be heard in these areas ^*.

Sources of RA programming

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Radio Australia's English language programs consist of material produced by Radio Australia and also other ABC radio networks such as ABC Local Radio and Radio National.

Radio Australia's programming output (1950-1996)

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For a comparison of RA to other broadcasters see

External link

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Radio Australia website

• Radio Australia home page

Australian Broadcasting Corporation | International broadcasting