Dear Listener, March 25th 2011

Welcome to the latest edition of the WRN Newsletter which keeps you informed of upcoming
programme highlights on WRN's English networks that broadcast to North America, Europe, Africa,
the Middle East and the Asia Pacific region.

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A Prairie Home Companion

Sunday, March 27 2011: A Prairie Home Companion

This week, a "A Prairie Home Companion" is in Nashville, Tennessee at the beautiful and historic
Ryman Auditorium. With special guests, the prolific Emmylou Harris, hairy bluegrass madman Sam
Bush and master fiddler Stuart Duncan. Plus, young hip Tennessee duo The Civil Wars and a former
host of the show, singer and fiddler Sara Watkins. Also on the show, the Royal Academy of Radio
Actors, The Guy's All-Star Show Band and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.

In Africa and Europe:1100 BST / 1200 CET / 1200 CAT

Asia Calling Saturday, March 26 and Sunday, March 27 2011: Asia Calling
Developed to reflect the lives and reality of citizens across the region, "Asia Calling" is a weekly radio
programme from Indonesia’s Radio News Agency KBR68H.

In North America: 2230 ET / 1930 PT

In Europe: 2100 UTC / 2200 CET

In Africa and Asia: 1200 UTC / 1300 CET / 1400 CAT

Radio Australia

Sunday, March 27 2011: Radio Australia

From dreaming to depression, addiction to artificial intelligence, consciousness to coma,

psychoanalysis to psychopathy, free will to forgetting - "All in the Mind" explores the human condition
through the mind's eye.

In Europe:0900 BST / 1000 CET

Radio Guangdong

Saturday, March 26 and Sunday, March 27 2011: Radio Guangdong

Radio Guangdong, established in October 1949, is a leading radio group in south China. Radio
Guangdong programmes cover political, economic, social and cultural issues; programmes about
Guangdong, programmes about Guangdong people and programmes linking Guangdong with the
world.

In North America: Sat 1200 ET / 0900 PT Sun 2030 ET / 1730 PT

In Africa and the Middle East: Sat 0015 UTC / 0215 CAT
Sat 1600 UTC / 1800 CAT Sat 1945 UTC / 2145 CAT
Sun 0800 UTC / 1000 CAT

In Asia and the Pacific: Sat 0015 UTC / 1015 AEDT

Radio Guandong, cont'd:

Sat 1945 UTC / 0645 (Sun) AEDT

Sun 0800 UTC / 1800 AEDT

In Europe: Sat 2045 UTC / 2145 CET

Radio Netherlands

Saturday, March 26 and Sunday, March 27 2011: Radio Netherlands

In "The State We're In", Jonathan Groubert and his team look at current events from an unexpected
perspective.

This week: New chapters

A man fought jihad against the Soviets in Afghanistan until he realised how extremists had hijacked the
term. Now he’s fighting a war of ideas against the radical view of jihad. A Swedish man loses his
family in the tsunami of 2004, but he was joyfully shocked by finding a new wife and starting a new
family. A woman in Australia is traumatised by a mass murder, losing her musical abilities, but she
regains them after she takes up shooting lessons.

Monday, March 28 2011: Radio Netherlands

Inspiring round-table discussions with guest speakers and in-depth interviews give listeners food for
thought in "Africa in Progress".

This week: Why we must save our forests now

Every day Africa’s forests are disappearing at an alarming rate. Scientists say that cutting trees leads to
deforestation and this eventually leads to extreme weather conditions, including floods and drought.
Deforestation also deprives people of their livelihoods.
In this edition, four African climate change experts discuss why it is important for us to protect our
trees and what would happen if we continue cut down our forest cover in Africa.

Tuesday, March 29 2011: Radio Netherlands

"Bridges With Africa" - inspiring round-table discussions with guest speakers and in-depth interviews
give listeners food for thought.

This week: Dutch fighter jets head for Libya. / Tackling gender violence in South Africa. / The
Nigerian singer with his eyes on a Grammy. Presenters will talk to Darey.
Radio Netherlands broadcast times:

In North America: 0800 ET / 0500 PT

1800 ET / 0300 PT 0000 ET / 2100 PT
In Africa and the Middle East: 1000 UTC / 1200 CAT
2200 UTC / 0000 CAT
0400 UTC / 0600 CAT

In Asia and the Pacific:1000 UTC /2000 AEDT

2200 UTC / 0800 AEDT
0400 UTC / 1400 AEDT

In Europe: 1930 BST / 2030 CET1400 BST / 1500 CET

0030 BST / 0130 CET

Radio New Zealand International

Saturday, March 26, Sunday, March 27 and Monday, March 28 2011: Radio New Zealand
International

RNZI is New Zealand's only shortwave station, broadcasting to the Island nations of the Pacific. Its
broadcasts range from Papua New Guinea in the west across to French Polynesia in the east, covering
all South Pacific countries in between.

In North America: Mon - Fri 1200 ET / 0900 PT

Sun 1530 ET / 1230 PT
In Africa and the Middle East: Sun 0100 UTC / 0300 CAT
In Asia and the Pacific: Sun 0100 UTC / 1100 AEDT
In Europe: Sat 1500 UTC / 1600 CET
Sun 0530 BST / 0630 CET
National Public Radio
Saturday, March 26 2011: NPR "Fresh Air"

"Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, the Peabody Award-winning weekday magazine of contemporary arts
and issues, is one of public radio's most popular programmes. Though "Fresh Air" has been categorised
as a "talk show", it hardly fits the mould. Its 1994 Peabody Award citation credits "Fresh Air" with
"probing questions, revelatory interviews and unusual insights". A variety of top publications count
Gross among America's leading interviewers. The show gives interviews as much time as needed, and
complements them with comments from well-known critics and commentators.

In Europe: 100 UTC / 1200 CET

Radio Romania International

Friday, March 18 and Saturday, March 26 2011: Radio Romania International

"Terra the 21st century" is devoted to the Earth Hour, the largest environmental event in history. As part
of this campaign, on March 26th, some 50 cities in Romania will turn off lights for an hour. For this
year, the World Wildlife Fund, the organization that came up with the Earth Hour concept and which
has been coordinating the campaign for 5 years, estimates that hundreds of millions of people from
over 5 thousand cities across the world will symbolically turn off lights. This year, Earth Hour steps
into a new state called Beyond the Hour.

Saturday, March 26 and Sunday, March 27 2011: Radio Romania International

"World of Culture" features the Timisoara National Theatre, a member of the European Theatre
Convention and winner of the Europa 2009 Cultural Award, presented by KulturForum Europa.

Sunday, March 27 and Monday, March 28 2011: Radio Romania International

In late January, following the Hollywood model, the Walk of Fame was created in Bucharest, to honour
great Romanian actors while they are still alive. So on Sunday you will learn who are the first actors to
be awarded a star on the Romanian walk of fame. All about this on this week's "Inside Romania".

Monday, March 28 and Tuesday, March 29 2011: Radio Romania International

"Pro Memoria" is devoted to the great Wallachian ruler Stephen the Great and his relation with the
Ottoman Empire.
Radio Romania International broadcast times:

In North America: 0600 ET / 0300 PT

1730 ET / 1430 PT

In Africa and the Middle East: 1130 UTC / 1330 CAT / 0430 UTC / 0630
CAT
In Asia and the Pacific: 1130 UTC / 2130 AEDT
0430 UTC / 1430 AEDT

In Europe: Mon - Fri 0500 BST / 0600 CET 2000 BST / 2100 CET

RTE Ireland Saturday, March 26 2011: RTE Ireland

"Seascapes" is Radio 1's weekly maritime programme, providing comprehensive coverage of the
marine sector presented by Marcus Connaughton.

This week's "Seascapes" features cyclist Stephen Mullaly; RNLI with Anna
Classon; Copeland Islands with Hugh Oram and a new Tall Ship initiative.

In Africa and the Middle East: 0330 UTC / 0530 CAT

In Asia and the Pacific: 0330 UTC / 1430 AEDT

In Europe: 1900 UTC / 2000 CET

Wednesday, March 23 2011: RTE Ireland

"This Week" gives you an in-depth look at events making the news in the past seven days. Tune in to
hear Irish views and commentaries.

In North America: 2100 ET / 1800 PT

In Africa and the Middle East: 0230 UTC / 0430 CAT

In Asia and the Pacific: 0230 UTC / 1230 AEDT

This Way Out

Saturday, March 26 2011 to Monday, March 28 2011: "This Way Out"

On this week's show: Coming of age "out" and "millennial" / A "designing gay-man" packs a positive
outlook / Hearings imminent for Uganda's "kill gays" bill / DOMA under attack in Congress and the
courts / EU presses Turkey and Montenegro on LGBT rights. All this and more LGBT news.

In Africa and the Middle East: Sun 0830 UTC / 1030 CAT
Sun 2030 UTC / 2230 CAT

In Asia and the Pacific: Sun 0830 UTC / 1830 AEDT

Sun 2030 UTC / Mon 0630 AEDT

In Europe: Sat 1030 UTC / 1130 CET

Sun 1730 BST / 1830 CET

United Nations Radio

Saturday, March 26, Sunday, March 27 and Monday, March 28 2011: United Nations Radio "UN
and Africa"

"UN and Africa" is a weekly, 15-minute radio programme that aims to cover topical and current affairs-
related stories about what the UN is doing for Africa, in Africa and about Africa.

World Tuberculosis Day is observed on 24 March to raise awareness about the lung disease that can be
successfully treated if diagnosed on time. The World Health Organization estimates that there are about
440,000 cases of TB each year. The multi-drug resistant strain of TB is a serious problem in some
countries in Africa which don't have the equipment and trained personnel to diagnose it.

Relief agencies are expressing great concern about the worsening humanitarian situation in Libya.
Coalition forces led by the United States have bombed targets in Libya to enforce a no-fly zone
imposed by the Security Council last week.

Mali's ancient art has been plundered from archaeological sites to be sold in Europe and the United
States. A UNESCO convention prohibits trafficking in cultural property. The Director of the National
Museum of Mali, Dr. Samuel Sidibé, says that measures are being taken to protect the country's
artefacts

United Nations Radio, Cont'd:

In Africa and the Middle East: Sat 1130 UTC / 1330 CAT

In Asia and the Pacific: Sat 1130 UTC / 2230 AEDT

Sat 2030 UTC / 0730 AEDT

In Europe: Sat 0515 UTC / 0615 CET

World of Radio

Saturday, March 26 and Sunday, March 27 2011: Glenn Hauser's "World of Radio"

Glenn Hauser's "World of Radio" provides DX tips, broadcast insights and the
latest developments (and gossip) from the world of domestic and international
broadcasting. Give it a listen!

New schedules from Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, Cuba, Ireland non, Italy non, Japan, New Zealand,
Pakistan, Serbia and non, Spain, USA / More DX and station news from Antarctica, Ecuador, France,
Indonesia, Iran, Libya, Nigeria, Syria, USA.

In North America: Sat&Sun 1330 ET / 1030 PT

Sun 0430 ET / 0130 PT

In Africa and the Middle East: Sat 0900 UTC / 1100 CAT

In Asia and the Pacific: Sat 0900 UTC / 2000 AEDT

In Europe: Sat 0900 UTC / 1000 CET

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