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Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996

Russell,

How the hell are you? Heard that you were on the 'Web and thought that I had better visit and check it out for myself - very impressive. Take care. Now, where's that cider!

Cheers,
P. Giafis
surname.firstname@a2.abc.net.au

Date: Tue, 06 Feb 96

Hi Russell, found your site most interesting and informative. I teach radio in the undergraduate program at Swinburne ...Would you be interested in coming to speak to my students about digital radio? We can pay you a small fee and the talk would be in the week beginning 6th of May. Let me know if you're interested either by phone or by email and we can talk further....Cheers,

Lisa Gye
Lecturer in Media, Swinburne University
lgye@swin.edu.au

Radio Australia On-Line goes 'live' on May 9

Date: Fri, 10 May 1996

Lookum good this big fella net site. Thinkum nice and clear.
Long long long lookum for stockmarket button fella. Maybe use big fella ears instead. Like smart fella!

Yep reckon big fella ears work pretty good.
Better fellas than old fella eyes.

Big long fella congratulation fellas. Clap clap with big fella hands.

Yep!

Simon Pockley
simonp@cinemedia.com.au

Date: Mon, 13 May 1996 23:54:42 -0400
From: 76016.2760@compuserve.com
To: ratx@radioaus.abc.net.au
Subject: Internet Broadcast

Do you have any plans to broadcast Radio Australia over the internet?
If so, which software do I need? Thank you.

Robert E. Maes

Date: Thu, 23 May 1996 10:53:26 -0400
From: Travel Man <Travel_Man_OZ@wow.com>
Subject: Re: Australian News onWorld Radio Network
To: "ratx@radioaus.abc.net.au ratx@radioaus.abc.net.au"
<RATX@RADIOAUS.ABC.NET.AU>

To whom it may concern

I appreciate the chance to hear Australian news via the Internet on the World Radio Network. The reception is very good and there are no difficulties compared with Short Wave Radio. I would like to be able to listen to Sports news. I realise that there are problems catering for the diverse sporting interests of Australians especially during the Southern Winter with Aussie Rules or Rugby. Would it be possible to have a separate
segment devoted to Sporting News that doesn't need to be appended to news of a more General nature. Thank you for the services that Radio Australia provide.

Ross Allan
San Diego
CA

Date: Thu, 23 May 1996

Hi Russell,

Just had a look at you Home Page & Lecture Material on the WWW. Great Stuff!!! Hope to catch up with you soon.

Regards,
Bert Hoveling
Dr. A.W.Hoveling
hoveling@rmit.edu.au

Date: Fri, 24 May 1996 12:48:27 -1200
To: ratx@radioaus.abc.net.au
From: Brent <brent@earthlight.co.nz>
Subject: mailbag/letters show

Dear Team,

Congratulations on joining the Internet. It is a fantastic way for theWorld to communicate.
I listen to Radio Australia nearly everyday and most of your frequencies come through loud and clear 24 hours a day here in New Zealand. I heard your show on Sunday 12th May 1996 at 0400 hrs GMT on 13.605mhz. This frequency and 15.415 are the best received here in Dunedin, New Zealand.

I receive your latest broadcast schedule from the Australian Embassy in New
Zealand each time a new one is produced. Therefore it may be best NOT to
put me on your mailing list until the Embassy stops sending them to me. I
will contact Radio Australia when this happens.

Keep up the good work.
Cheers for now.

Date: Sat, 01 Jun 1996

Hello Russell
Good to see you up on the net

Michael Rozenes QC
internet: rozenes@lawnet.com.au

Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1996

Found the web site and down loaded the Frequency guide file. In fact pass on a compliment or to whoever set this page up. Just text and simple. We get so many fancy graphics on the net today we spend a fortune on telephone line charge time downloading them.

Here in Indonesia we pay by the minute. No such thing as a local timeless local call. Rate for me is around 30 cents Australian per minute peak rate and 10 cents Australian per minute off peak. Unfortunately I live out of the Denpasar zone so it is like a simple STD call. Real local rates are 10 and 5 cents respectively.

Any way as I do not have television (and do not want it either) it is good to be connected via radio again. Here in Ubud- Bali I teach Raja Yoga 5 nights a week, and so as this is a little like teaching people how to use there 'Colour Radio' .... Imagination ... I am more at home with Radio Australia.

OK to use any thing I write to you all about, hardly an Intellectual property issue...

Warmest regards

Frank Wilson
enviro@denpasar.wasantara.net.id

Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996

John

Welcome back - glad you like being 'up on the web' at last.

Re your onpassed concerns re graphics/chinese script etc.

The way I have configured your pages is that the script is broken down into single lines of characters (max = 12 per line) and as such load very quickly. - NB: only the Menu pages exist at this stage.

The english text (translation) is included under each line (or set of lines ) of text for both linquistic purposes and also to function as the 'hot link' to the actual information pages. (still in English)

I can show you the test pages working on the developmental server.

We will solve the true 'text to web' matter for the section(s) - I am working on it but it will take time. - I have several leads to follow up this week.

In the mean time I believe we can function quite well with the process I have created allowing for the fact that I have to 'produce' each line of text individually.

Up to now all the complicated web stuff has been done here at home but as of last Friday I have more RAM on my machine at RA and should be able to do more on site.

Naturally nothing will go 'on line' without your say so but I need to try things out to see how and where we can go with this new medium.

As I really believe in the value of the scripted text on screen (ditto for Khmer, Viet and Thai), I am however more than happy (in this interim period) to go through the somewhat lengthy process to make it happen.

Russ Naughton

Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 12:04:27 -0400
From: Abacus Cafe <Abacus@cims.net>
Organization: Abacus Cafe
To: ratx@radioaus.abc.net.au
Subject: programming X-Url: http://www.abc.net.au/ra/res/feedback.htm

To Whom It May Concern

I am a listener on CBC over night I like The programming from your radio station keep up the good work..

Sincerly Yours

Wesley Creek
From The Public Terminals at "The Abacus Cafe"
Multimedia Information Coffeehouse
E-Mail: wcreek@cims.net London
Ontario, Canada

Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1996

Hi there, is it possible to supply the text of the Radio Australia news (pref. Business) somewhere on the internet?

Thomas Morgenstern
Tmorgenstern@quark.de

Date: Sat, 22 Jun 1996
To: both@weather.net, internet@weather.net
From: russelln@netspace.net.au (Russell Naughton)
Subject: Thanks for the Compliments

Hi, Weather Netters

Not sure of your actual name(s) but thanks re the mail on RA and the RA Website.

The RA Website has only been 'on line' for about 8 weeks following the appointment of myself as the first ABC Internet Coordinator in late April.

Appointed specifically by Radio Australia, it was my brief to establish, maintain and direct RA's 'on line' activity into the future.

We now have a skeleton of what's to come with multilingual pages that will eventually carry text, audio and video? of RA programs both current and archival.

I am a department of one so there is only so much that can be done in a week. ( with a tad of 'homework' thrown in to add a liitle icing to the basic cake).

It's early daze yet but we are adding content daily and with your
particular references to Innovations and Science File, it just so happens that this weekend I am assembling pages devoted to these very programs.

From mid to late Monday (post checking on our internal server) I will be putting up links and content to both these programs with (as available) Fact Sheets and/or Transcripts of programs from the most current going back to the start of this year.

As I've said before the resource allocated to all this is yours truly so please be patient and the content will grow.

Thanks again for the compliments and 'your' links - they will be onpassed.

Regards

Russell Naughton
Internet Coodinator

Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 02:52:46 +1000
From: "G. Erkelens" <columbia@worldonline.nl>
Subject: Some Questions
To: naughton russell <"naughton russell"@a1.abcnet.abc.net.au>

Hello sir,

This is a little message from the netherland. I am working for a little local radiostation here in the netherlands. On the second of july, we are going to talk about your country and especially about radiostations in australia. I want to know, if it's possible to give some general information about your radiostation. I hope you will, because I can use this information in my radioshow on the second of july.

Special thanks and with friendly regards,

Bert
columbia@worldonline.nl

Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 16:40:25 -0400 (EDT)
From: rmorton <ttguy@raptor.cqi.com>
To: "Radio Australia T.M.U" <ratx@radioaus.abc.net.au>
Subject: Re: fan mail

On Tue, 25 Jun 1996, Radio Australia T.M.U wrote:

"Thank you for your interest in our "new" Web site. We have still quite a bit of development to do yet so be patient with us".

I don't have to be patient because I also sent a message to the world radio network people and within 2 days they or you guys had the Australian news extended by five mins to include Australian sport. Now that is customer service. Especially considering the amount of money I pay to get this service <grin>. I would happily pay 10 times what I pay now to hear this stuff. <grin> I don't know exactly who to thank but I thank them.

thanks and I look forward to more developments at your Web site.

Roger

Date: Sun, 30 Jun 1996 11:13:56 -0500
From: Martin Gallas <martin@netjax.com>
To: "'ratx@radioaus.abc.net.au'" <ratx@radioaus.abc.net.au>
Subject:RealAudio/World Radio Network

I have found you on the WRN through the Internet. While I can receive you
on shortwave mornings here, it is good to know I can listen on my computer
as well. Thanks!

Martin Gallas
125 Pine Street
Jacksonville, Illinois 62650 USA

Date: Mon, 1 Jul 1996 14:39:08 +1000
From: Ray Weghorst <"Ray Weghorst"@tce.snider.net>
Subject: (no subject)
To: naughton russell <"naughton russell"@a1.abcnet.abc.net.au>

When I was a schoolboy in Nebraska (US) I would listem to Keith Glover on 11.710Mhz. You used to "rule" that frequency in the morning. I Keith still around? If so, tell his I grew up fine, I am a ham operator and a daddy to two lovely kids. Still love you Aussies. Hope to visit you before I die.

Date: Tue, 2 Jul 1996 03:45:09 +1000
From: "Stephen Oakes"@a1.abcnet.abc.net.au
Subject: Questionnaire
Sender: stephen <stephen@sirim1.sirim.my>
To: naughton russell <"naughton russell"@a1.abcnet.abc.net.au>

Hi,
I just filled in your Radio Australia internet questionnaire. There were two questions I couldn't answer. Question 3 I answered based upon the time I have been in Malaysia, but I first listened to RA when I lived in Shepparton, about 20 years ago.

Question 8, about Internet connections; I have a direct connnection to the Internet, provided by my place of work. Therefore question 9 is also irrelevant.

Finally, what about a "comments" section?

Thanks for listening,
Stephen Oakes.

P.S. I mainly listen for news, Grandstand, and occasionally music programs, but reception isn't too good here.

Date: Wed, 3 Jul 96

Hello Russell.

I checked out Radio Australia. Nice, clean design. (Coming as I do from print-publishing, where white space is valuable, I've tried to avoid the huge wacky graphics on my site, too--though I couldn't resist a couple little animations.) I also took a look at Adventures in CyberSound. Cool. (I've bookmarked Radio on the Internet.)

Brian Willson
Three Islands Press
willson@3ip.com http://www.3ip.com/

Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 13:38:47 +1000
From: "C. Ed Evans - HBS Senior Station Manager" <cee@wshb.csms.com>
Subject: Great Web pages !
To: naughton russell <"naughton russell"@a1.abcnet.abc.net.au>

G'Day again, Arie;

I've just finished perusing your web pages, and I'm very ipressed with the ease and simplicity that you have chosen. I found them very easy to maneuver and the information format is also very good. I like pages that to don't require a lot of scrolling or searching (except, of course, time and frequency schedules, which by their nature, can't be helped), and present their info on a single screen.

A big Atta-boy to Radio Australia for their web pages ! Ed

C. Ed Evans, Senior Station Manager
The Herald Broadcasting Syndicate
WSHB Cypress Creek SC
cee@wshb.csms.com / cee@hargray.com
http://www.csmonitor.com/monitor_radio/monitor_radio.html

Date: Wed, 03 Jul 1996

Russell, please specify a date by when the new frequency schedules will be updated on the web, and "flash" that date on your home page. Then we can make a note to check the web after that date. This avoids the current rather cumbersome process of regularly checking to see whether the update has been completed or not.

By the way, I would of thought the web frequency guide would have been completed more quickly than the hard copy since there is no waiting for the copy to come back from the printer etc

Neil Marston
nmarston@gol.com

Date: Thu, 04 Jul 1996

Hi, Russell:

I've done some work on my antenna today and I believe its going to allow me to monitor Radio Australia much more often. I hope to be sending a reception report soon. Is there another e-mail address for that? The web pages are great!

Best Regards,

Daniel C. Truitt
dtruitt@iquest.com

P.S. - I'm located in Decatur, Alabama, USA.


Daniel

Glad to have you on board on both the 'net and of course SW. You can best negotiate all the SW technical stuff with our experts in Transmission Management - Nigel Holmes (TX Mgr) and Arie Schellars (A/TX Mgr) They both put my TX knowlege to shame.

The QSL page is at URL << http://www.abc.net.au/ra/res/qsl.htm >>

Good listening (and web surfing !)

Russ

Date: Thu, 04 Jul 1996

Thanks Russ,

I was in no particular hurry, I just wanted to know when the update would be done..which it sounds like it will be by the time you get this message. Thanks for taking the time to explain anyway.

By the way, for a one person "part-timer" you are doing a great job. I remember writing a letter a few months ago, saying the "old" Radio Aust www pages were not intergrated and were very out of date. Anyway, thanks to your help they are looking really great...so well done

Neil Marston
nmarston@gol.com

Date: Thu, 04 Jul 1996

Hi, how's it going Russell? Got a quick question. How can I pick up Optus Cup Rugby League and Union match commetaries here in the States? Are they broadcast on ABC? or online?

Thanks buddy

Jason.
Kiwitim@vegas.infi.net

Date: Fri, 05 Jul 1996 08:09:30 +0800
From: Jeremy Wagstaff <jwagstaff@igc.apc.org> Reply-To: jwagstaff@igc.apc.org
Mime-Version: 1.0
To: ratx@radioaus.abc.net.au
Subject: Radio Australia

Hi. Great service. Just wondering when the ABC Radio Australia is udpated?
I am not familiary with '1030 UTC'...

Many thanks

Jeremy

Date: Fri, 5 Jul 1996 10:52:45 +1000
From: kiwi <kiwitim@vegas.infi.net>
Subject: Re Rugby
To: naughton russell <"naughton russell"@a1.abcnet.abc.net.au>

Do you provide live (or delayed) sports transmissions of Rugby & Rugby league news. Dying to catch Australia vs New Zealand rugby test matches. Can you help?

Date: Fri, 5 Jul 1996

Thanks for the quick reply Russ. I really look forward to Aussie sport going on-line. As I really miss "real sport" as I always tell my American friends here. Take care mate and if you hear of any union or league available on-line please give me a yell.

Thank you (from Las Vegas - where it was 48degC. Today!)

Jason
kiwitim@vegas.infi.net

Date: Sat, 06 Jul 96 12:07:22 -0400
From: Al Tirevold <tirevold@atl.mindspring.com>
To: ratx@radioaus.abc.net.au
Subject: Nice Job!

Congratulations on a finely executed WWW pageset. An excellent effort!

I have been listening to R. Australia for over thirty years on three continents and in many, many locations. I still rely on you for current Asian news and up to date morning (in the US)world news.

I currently live near Atlanta, Georgia.

I especially like the transcripts - they help me to catch up when other commitments do not allow me to catch a particular program.

Thanks,

Al

Date: Sun, 7 Jul 1996 15:06:22 +1000
To: "Daniel C. Truitt" <dtruitt@iquest.com>
From: russelln@netspace.net.au (Russell Naughton)
Subject: Re: Web Pages

Daniel

Glad to have you on board on both the 'net and of course SW.

You can best negotiate all the SW technical stuff with our experts in Transmission Management - Nigel Holmes (TX Mgr) and Arie Schellars (A/TX Mgr ) They both put my TX knowlege to shame.

The QSL page is at URL << http://www.abc.net.au/ra/res/qsl.htm >>

Good listening (and web surfing !)

Russ

Russell Naughton
Internet Coordinator
Radio Australia

Hi, Russell:

I've done some work on my antenna today and I believe its going to allow me to monitor Radio Australia much more often. I hope to be sending a reception report soon. Is there another e-mail address for that? The web pages are great!

Best Regards,

Daniel C. Truitt

P.S. - I'm located in Decatur, Alabama, USA.

Date: Sun, 7 Jul 1996

Michael

I am about to send you 4 (four) separate eMails (to Michael only folks - only HTML code)

They will contain the following files...

1) << .../news/default.htm >>

which is, (apart from an abbreviation to two items) as pulled off the abc NEWSLINK page yesterday

2) <<.../newsrael/default.htm >>

which is the 'altered' version of the same document and is the best anacronym I can come up with to say NEWS Radio Australia English Language and then leave us room to move to other languages eg..

newsrafr = french, newsratp = tok pisin, newsrain = indonesian, newsravn = vietnamese

and down the track

newsrati = thai, newsrakm = khmer, newsraca = cantonese, newsrama = mandarin

3) << .../news/328227.htm >>

which is as pulled off the abc NEWSLINK page yesterday

4) << .../newsrael/105511.htm >>

which is an 'altered' version of the NEXT document in the queue.

I have altered a different file so that you can load up the dummy menu and then have access to two different files one 'as is' and one as 'would like to be'

Many thanks
Russ Naughton

NOTES:

the alterations are split up so as to easily deliniate where my new HTML needs begin and end and the original HTML begins and ends.

In each case I have tried to leave as much of the old HTML as can be 'common' to both old and new.

I am not a programmer by trade so if anything I have suggested can be better coded, cannot work with rest of system (automation etc.) then please advise so and alter as is required.

File structure wise, I am going to presume that all << newsra**/file#.htm >> files will be in the same folder including the << rabanner.gif >> . If you wish to place the << rabanner.gif >> in the common resources folder then please adjust the <<....SRC=rabanner.gif >> HTML accordingly. Thanks

<< rabanner.gif >> is enclosed as an attachment (you can also of course pinch it from site. = 16k)

I believe that to clearly delineate << ra >> folder and << newsra** >> folder(s) they should be at same directory level - that way I can still do a 'site' upload without affecting the files in the << newsra** >> folder(s)

Some specific changes to look for... (I think this is the lot?)

a. New banner << rabanner.gif >>

b. Bullet points removed to 'lighten page' for faster downloading

c. Universal time added to 'time/date stamp' in two places (body and footer area)

d. <cite> removed on 'footer area' timestamp, I feel italicised text on the web is too hard to read

e. actual day'name' removed - confusing when related to UT

f. on 'item' pages the second <blockquote> removed to decrease lines of text but still leaving good margin

g. AET added in new 'footer area' plus hotlink to both top of page and ra homepage as well as copyright

h. White background throughout and 'headline' colour common to both 'default.htm' and 'item' pages

<BODY link=#0042ff vlink="#ff0000" bgcolor=#ffffff text="#000000">

Date: Sun, 7 Jul 1996 20:37:02 +1000
From: Danny Bielik <danny@loxinfo.co.th>
Subject: Australia Television
To: naughton russell <"naughton russell"@a1.abcnet.abc.net.au>

Does Australia Television have a site on the web, or just the page that advises how to pick it up on Palapa?

It would be very nice for us expat Aussies to have access to up to date program information on the web.

Thanks,

Danny Bielik
Aussie stuck in Thailand

Date: Wed, 10 Jul 1996 09:44:33 +1000
From: Russell Naughton <naughton.russell@abcnet.abc.net.au>
To: AHosking@aol.com

Andrew

Thanks for your email - The info I think you are referring to is at...

<< http://www.abc.net.au/ra/elp/elpmtof.htm >> for the Mon to Fri English Lang. programs and...

<< http://www.abc.net.au/ra/elp/elpstos.htm >> for the weekend programs

As I've said, I hope this is the info you need and as the 'author' of the site somewhat puzzled that you didn't find them/it easily.

I do admit that the English Language pages are becoming quite numerous (13 in ELP and 15 in RESOURCES) and perhaps a re design of their navigation is in order.

Please let me know if I can be of any further service.

Regards

Russell Naughton
Internet Coordinator
Radio Australia

PS: We are soon to put up English news (text only at this stage) that is fed LIVE directly from our computerised newsroom system.

Stay tuned...

you wrote:

Congratulations on creating a valuable home page, that ex-pats like myself find very informative. One suggestion to improve the page; A program listing (in addition to the provided frequency listing). I've been using a very old paper version that is totally out of date. Any chance of seeing this improvement any time soon?

Andrew Hosking

Date: Thu, 11 Jul 1996 09:55:41 +0000
From: Len Clark <lc1@uenics.evansville.edu>
To: ratx@radioaus.abc.net.au
Subject: WRN Friend
X-Url: http://www.evansville.edu/~wuevweb/Radio_Net.html

Greeting fom Evansville, IN:

My name is Len Clark, station manager of WUEV-FM, a WRN affiliate that carries Radio Australia. I truly enjoy Radio Australia, and have had the fortune to meet Peter Loxton from ABC two years ago to gain additional insight to your operation.

I teach communication courses here at the University of Evansville, and this fall I will dedicate a portion of the Intro to Telecommunications class to International Media. I am going to focus on Radio Australia. Do you have any video information about your operation so that our students can learn more about your operation.

I look forward to your reply.

Len Clark
WUEV station manager
lc1@evansville.edu
http://www.evansville.edu/~wuevweb/

Date: Thu, 11 Jul 1996 03:14:20 -0700
From: "J. Wammes" <jcwammes@worldaccess.nl>
Organization: Never marry a railroad man ! Mime-Version: 1.0
To: ratx@radioaus.abc.net.au
Subject: great site !

I'm surfin your site, great that RA is on the net, years ago I had your frequency schedules posted, but this is really the easy way to get them ! please can you tell me on which frequency your programme is most likely to be heard in HOLLAND the transmissions to the UK ??? please reply and I'm trying to catch RA from now especially for my family who's half australian and live in Holland... bye and waiting for your e-mail

Jack wammes Culemborg Holland

Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 11:50:37 +1000
From: AHosking <AHosking@aol.com>
Subject: Re: eMail response from Radio Australia
To: naughton russell <"naughton russell"@a1.abcnet.abc.net.au>

In a message dated 96-07-09 19:41:59 EDT, you wrote:

>http://www.abc.net.au/ra/elp/elpmtof.htm

Russell, Thank you for your guideance. This wasw exactly what I was looking for. Somehow I missed this on my first visit to the site.

Thank you again, Andrew Hosking.

Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 04:13:27 -0700
From: tomas <tomas@accessnow.com>
To: ratx@radioaus.abc.net.au
Subject: THANK YOU

Thank you for the EXCELLENT programming on 9580 all night (here) (GMT 0900
onward, 17 July 1996). Yes, you did not air your normal programming due to the technical problems. But you did an incredibly GREAT job with programming the music. I wish that your programming would be like this EVERY night. I enjoy good news, and other such information and cultural programming (I've listened to your station on and off since the mid-seventies). But, at night, when I am trying to put in a few hours of work, some reading, and then head off to sleep, having music would be SO much more "listenable." I remember years ago when I had the radio on for such an atmosphere. I AM SO HAPPY with tonights' progamming that I actaully got online to email you this message.

I hope no one is hurt in the accident. I do not wish evil on anyone. But I am thankful that you had to do the alternative! And the choices of songs are very well done. Please complement those involved in the selection. Once again, this is why I listen to your station above all others. Thank you for the gift.

BTW, I am a radio amateur. N7PMS is the call. Name is Tomas Hood. I'd love
to hear from you.

cheers,

tomas

Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 13:18:16 +1000
From: kn4im <kn4im@sprynet.com>
Subject: Radio Australia on Internet
To: naughton russell <"naughton russell"@a1.abcnet.abc.net.au>

With the propagation on HF in such poor shape for the next who knows how many years...and with internet being filled with audio on RealAudio, TrueSpeech, Streamworks (etc)...How about putting Radio Australia on the internet! I get ICRT in Taiwan on FM just fine on Streamworks here in Charleston South Carolina USA. I prefer TrueSpeech on my PPP dialup 28.8 connection. TrueSpeech has fairly good fidelity, 27:1 compression and rarely skips or runs out of data in any network conditions.

Thank you for the nice website...hope we can listen to both the international and ABC local radio feeds on the internet very soon...

Larry Butler, amateur radio KN4IM
kn4im@sprynet.com
Charleston, South Carolina USA

Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 22:43:06 +1000
From: kn4im <kn4im@sprynet.com>
Subject: Re: Radio Australia on Internet
To: "Russell Naughton (03)626-1943" <"NAUGHTON RUSSELL"@a1.abcnet.abc.net.au>


Thank you, Russell, for the return mail. I think your Mac would be swamped in an hour as an audio server...ha. Imagine feeding 50 people times 18K/second! I'm sure the Radio Australia feed would be completely jammed. Maybe you could shut down on one RF feed to fund it. There would be millions listening over the internet. 99% of Americans would have no idea how to tune even the simplest HF receiver. Then they wouldn't know where to find your RF feed. Internet is another story. This place is going crazy on the internet. International broadcasters are now just finding that out.

73, Larry KN4IM
kn4im@sprynet.com

Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1996

Hi, Weather Netters

Not sure of your actual name(s) but thanks re the mail on RA and the RA Website.

The RA Website has only been 'on line' for about 8 weeks following the appointment of myself as the first ABC Internet Coordinator in late April.

Appointed specifically by Radio Australia, it was my brief to establish, maintain and direct RA's 'on line' activity into the future.

We now have a skeleton of what's to come with multilingual pages that will eventually carry text, audio and video? of RA programs both current and archival.

I am a department of one so there is only so much that can be done in a week. ( with a tad of 'homework' thrown in to add a liitle icing to the basic cake).

It's early daze yet but we are adding content daily and with your particular references to Innovations and Science File, it just so happens that this weekend I am assembling pages devoted to these very programs.

From mid to late Monday (post checking on our internal server) I will be putting up links and content to both these programs with (as available) Fact Sheets and/or Transcripts of programs from the most current going back to the start of this year.

As I've said before the resource allocated to all this is yours truly so please be patient and the content will grow.

Thanks again for the compliments and 'your' links - they will be onpassed.

Regards

Russell Naughton
Internet Coodinator
Radio Australia

Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996
From: "Philip Copeland" <pcopeland@oec.com>
To: <ratx@radioaus.abc.net.au>
Subject: Olympic coverage in Real Audio?

Is it possible to tune into your Olympic coverage via Real Audio?

Philip

Philip Copeland
CEO - Open Environment Corporation

Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 09:12:25 -0400
From: Geoffrey Shea <geoffrey@imagebusiness.com>
To: ratx@radioaus.abc.net.au
Subject: Shortwave Service

Hello!
I just wanted to say I listen to Radio Australia from here in Ontario, Canada via shortwave, and I really enjoy it!!! Reception seems especially good in the mornings ...when it comes in crystal-clear virtually! (It comes in better than over the internet even)! I like your use of Real Audio in your web site, I think it a good idea - a live continuous broadcast would be even better!

Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 16:57:00 +1000
From: pbristow <pbristow@csu.edu.au>
Subject: Re: Radio Australia Hyper Link
To: naughton russell <"naughton russell"@a1.abcnet.abc.net.au>

Russell

Re your hyperlink to Radio Australia on page...

<< http://www.csu.edu.au/education/australia.html >>

This is not a valid ABC nor Radio Australia Site

We are most happy for you to hyperlink to Radio Australia from youe site but would appreciate it if you directed the link to the official and infinitely more comprehensive page...

<< http://www.abc.net/au >>

I've replaced the link to http://www.csu.edu.au/australia/radio.html with a link to http://www.abc.net.au/ra/.

The old page dates back to at least 1994 - back before ABC was online.

Cheers...

Paul Bristow
pbristow@csu.edu.au
Murray Campus
614 Olive Street,
Albury 2640
Charles Sturt University

Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996

What happened to the wonderful "Adventures in Cybersound?" It is an important resources for a course on communications which I teach here at Harvard (Cambridge, MA, USA). Over the week or so, we have not been able to get a response. Please don't take it off the web.

Victor Jones (Professor)
jones@deas.harvard.edu

Date: Mon, 29 Jul 1996 15:45:12 +1000
From: Jerry Vanclay <J.Vanclay@mail.cifor.or.id>
Subject: Television Pregrammes for Australia Television
To: naughton russell <"naughton russell"@a1.abcnet.abc.net.au>

Russell

Is the program for Austalia Television's transmissions to SE Asia available on the internet? If so, where can I find it? I have had some difficulty trying to get the faxpoll system to work, but cannot find a program on the internet. Can you help? Thanks
Jerry

PS. Keep up the good work. ABC is the best source of news we have in Bogor, and I like your internet site too!

Jerry Vanclay, Systems Modeller
Center for International Forestry Research
PO Box 6596,
JKPWB,
Jakarta 10065,
Indonesia

Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 09:24:06 +1000
From: jun nakanisi <nakanisi@tky.threewebnet.or.jp>
Subject: Hi Radio Australia!
To: naughton russell <"naughton russell"@a1.abcnet.abc.net.au>

Hi Radio Australia!

We are Jun and Mika nakanisi.
We both graphic designer, in Tokyo.
Your homepage is so interesting at us.
Really cool!!!
Glad to see you.

Now, we are making "Voice Map" in this planet. "Voice Map" is webpages project.
It's like a message board of voices (for web peoples). What do you think about it?
Our voice send to you. Do you mind if send back"Your Voice".
The words is HELLO THANK YOU GOOD BYE (by your native language)
Sound file format is wav or au or all macintosh format. Please!!!

Your best regards
Jun and Mika

Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 19:56:59 +1000
From: "Andrew M. Bennett" <benno@netspace.net.au>
Subject: Time/Frequency data
To: naughton russell <"naughton russell"@a1.abcnet.abc.net.au>

Dear Sir,

A welcome addition to see that time and frequency data is to be promulgated on the RA pages. Unfortunately all I could see was a series of repeating square symbol with no numerics present. This was on the listeners within and listeners outside Australia pages.

I eagerly await the real data.

Regards,

AMB

Date: Sun, 4 Aug 1996 13:32:37 +1000
From: Grant Frith <newzeal@fairfield.com>
Subject: page design
To: naughton russell <"naughton russell"@a1.abcnet.abc.net.au>

i hope u r looking 4 some feedback... my notebook only has 640x480 resolution and i have to use both the vert. and horiz. scroll bars to see all of ur page which is a drag... i think it could all fit on 1 screen at a squeeze...

Date: Sun, 4 Aug 1996 23:21:24 +1000
From: "H.bruce" <hbrucegate.net@gate.net>
Subject: Recption Report
To: naughton russell <"naughton russell"@a1.abcnet.abc.net.au>

Hi Russell,

We are living in Clearwater Florida and we listen to RA every morning on 9.860 mhz 7:00 am local time. We normally receive a clear signal (S9+). The receiver is a Radio Shack DX 392 on a fifty foot long wire antenna. We are locate on the water. Thought you would be interested to know that your Pacific transmission make the trip to the East Coast US.

We like the design of your site however would it be possible the place a URL on the ABC home page pointing to RA as the URL to these pages is a bit long to broardcast in my opinion. No doubt people are interested in looking at ABC local info also.

All the best.

Howard Bruce

Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 19:35:48 +1000
From: Michael Sanders <Michael.Sanders@etsi.fr>
Subject: Comments about RA web site
To: "'naughton.russell@a2.abc.net.au'" <"naughton russell"@a1.abcnet.abc.net.au>

I have just looked around your web site, but I didn't find the information I was actaully looking for, that is a program guide to Radio Australia english language service. I have sent email to ratx@radioaus...... to request it, but it seems strange to me that this information isn't available on the WWW site (or if it is there, the links to it are not very obvious!)

Regarding your questionaire, you missed an option in your "how do you access the internet" question. Like most people who would access it from work, I access it via our local area network, which has a direct internet connection.

Regards,

Michael Sanders

Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 00:38:45 +1000
From: pec <pec@superlink.net>
Subject: Nice to visit again
To: naughton russell <"naughton russell"@a1.abcnet.abc.net.au>

Just thought I would drop you an e-mail message about your WWW site. I see you floks have improved your internet presence quite a bit! It really is nice to use. I'm sure those surfing the radio pages will find your site useful. In particular your transmission schedule and RESOURCES and INFORMATION pages are welcome additions to the web.

Might I request you also take a look at the new www.whri.com web site. Their interactive QSL page with an interactive submission of reports via the web is an innovation more broadcaters should adopt. (I do not work for WHRI on any group associated with that station, I'm just a Shortwave Listener.)

I will be updating my Shortwave/Radio Cataolg of Hypermedia Links WWW pages and will make sure that I add additional information about your site.

Thanks for a most enjoyable visit!

Pete Costello (No relation to any Australian official who may share a similar name ;-))
Shortwave/Radio Catalog: http://itre.ncsu.edu/radio/

pec@ios.com

Date: Sun, 18 Aug 1996
From: Jim Barron <jbarron@centralnet.net>
To: ratx@radioaus.abc.net.au
Subject: WHY

I was wanting to know why you folks can't be listened to with Real Audio. It would allow a lot of people to listen over the internet.

Thanks

Jim Barron

Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 08:05:01 +1000
To: ratx@radioaus.abc.net.au
From: Doug Greer <dgreer@neptune.on.ca>
Subject: Greetings from Canada

Hello. I have been listening to your radio when I wake up very early. Canada's CBC and you have made this happen and I celebrate that I can listen to your news and feel very close to you. Please feel free to feel close to me. The world gets smaller as it gets larger.
Regards,
Doug Greer

Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 03:00:57 +0000
From: Mark Suggitt <msuggitt@bfsmedia.com>
Organization: BFS Media Group Inc.
To: ratx@radioaus.abc.net.au
Subject: hello from Canada

I often listen to your international program on CBC Radio Canada, so since you have a web site I came to visit. Keep up the good work. I'll visit again to see your new site services.

Cheers

Mark Suggitt
msuggitt@bfsmedia.com
http://www.bfsmedia.com

Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 17:35:05 +1000
From: Andy Digby <Andy@olivenet.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Your WWW Page
To: Naughton Russell <"naughton russell"@a1.abcnet.abc.net.au>

Just a quick note to say thanks for having a web site set up with all your frequency info etc on !

I'm off to S. Korea for a week on business on Saturday 31st and there was no way you could have got an up to date frequency schedule to me other than by fax had it not been for the web and the price of a local phone call. Full marks to whoever thought of that.

With kind regards,

Andy Digby,
BSc(Hons), IEng, MIEIE, MIIExE, MBCS
Technical Director,
Airport Systems Engineering Ltd.,
Bishop's Waltham,
Southampton, SO32 1GE
UK

Andy@olivenet.demon.co.uk

http://wwwuk.com/nul/

Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996

Just a quick note to say thanks for having a web site set up with all your frequency info etc on !

I'm off to S. Korea for a week on business on Saturday 31st and there was no way you could have got an up to date frequency schedule to me other than by fax had it not been for the web and the price of a local phone call. Full marks to whoever thought of that.

With kind regards,

Andy Digby,
BSc(Hons), IEng, MIEIE, MIIExE, MBCS
Technical Director,
Airport Systems Engineering Ltd.,
Bishop's Waltham,
Southampton, SO32 1GE
UK
Andy@olivenet.demon.co.uk

Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996

Terry, Neil, Roger

Report from home Wed

Done today...

new french news banner (software and other equipment avail only at home) - mail analysis map - for Derek - (software and other equipment avail only at home) - modified 'stop press' page to reflect new french news service due as of 23 sept. - changes to home page and stop press pages re french news. - ep 1, draft for checking - eng from aust (indon)

See as normal (did I say that !) Thurs Morn

Russ

Date: Sat, 21 Sep 1996 21:15:10 +1000
From: Danny Bielik <danny@loxinfo.co.th>
Subject: Update to ABC Web Page
To: "naughton.russell" <naughton.russell@a1.abcnet.abc.net.au>

Russell,

Great job updating the International section of the web page. Us expats are grateful.

Can't wait for the live video stream...

Now, if they could just upgrade the programming on the AusTV to broadcast TV 24 hours...

Danny Bielik, Public Communications Department
Loxley Business Information Technology (Loxbit)
Level 8, 475 Sri Ayudthya Road, Phayathai
Bangkok 10400, Thailand
danny@loxinfo.co.th

Date: Sun, 22 Sep 1996 01:52:26 +0800 (HKT)
From: Peter Kelly <columban@asiaonline.net>
To: ratx@radioaus.abc.net.au
Subject: ABC News

How come the ABC News page is still showing the main news stories for Tuesday 3 September 1966.

You have a great service on the internet from news to weather and all other things. But how do I get up-to-date news.

Sincere thanks for your service.

Peter in Hong Kong and Beijing.

Columban@asiaonline.net

Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 23:08:51 +1000
From: curtis <rtfm@jnb.com>
Subject: Very Nice Site
To: "naughton.russell" <naughton.russell@a1.abcnet.abc.net.au>

hi russell,

i just wanted to compliment you on the fine site you constructed.

i am an amateur radio operator and catch the short wave broadcast from time to time.

i administrate a small site in the u.s. based on fighting voter apathy using humor. the url is below.

keep abc alive.

best2u, curtis
I want Nobody to control my life. How about you?
http://www.netvideo.com/nobody

Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 10:35:49 +1000
From: bhs56 <bhs56@ozemail.com.au>
Subject: Circular letter
To: "naughton.russell" <naughton.russell@a1.abcnet.abc.net.au>

Hi Russell
Thanks for the message re Radio Australia - French News Service. I have added a link to our site under REFERENCE - Section 3 - Languages - French. Good luck with the PhD. Visit our site sometime and let me know the impressions of someone working in the New Media. Nice to hear from you. Regards
Ingo

At 01:30 28/09/96 +1000, you wrote:

Dear Webmaster, Webmistress,

Would you please onpass this eMail to your Principal and or LOTE coordinator.

Thankyou.

September 27, 1996

Sir, Madam

Radio Australia, the International Service of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation has recently placed on its Web Site, the first of our non-English language news services. (French)

<< http://www.abc.net.au/ra/newsrafr >>

As with our other news services, the site is fed from our state of the art electronic newsroom system and is updated, depending on availability of new stories, every hour.

Radio Australia's French staff combine stories from our correspondents working in the Asia Pacific region with translations of Australian news.

The URL mentioned above is the index page with each individual story accessible in full by clicking on the headline. Most individual stories will print out on a single A4 page.

I am quite sure that you will find this new resource invaluable especially for your senior students fine tuning their translation and comprehension skills.

Best Regards

Russell Naughton
On Line Services Coordinator
Radio Australia

Dr. Ingo Maier (Principal)
BLACKBURN HIGH SCHOOL
60 Springfield Rd
Blackburn 3130 AUSTRALIA
bhs56@ozemail.com.au

Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996

Dear Russell,

I am on holidays until the weekend, but I shall pass this onto our Head of LOTE. How about a CU See Me link up with a range of schools world wide. We could arrange it.

Di

Mrs Di Fleming
Principal: Kilvington Baptist Girls Grammar
dmf@victoria.schnet.edu.au

Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 15:52:54 +1000
From: bduggan <b.duggan@distance.vic.edu.au>
Subject: Re: French News Service
To: "naughton.russell" <naughton.russell@a1.abcnet.abc.net.au>

Russell Naughton

Thank you for the information. The Distance Education Centre no longer has LOTE classes as part of its operation. These classes were transferred to the Victorian School of Languages a little over 12 months ago.

I will pass this information on to Frank Merlino (principal) who, I'm sure will find your site of tremendous value, especially to senior French students. It certainly sounds like a great innovation. Well done. I wish it had been available when we were responsible for LOTE provision.

Regards
Barry Duggan

Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 13:38:29 +1000
From: Dafyd Martindale <dafydm@powerup.com.au>
Subject: Link in Australian Cybermalls Newsdesk
To: "naughton.russell" <naughton.russell@a1.abcnet.abc.net.au>

Hi Russell!

Just a brief note to let you know that we linked Radio National into our new Australian Cybermalls Newsdesk site today at http://ausmall.com.au/acnews

My best wishes

Dafyd Martindale
Australian Cybermalls
dafydm@powerup.com.au

Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 21:25:36 +1000
From: Renee Feikema <papagena@vicnet.net.au>
Subject: French News Service
To: "naughton.russell" <naughton.russell@a1.abcnet.abc.net.au>

Dear Russell,

Thank you very much for your e-mail about the French News Service. I am thrilled with it as MLC has a large number of students taking senior French and this will help them with a number of issues in the VCE as well as improving their comprehension skills. Bravo! And merci mille fois!

Renee Feikema

Senior School French Coordinator at The Methodist Ladies' College, Kew

Date: Wed, 09 Oct 1996 20:32:57 -0400
From: Peter Cave <pcave@erols.com>
Organization: Australian Broadcasting Corp.
To: ratx@radioaus.abc.net.au
Subject: Good work

I have been listening to RA on the internet. What a great development.

It's coming in loud and clear via WRN .

Peter Cave
Washington

Date: Sat, 12 Oct 1996 15:32:03 +1000
From: Stan Combs <scombs@silk.net>
Subject: Radio Australia International news on WWW
To: "naughton.russell" <naughton.russell@a1.abcnet.abc.net.au>

I live up a hill on the west side of British Columbia's Okanagan Valley, and haven't been able receive your SW broadcasts for the past couple of years, although I previously got your English and Tok Pisin service. I listened to your news daily in Vanuatu 1987-92, and appreciated yourWorld Radio Network broadcasts over the WWW during the Vanuatu elections last year.

I have just discovered your text news, though, and it is even more convenient. Thank you very much.

I always enjoyed hearing the international news from a Pacific slant, and especially news from SE Asia that doesn't get reported in the North American media.

Stan Combs
scombs@silk.net
<http://www.silk.net/personal/scombs/vanuatu.html>
"Vanuatu - A Canadian's Perspective"

Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 10:55:44 +1000
From: "s.layton" <s.layton@mailbox.uq.oz.au>
Subject: Re: Radio Australia on the CocoNET Wireless
To: "Russell Naughton <NAUGHTON.RUSSELL@a1.abcnet.abc.net.au>

Russell,

Is the readability problem only with the CW home page? I mean, the linked pages (grey bkgrnd) themselves are okay, right?

I'm very interested in your problem, because I've designed the page in the hopes it will be used as a reporting *tool*, rather than the usual goof-off surf fantasy site. So speed (keeping access costs down) and legibility are key design priorities. Any other suggestions along this line?

Will also check with people in Fiji for suggestions.

Thanks for bringing same to my attention...

Dr Suzanna Layton
s.layton@mailbox.uq.oz.au
WWW http://www.uq.oz.au/jrn/coco.html


Dear Susanna

Thankyou kindly for the addition to your pages of our English and French news pages.

One point though...

Due to budgetary problems I have to work on a black and white / greyscale monitor and with the current background colour <body bgcolor="#00ffff"> a 'followed' link with the default settings on Navigator becomes invisible.

If you might consider some other colour even white << ffffff >>, I'm sure that there might be other mono monitors out there who would also appreciate it.

Just a thought, please don't take offence.

Regards and thanks again

Russell Naughton
On Line Services Coordinator
Radio Australia

Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 18:36:18 -0500
From: "Charles C. Ebert" <kd5ob@netcom.com>
Organization: HBO
To: ratx@radioaus.abc.net.au
Subject: You win the award for extreme cleverness.

Seems like I'm talking about the hitch-hikers guide to the galaxy but, I'm not.

Gentlemen,

I've just taked the grand tour of international broadcasters on the internet which include the resources of my home county {VOA}. I am extremely impressed with the CLARITY and ACCURACY, the neatness and the overall presentation of the ABC home page. Your use of Real Audio is greatly appreciated. I can't seem to find any other country's who've bothered to deploy REAL AUDIO. Your use of graphics and the assemblage of all this information is outstanding.

Having been a ham radio operator for 20 years, and having been thrilled at contacting your continent on numberous occasions, I can safely say, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that the Australian character is one of grace, delight and skill. When I joined the internet, what a delight it was to find your home page. It beat VOA. It beat BBC. It beat everyone else listed in the international index. If it wasn't for the implementation of Real Audio, I would not be able to copy ABC for the terrible band conditions the bottom of this cycle has presented us.

I think this home page has validated in my mind what I've suspected for 20 years as a ham, working VK stations. It validated that the most civilized and technically advanced culture, and nation, we REALLY have on the face of this planet, lies in Australia.

Having payed U.S. taxes for over 20 years, and having seen our VOA homepage with it's limited resources, only brings to mind only such images of Charles Darwin, landing in L.A. mistakenly and doing his research and book report from their.

Bravo to everybody at ABC. If ET ever does fly close enough to hear our radio waves, I hope they are tuned into ABC. I was reading your copyright notices and think you should sue the American Broadcasting Corporation for using your initials. It can only be viewed as slander!

And this doesn't even cover NBC; nor does it cover the Communist Broadcasting Network CBS, nor does it cover the Communist Network News CNN.

When ever I wish to get my head clear, and hear a few notes from the human race, I tune into ABC on Real Audio. Thank you for being there. I am truely greatful for your CHIPPER SPIRITS and your CLEAR and CONSENSE broadcasts which NEVER INCLUDE COMMENTARY!!!

73 from Charlie/KD5OB kd5ob@w2xo
Email: kd5ob@ix.netcom.com

Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 20:57:14 -0700
From: Marvin Olson <molson@gte.net>
Organization: Olson Family
To: ratx@radioaus.abc.net.au
Subject: Keep it up


I just discovered your broadcast on the Web. It was great! I lived in your great Country for five years and I miss it very much. I plan on tuning into your broadcast daily!!!

Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 02:52:22 +1000
From: mhayes <mhayes@freenet.calgary.ab.ca>
Subject: mailto: naughton.russell@a2.abc.net.au To: "naughton.russell" <naughton.russell@a1.abcnet.abc.net.au>


hey there...I'm not sure if you're the right person to email, but I can't find a webmaster.

Anyway..I'm a former ABC person from Canberra, now in Canada, and I was wondering if there is a way to Email to the Canberra Newsroom or programs.I have a few mates there that I would like to email occaisionaly.

BTW you can let the Radio Australia folk know they're news is Broadcast on CBC here and I catch the latest from them when I drive to work everyday at 5am. plus I read up from your web pages.

Thanks in advance if you can help

Mike Hayes

Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996

Hello from Bob Eslinger at Antique Radio Restoration & Repair located in Pomfret, Connecticut, USA. I was just surfing the web and found your great pages. They have to be the best on the net. I have been a collector and restorer of antique tube radios most all of my life, and an active ham since I was 14 years old. Early radio history light a passion in me like nothing else. Congratulations on a job very well done!

Bob Eslinger

ps: Come visit my pages at http://www.neca.com/~radiodoc when you can. If you think what I do is of interest to some of the people visitnig your pages, please feel free to add a link to my pages. It would be greatly appreciated. I also, would like to link to your pages if you don't have any objection.

Many thanks,
Bob Eslinger

Robert S. Eslinger
radiodoc@neca.com

Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 00:54:53 +1000
From: Officer Karman <ppbstats@teleport.com>
Subject: Adventures in Cybersound
To: "naughton.russell" <naughton.russell@a1.abcnet.abc.net.au>

Russell,

I don't know how I found it - I seldom do... but I really enjoyed the Cybersound site. I would like to write up Adventures in Cybersound in a newsletter I edit. My column is called wandering on the web, and comes out every month in the NW Vintage Radio Society "Call Letter"

I usually run a story off of the site and credit the author and the source, inviting members to visit the site, etc.

Can you give the required permission? Or tell me who can? I don't want to be accused of Cybertheft --

this is work - or return to home
Home is karmans@teleport.com

Dick Karman, NW Vintage Radio Society, Portland, OR

Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 23:22:37 +1000
From: Nick Phillips <nicki@tntmag.co.uk>
Subject: London Australasian Radio Station
To: "naughton.russell" <naughton.russell@a1.abcnet.abc.net.au>

Hello Russell

I've come across your information whilst browsing. Interesting CV. I'm in the process of setting up an Australasian Radio service here in London for the 300,000 Australasians that are resident here at any one time. Do you know of anyone over there that might be interested in getting involved? I'd be keen to establish a link with persons or company that could provide jingle/ ad production etc. Also, your internet work looks exciting. Are you breaking new ground here? I'm planning on taking our station onto the net.

Regards

Sean McHugh
http://www.tntmag.co.uk

Date: Sun, 27 Oct 1996 14:02:28 -0600
From: Grant Frith & Shane Newman <newzeal@fairfield.com>
Organization: Theresa Green Corporation
To: ratx@radioaus.abc.net.au
Subject: 28.8 stream?

are you planning to have 28.8 realaudio streams available for your news broadcasts soon? Thanks

grant frith

Date: Sun, 27 Oct 1996 15:28:11 +1000
From: Wayne Day <wday@cq.net>
Subject: Good on ya!
To: "naughton.russell" <naughton.russell@a1.abcnet.abc.net.au>

Very nice piece of work on the Web pages for ABC. Wished everyone had such easy to load, easy to read, easy to navigate pages!

Wayne Day KF5ZC Fort Worth,Texas,USA EMT/Paramedic
wday@cq.net or kf5zc@amsat.org

Date: Sun, 03 Nov 1996 23:25:04 -0800
From: Neil Kidd <ncameronk@ax.ibase.org.br>
To: ratx@radioaus.abc.net.au
Subject: Down loading Radio Australia news files

Greetings from Brazil,

Is there a faster way I can down ABC Radio Australia "FTP-English News & Features". At times takes me abut three hours to receive a one hour news broadcast using RealAudio 2.0 and a 14,400 modem.

Do you know of a way that I could receive compressed file and decompress them after I have recieved them.

Logged on time is not cheap here in Brazil and two to three hours a day can add up to a large bill at the end of the month just to hear the Australian news.

Regard from a home sick Australian in Rio de Janeiro

Neil Kidd

Date: Mon, 4 Nov 1996 12:21:16 +1000
From: <"HOGGART JOAN"@a1.abcnet.abc.net.au>
Subject: OUR MULTIMEDIA MAN!!
To: Russell Naughton <"NAUGHTON RUSSELL"@a1.abcnet.abc.net.au>

Russ,

A big big THANK YOU to you for giving such a great tour on Saturday night. You were absolutely perfect and gave such an informative and positive talk about dear old Aunty. Everyone has been singing your praises and saying what a great night it was as you gave them so much information and they were able to look around everywhere.

I know I felt very proud of my "RA BOSS" - you have such a great presentation and a very audible voice essential for 50-60 people! Wow, what a number turned up, it shows how popular the ABC is with middle class suburbia! I received comments - "I'm proud of my ABC", "I'm so pleased with my 8c a day", "It was the best outing the Saturday Club has had for a long time". They just loved everything about it and I know they will be telling others all this week.

Thanks so much for giving up your Saturday night, especially as you are in the middle of preparing your "application".

I felt really elevated and it was a fabulous end to a not too pleasant day for me. Was fun to catch up with Ros and Alistaire again - the "family" are getting taller and taller!!!

You're a great guy and friend - nothing but the best,

Luv
Jo

Date: Mon, 4 Nov 1996 19:15:56 +1000
From: Zainab Rahim <rsimalay@po.pacific.net.sg>
Subject: Questions on Development of Web pages
To: "naughton.russell" <naughton.russell@a1.abcnet.abc.net.au>

Hello, Russell. I'm writing to you on behalf of Radio Singapore International. Presently, we have our own web pages and we are in the process of fine-tuning our pages. We would like to learn from Radio Australia's experience. Would you be kind enough to share with us your experience ? I have a few questions here and I'm sure your reply will benefit us.

1. Do you have a dedicated team to work on the pages or is it a brave "one man mission force" ?

2. Who decide(s) what to go into the pages and how does(do) he(they) decide on the content input ?

3. What are the figures on the access rate of your pages ? What is the response or feedback that you receive through the Internet ?

4. How do you measure the impact of the Internet as an alternative means to listening to your broadcast ?

5. Which are your most popular pages ?

6. Do you have programmes that go out on Real Audio ? For what duration and how is the response to Real Audio programmes ?

7. Are there any new areas in development on your website ? What are they ?

I hope that I have not been too lengthy in my questions and that they are not sensitive questions to ask. I would greatly appreciate your reply.

By the way, your pages are great ! I have enjoyed them.


Best regards,
Hwee Lee
Zainab Rahim
rsimalay@po.pacific.net.sg

Date: Fri, 8 Nov 1996 05:33:26 +1000
From: ross cicognani <gcp@ozemail.com.au>
Subject: School Project
To: "naughton.russell" <naughton.russell@a1.abcnet.abc.net.au>

Can you help to source information about Australian Radio eg When the first broadcast, how many stations, The meaning of AM or FM etc My daughter would appreciate any help you can offer!

Email Cicog@MSN.Com.au

Date: Fri, 8 Nov 1996 09:02:42 +1000
From: Russell Carrick <rcarrick@dnvr.uswest.net>
Subject: - no subject (01IBLLPAEK009I48KQ)
To: naughton russell <"naughton russell"@a1.abcnet.abc.net.au>

I wrote to Rob Hoskins many years ago and he kindly replied with a letter and sample of Vegimite. I would appreciate an update on whether I may e-mail to him or if he is still on air.

Thanking you in advance.

Russell Carrick
carrick9@ally.ios.com

Date: Sat, 09 Nov 1996 22:35:26 -0500
To: ratx@radioaus.abc.net.au
From: Agnes Newcomer & Art Mitchell <lob@mindspring.com>
Subject: Aussie Radio

I was delighted to find your site, but disappointed that I could never find a sound - only text. One page mentioned sounds, but where are they? I would love to hear some of the music that is popular down there. One of our former staff members is Australian, and I have to get some current references before his return later this year. Please let me know where I should be looking (listening!)

Thanks,
Agnes Newcomer
Jules' Undersea Lodge, Key Largo, Florida

Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 07:45:05 +1000
From: Jeff Chappell <chappell@web.dpg.devry.edu>
Subject: Radio Networks
To: "naughton.russell" <naughton.russell@a1.abcnet.abc.net.au>
Cc: fellenze <fellenze@dpg.devy.edu>


Greetings my name is Nicole Fellenzer I'm a student at DeVry in Addison, IL. I was online looking up any information I could find about Australia. You see my prof. gave the class some questions about a country and we had to choice of any country we wanted and I choice Australia. I'm e-mailing you to see if you can help me out on one of the questions. How many Radio NETWORKS are there in Australia? If you know the answer to the question I would like it if you could e-mail me back with that answer or you can just say HI.

Have to go homework awaits.

Nicole Fellenzer
E-mail fellenze@dpg.devry.edu

Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 21:42:47 -0800
From: frank kozmet <fkozmet@mb.sympatico.ca>
To: ratx@radioaus.abc.net.au
Subject: Can't get Radio Austalia

I've been enjoying Radio Australia through Real Audio at your net site for months, but since Saturday the 9th, I've been getting the message:

"There was no response. The server could be down or is not responding. If you are not able to connect later, contact the server's administrator."

Can you shed any light on this?

Thanks,

Frank Kozmet
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 05:46:28 +1000
From: "Theodore R. Lau" <trlau@earthlink.com>
Subject: Lyrics To "Waltzing Matilda"
To: "naughton.russell" <naughton.russell@a1.abcnet.abc.net.au>


Mr. Naughton,

As one who takes an interest in things Autralian, would it be possible to include the lyrics to "Waltzing Matilda" on your FAQ page? I spotted the reference and info re: songwriter and origin of the tune and this would be a logical place to place the lyrics.

As a boy growing up in Hawaii, the entire class learned the song as an example of English vernacular different countries. Perhaps you might also add a short 'glossary' following the posted lyrics to help the readers sing along with and enjoy your tuning signal.

By the way - in the first verse, what sort of tree does the swagman camp beneath? (that is the ONLY word from the song that I am presently missing). Thank you in advance for taking the time to read and respond to this suggestion and query.

Kind Regards,
Ted Lau
trlau@earthlink.com

Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 12:12:02 +1000
From: glennf <glennf@amsg.austmus.gov.au>
Subject: Boyer lecture e-manuscript
To: "naughton.russell" <naughton.russell@a1.abcnet.abc.net.au>

Trying to locate the manuscript on your website from this mornings part 1 broadcast, about 8.30am Sydney time on Radio National. Only caught part of the show so I didn't get the name of the person. I think the announcer may have been Margaret Throsby?? and the speaker sounded French??. I heard that the talk was part of the Boyer Lecture Series. Can you please direct me to the URL where the manuscript is held?

thanks Glenn

glennf@amsg.austmus.gov.au>

Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 02:32:11 +1000
From: FELLENZER <fellenze@web.dpg.devry.edu>
Subject: Re: Thank you Australian Radio Networks
To: "Russell Naughton <"NAUGHTON RUSSELL"@a1.abcnet.abc.net.au>

THANK YOU for the information it has helped in the long run of getting me report done faster. If there is any other information you have found please feel free to contact me. My report is not due until then end of Feb.

THANKS AGAIN

Nicole

Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 12:39:11 +1000
From: "Robert S. Eslinger" <radiodoc@neca.com>
Subject: Linked!
To: naughton russell <"naughton russell"@a1.abcnet.abc.net.au>

Hi Russell. Hope all is well.

I just finished updating my website and have added a top billing link to your wonderful pages. I'm sure more radio lovers will be heading your way! Come visit at http://www.neca.com/~radiodoc If possible, a link to my site would be great.

Take care..

Bob Eslinger/KR1U
Robert S. Eslinger
radiodoc@neca.com

Date: Sat, 16 Nov 1996 11:08:32 +1000
From: "Melbourne MCR <"MCR MELBOURNE"@a1.abcnet.abc.net.au>
Subject: Listener query.
To: Nigel Holmes <"HOLMES NIGEL"@a1.abcnet.abc.net.au>

Folks,

Sapyajit Roy
Apartment 138
18501 Boysenberry Drive
Gaitheisburg
Maryland 20879
USA

....rang this morning to complain about the inaccuracy of the latest frequency guides on the internet. He will also call to discuss the best frequencies/times for reception in the US next week.

Could the appropriate web pages please be checked/modified.

Cheers,
P. Giafis
MCR MELBOURNE@a1.abcnet.abc.net.au

Date: Sat, 16 Nov 1996 23:34:29 -0800
From: Ali and Terry Yantzi-Sammel <yantsamm@golden.net>
To: ratx@radioaus.abc.net.au
Subject: Real Audio

Hello

My partner (Australian) and I (Canadian) are very much interested in when the ABC is going to implement something like Real Audio?

The CBC here in Canada has as well as some less substantial Australian Broadcasters (FOX FM???)

http://www.radio.cbc.ca
http://www.timecast.com/siteguide.html
http://www.realaudio.com/

Please let us know what you think and when we can expect to hear the ABC and Triple J in Canada and around the world.

Thanks

Terry and Ali

Date: Sun, 17 Nov 1996 03:56:24 +1000
From: Russell Carrick <carrick9@ally.ios.com>
Subject: Resending Message
To: naughton russell <"naughton russell"@a1.abcnet.abc.net.au>

Russell, I'm attemtping to resend you at least the content of my origianl message. I have been for years a fan of Radio Australia and plan to visit your wonderful country next year. Many years ago, maybe five or six, I was in contact with Rob Hoskins, who worked in your English Service. He sent me a warm letter and a sample of Vegimite. Since my plans are to visit Victoria as well, I would very much like to re-establish contact with Rob. It seems as though the services you provide to North America appear to have deminished some, however, since I can listen to you via satellite, it is even better. I appreciate you passing on this message to Rob or at best providing me with maybe an e-mail address. Thanks in advance for your warm response.

Russ Carrick & Fletch
carrick9@ally.ios.com

Date: Mon, 18 Nov 1996 09:56:00 -0600
To: ratx@radioaus.abc.net.au
From: Philip Roberts-Thomson <phil-roberts-thomson@uiowa.edu> Subject: WRN services - ISCAH

Dear Auntie,

As a recent and temporary ex-pat, I would like you to know how much I appreciate the audio news service over the net. I am disappointed that here in Iowa, USA, I cannot hear Radio Australia by short-wave. However being able to listen to Auntie over the net is an excellent alternative, and beats scanning the papers on the web hands-down.

I am pleased that WRN has its server back up and running after a technical hitch.

As an ongoing taxpayer in Australia, you can put all of my 8 cents per day into this (and more). Please keep it up.

Phil

(Recently of Adelaide)

Phil Roberts-Thomson
Visiting Associate

The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Cardiovascular Diseases Division
Department of Internal Medicine
200 Hawkins Drive 4210 RCP
Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1081 USA

Date: Sat, 23 Nov 1996 09:40:39 -0500
To: naughton.russell@abcnet.abc.net.au
From: Kevin Hinchey <kevin@hinchey.mv.com>
Subject:

Do you have a Real Audio site where I could listen to some of your shows (ex: Sunday concerts?) I live in the USA, and would like to listen to some of them. Please get back to me.

Thanks!

Date: Mon, 02 Dec 1996 13:07:35 -0800
From: Tom Baldwin <teb@islandnet.com>
To: ratx@radioaus.abc.net.au
Subject: Thanks

As a West Ryde boy and an expatriate Aussie of some 30 years I want you to know how much I appreciate your service. I "come home" every day to catch up on the Australian news, a task much simplified by an Internet access.

Regards

Tom Baldwin
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

Date: Tue, 03 Dec 1996
From: "Henry P. Leupp" <hleupp@minot.com>
To: ratx@radioaus.abc.net.au
Subject: Web Page

I found your site quite interesting, but was disappointed to find that you have no audio. I hoped to have an intro to some of the music for sale. I listen on the Galaxy 5 satellite and heard some time ago some 'Spirit' music which I liked but don't know how to get it. It would also be nice to be able to access some of the cities and browse to learn about ozzies and your culture.
Thanks for a nice page

Date: Sat, 07 Dec 96 02:30:54 -0800
From: George Doscher <gdoscher703@worldnet.att.net>
Mime-Version: 1.0
To: ratx@radioaus.abc.net.au
Subject: real audio

To whom it may concern--I have listened to your station for years, every morning before going to work etc... For many years I have enjoyed the services of Radio Australia. I recently was told that you offered the services of Real Audio over your Web sight. I was just wondering how to access this.
Please back to my mail box and let me know how this is done.
Thanx,
George Doscher

Date: Sun, 8 Dec 1996 20:08:12 +1000
From: gordon gribbin <gribbin@wire.net.au>
Subject: Well done, Russ.
To: naughton russell <"naughton russell"@a1.abcnet.abc.net.au>

Just heard your broadcast on RPH. Well done, oh fluent one. I'll give the RA site a good browse when I've finished copying the bloody music for Carols by Candlelight (which I hope to finish before Christmas - surprise surprise). Hope all is well and that you are keeping away from the chat rooms.

Gordino
gordon gribbin
gribbin@wire.net.au

Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 08:13:43 +1000
From: David Morrison <ccdfm@neddy.newcastle.edu.au>
Subject: Frequency changes!!!
To: naughton russell <"naughton russell"@a1.abcnet.abc.net.au>

Dear Radio Australia

I recently went to Nepal for three weeks. While there, I wanted to hear news from Australia, so before I went, I printed out your South East Asia frequency schedule from the web. (This was in mid October for my trip in November.) Unfortunately, you changed the schedule on October 26, so I was largely without Radio Australia while I was away.

Now I have been listening to shortwave radio for many years, and I know that you have to change your schedules at certain times of the year for propagation reasons. However, the web page gave no indication of when the next change was likely to be, although I'm sure that you knew well in advance that a change would happen in late October.

Can I suggest that your web pages include the date of the next likely change as part of the frequency schedule. If it had done this, I could have checked after that date, but before I left, and been able to listen to Radio Australia while I was away.

Hope this helps to improve your Ineternet presence, which is very useful for travellers.

David Morrison, Uni of Newcastle, Australia David.Morrison@newcastle.edu.au

Date: Sat, 14 Dec 1996 13:21:40 -0500
From: "Gary Marshall" <marshall@monmouth.com>
To: <ratx@radioaus.abc.net.au>
Subject: Live Audio Stream of Radio Australia

Hi,

I am an Australian living in the US for the next two years and would like to keep in touch with Australian news by listening to Radio Australia.

I have noticed that other international radio stations such as Radio Canada International have a live audio stream available on the internet (http://www.wrn.org/stations/rci.html). Is this service available from Radio Australia? I have not been able to find it. If it is not, I don't think it would be very difficult to implement. I was surprised to see Canada ahead of us in this field.

Please pass this message on to the people within Radio Australia who are responsible for providing Internet services.

Gary Marshall
Middletown, New Jersey, USA.

Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 08:49:00 +1000
From: Clem Brown-RVEE40 <Clem_Brown-RVEE40@email.sps.mot.com>
Subject: query
To: naughton russell <"naughton russell"@a1.abcnet.abc.net.au>

reference your paper - apparently my namesake was in australian who's who in the past. Any other background on this individual?

"Clem Brown, probably at 3KZ Melbourne in the late 1930s"

Thank you and best regards

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