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Rachael Kohn
Rachael Kohn (born 1953) is a Canadian-born Australian author and broadcaster who from July 1992 to December 2018 produced and presented programs on religion and spirituality for ABC Radio National, including ''The Religion Report'', ''Religion Today'', ''The Ark'' and, principally, ''The Spirit of Things'' from 1997 to December 2018. Kohn retired from the ABC in December 2018. Kohn has also produced many documentary features and New York Festival World Gold Medal award-winning features for ''Encounter'', such as "In God We Trust: Civil and Uncivil Religion in America" (1999), "Coffee, Sex and Other Addictions: Health fads of the 19th Century" (2002) and, for ''The Spirit of Things'', "The Monk and the Modern Girl" (2003). She has also produced and presented the ABC TV documentaries ''The Dead Sea Scrolls'' (2000) ''Buddhism East and West'' (2001) and ''Paws for Thought'' on animals and spirituality for ''Compass''. Kohn is a frequent speaker on religion and spirituality in Aus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio National
Radio National, known on-air as RN, is an Australia-wide public service broadcasting radio network run by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). From 1947 until 1985, the network was known as ABC Radio 2. History 1937: Predecessors and beginnings From 1928, the National Broadcasting Service, as part of the federal Postmaster-General's Department, gradually took over responsibility for all the existing stations that were sponsored by public licence fees ("A" Class licences). The outsourced Australian Broadcasting Company supplied programs from 1929. In 1932 a commission was established, merging the original ABC company and the National Broadcasting Service. It is from this time that Radio National dates as a distinct network within the ABC, in which a system of program relays was developed during the subsequent decades to link stations spread across the nation. The beginnings of Radio National lie with Sydney radio station 2FC, which aired its first test broadcast on 5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
