Radio Rage

In this series Lucy Ash tunes into five controversial radio stations with very different audiences and agendas across four continents.

All of these stations or programmes provoke and sometimes infuriate their listeners - all of them constantly challenge the status quo and try to change the way people lead their lives.

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20050207

1/5. In this series Lucy Ash tunes into five controversial radio stations with very different audiences and agendas across four continents. All of these stations or programmes provoke and sometimes infuriate their listeners - all of them constantly challenge the status quo and try to change the way people lead their lives.

Today we hear about the typhoon of talk radio in Hong Kong, Albert Cheng King-Hon. His programme Teacup in a Storm was famous for stinging attacks on everyone from government officials, legislators, tycoons and Triads.

Followed by News.

20050726

Lucy Ash eavesdrops on five controversial radio stations and programmes across four continents.

What could be more provocative than a radio show that exposes love rats in the act? Soweto community station Jozi Fm's show, Cheaters, copied from an American TV series, is hugely successful. Critics say it is exploitative. Others say it raises awareness about the consequences of cheating in a country decimated by AIDS.

20050802

2/4. Lucy Ash explores how a breakfast show host helped to get rid of the former Governor of California and replace him with the Terminator.

20050809

3/4. Lucy Ash presents a series looking at controversial radio stations across four continents. This programme features Hong Kong talk show host Albert Cheng King-Hon.

20050816

4/4. Lucy Ash presents a series looking at controversial radio stations across four continents. This programme features Poland's Radio Maryja.

Few institutions in Poland arouse such strong passions as Radio Maryja. To its supporters, the station upholds patriotic values and Catholic virtue. To its critics, Radio Maryja is an unholy mix of xenophobia, anti-Semitism and dangerous populism. Lucy visits the medieval city of Torun which is the headquarters of the radio station, and tries to find out more about the shadowy figure behind it - 'Father Director' Tadeusz Rydzyk.

Teacup In A Storm

20050207

20050809

In this series Lucy Ash tunes into five controversial radio stations with very different audiences and agendas across four continents.

All of these stations or programmes provoke and sometimes infuriate their listeners - all of them constantly challenge the status quo and try to change the way people lead their lives.Today we hear about the typhoon of talk radio in Hong Kong, Albert Cheng King-Hon.

His programme Teacup in a Storm was famous for stinging attacks on everyone from government officials, legislators, tycoons and Triads.

Holy Cow

20050208

20050816

Today Lucy visits one of the most controversial broadcasters in Europe.

Few institutions in Poland arouse such strong passions as Radio Maryja.

To its supporters, the station upholds patriotic values and Catholic virtue.

To its critics, Radio Maryja is an unholy mix of xenophobia, anti-Semitism and dangerous populism.

Lucy visits the medieval city of Torun which is the headquarters of the radio station and tries to find out more about the shadowy figure behind it - 'Father Director' Tadeusz Rydzyk

Radio Recall

20050209

20050802

Today in Radio Recall Lucy Ash finds out how a breakfast show host helped to get rid of the former Governor of California and repalce him with the Terminator?

Arnold Schwarzenegger owes much of his success to Melanie Morgan, a feisty presenter on a conservative talk radio station in San Francisco.

She belongs to a new breed of right-wing hosts who have cast themselves as activists, urging listeners not just to get angry but to do something about it.

Cheaters

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20050726

What could be more provocative than a radio show that exposes love rats in the act? Soweto community station Jozi Fm's show, Cheaters, copied from an American TV series, is hugely successful.

Critics say it is exploitative.

Others say it raises awareness about the consequences of cheating in a country decimated by AIDS.

05 LAST

Lifting The Veil

20050211

When the villagers show up, armed with minidisks and microphones, crooked officials dive for cover.

They don't want to end up on Parda Faash or 'Lifting the Veil', a muckraking expose on Indian community radio.

Most of the reporters in the Kutch district of Gujarat are illiterate men and women who, with the help of a few professionals, have taught themselves radio production.

Their programmes have exposed many scams from unpaid wages to the embezzlement of aid money, to children being cheated out of their school dinners.

Episodes

Episode	Title	First Broadcast	Repeated	Comments
		20050207		1/5. In this series Lucy Ash tunes into five controversial radio stations with very different audiences and agendas across four continents. All of these stations or programmes provoke and sometimes infuriate their listeners - all of them constantly challenge the status quo and try to change the way people lead their lives. Today we hear about the typhoon of talk radio in Hong Kong, Albert Cheng King-Hon. His programme Teacup in a Storm was famous for stinging attacks on everyone from government officials, legislators, tycoons and Triads. Followed by News.
		20050726		Lucy Ash eavesdrops on five controversial radio stations and programmes across four continents. What could be more provocative than a radio show that exposes love rats in the act? Soweto community station Jozi Fm's show, Cheaters, copied from an American TV series, is hugely successful. Critics say it is exploitative. Others say it raises awareness about the consequences of cheating in a country decimated by AIDS.
		20050802		2/4. Lucy Ash explores how a breakfast show host helped to get rid of the former Governor of California and replace him with the Terminator.
		20050809		3/4. Lucy Ash presents a series looking at controversial radio stations across four continents. This programme features Hong Kong talk show host Albert Cheng King-Hon.
		20050816		4/4. Lucy Ash presents a series looking at controversial radio stations across four continents. This programme features Poland's Radio Maryja. Few institutions in Poland arouse such strong passions as Radio Maryja. To its supporters, the station upholds patriotic values and Catholic virtue. To its critics, Radio Maryja is an unholy mix of xenophobia, anti-Semitism and dangerous populism. Lucy visits the medieval city of Torun which is the headquarters of the radio station, and tries to find out more about the shadowy figure behind it - 'Father Director' Tadeusz Rydzyk.
01	Teacup In A Storm	20050207	20050809	In this series Lucy Ash tunes into five controversial radio stations with very different audiences and agendas across four continents. All of these stations or programmes provoke and sometimes infuriate their listeners - all of them constantly challenge the status quo and try to change the way people lead their lives.Today we hear about the typhoon of talk radio in Hong Kong, Albert Cheng King-Hon. His programme Teacup in a Storm was famous for stinging attacks on everyone from government officials, legislators, tycoons and Triads.
02	Holy Cow	20050208	20050816	Today Lucy visits one of the most controversial broadcasters in Europe. Few institutions in Poland arouse such strong passions as Radio Maryja. To its supporters, the station upholds patriotic values and Catholic virtue. To its critics, Radio Maryja is an unholy mix of xenophobia, anti-Semitism and dangerous populism. Lucy visits the medieval city of Torun which is the headquarters of the radio station and tries to find out more about the shadowy figure behind it - 'Father Director' Tadeusz Rydzyk
03	Radio Recall	20050209	20050802	Today in Radio Recall Lucy Ash finds out how a breakfast show host helped to get rid of the former Governor of California and repalce him with the Terminator? Arnold Schwarzenegger owes much of his success to Melanie Morgan, a feisty presenter on a conservative talk radio station in San Francisco. She belongs to a new breed of right-wing hosts who have cast themselves as activists, urging listeners not just to get angry but to do something about it.
04	Cheaters	20050210	20050726	What could be more provocative than a radio show that exposes love rats in the act? Soweto community station Jozi Fm's show, Cheaters, copied from an American TV series, is hugely successful. Critics say it is exploitative. Others say it raises awareness about the consequences of cheating in a country decimated by AIDS.
05 LAST	Lifting The Veil	20050211		When the villagers show up, armed with minidisks and microphones, crooked officials dive for cover. They don't want to end up on Parda Faash or 'Lifting the Veil', a muckraking expose on Indian community radio. Most of the reporters in the Kutch district of Gujarat are illiterate men and women who, with the help of a few professionals, have taught themselves radio production. Their programmes have exposed many scams from unpaid wages to the embezzlement of aid money, to children being cheated out of their school dinners.