ABC Radio Australia will broadcast its Pacific morning programme live from Samoa for the first time from next Wednesday to Friday 4 April at the cultural village at the Samoan Tourism Authority in Apia.
Coinciding with the Samoa Tourism Exchange, Radio Australia presenter, Phil Kafcaloudes will focus on some of the recent successes and current challenges facing Samoan tourism.
Assisted by local Samoan co-hosts; Mata’afa Keni Lesa, Editor of the Samoa Observer and Lady Lala, presenter at 89.1 My F.M., Phil will also explore the ever-changing Samoan lifestyle and culture with a focus on sport, education, development and local food.
The 3-day broadcast will include live interviews with some fabulous Samoan guests and we’re anticipating the Samoan Prime Minister, Tuilaepa Sa’ilele Malielegao might also join us. Some of the live interviews will include Australian High Commissioner, Sue Langford; Chief Executive Officer Samoa Tourism Authority, Papali’i Sonja Hunter; Vice Chancellor for the Centre for Samoan Studies at the University of Samoa, Professor Asofou So’o and CEO Samoa Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee, Fa’amausili Taiva Ah Young.
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Some of Samoa’s top athletes going for gold in this year’s Commonwealth Games will also drop by, and in between interviews, Phil will demonstrate his support for healthy living by loosening up and shaking it at a live zumba class on Thursday followed by live local music performances on Friday.
“I’m really excited to be broadcasting - for the first time - the Radio Australia Mornings program live from Samoa,” said Phil Kafcaloudes.
“We’ll be covering all the action, excitement and colour of this vibrant Pacific community and taking it out across the rest of the Pacific and to Australia.
“I’d love to see and hear from as many people as possible during the broadcasts to give Samoa that loud, bright voice it deserves.”
The live broadcasts will occur on Wednesday 2nd, Thursday 3rd and Friday 4th April from 11.30am – 2pm at the big cultural Fale at the Samoan Tourism Authority in Apia and be transmitted across the Pacific through ABC Radio Australia’s network of 16 24-hour Pacific FM transmissions.
You can wake up every morning listening to Radio Australia on 102FM in Apia with the ABC’s leading Pacific and Australian news and current affairs programs Pacific Beat and AM, followed by Mornings with Phil.
Radio Australia F.M. services available across the Pacific are:
Papua New Guinea - Port Moresby 101.9FM & Lae 102.1FM; Solomon Islands – Honiara 107F.M; Vanuatu - Port Vila & Santo 103FM; Fiji - Suva & Nadi 106.6F.M; Samoa – Apia 102FM; Tonga - Nuku’alofa 103FM; Cook Islands - Rarotonga 93F.M; Kiribati – Tarawa 90F.M; Palau - Koror 91.5FM; FSM - Phonpei 88.1F.M
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