Sydney artist
John Kavallaris
is a longtime
Ultima Thule
supporter. John's painting inspired by the show - Our Norway - The
Land of the Midnight Sun Branch (pictured above, with the artist) - was recently selected for display
in the prestigious
2007 Archibald, Wynn and
Sulman Exhibition at
the Art Gallery of New South
Wales. See it at the Gallery until 13 May.
16 November, 2006
Ultima Thule in Canberra
The successful conclusion of
a recent trial broadcast has resulted in Ultima
Thule being
picked up by 2MBS' sister station
Artsound FM,
and the show will go to air in the Australian capital city of Canberra
starting next week.
Ultima Thule will air on
Tuesday nights from 10pm on Artsound's 92.7 frequency.
This
development means that the programme will be heard every week on three
of the five stations in the Fine Music Network. The three collectively
broadcast to approximately 30% of the Australian population.
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May, 2003
Ultima
Thule Goes National
Ultima
Thule is set to
go national, with the announcement that it will be networked to the
South Australian capital city of Adelaide from June 2003.
The programme has
a fourteen year history at 2MBS-FM,
where the unique approach of producers George Cruickshank, Nev
Dorrington and Mike Watson in mixing a stylistic grab-bag of music
to create a weekly 90-minute atmospheric soundscape that
can range across mediaeval sounds, world music, film soundtracks,
experimental works, contemporary classical composers and the
latest in ambient electronica - has consistently proven its popularity
with late night audiences.
Ultima
Thule is expected to air in
Adelaide in a Saturday evening slot, and will be broadcast by 5MBS-FM
- the latest addition to the national
Fine Music network of classical music stations that also
includes 2MBS, Melbourne's 3MBS,
and 4MBS in Brisbane. 5MBS
received its permanent licence in August 2002, and began 24-hour daily
broadcasts in November of that year.
In
announcing the networking arrangement today, programme founder George
Cruickshank stated:
"I
believe that the short-sighted management decisions that have seen the
demise of popular ambient and atmospheric music programmes on Australia's
national broadcaster in recent years have done a tremendous
disservice to radio audiences across this country by dumbing-down and
homogenising music content. I am pleased that Ultima
Thule has
consistently opposed this trend in Sydney, and I am even more pleased
that in working with 5MBS we are now in the position of helping to
increase the on-air music choice for Adelaide audiences as well."
ENDS
14 August, 2001
Ultima
Thule Moves to New Timeslot
Commencing
October, Ultima
Thule, Australia's foremost
weekly radio programme of ambient and atmospheric music, will move to an
exciting new timeslot.
Successful lobbying of
policy makers at 2MBS by programme producer George Cruickshank will see
the programme shift from its current early Saturday evening slot to 10.30pm
- midnight on Sundays from 7
October.
Late Sunday evening has
long been established as an optimal timeslot for ambient music
broadcasting in Australia - a fact borne out by the phenomenal ratings
success of similar programmes previously produced by stations affiliated
with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
The producers of Ultima
Thule welcome this opportunity
to build on the programme's established popularity by providing Sydney
audiences with the ideal ambient wind-down for their weekends.
