The Coming Out Show Explained

The Coming Out Show was a radio program about women's issues broadcast by Australian Broadcasting Corporation.^[1]

The program was first broadcast on ABC Radio 2 (now Radio National) in 1975, the United Nations designated International Women's Year, and ran for 23 years (until 1998).^[2] It was launched as Coming Out Ready Or Not, produced by the Australian Women's Broadcasting Cooperative.^[3]

The 1995 book The Coming Out Show: Twenty years of feminist ABC Radio, edited by Liz Fell and Carolin Wenzel, tells the story of the program.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Big Ideas - The Coming Out Show. Big Ideas (Australia). 8 March 2017 . Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 8 March 2017.
2. Web site: Julie Rigg on the legacy of the Coming Out Show. Rigg. Julie. 26 March 2012. Radio National. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 18 March 2017.
3. Web site: About the ABC – The 60s and 70s . . https://archive.today/20121206032912/http://abc.net.au/corp/history/hist5.htm . dead . 2012-12-06 .