Global InformationLate Night Live information
| Country of origin | Australia |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | ABC's Radio National |
| Hosted by | Phillip Adams |
| Opening theme | From 1st movement of Violin Concerto in E minor by Giuseppe Brescianello |
| Website | Official site |
Late Night Live is a radio program broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Radio National and podcast and streamed over the World Wide Web.
Since 1991, the program has been hosted by farmer, writer and public intellectual Phillip Adams,[1] who refers to the program by its acronym 'LNL', which during 2016 morphed into 'FNL'.[clarification needed] He also calls it "the little wireless program".[2] Previous hosts include publisher and journalist Richard Ackland, and Virginia Bell, formerly a judge of the High Court of Australia.[3] Recent guest hosts include: Tracey Holmes, Jonathan Green, Elizabeth Jackson and Andrew West.
Often the setting for a serious and learned discussion of politics, science, philosophy and culture, the program aims to host cutting-edge discussion of public debate, and present ideas and issues not yet covered by other Australian media.[4]
The programme is broadcast from 10:05 pm until 11 pm Mondays to Thursdays, and is repeat-broadcast at 3:05 pm from Tuesdays to Fridays. During January of each year, selected segments from the previous 10 or 11 months are re-broadcast, in lieu of fresh programming.
In 2011 a special online retrospective was compiled to celebrate 20 years behind the LNL microphone, called "In Bed With Phillip". Over 200 of the best interviews from these years are now available to listen and download.[5]
To coincide with Adams' 20th anniversary at LNL he wrote Bedtime Stories: Tales from My 21 Years at RN's Late Night Live, published by HarperCollins,[6] outlining why he decided to join RN, his early experiences with producers, talent and what the time has meant to him personally.
In February 2024 Adams announced that he will step down from his hosting role later that year.[7] In May 2024 it was announced that his last show will be on 27 June 2024 and his replacement will be David Marr.[8]
- ^ "Twenty Years of Phillip Adams on LNL". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
- ^ "About Us". ABC Radio National. 18 May 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ Adams P. "Twenty years before the mast". The Australian. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
- ^ Luker, Philip (20 April 2011). Phillip Adams: The Ideas Man – A Life Revealed. JoJo Publishing. pp. 189–206. ISBN 978-0-9870734-6-4.
- ^ "In Bed With Phillip", 20 years of Late Night Live on ABC Radio National
- ^ "Bedtime Stories". HarperCollins Australia. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ Laura Todd (6 February 2024). "Phillip Adams to farewell his Gladdies and Poddies" (press release). Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ Maddox, Garry (24 May 2024). "'It's going to be different': David Marr set to replace ABC doyen Phillip Adams". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 24 May 2024.