Will local content quotas kill struggling TV stations? or will they do for us what they’ve done for Australia?. Broadcasting Minister Marion Hobbs has softened her stance to Radio Quotas. Information say’s that TV Broadcasters may get away with voluntary quota. Mark Crysell explores the decade old quota system in Australia. Comments: Michael Gordon Smith, Australian Broadcasting Authority. Hal McElroy, Television Producer. Bevan Lee, Channel 7 - Head of Creative Development. New Zealand Television Quota Debate: Statement by Helen Clark, Minister for Arts, Culture & Heritage March 19. Studio Panel: Marion Hobbs, Broadcasting Minister. Jane Wrightson, SPADA. Bruce Wallace, Television Broadcasters’ Council. Penny Webster, ACT Broadcasting Spokesperson. Statement from Katherine Rich, Nationals’ Broadcasting Spokesperson. This weeks book give-away: “Cook’s Sites” Revisiting History. A tribute to A.K Grant, who died last week aged 59 years of Alcoholism. 1977 show ‘A Week Of It’ first episode ‘Life With The Loins’. A.K Grant has gone but his writing lives on. One of the world’s great treasures has been stolen, the Parthenon Marbles were removed from Greece in the 1800’s and are currently held in the British Museum. Studio interview: Emanuel Comino, Parthenon Marbles Campaigner. Making a plea to England to return the looted treasures of the Pathenon. AMP Scholarships for the Arts. Film review with Chris Knox: ‘East is East’ English. Wellington Fringe Film Festival 2000 calling for entries. Dunedin’s WOW Productions. A theatrical collective of actors, directors, dancers and designers, with productions like “The Beauty Queen of Leenane” and “Horse Play”. Interviews: Hilary Halba, WOW Founding Member: Ron Kjestrup, WOW Actor. What’s on In NZ ‘Bay of Islands Festival’. Letters of the week: Kathleene Dawson.

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