To Ttbn- Yes we should defund the ABC. I don't believe it's representative of the interest of the British Australian people. It seems to serve the interests of foreign powers through their 50% Green 20% Labor Journos. The Main Stream Media on the other hand is still 70% left but the breakdown is more Labor than Green making it much less communist left in make-up.

To Individual- You might be interested in this- Fox Hole Radio

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxhole_radio

Build out of some wire, a graphite pencil, and a razor blade. In most embodiments you also require a crystal headset and an amplifier but it's possible to build a headset out of simple parts.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point-contact_transistor

Home made copper oxide transistors also look interesting but tricky.

The first step would be to allow the ABC to advertise and cut its funding by half.

shifty&shadyminister,

I like the ABC because it doesn't hold back on naming and shaming dishonest and untrustworthy low-life scumbag politicians, bureaucrats and business people.

Allow the ABC to advertise? That hasn't worked very well with SBS. I've been watching the SBS lately as I usually do when all the other channels go to sleep for a couple of months during this time of the year, and they have loads of advertising, despite churning out extreme multiculturalism, aboriginalism, and general Leftist crap.

SBS is my favorite free to air channel.

Kayo is my favorite channel full stop.

Life, for me, would be ...... without sport.

ABC, watch a few documentaries and current affairs, but not much overall.

I love the many railway shows, including by Michael Portillo.

Chris,

I enjoy Portillo. Did you know that he was a front runner to lead the Conservative Party after Thatcher, but retired from politics when he didn't make it. He was of the "wet" kind of Conservative like Cameron, and like Johnson now appears to be.