Nights for Friday 13 May 2011

7:06 Sonic Tonic

8 pm News and Weather

8:06The Secret Life of Music Publishers

Ever wonder how Gin Wigmore's 'Oh My' made it into the soundtrack of Desperate Housewives? Or how Minuit's 'I'm Still Dancing' ended up bridging one of Greys Anatomy's surgery/sex scene montages? Or how Chris Knox came to be forever associated with Vogel's Bread?

In The Secret Life of Music Publishers we meet the matchmakers and debt-collectors of the music industry.

8:35 Hullo Hillfort

Heather and Hillforts Community Participation Officer Erin Robinson about communicating like the Iron Age people did from their hilltop homes, 2500 years ago.

8:50 Conundrum

The answer and the winner's chosen song.

9 pm News and Weather

9:06 Country Life

Rural news and features.

10 pm News and Weather

10:17 Late Edition

A review of the leading news from Morning Report, Nine to Noon, Afternoons and Checkpoint. Also hear the latest news from around the Pacific on Radio New Zealand International's Dateline Pacific.

11 pm News and Weather

11:06 Brian Wilson and the California Sound

William Dart explores the world of American song writer Brian Wilson (Pt 6 of 6, RNZ)