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Richard Fidler (born 13 November 1964) is a well-known Australian ABC radio presenter, best known for his hour-long interview program, ''Conversations with Richard Fidler''. The program is ABC Radio's most popular podcast, downloaded more than 1.5 million times per month. It features local and international guests from all walks of life, engaging in in-depth interviews. ==Biography == He first came to prominence in the 1980s as a member of the Doug Anthony All Stars (DAAS), an Australian musical comedy group also comprising Tim Ferguson and Paul McDermott. The group disbanded in 1994. Richard began his broadcast career on TV, and presented shows including: ''Race Around the World''; ''Aftershock''; ''Mouthing Off'', and ''Vulture''. Richard was elected to the National Committee of the Australian Republican Movement in 2001 and was the chair of their Constitutional Issues Committee. He resigned from these positions in 2007. In 2005, Richard moved to Brisbane, Queensland, to host the 7-10pm shift on ABC Local Radio station 612 ABC Brisbane. In 2006, Fidler took on the newly configured 11am–3pm shift on 612 ABC. The first hour, a long-form interview program known as ''Conversations'', was also heard on 702 ABC Sydney. Since 2012 Richard has focused solely on ''Conversations''. The show is heard each weekday between 1105 and midday, on ABC Local Radio in all Australian states except Victoria. It is replayed on ABC RN 〔http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/conversations/〕 at midnight. ''Conversations'' is regularly the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s most downloaded podcast. In 2011 Fidler was awarded a Churchill Fellowship〔(The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust 2011 ) | Retrieved 8 March 2013〕 to investigate new forms of public radio in the United States and the United Kingdom. He is the immediate past-President of Brisbane’s Institute of Modern Art (IMA) and a member of its board of directors.〔http://www.ima.org.au/about/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Richard Fidler」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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