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Tag Archives: Radio Australia
A little more Saturday Night Country via Radio Australia
I’ve mentioned before how much I love this show–you don’t even need to be a fan of country music to have a true appreciation for it. Saturday Night Country should be on your shortwave listening schedule. If you live in … Continue reading
Bob Padula’s history of Australian shortwave broadcasting
I recently discovered that Bob Padula, long-time shortwave radio enthusiast and publisher of The Australian DX Report, has an online project entitled The History of Shortwave Radio In Australia. It’s a thorough and informative read and is available free of charge. … Continue reading
Radio Australia’s Saturday Night Country is a part of my Saturday morning
Even though it’s well over 9,800 miles (15,800 kilometers) and many time zones from where I live, I listen to Radio Australia’s Shepparton broadcast site perhaps more than any other on the shortwave bands. For decades, it has beamed a broad and … Continue reading
Radio Australia: transmitter maintenance will lead to disruption of service for some listeners
(Source: Radio Australia via Keith Perron) Details of an interruption to our shortwave services to Papua New Guinea, eastern Indonesia and the south west Pacific for Thursday April 19th. This is an important announcement for shortwave listeners. Due to essential … Continue reading
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Tagged ABC, Radio Australia, Shortwave Radio
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Radio Australia increases shortwave broadcasts into Papua New Guinea on 17,750 kHz
(Source: Radio Australia News) Papua New Guinea’s parliament was resuming on Monday, despite no clear resolution to the country’s political crisis. Peter O’Neill says his government has taken control of the police and state offices. [...]Earlier he said: “This clear … Continue reading
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Tagged ABC, Radio Australia, Radio Australia Papua New Guinea, Why Shortwave Radio
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The Sydney Morning Herald: “We need to broadcast to the world, not whisper”
(Source: The Sydney Morning Herald) As the Cold War was ending in the late 1980s and early ’90s, Western nations, confident of a lasting peace, began to neglect the tools that had sustained them in the ideological war against communism. … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC World Service Cuts, Radio Australia, Sydney Morning Herald
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