Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, David, who passes along this announcement from Radio Australia via Pacific Beat:
On Sunday, Radio Australia’s shortwave signal to Asia will be turned off, another result the ABC says of recent government funding cuts.
Shortwave broadcasting into the Pacific will continue, but signal strenth outside Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Fiji may be degraded.
Alex Oliver from the Lowy Institute has contributed evidence to Australian parliamentary inquiries and committees on foreign affairs, defence and trade for many years.
So does she view the switch off as a big step back from international broadcasting by Australia, or simply the retirement of some old technology.
Presenter: Adam Connors
Speaker: Alex Oliver from the Lowy Institute
Sad to hear. we need more than a single point source for news and events. Radio AND internet, not one or the other. They should be moving forward. I like RA and RNZI and CRI. They are the only stations i can get living in a city.