Locals hold a wake to signal demise of ABC shortwave service; destroy a donated shortwave radio with a golden sledge hammer.
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dennis Dura, who shares the following report via ABC News 24 on Twitter:
The ABC has shut down its shortwave radio service to remote parts of Northern Australia and the Pacific. @MaddocksThomas reports pic.twitter.com/VPD3deSR9Z
— ABC News 24 (@ABCNews24) January 31, 2017
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