{"id":10285,"date":"2014-07-15T11:30:32","date_gmt":"2014-07-15T15:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=10285"},"modified":"2014-07-15T11:32:20","modified_gmt":"2014-07-15T15:32:20","slug":"abc-radio-staff-memo-outlines-cuts-to-external-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/abc-radio-staff-memo-outlines-cuts-to-external-service\/","title":{"rendered":"ABC Radio staff memo outlines cuts to external service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/ABC-Radio-Australia.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5006\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/ABC-Radio-Australia.jpg\" alt=\"ABC-Radio-Australia\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/ABC-Radio-Australia.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/ABC-Radio-Australia-100x66.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> reader,\u00a0<a title=\"Critical Distance\" href=\"http:\/\/www.criticaldistance.blogspot.nl\/2014\/07\/radio-australia-slash-and-burn.html\" target=\"_blank\">Jonathan Marks, who has posted a letter<\/a> by Michael Mason (Acting Director of ABC Radio) to the staff of ABC. Mason&#8217;s letter outlines changes\u00a0to Radio Australia&#8217;s external service. His key points:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Radio Australia will continue to broadcast a 24\/7 schedule built on a deeper collaboration with ABC News and ABC Radio and through collaboration with SBS.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Pacific Beat continues, as do RA&#8217;s hourly news bulletins.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Radio Australia will work with colleagues in ABC Radio and ABC News to identify and deliver a sustainable and engaging English program service that will appeal to our International audiences.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Language services in Tok Pisin, Khmer and Burmese will be delivered through a mix of reduced original content coupled with translated ABC content and content from SBS. The model for the French language service remains under consideration.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Asia Pacific and Asia Review will cease production as will the Mornings program.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Shortwave transmission of RA remains unchanged for the time being.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Read the full letter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.criticaldistance.blogspot.nl\/2014\/07\/radio-australia-slash-and-burn.html\" target=\"_blank\">on Jonathan&#8217;s website, <em>Critical Distance<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Follow news about the cuts to Radio Australia by bookmarking the tag:\u00a0<\/span><a title=\"RA Cuts\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/tag\/ra-cuts\" target=\"_blank\">RA Cuts<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post reader,\u00a0Jonathan Marks, who has posted a letter by Michael Mason (Acting Director of ABC Radio) to the staff of ABC. Mason&#8217;s letter outlines changes\u00a0to Radio Australia&#8217;s external service. His key points: Radio Australia will continue to broadcast a 24\/7 schedule built on a deeper collaboration with ABC News and ABC [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,960,3,43],"tags":[2924,2742,3114,368,1920],"class_list":["post-10285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-abc-cuts","tag-australian-broadcasting-corporation","tag-ra-cuts","tag-radio-australia","tag-radio-australia-cuts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-2FT","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10241,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/radio-australia-facing-serious-cuts\/","url_meta":{"origin":10285,"position":0},"title":"Radio Australia facing serious cuts","author":"Thomas","date":"July 14, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"One of my favorite broadcasters, Radio Australia, is facing severe cuts as the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's international broadcasting budget of\u00a0$35 million is being cut in\u00a0more than half. 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