{"id":12713,"date":"2015-03-20T08:12:38","date_gmt":"2015-03-20T12:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=12713"},"modified":"2015-03-20T08:14:01","modified_gmt":"2015-03-20T12:14:01","slug":"radio-vanuatu-back-on-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/radio-vanuatu-back-on-air\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio Vanuatu back on the air"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Radio-Vanuatu\"<\/a><\/p>\n

My friend and fellow DXer, Rob Wagner, writes:<\/p>\n

R. Vanuatu has been off the air for ages. It has suddenly come back on in the last hour or so on 7259.95 kHz and 3945 kHz with post-cyclone assistance and information. There is also a report from a visiting R. New Zealand transmission engineer talking about the SW and MW txers at Port Vila; interviewed on RA – quite interesting. Just thought I’d let you know. details at MEDXR:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/medxr.blogspot.com.au\/2015\/03\/station-news-and-log-book-march-20-2015.html<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Many thanks for the information, Rob! Very good news indeed!<\/p>\n

On a side note, SRAA contributor, Julie<\/a>\u00a0(also based in Australia)\u00a0has done a fantastic job posting\u00a0cyclone coverage recordings from Solomon Islands Broadcasting. She’s also posted pre-cyclone Vanuatu recordings as well. Click here to browse her contributions on the Shortwave Radio Audio Archive<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My friend and fellow DXer, Rob Wagner, writes: R. Vanuatu has been off the air for ages. It has suddenly come back on in the last hour or so on 7259.95 kHz and 3945 kHz with post-cyclone assistance and information. There is also a report from a visiting R. New Zealand transmission engineer talking about […]<\/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":[56,3,43],"tags":[3714,3713,3609],"class_list":["post-12713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-cyclone-pam","tag-radio-vanuatu","tag-rob-wagner"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-3j3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18475,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/radio-vanuatu-on-target-for-nationwide-coverage\/","url_meta":{"origin":12713,"position":0},"title":"Radio Vanuatu on target for nationwide coverage under new leadership","author":"Thomas","date":"April 21, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Radio New Zealand via Mike Terry on the WRTH FB Page) The recently appointed chair of the board of the Vanuatu Broadcasting and Television Corporation is confident nationwide coverage will be achieved by Radio Vanuatu soon. 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