{"id":17475,"date":"2016-02-25T21:44:57","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T01:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=17475"},"modified":"2016-02-25T21:44:57","modified_gmt":"2016-02-26T01:44:57","slug":"radio-canada-internationals-71st-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/radio-canada-internationals-71st-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio Canada International&#8217;s 71st anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/RCI.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2004\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2004\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/RCI.png\" alt=\"RCI\" width=\"800\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/RCI.png 800w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/RCI-300x93.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor,\u00a0David Iurescia (LW4DAF), who writes:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Today February 25 th is the 71th anniversary of Radio Canada International.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>They published this:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rcinet.ca\/en\/2016\/02\/25\/history-feb-25-1945-canadas-voice-to-the-world-official-start\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.rcinet.ca\/en\/2016\/02\/25\/history-feb-25-1945-canadas-voice-to-the-world-official-start\/<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, I listened\u00a0to a 2012 spectrum recording of the 31 meter band&#8211;RCI&#8217;s north Quebec service was transmitting on 9,625 kHz. I sure do miss them on the shortwaves but I&#8217;m\u00a0glad I can do a little radio time travel with my SDRs and tune in once again from time to time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0David Iurescia (LW4DAF), who writes: Today February 25 th is the 71th anniversary of Radio Canada International. They published this: http:\/\/www.rcinet.ca\/en\/2016\/02\/25\/history-feb-25-1945-canadas-voice-to-the-world-official-start\/ Earlier this month, I listened\u00a0to a 2012 spectrum recording of the 31 meter band&#8211;RCI&#8217;s north Quebec service was transmitting on 9,625 kHz. I sure do miss them on the [&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":[56,3],"tags":[631,30],"class_list":["post-17475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-news","tag-radio-canada-international","tag-rci"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-4xR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12509,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/radio-canada-international-celebrates-70th-anniversary\/","url_meta":{"origin":17475,"position":0},"title":"Radio Canada International celebrates 70th Anniversary","author":"Thomas","date":"February 27, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"SWLing Post reader, David Iurescia, reminds us that February 25th, 2015 was Radio Canada International's 70th anniversary. While we can no longer hear RCI on shortwave, David points out that we can listen to some of the anniversary specials (interviews and programs) online\u00a0all week: http:\/\/www.rcinet.ca\/en\/2015\/02\/26\/rci-celebrates-its-70th-anniversary\/ Many thanks for the tip,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Broadcasters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"RCI","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/RCI.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/RCI.png?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/RCI.png?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/RCI.png?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12564,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/radio-canada-international-70th-anniversary-was-bittersweet-for-some\/","url_meta":{"origin":17475,"position":1},"title":"Radio Canada International 70th Anniversary was bittersweet for some","author":"Thomas","date":"March 7, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"RCI Action We recently noted that Radio Canada International (RCI) celebrated its 70th year anniversary. \u00a0While it was certainly an amazing milestone--dating back to WWII--it was a bittersweet celebration for some. Check out this article on the RCI Action blog: \"The flood of wonderful memories, fueled by the old and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Articles&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Articles","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/articles\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"The transmitter building of Radio Canada International, Sackville, NB.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/RCI-Sackville-Front-1024x682.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/RCI-Sackville-Front-1024x682.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/RCI-Sackville-Front-1024x682.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12566,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/special-broadcast-70th-anniversary-of-radio-canada-international-via-pcj\/","url_meta":{"origin":17475,"position":2},"title":"Special Broadcast: 70th Anniversary of Radio Canada International via PCJ","author":"Thomas","date":"March 8, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: PCJ Radio International) This year marks the 70th Anniversary of Radio Canada International. 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