{"id":19724,"date":"2016-06-28T14:30:08","date_gmt":"2016-06-28T18:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=19724"},"modified":"2016-06-28T14:26:26","modified_gmt":"2016-06-28T18:26:26","slug":"radio-vanuatu-reduces-broadcast-time-due-to-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/radio-vanuatu-reduces-broadcast-time-due-to-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio Vanuatu reduces broadcast time due to budget"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Paul Walker, who noted that Radio Vanuatu has reduced broadcast hours.<\/p>\n

Friday night, Paul received a rare opening that allowed him to hear\u00a0Vanuatu on both 7260 kHz and 3945 kHz. Paul noted that it’s very rare to hear Vanuatu’s\u00a075 meter band broadcast from his listening post in Alaska. \u00a0As he was\u00a0setting up\u00a0his receiver for a recording, they signed off early.<\/p>\n

Paul discovered the following notice on Radio Vanuatu’s Facebook page<\/a>:<\/p>\n

IMPORTANT NOTICE
\nRadio Vanuatu i wantem infomem olgeta gudfala lisna blong hem se Radio Vanuatu i jenisem ol hour blong brodkas blong hem folem high cost blong operation blong hem.
\nTiming blong brodkas i ko olsem: 05:30am- 9:15pm evridei
\nJenis ia hemi blong smol taem nomo.
\nEndorsed by VBTC Board & Management<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Courtney Gordon, via Facebook, provided Paul with a simple translation:<\/p>\n

Radio Vanuatu wants to inform its good listeners that the hours of broadcast are being changed due to the high cost of operation. Broadcast times are now 5:30 am to 9:30 pm every day.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, broadcast times are now 18:30 UTC to 10:15 UTC. Thanks, Paul and Courtney, for sharing the news!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paul Walker, who noted that Radio Vanuatu has reduced broadcast hours. Friday night, Paul received a rare opening that allowed him to hear\u00a0Vanuatu on both 7260 kHz and 3945 kHz. Paul noted that it’s very rare to hear Vanuatu’s\u00a075 meter band broadcast from his listening post in Alaska. \u00a0As […]<\/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":[56,960,3,43,1167],"tags":[4156,3713,3740],"class_list":["post-19724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-whats-on-shortwave","tag-paul-walker","tag-radio-vanuatu","tag-vanuatu"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-588","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":39802,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/radio-vanuatu-new-shortwave-and-mediumwave-service-through-infrastructure-upgrade\/","url_meta":{"origin":19724,"position":0},"title":"Radio Vanuatu: New shortwave and mediumwave service through infrastructure upgrade","author":"Thomas","date":"September 24, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Vanuatu Broadcasting & Television Corporation via Peter Marks) RADIO VANUATU CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT WORK BEGINS With the support of the Government of Vanuatu, the Vanuatu Broadcasting & Television Corporation (VBTC) has begun work this month on a 942 million vatu (US$8.1m) infrastructure upgrade to improve radio and free-to-air television service\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "International Broadcasting"","block_context":{"text":"International Broadcasting","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/international-broadcasting\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Vanuatu-Map.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Vanuatu-Map.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Vanuatu-Map.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":18475,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/radio-vanuatu-on-target-for-nationwide-coverage\/","url_meta":{"origin":19724,"position":1},"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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