{"id":22751,"date":"2016-12-08T08:11:45","date_gmt":"2016-12-08T12:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=22751"},"modified":"2016-12-08T08:11:45","modified_gmt":"2016-12-08T12:11:45","slug":"media-network-updates-and-1999-interview-with-acting-abc-general-manager-mike-bird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/media-network-updates-and-1999-interview-with-acting-abc-general-manager-mike-bird\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Network updates and 1999 interview with acting ABC general manager Mike Bird"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Jonathan Marks<\/a>, who writes:<\/p>\n

Found a rather topical edition of media network and posted it[…]with Mike Bird talking about shortwave and Radio Australia. http:\/\/jonathanmarks.libsyn.com\/mn16121999<\/a><\/p>\n

[Additionally]\u00a0I have started the prequels to Media Network’s return in 2017.<\/p>\n

I found a great cassette sent to me by Africa media correspondent Richard Ginbey in 1989. Richard was a music presenter, first in South Africa, later moving to Windhoek. But I guess his passion was listening to his shortwave radio. And with nothing more than a cassette recorder he put together some fascinating portraits of broadcasting history as observed from a listeners\u2019 perspective.<\/p>\n

Richard also made features which traced the history of broadcasting in Africa, making some recordings which track the path to independence for many countries. I\u2019m pretty sure many of these bandscans from the 1980\u2019s and before have long since disappeared from official archives. So, here\u2019s a chance to listen again to Richard Ginbey\u2019s media view. I\u2019ve put together several episodes back to back. Enjoy.<\/p>\n

There is over 70 minutes of unique material here.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/jonathanmarks.libsyn.com\/mn06122017?tdest_id=87154<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thank you so much for sharing this, Jonathan. I might contact you soon about adding those cassette recordings to the shortwave archive<\/a>. Absolutely priceless stuff! \u00a0And the return of Media Networks? Please keep us informed!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Jonathan Marks, who writes: Found a rather topical edition of media network and posted it[…]with Mike Bird talking about shortwave and Radio Australia. http:\/\/jonathanmarks.libsyn.com\/mn16121999 [Additionally]\u00a0I have started the prequels to Media Network’s return in 2017. I found a great cassette sent to me by Africa media correspondent Richard Ginbey […]<\/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":[3,305,288,43],"tags":[246,574,1717,368,64],"class_list":["post-22751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-radio-history","category-shortwave-radio","tag-jonathan-marks","tag-media-network","tag-media-network-vintage-vault","tag-radio-australia","tag-rnw"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-5UX","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":50591,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/video-jonathan-marks-and-andy-sennitt-on-amsterdam-radio-day-in-2011\/","url_meta":{"origin":22751,"position":0},"title":"Video: Jonathan Marks and Andy Sennitt on Amsterdam Radio Day in 2011","author":"Thomas","date":"November 28, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mike Barraclough, who shares the following: [Here's a video] link to Jonathan Marks and Andy Sennitt talking about Media Network at the Amsterdam Radio Day in 2011, a meeting I attended. 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