{"id":22900,"date":"2016-12-19T11:36:28","date_gmt":"2016-12-19T15:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=22900"},"modified":"2016-12-19T11:36:28","modified_gmt":"2016-12-19T15:36:28","slug":"pina-calls-for-abc-to-review-closure-of-shortwave-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/pina-calls-for-abc-to-review-closure-of-shortwave-service\/","title":{"rendered":"PINA calls for ABC to review closure of shortwave service"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Source: Pasifik<\/a> via SWLing Post<\/em> contributor Trevor R)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>[The] Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) is concerned with the decision of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) to shut down its Shortwave Radio Services to the Pacific by the end of January next year.<\/p>\n

PINA joins the growing voices opposed to the ABC\u2019s plan to close this \u2018valuable and vital source of information\u2019 to people and communities in the Pacific that have relied on Radio Australia for almost eight decades.<\/p>\n

More so now with most Pacific Island Countries in the middle of their cyclone season, said PINA President Moses Stevens, who laments the impact of the service will have on the peoples in the Pacific who rely on the service after it is closed in January.<\/p>\n

\u201cPINA is concerned because it would mean the end of an era in regional broadcasting and a service that Pacific people have been reliant on for news, information and entertainment for over many years to date,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cGiven the geographical landscape of the Pacific region, radio is still the most effective and efficient means of communication and source for information.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fact that most islands in the region are under resourced with regards to sustaining their broadcast stations, most of our people rely on Radio Australia and Radio New Zealand to acquire news and information, including cyclone warnings.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Stevens said for almost 80 years, Radio Australia\u2019s Shortwave Service has been the lifeline for many rural communities in the Pacific who rely on it for vital emergency service information.<\/p>\n

Continue reading the full article on the Pasifik news site….<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: Pasifik via SWLing Post contributor Trevor R) [The] Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) is concerned with the decision of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) to shut down its Shortwave Radio Services to the Pacific by the end of January next year. PINA joins the growing voices opposed to the ABC\u2019s plan to close this […]<\/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":[86,2924,5732,5731,368,1920,2795,2796,5708],"class_list":["post-22900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-abc","tag-abc-cuts","tag-pacific-islands-news-association","tag-pina","tag-radio-australia","tag-radio-australia-cuts","tag-radio-australia-north-america","tag-radio-australia-shortwave","tag-radio-australia-shortwave-closure"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-5Xm","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22691,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/pacific-beat-abc-decision-to-halt-shortwave-broadcasts-criticised\/","url_meta":{"origin":22900,"position":0},"title":"Pacific Beat: ABC decision to halt shortwave broadcasts criticised","author":"Thomas","date":"December 6, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: ABC News) ABC decision to halt shortwave broadcasts criticised A decision by the ABC to halt shortwave broadcasts early next year has been criticised by a former manager of Radio Australia. 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