{"id":23801,"date":"2017-01-30T09:11:42","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T13:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=23801"},"modified":"2017-01-30T09:11:42","modified_gmt":"2017-01-30T13:11:42","slug":"radio-australias-final-day-broadcasting-on-shortwave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/radio-australias-final-day-broadcasting-on-shortwave\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio Australia’s final day broadcasting on shortwave"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Listening to Radio Australia on 12,065 kHz with the TitanSDR Pro.<\/p><\/div>\n

As I write this post, I’m listening to Radio Australia on 9,580 and 12,065 kHz. Other than the sports reports and weather, world news is chock-full of stories–many of which are quite sad.<\/p>\n

This will likely be the last morning I listen to Radio Australia on shortwave.<\/p>\n

SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Phill Brennan<\/a>–who has done a fine job keeping us up-to-date with RA developments–shares the following message:<\/p>\n

On the local ABC news tonight it was mentioned that the NT transmitters were going to be shut down at midday local time or 0230 UTC on 31 January. I cannot confirm this, but it may be useful to alert listeners who wish to hear the end of the broadcast. I have no information on RA’s shutdown but it may be the same.<\/p>\n

Apparently there will be a gathering at the Katherine transmitter by local listeners tomorrow to mark the end of the broadcasts.<\/p>\n

Political pressure continues. A South Australian Senator (Xenophon<\/a>) is going to introduce a private members bill into the Australian Parliament which will mandate that the ABC must provide a SW service to the NT. I don’t think I would back this in succeeding, but it’s worth a try.<\/p>\n

The whole exercise has been a public relations disaster for the ABC as it has been a major news story nationally for weeks now. Not enough damage to change the ABC management’s mind on the matter though.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thank you for the update, Phil, and for following this story as it developed.<\/p>\n

Again, if I understand correctly, for those of us in North America, today<\/em> is the final day\u00a0we’ll hear Radio Australia on shortwave (9,580, 12,065 and 12,085 kHz).<\/p>\n

I feel I should mention that I did receive a tip that the shut for some of the Radio Australia shortwave services might be as early as 11:00AM Tuesday local time Shepparton (00:00 UTC).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As I write this post, I’m listening to Radio Australia on 9,580 and 12,065 kHz. Other than the sports reports and weather, world news is chock-full of stories–many of which are quite sad. This will likely be the last morning I listen to Radio Australia on shortwave. SWLing Post contributor, Phill Brennan–who has done a […]<\/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":[56,960,3,651,43],"tags":[2924,5484,5738,4743,368,1920,3572,2796],"class_list":["post-23801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","category-schedules-and-frequencies","category-shortwave-radio","tag-abc-cuts","tag-abc-northern-territories","tag-abc-northern-territory-shortwave","tag-phil-brennan","tag-radio-australia","tag-radio-australia-cuts","tag-radio-australia-pacific-service-cuts","tag-radio-australia-shortwave"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-6bT","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23218,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/with-loss-of-northern-territory-service-abc-recommends-amfm-and-a-satellite-phone\/","url_meta":{"origin":23801,"position":0},"title":"With loss of Northern Territory service, ABC recommends AM\/FM and a satellite phone","author":"Thomas","date":"January 7, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, London Shortwave, who shares this tweet from Northern Territory resident, Lisa Herbert. https:\/\/twitter.com\/MsLisaHerbert\/status\/814242065781358593 https:\/\/twitter.com\/LondonShortwave\/status\/816116105081159681 Read about the cuts to the ABC NT service and Radio Australia by clicking here.","rel":"","context":"In "AM"","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/ABC-Shortwave-Ad-932x1024.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/ABC-Shortwave-Ad-932x1024.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/ABC-Shortwave-Ad-932x1024.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12116,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/radio-australia-antenna-azimuth-settings\/","url_meta":{"origin":23801,"position":1},"title":"Radio Australia antenna azimuth settings","author":"Thomas","date":"February 9, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"SWLing Post reader, George, recently asked about the new Radio Australia antenna settings accompanying the modified (trimmed) broadcast schedule. 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Other than when the Shepparton transmitting station\u00a0has been silenced for maintenance in the past, 9,580 kHz is one of the most reliable frequencies I've ever know on shortwave. 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