{"id":23863,"date":"2017-02-01T08:01:25","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T12:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=23863"},"modified":"2017-02-01T08:01:25","modified_gmt":"2017-02-01T12:01:25","slug":"rnz-thousands-in-solomon-islands-affected-by-abc-shortwave-cut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/rnz-thousands-in-solomon-islands-affected-by-abc-shortwave-cut\/","title":{"rendered":"RNZ: ‘Thousands’ in Solomon Islands affected by ABC shortwave cut"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>(Source: Radio New Zealand<\/a> via London Shortwave<\/a>)<\/p>\n

The ABC ends its short-wave service to the region from 1pm Solomon Islands time and says it will focus on FM and online services.<\/p>\n

Ruth Liloqula said people from Choiseul to Malaita and as far south east as Tikopia tuned in to the ABC because the signal was stronger than that of the country’s public broadcaster SIBC.<\/p>\n

Ms Liloqula who works with Transparency International says the ABC has been very valuable for the country and a good way to get her message across.<\/p>\n

“We are very very mindful of the fact that the SIBC media here is owned by the government. I mean they don’t ask the questions that they need to ask for obvious reasons. I mean we do get asked those tough questions by ABC and that gives us the opportunity to talk about the issues that affect this country.”<\/p>\n

Ms Liloqula said after the recent earthquake people in the bush in Choiseul only knew there was no tsunami by listening to the ABC.[…]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Continue reading at Radio New Zealand’s website…<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: Radio New Zealand via London Shortwave) The ABC ends its short-wave service to the region from 1pm Solomon Islands time and says it will focus on FM and online services. Ruth Liloqula said people from Choiseul to Malaita and as far south east as Tikopia tuned in to the ABC because the signal was […]<\/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":[960,3,43],"tags":[2924,2704,1920,2796,5708,259,2576,1264,84],"class_list":["post-23863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-abc-cuts","tag-london-shortwave","tag-radio-australia-cuts","tag-radio-australia-shortwave","tag-radio-australia-shortwave-closure","tag-radio-new-zealand","tag-radio-new-zealand-international","tag-rnz","tag-why-shortwave-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-6cT","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24544,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/rnzi-becomes-the-voice-of-the-pacific\/","url_meta":{"origin":23863,"position":0},"title":"RNZI becomes the voice of the Pacific","author":"Thomas","date":"March 8, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Asia Radio Today via Mark Little) As Radio Australia cuts shortwave services, RNZI becomes the voice of the Pacific Radio New Zealand International (RNZI) continues to serve people across the Pacific region, delivering essential day to day news and information and providing a vital lifeline in times of natural\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Broadcasters"","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Australia-NewZealand.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Australia-NewZealand.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Australia-NewZealand.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":33121,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/rnz-and-the-chinese-shortwave-foray-into-the-pacific\/","url_meta":{"origin":23863,"position":1},"title":"RNZ and the “Chinese shortwave foray into the Pacific”","author":"Thomas","date":"July 8, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Radio New Zealand via Mike Hansgen) China is taking up a lot of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's former shortwave radio frequencies into the Pacific region. In response to budget cuts, the ABC last year ceased shortwave broadcasting in the Asia-Pacific region ahead of a transition to FM transmission. 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