{"id":23891,"date":"2017-02-02T08:57:44","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T12:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=23891"},"modified":"2017-02-02T08:57:44","modified_gmt":"2017-02-02T12:57:44","slug":"continued-public-support-for-restoration-of-abc-shortwave-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/continued-public-support-for-restoration-of-abc-shortwave-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Continued public support for restoration of ABC shortwave services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/NorthernTerritory-Australia.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22888\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/NorthernTerritory-Australia.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"849\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/NorthernTerritory-Australia.jpg 849w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/NorthernTerritory-Australia-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/NorthernTerritory-Australia-768x440.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/NorthernTerritory-Australia-624x357.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 849px) 100vw, 849px\" \/><\/a>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Troy Riedel, who shares the following from a Tecsun Radios Australia press release:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Public support has been steadily increasing in favour of the #saveshortwave campaign.<br \/>\nOpposition leader Bill Shorten has written to the Prime Minister to ask him to step in urgently to stop the ABC from carrying out their plan to cut shortwave transmission today, 31st January 2017, saying:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am deeply concerned that the ABC took this decision without satisfactory consultation with affected listeners, community representatives and emergency service workers and agencies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The alternative solutions that the ABC have offered in the place of shortwave transmission are simply not practical for many listeners. In areas beyond signal reception, as many of the affected areas are, both AM and FM radio services are not available, and the equipment needed to receive radio services via satellite on the Viewer Access Satellite Television (VAST) is expensive and impractical for on-the-move reception.<\/p>\n<p>The latest statement from the ABC promised that they would \u201csupply (donate) a VAST satellite system to all Royal Flying Doctor Service bases, and 4WD Radio club bases in the affected region, allowing them to rebroadcast emergency or warning messages as required.\u201d The issue is, however, that The Royal Flying Doctor\u2019s shortwave broadcasts are not designed to cover the same geographical area as the ABC\u2019s dedicated shortwave broadcasts, leading to a potential shortfall in range and availability.<\/p>\n<p>Another key factor is that farmers, stockmen and the like in remote areas have listened in to shortwave broadcasts for 100 years or more &#8211; this is a hard-wired habit. How is information about the transition going to be provided to them if not by the only medium that they use?<\/p>\n<p>Jay Mohr-Bell works on a cattle station outside of Katherine, and knows only too well about this:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ABC fails to understand that their audience who listens to local ABC via shortwave do not favour this service, this is their only available service,\u201d he said in a statement to Guardian Australia, \u201cessentially the ABC is closing down the shortwave service and replacing it with nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alongside important concerns regarding access to emergency announcements, residents are also sadly losing their ability to listen to live radio and music, which is important from a community and integrational perspective.<\/p>\n<p>Federal minister Nigel Scullion said \u201cthere was no need for the ABC to make this decision with no notice or community consultation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ABC issued a statement yesterday to say it was \u201cdeeply committed to rural and regional Australia and the one-third of Australians who live outside of the capital cities.\u201d From what we can see however, their actions seem to demonstrate otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>We now have proof that our voices are being heard by the ABC and the Australia Government. We invite you to write to your local MP to tell them once and for all how much you value the shortwave service. Alternatively, the Northern Territory Cattlemen\u2019s Association have drafted an email found here that you can sign and send to the Secretary of the Senate Enquiry.<\/p>\n<p>Lets rally together one final time to #saveshortwave<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This Australia-based radio retailer is not the only one behind a campaign to restore shortwave services,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2017-01-31\/xenophon-leads-calls-for-abc-to-reinstate-shortwave-radio\/8225694\" target=\"_blank\">senator Nick Xenophon says he will introduce legislation to Parliament to force the ABC to reinstate its shortwave radio service<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Troy Riedel, who shares the following from a Tecsun Radios Australia press release: Public support has been steadily increasing in favour of the #saveshortwave campaign. Opposition leader Bill Shorten has written to the Prime Minister to ask him to step in urgently to stop the ABC from carrying out 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Rural interviews Garry Cratt about decision to end shortwave service","author":"Thomas","date":"January 23, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Troy Riedel, who shares the following announcement from a\u00a0Tecsun Radios Australia\u00a0email newsletter: Tecsun Radios Australia owner Garry Cratt was interviewed by ABC Rural this week about the ABC\u2019s decision to end their shortwave radio transmission after almost 80 years. https:\/\/youtu.be\/PySh8DNX6mE Click here to listen\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Broadcasters&quot;","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\/2017\/01\/ABCRadioFront-QSL-001-1024x635.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/ABCRadioFront-QSL-001-1024x635.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, 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&quot;Broadcasters&quot;","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\/2017\/01\/End-of-Radio-Australia.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":33525,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/australian-foreign-minister-says-her-party-did-not-support-shutting-down-shortwave\/","url_meta":{"origin":23891,"position":2},"title":"Australian Foreign Minister says her party did not support shutting down shortwave","author":"Thomas","date":"August 11, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: RadioInfo via William Lee and Dennis Dura) Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has told [ ABC's Radio National ] RN's Fran Kelly that her party did not support the ABC's decision to switch off short wave services in the Pacific. \"It is not a decision of the Australian government,\"\u2026","rel":"","context":"In 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