{"id":23905,"date":"2017-02-03T07:16:06","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T11:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=23905"},"modified":"2017-02-03T07:16:06","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T11:16:06","slug":"video-senator-nick-xenophon-interview-regarding-loss-of-abcra-shortwave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/video-senator-nick-xenophon-interview-regarding-loss-of-abcra-shortwave\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Senator Nick Xenophon interview regarding loss of ABC\/RA shortwave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/SheppartonNews.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23910\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/SheppartonNews.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/SheppartonNews.jpg 640w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/SheppartonNews-300x75.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/SheppartonNews-624x156.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Dennis Dura, who shares a link to the following video from Shepparton News on YouTube:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5c2GYeQlSi8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/5c2GYeQlSi8\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to view on YouTube.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dennis Dura, who shares a link to the following video from Shepparton News on YouTube: Click here to view on YouTube.<\/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":[960,3,43,304],"tags":[2924,5738,5875,5905,1920],"class_list":["post-23905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-videos","tag-abc-cuts","tag-abc-northern-territory-shortwave","tag-dennis-dura","tag-nick-xenophon","tag-radio-australia-cuts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-6dz","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25580,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/abc-opposes-restoration-of-shortwave-services\/","url_meta":{"origin":23905,"position":0},"title":"ABC opposes restoration of shortwave services","author":"Thomas","date":"May 9, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: RNZ via Dennis Dura) ABC opposes bill to restore Pacific shortwave service The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has made a Senate submission opposing a bill which would force it to restore its shortwave services for the Northern Territory and the Pacific. The bill was introduced by South Australian Senator Nick\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\/2016\/11\/Radio-Dial-2-1024x576.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Radio-Dial-2-1024x576.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Radio-Dial-2-1024x576.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":28409,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/nick-xenophon-champions-review-of-abc-shortwave-broadcasting-to-pacific\/","url_meta":{"origin":23905,"position":1},"title":"Nick Xenophon champions review of ABC shortwave broadcasting to Pacific","author":"Thomas","date":"September 19, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Ian P, who shares the following via ABC News: ABC shortwave broadcasting to the Pacific to be reviewed The decision to end Australian shortwave broadcasting to the Pacific earlier this year could be revisited. 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South Australian senator Nick Xenophon earlier this week introduced a bill to parliament, which if passed would force the ABC to bring back shortwave broadcasts. 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