{"id":25045,"date":"2017-04-05T21:55:28","date_gmt":"2017-04-06T01:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=25045"},"modified":"2017-04-05T22:43:11","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T02:43:11","slug":"radio-new-zealand-reports-vanuatu-asks-senate-for-reinstatement-of-abc-shortwave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/radio-new-zealand-reports-vanuatu-asks-senate-for-reinstatement-of-abc-shortwave\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio New Zealand reports: Vanuatu asks senate for reinstatement of ABC shortwave"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Source: Radio New Zealand<\/a>\u00a0via Nigel Holmes)<\/p>\n

The government of Vanuatu sent a formal submission to the Australian Senate asking for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation to resume its shortwave service.<\/p>\n

[…]In a letter, Vanuatu’s prime minister Charlot Salwai said removing the shortwave service to Vanuatu could cost many lives in the likelihood of a major natural disaster, like cyclone Pam two years ago.<\/p>\n

The Daily Post said radio broadcasts to remote parts of the country have been cited as a reason the death toll from the category five storm was relatively low.<\/p>\n

After the storm there was practically no domestic communication, with shortwave the only radio means to reach a scattered population.<\/p>\n

Mr Salwai said it could be reasonably stated that Australia’s shortwave service helps save Pacific lives and Australian tax dollars.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Click here to read the full article at Radio New Zealand…<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: Radio New Zealand\u00a0via Nigel Holmes) The government of Vanuatu sent a formal submission to the Australian Senate asking for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation to resume its shortwave service. […]In a letter, Vanuatu’s prime minister Charlot Salwai said removing the shortwave service to Vanuatu could cost many lives in the likelihood of a major natural […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[56,960,3,43],"tags":[2924,5738,2742,5905,368,2796,259,3740],"class_list":["post-25045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-abc-cuts","tag-abc-northern-territory-shortwave","tag-australian-broadcasting-corporation","tag-nick-xenophon","tag-radio-australia","tag-radio-australia-shortwave","tag-radio-new-zealand","tag-vanuatu"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-6vX","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":40163,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/pacific-beat-vanuatu-invests-in-shortwave-service\/","url_meta":{"origin":25045,"position":0},"title":"Pacific Beat: Vanuatu invests in shortwave service","author":"Thomas","date":"October 14, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: ABC Pacific Beat via Michael Bird) https:\/\/abcmedia.akamaized.net\/radioaustralia\/radioaustralia\/audio\/201910\/pba-2019-10-07-van-shortwave.mp3 Click here to listen. 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