{"id":25605,"date":"2017-05-11T06:48:06","date_gmt":"2017-05-11T10:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=25605"},"modified":"2017-05-11T06:48:06","modified_gmt":"2017-05-11T10:48:06","slug":"sale-of-radio-australia-site-pushed-before-senate-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/sale-of-radio-australia-site-pushed-before-senate-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Sale of Radio Australia site pushed before senate report"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Nigel Holmes, who writes:<\/p>\n

ABC anxious to annihilate HF as soon as possible. (ABC is Broadcast Australia’s largest customer by far, BAs income from Auntie is the ABCs largest sink of funds after salaries – several hundred million bucks per year)<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.sheppnews.com.au\/2017\/05\/11\/88161\/radio-australia-for-sale<\/a><\/p>\n

Radio Australia for sale<\/h3>\n

For sale, one large semi-rural 229ha block. Key features include large-scale grazing potential, two irrigation channels and a shortwave antenna that can broadcast to all over the globe.<\/p>\n

The former shortwave broadcasting station that for decades sent the Radio Australia broadcast around the world was quietly put on the market a couple of weeks ago.<\/p>\n

[…]The sale could throw into jeopardy any move to restart shortwave broadcasting, as it is one of the largest facilities of its kind in the country.<\/p>\n

South Australian NXT senator Nick Xenophon visited the site earlier in the year, and later introduced a bill to the senate to restart shortwave broadcasting.<\/p>\n

The bill was sent to a senate inquiry and was due to report by August.<\/p>\n

Former radio engineer at the site Gary Baker has been campaigning for the resumption of shortwave, and was not happy the site was on the market.<\/p>\n

\u2018\u2018If the ABC has to start broadcasting internationally again this could cost taxpayers millions of dollars, which would be stupid,\u2019\u2019 Mr Baker said.<\/p>\n

A sign in front of the property indicates that the closing date for expressions of interest in the property is in June.<\/p>\n

Click here to read the full article at The Shepparton Times.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Nigel Holmes, who writes: ABC anxious to annihilate HF as soon as possible. (ABC is Broadcast Australia’s largest customer by far, BAs income from Auntie is the ABCs largest sink of funds after salaries – several hundred million bucks per year) http:\/\/www.sheppnews.com.au\/2017\/05\/11\/88161\/radio-australia-for-sale Radio Australia for sale For sale, one […]<\/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":[2924,5905,6183,1168,2746,6189],"class_list":["post-25605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-abc-cuts","tag-nick-xenophon","tag-nigel-holmes","tag-radio-australia-shepparton","tag-shepparton","tag-shepparton-times"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-6EZ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25552,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/shepparton-ihfts-for-sale-land-banking-opportunity\/","url_meta":{"origin":25605,"position":0},"title":"Shepparton IHFTS for sale: land banking opportunity","author":"Thomas","date":"May 7, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Nigel Holmes, who shares the photo above and notes: Better get your cameras & long lenses oiled & hard hats, safety glasses & ear plugs ready. 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