{"id":27580,"date":"2017-08-15T10:45:34","date_gmt":"2017-08-15T14:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=27580"},"modified":"2017-08-15T10:47:44","modified_gmt":"2017-08-15T14:47:44","slug":"new-mediumwave-facility-for-fiji","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/new-mediumwave-facility-for-fiji\/","title":{"rendered":"New Mediumwave Facility for Fiji"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s an interesting YouTube documentary released by the Fiji Broadcasting Corporation on the refurbishment of both transmitters and antennas for the mediumwave outlets of 558 and 990 kHz. This was completed with the financial and technical assistance of the Japanese government. It will be very interesting for MW DXers to see how well the new facility will be heard beyond the Fijian borders.<\/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\/VTLKeW-TmoQ?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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There is also a somewhat less interesting YouTube video of the Fijian dictator Prime Minister Bainimarama at the official launch of the revitalized service, which can be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/kOza_Ov7f48\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/kOza_Ov7f48<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was fascinating to hear Prime Minister Bainimarama talking about democratic freedoms in the broadcasting media&#8230;.This from a man who for many years has done his level best to suppress and control the Fijian media on countless occasions!<br \/>\n(My thanks to Mauno Ritola and Bruce Portzer for alerting me to the above links)<\/p>\n<p>73, Rob Wagner VK3BVW<\/p>\n<p><em>Rob Wagner, VK3BVW, is the author of this post and a regular contributor to the SWLing Post. He also blogs at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.medxr.blogspot.com.au\">Mount Evelyn DX Report<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s an interesting YouTube documentary released by the Fiji Broadcasting Corporation on the refurbishment of both transmitters and antennas for the mediumwave outlets of 558 and 990 kHz. This was completed with the financial and technical assistance of the Japanese government. It will be very interesting for MW DXers to see how well the new [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"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":[373,56,433,1],"tags":[6426,82,4099,6074],"class_list":["post-27580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-broadcasters","category-mediumwave","category-uncategorized","tag-am-dx","tag-fiji","tag-mediumwave","tag-transmitter"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-7aQ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":837,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/fiji-democracy-group-planning-pirate-radio\/","url_meta":{"origin":27580,"position":0},"title":"Fiji democracy group planning pirate radio","author":"Thomas","date":"August 24, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: New Zealand Herald) In a move inspired by pirate radio stations of the 1960s, political activists in the South Pacific are planning to position a Dutch-registered merchant vessel in international waters off the coast of Fiji to defy censors in the military dictatorship. 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