{"id":27603,"date":"2017-08-17T06:10:51","date_gmt":"2017-08-17T10:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=27603"},"modified":"2017-08-17T06:10:51","modified_gmt":"2017-08-17T10:10:51","slug":"abc-scolded-for-cutting-shortwave-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/abc-scolded-for-cutting-shortwave-service\/","title":{"rendered":"ABC scolded for cutting shortwave service"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Source: news.com.au<\/a> via Trevor R)<\/p>\n

The ABC has been slammed by all sides of politics over its “foolish” decision to cut the transmission of shortwave radio to remote Australia and the Pacific Islands.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Senate debated a private bill on Thursday by crossbench senator Nick Xenophon to force the ABC to restore transmission after it was cut earlier this year.<\/p>\n

“It seems a terrible decision that’s been made by the ABC board,” Senator Xenophon told parliament, accusing the public broadcaster of ignoring the bush and Australia’s neighbours.
\nThe ABC insists listeners can still tune in via FM and AM frequencies, the viewer access satellite television (VAST) service and online.<\/p>\n

But senators say the ABC fails to understand those alternative methods are not available to everyone in the bush and the information people are missing out on can be life threatening, such as weather warnings.<\/p>\n

Senator Xenophon said the ABC had miscalculated how many people relied on the service.
\n“There are some question marks over the methodology used by the ABC in relation to this.”<\/p>\n

Continue reading the full article at news.com.au…<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: news.com.au via Trevor R) The ABC has been slammed by all sides of politics over its “foolish” decision to cut the transmission of shortwave radio to remote Australia and the Pacific Islands. The Senate debated a private bill on Thursday by crossbench senator Nick Xenophon to force the ABC to restore transmission after it […]<\/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":[56,960,3,43],"tags":[2924,6111,5905,368,1920],"class_list":["post-27603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-abc-cuts","tag-abc-shortwave","tag-nick-xenophon","tag-radio-australia","tag-radio-australia-cuts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-7bd","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24233,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/xenophon-introduces-bill-which-would-force-abc-to-bring-back-shortwave-broadcasts\/","url_meta":{"origin":27603,"position":0},"title":"Xenophon introduces bill which would force ABC to bring back shortwave broadcasts","author":"Thomas","date":"February 16, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Shepparton News) The shortwave broadcast station which beamed Radio Australia to the Pacific from Shepparton could be coming back online. 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