{"id":29775,"date":"2017-12-21T09:15:25","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T13:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=29775"},"modified":"2017-12-21T09:16:23","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T13:16:23","slug":"solomon-islands-broadcasting-corporation-to-end-mw-but-maintain-shortwave-fm-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/solomon-islands-broadcasting-corporation-to-end-mw-but-maintain-shortwave-fm-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation to end MW, but maintain shortwave & FM services"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"\"<\/a>SIBC [Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation] has ended its MF service on 1035 kHz.<\/p>\n

Delivery on FM & HF has been retained. Audience surveys indicated HF delivery was more effective than MF. The decision will be reviewed in 2018<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.sibconline.com.sb\/special-announcement-from-sibc-management\/<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a>Thank you for the tip, Nigel!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Nigel Holmes, who shares the following: SIBC [Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation] has ended its MF service on 1035 kHz. Delivery on FM & HF has been retained. Audience surveys indicated HF delivery was more effective than MF. The decision will be reviewed in 2018 http:\/\/www.sibconline.com.sb\/special-announcement-from-sibc-management\/ Thank you for the […]<\/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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[373,3781,3,43],"tags":[6183,4082,2285,5322,2289,4655,84],"class_list":["post-29775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-fm","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-nigel-holmes","tag-shortwave-radio","tag-sibc","tag-solomon-islands-broadcasting-corporation","tag-solomon-islands-broadcasting-shortwave","tag-why-shortwave","tag-why-shortwave-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-7Kf","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7726,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/solomon-islands-broadcasting-adds-to-shortwave-broadcasting\/","url_meta":{"origin":29775,"position":0},"title":"Solomon Islands Broadcasting adds to shortwave","author":"Thomas","date":"October 28, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to David Ricquish of the Radio Heritage Foundation for this tip. 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