{"id":33121,"date":"2018-07-08T06:21:08","date_gmt":"2018-07-08T10:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=33121"},"modified":"2018-07-08T06:21:08","modified_gmt":"2018-07-08T10:21:08","slug":"rnz-and-the-chinese-shortwave-foray-into-the-pacific","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/rnz-and-the-chinese-shortwave-foray-into-the-pacific\/","title":{"rendered":"RNZ and the “Chinese shortwave foray into the Pacific”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Source: Radio New Zealand<\/a> via Mike Hansgen)<\/p>\n

China is taking up a lot of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s former shortwave radio frequencies into the Pacific region.<\/p>\n

In response to budget cuts, the ABC last year ceased shortwave broadcasting in the Asia-Pacific region ahead of a transition to FM transmission.<\/p>\n

Since that withdrawal, frequencies on which Pacific Islanders listened to ABC radio for many years are being filled up by China Radio International.<\/p>\n

Radio New Zealand Pacific is of course still broadcasting to the Pacific region on shortwave.<\/p>\n

Its Technical Manager, Adrian Sainsbury, spoke to Johnny Blades about the Chinese shortwave foray into the Pacific.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nhttps:\/\/podcast.radionz.co.nz\/pacn\/dateline-20180625-0503-china_shortwave_foray_into_pacific_helped_by_aus_withdrawal-128.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Click here to listen to this story via RNZ.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: Radio New Zealand via Mike Hansgen) China is taking up a lot of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s former shortwave radio frequencies into the Pacific region. In response to budget cuts, the ABC last year ceased shortwave broadcasting in the Asia-Pacific region ahead of a transition to FM transmission. Since that withdrawal, frequencies on which […]<\/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":[2924,6111,3422,5902,368,1920,259],"class_list":["post-33121","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-mike-k8rat","tag-pacific-isands","tag-radio-australia","tag-radio-australia-cuts","tag-radio-new-zealand"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-8Cd","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24544,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/rnzi-becomes-the-voice-of-the-pacific\/","url_meta":{"origin":33121,"position":0},"title":"RNZI becomes the voice of the Pacific","author":"Thomas","date":"March 8, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Asia Radio Today via Mark Little) As Radio Australia cuts shortwave services, RNZI becomes the voice of the Pacific Radio New Zealand International (RNZI) continues to serve people across the Pacific region, delivering essential day to day news and information and providing a vital lifeline in times of natural\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Broadcasters"","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Australia-NewZealand.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Australia-NewZealand.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Australia-NewZealand.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":22900,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/pina-calls-for-abc-to-review-closure-of-shortwave-service\/","url_meta":{"origin":33121,"position":1},"title":"PINA calls for ABC to review closure of shortwave service","author":"Thomas","date":"December 19, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Pasifik via SWLing Post contributor Trevor R) [The] Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) is concerned with the decision of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) to shut down its Shortwave Radio Services to the Pacific by the end of January next year. 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Only these transmissions from Shepparton will remain to the Pacific: 2100-0900 UTC on 15240, 15415, and 17840 kHz 0900-2100 UTC on 6080, 6150,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Broadcasters"","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Radio-Australia-Banner","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Radio-Australia-Banner.jpeg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":28409,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/nick-xenophon-champions-review-of-abc-shortwave-broadcasting-to-pacific\/","url_meta":{"origin":33121,"position":4},"title":"Nick Xenophon champions review of ABC shortwave broadcasting to Pacific","author":"Thomas","date":"September 19, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Ian P, who shares the following via ABC News: ABC shortwave broadcasting to the Pacific to be reviewed The decision to end Australian shortwave broadcasting to the Pacific earlier this year could be revisited. 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