{"id":3662,"date":"2012-05-28T10:00:33","date_gmt":"2012-05-28T14:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=3662"},"modified":"2012-05-28T10:00:34","modified_gmt":"2012-05-28T14:00:34","slug":"rci-action-last-month-of-rci-broadcasts-unless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/rci-action-last-month-of-rci-broadcasts-unless\/","title":{"rendered":"RCI Action: Last month of RCI broadcasts, unless\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/RCI.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2004\" title=\"RCI\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/RCI-300x93.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"93\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/RCI-300x93.png 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/RCI.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>(Source: RCI Action)<\/p>\n<p><em>June 24, 2012, will be the last day of Radio Canada International\u2019s radio programming unless we can convince Canada\u2019s government that our national public radio and television broadcaster CBC\/Radio-Canada went too far when it cut our budget by 80% and decided we would no longer broadcast on shortwave or satellite, and be left with only a web presence on the Internet .<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This decision to stop radio broadcasting fails to recognize that most people in the world do not have easy access to the Internet. It fails to recognize that there is very little access around the globe to contextualized Canadian news, news for those outside Canada. And since RCI\u2019s mandate is to explain Canada to as much of the world as possible, CBC\/Radio-Canada is making that harder for us.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>That is why we are calling on Canada\u2019s federal government to step in, stop the cut, and protect Radio Canada International\u2019s international mandate.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Here\u2019s where we need your help.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Please contact government (Conservative) Members of Parliament and tell them why access to Canadian news is important to you.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>You\u2019ll find the e-mail addresses for the MPs, and some more information on the impact of the cuts, announced April 4, 2012, here:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/rciaction.org\/blog\/what-you-can-do\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/rciaction.org\/blog\/what-you-can-do\/<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source: RCI Action) June 24, 2012, will be the last day of Radio Canada International\u2019s radio programming unless we can convince Canada\u2019s government that our national public radio and television broadcaster CBC\/Radio-Canada went too far when it cut our budget by 80% and decided we would no longer broadcast on shortwave or satellite, and be [&hellip;]<\/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":[56,3],"tags":[1071,1070,631,1040,1039,1158,1159,4082],"class_list":["post-3662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-news","tag-how-to-help-radio-canada-international","tag-how-to-help-rci","tag-radio-canada-international","tag-radio-canada-international-cuts","tag-rci-cuts","tag-sackville","tag-sackville-rci","tag-shortwave-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-X4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3335,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/rci-listener-comments-carry-common-theme\/","url_meta":{"origin":3662,"position":0},"title":"RCI listener comments carry common theme","author":"Thomas","date":"April 20, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"On RCI's Listener Letters and the RCI Action committee's website, you can read listener reactions to the looming RCI cuts. To their credit, I've noticed that RCI programs (like The Link\u00a0with Marc Montgomery) are continuing \"business as usual.\" I've noticed no degradation of their content or quality.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Broadcasters&quot;","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\/2012\/04\/TheLinkRCI.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3202,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/radio-canada-international-to-end-shortwave-broadcasts-sackville-to-be-closed\/","url_meta":{"origin":3662,"position":1},"title":"Oh, Canada: Radio Canada International to end shortwave broadcasts, Sackville to be closed","author":"Thomas","date":"April 4, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"This is another sad day for international broadcasting. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) has announced sweeping cuts that will eliminate 650 jobs over the course of 3 years. In a strategic plan called, Same Strategy, Different Path, they specifically outline their cuts of shortwave and satellite transmissions which will also\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Broadcasters&quot;","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\/2012\/04\/CBCbuilding-300x168.gif?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3214,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/helene-parent-two-out-of-three-rci-employees-will-lose-their-jobs-by-the-end-of-july\/","url_meta":{"origin":3662,"position":2},"title":"Helene Parent: &#8220;two out of three RCI employees will lose their jobs by the end of July&#8221;","author":"Thomas","date":"April 5, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"It appears that the cuts at Radio Canada International will be deep and swift (see below). (Source: RCInet.ca) Spending cuts announced last week in Canada's latest federal budget have reached Radio Canada International. Speaking to employees at RCI's headquarters in Montreal on Wednesday, RCI director Helene Parent declared that two\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Broadcasters&quot;","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\/2011\/10\/RCI-300x93.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3292,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/the-gazette-tributes-to-rci-pour-in-from-around-the-world\/","url_meta":{"origin":3662,"position":3},"title":"The Gazette: Tributes to RCI pour in from around the world","author":"Thomas","date":"April 12, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"A sampling of messages to The Gazette in response to the cuts to Radio Canada International (RCI): (Source: MontrealGazette.com) \u201cThis is absolutely dreadful. RCI has been one of the best shortwave radio stations and a much-needed voice of solid, objective reporting. I\u2019ve been a loyal listener from the mid-1990s and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Broadcasters&quot;","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\/2011\/10\/RCI-300x93.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3217,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/the-link-talks-about-the-cuts-at-rci\/","url_meta":{"origin":3662,"position":4},"title":"The Link talks about the cuts at RCI","author":"Thomas","date":"April 5, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"In this interview with Levon Sevunts, producer for RCI's The Link, we get a little more insight into the impact of these cuts at Radio Canada International. One notable quote from the audio interview:\u00a0Sevunts states rather bluntly, \"RCI is getting out of radio altogether.\" RCI's last day of broadcasting will\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Broadcasters&quot;","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\/2012\/04\/TheLinkRCI.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":8891,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/sackville-tribune-post-reports-on-dismantling-of-rci-site\/","url_meta":{"origin":3662,"position":5},"title":"Sackville Tribune-Post reports on dismantling of RCI site","author":"Thomas","date":"March 6, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to Ken Reitz for sharing this: (Source: Sackville Tribune-Post) A piece of local history is slowly disappearing as crews dismantle the former Radio Canada International transmission towers on the marsh near Sackville, N.B. The towers, erected prior to the Second World War, were declared obsolete in October 2012\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Broadcasters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Radio Canada International's Sackville, New Brunswick shortwave transmitter site. 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