{"id":38044,"date":"2019-06-04T06:10:25","date_gmt":"2019-06-04T10:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=38044"},"modified":"2019-06-04T06:10:25","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T10:10:25","slug":"mali-shortwave-relay-site-back-on-the-air-with-cri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/mali-shortwave-relay-site-back-on-the-air-with-cri\/","title":{"rendered":"Mali shortwave relay site back on the air with CRI"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Source: Radio World<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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China Radio International Recommits to Africa<\/h3>\n

Mali relay site near Bamako is back on air diffusing China Radio\u2019s shortwave signal. The site carries CRI\u2019s shortwave broadcasts for more than 20 frequency hours a day to Africa. The move has also benefited Mali\u2019s own shortwave transmissions, which were reportedly suffering from weak signals and poor modulation. \u201cThe reactivation of the facility is in contrast to the shuttering of other shortwave sites on the continent, such as the Sentech facility in Meyerton, South Africa,\u201d writes Hans Johnson.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Click here to read the full article at Radio World.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: Radio World) China Radio International Recommits to Africa Mali relay site near Bamako is back on air diffusing China Radio\u2019s shortwave signal. The site carries CRI\u2019s shortwave broadcasts for more than 20 frequency hours a day to Africa. The move has also benefited Mali\u2019s own shortwave transmissions, which were reportedly suffering from weak signals […]<\/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":[960,3,43],"tags":[141,429,1065,34],"class_list":["post-38044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-china-radio-international","tag-cri","tag-mali","tag-shortwave"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-9TC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":60584,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/carlos-shortwave-art-and-recording-of-cgtn-cri-september-7-2024\/","url_meta":{"origin":38044,"position":0},"title":"Carlos\u2019 Shortwave Art and recording of CGTN\/CRI (September 7, 2024)","author":"Thomas","date":"September 8, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor and noted political cartoonist,\u00a0Carlos Latuff, who shares\u00a0his radio log art of a recent CGTN (China Radio international) broadcast. 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