{"id":3812,"date":"2012-06-24T08:59:43","date_gmt":"2012-06-24T12:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=3812"},"modified":"2012-06-24T09:17:17","modified_gmt":"2012-06-24T13:17:17","slug":"radio-canada-internationals-final-day-of-broadcasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/radio-canada-internationals-final-day-of-broadcasts\/","title":{"rendered":"Help us record shortwave history: Radio Canada International’s final day of broadcasts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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RCI's Sackville Transmission Site<\/p><\/div>\n

As many SWLing Post listeners know, today marks the end of an era<\/a>. Radio Canada International is being forced to conclude many decades of shortwave radio services in a short-sighted attempt to cut costs. In lieu of exploring numerous cost-cutting solutions, such as implementing the newly-installed remote operations of the Sackville, NB transmission site<\/a>,<\/em> they have decided to cut all shortwave broadcasting and all content creation for the medium, essentially throwing out the baby with the bath water.<\/p>\n

I have written extensively<\/a> about the potential harm this will cause to those who rely upon shortwave radio as a lifeline of information, not to mention to Canadian diplomacy as a whole.<\/p>\n

We want your RCI broadcast recordings<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nonetheless, for archive purposes, I will attempt to record as many final broadcasts today as possible. We invite listeners from around the world to participate in this process:<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0please send us your recordings of any RCI broadcasts today–any language, any frequency.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thanks to Glenn Hauser, here is a schedule of broadcasts today:<\/p>\n

1500-1559 UTC: Maple Leaf Mailbag (MLMB) Finale–11,675 and 15,125 kHz<\/p>\n

1800-1859 UTC: MLMB Finale–11,765, 9,530 and (best for N America) 17, 810 kHz<\/p>\n

2000-2059 UTC: MLMB Finale 2–17,735, 15,330, 15235 kHz<\/p>\n

RCI Chinese, French, Arabic, Spanish and Portugese final broadcasts should end at 2330 UTC today on 11,990, 13,760 and 15,455<\/p>\n

As for our friends with RCI, we wish you well!\u00a0<\/strong>Many thanks for your years of dedicated service.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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