{"id":3832,"date":"2012-06-27T14:46:56","date_gmt":"2012-06-27T18:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=3832"},"modified":"2012-06-27T14:46:56","modified_gmt":"2012-06-27T18:46:56","slug":"video-of-marc-montgomerys-farewell-speech-to-the-link-listeners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/video-of-marc-montgomerys-farewell-speech-to-the-link-listeners\/","title":{"rendered":"Video of Marc Montgomery&#8217;s farewell speech to The Link listeners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Source: <a title=\"YouTube\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pVjmvaa8SZY&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><em>Radio Canada International journalist Marc Montgomery broke down in tears during his farewell speech to listeners as RCI ended its 67-year history of shortwave broadcasts yesterday. June 22, 2012, was the last day of The Link, RCI&#8217;s flagship English language daily radio show, which Marc hosted from its very inception in October 2006.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pVjmvaa8SZY\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source: YouTube) Radio Canada International journalist Marc Montgomery broke down in tears during his farewell speech to listeners as RCI ended its 67-year history of shortwave broadcasts yesterday. June 22, 2012, was the last day of The Link, RCI&#8217;s flagship English language daily radio show, which Marc hosted from its very inception in October 2006.<\/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":[56,81,304],"tags":[1203,1202,1040,1039,4082,1132],"class_list":["post-3832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-current-events","category-videos","tag-marc-montgomery","tag-radio-cana","tag-radio-canada-international-cuts","tag-rci-cuts","tag-shortwave-radio","tag-the-link"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-ZO","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3335,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/rci-listener-comments-carry-common-theme\/","url_meta":{"origin":3832,"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":3217,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/the-link-talks-about-the-cuts-at-rci\/","url_meta":{"origin":3832,"position":1},"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":13121,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/wojtek-gwiazda-retires-from-rci\/","url_meta":{"origin":3832,"position":2},"title":"Wojtek Gwiazda retires from RCI","author":"Thomas","date":"May 6, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"My friend, Wojtek Gwiazda, who has been a host and journalist\u00a0for Radio Canada International--and an integral part of the\u00a0RCI Action Committee--has retired. Click here to listen to an exit interview with Wojtek on RCI's The Link. 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Wojtek: here's wishing\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Articles&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Articles","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/articles\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Wojtek\u2019s final appearance on the Link in RCI\u2019s remaining studio, with Lynn and Marc on Friday May 1, 2015 \u00a9 Leo G- RCI (Source: RCI)","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Woj-150501_fs1ht_rci-m-studio-w_sn635.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Woj-150501_fs1ht_rci-m-studio-w_sn635.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Woj-150501_fs1ht_rci-m-studio-w_sn635.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":35702,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/former-rci-sackville-transmitter-sites-slow-transformation\/","url_meta":{"origin":3832,"position":3},"title":"Former RCI Sackville transmitter site&#8217;s &#8220;slow transformation&#8221;","author":"Thomas","date":"January 25, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0David Iurescia (LW4DAF), who writes: [Here's] an interesting article about former RCI transmitter site (Sackville): Former RCI transmitter site \u2013 slow transformation By Marc Montgomery The former RCI transmitter site near Sackville New Brunswick, sold to a First Nations group, is now in the process\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/RCI-and-road-Sackville-NB-1024x683.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/RCI-and-road-Sackville-NB-1024x683.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/RCI-and-road-Sackville-NB-1024x683.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3292,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/the-gazette-tributes-to-rci-pour-in-from-around-the-world\/","url_meta":{"origin":3832,"position":4},"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. 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