{"id":3848,"date":"2012-06-28T12:19:31","date_gmt":"2012-06-28T16:19:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=3848"},"modified":"2012-06-28T12:19:31","modified_gmt":"2012-06-28T16:19:31","slug":"rci-sackville-to-continue-relays-and-their-north-quebec-service-until-oct-31st","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/rci-sackville-to-continue-relays-and-their-north-quebec-service-until-oct-31st\/","title":{"rendered":"RCI Sackville to continue relays and their North Quebec service until Oct 31st"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3850\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/1-IMG_1901.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3850\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3850\" title=\"1-IMG_1901\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/1-IMG_1901-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/1-IMG_1901-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/1-IMG_1901-66x100.jpg 66w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/1-IMG_1901.jpg 534w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3850\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Curtain antennas in operation at RCI Sackville<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I was just informed by RCI Sackville that they plan to continue to broadcast their North Quebec service and various relays of other broadcasters until the end of October.\u00a0 Specifically:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The North Quebec service will continue to operate until all five FM relays are in service to replace the shortwave broadcasts on 9,625 kHz. So far, only two of the five relays are in service.<\/li>\n<li>They will continue to broadcast the following station relays until October 31<sup>st<\/sup>, 2012, unless the various broadcasters decide to pull out early. Below are a list of relays:\n<ul>\n<li>Voice of Vietnam<\/li>\n<li>NHK<\/li>\n<li>KBS<\/li>\n<li>Vatican Radio (which, \u00a0reportedly, will continue to broadcast until end of July 2012)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Again, this schedule is subject to change and the October 31<sup>st<\/sup> date could be altered depending upon when VOV, NHK and KBS decide to either discontinue their relays or broadcast them from elsewhere. The implication is that the North Quebec service on 9,625 kHz will be removed, perhaps even without warning, as soon as the remaining three local FM relays are in service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was just informed by RCI Sackville that they plan to continue to broadcast their North Quebec service and various relays of other broadcasters until the end of October.\u00a0 Specifically: The North Quebec service will continue to operate until all five FM relays are in service to replace the shortwave broadcasts on 9,625 kHz. So [&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":[56,3,438,651],"tags":[631,1206,1197,1207,1208,1044,4082],"class_list":["post-3848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-news","category-schedules","category-schedules-and-frequencies","tag-radio-canada-international","tag-radio-canada-international-sackville-schedule","tag-rci-sackville","tag-rci-sackville-closure","tag-rci-schedule","tag-sackville-closure","tag-shortwave-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-104","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4789,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/sackville-still-broadcasting-cbc-north-quebec-service-on-9625-khz-for-now\/","url_meta":{"origin":3848,"position":0},"title":"Sackville still broadcasting CBC North Quebec Service on 9,625 kHz&#8230;for now","author":"Thomas","date":"November 1, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I just received confirmation that the Sackville, NB transmission site of Radio Canada International will continue broadcasting the CBC North Quebec service on 9,625 kHz until all of the FM relays in North Quebec have been tested and placed into service. To be clear, contrary to the implication of the\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\/06\/1-IMG_1986-300x200.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4702,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/rci-action-stop-cbc-from-dismantling-our-transmitters-to-the-world\/","url_meta":{"origin":3848,"position":1},"title":"RCI Action: Stop CBC from dismantling our transmitters to the world","author":"Thomas","date":"October 17, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"October 31st is quickly approaching and the CBC has requested that the remaining employees at Radio Canada Internationals Sackville transmission site begin dismantling antennas and transmitters that are not currently being used for their remaining three broadcaster clients (NHK, KBS and the Voice of Vietnam) and the CBC North Quebec\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\/06\/SackvilleCurtainAntennas-200x300.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":3848,"position":2},"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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Of course, in light of the\u00a0extensive cuts\u00a0looming over this facility, the visit was bittersweet. 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