{"id":39411,"date":"2019-09-02T19:16:27","date_gmt":"2019-09-02T23:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=39411"},"modified":"2019-09-02T19:17:20","modified_gmt":"2019-09-02T23:17:20","slug":"proposal-to-suspend-radio-romania-internationals-shortwave-service-has-been-rejected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/proposal-to-suspend-radio-romania-internationals-shortwave-service-has-been-rejected\/","title":{"rendered":"Proposal to suspend Radio Romania International&#8217;s shortwave service has been rejected"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/RRI.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13349 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/RRI.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"563\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/RRI.jpg 563w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/RRI-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 563px) 100vw, 563px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Tudor Vedeanu, who shares the following update regarding <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/radio-romania-internationals-shortwave-service-under-threat\/\">the threat to RRI&#8217;s shortwave service<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tudor writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I contacted MediaSind asking for more details about the suspension of the SW broadcasts at RRI. Liviu Grosu, the general secretary of MediaSind told me this:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>&#8220;Following the reactions of MediaSind, the members of the Board of Directors rejected the proposal of the president-general director of the SRR, Georgica Severin, regarding the suspension of the shortwave broadcasts.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Brilliant news, Tudor! Thank you for sharing this and also many thanks for obtaining Liviu Grosu&#8217;s approval to post his message here on the SWLing Post.<\/p>\n<p>Readers, if you love RRI&#8217;s shortwave service, I believe this would still be a great time to let them know you&#8217;re happy they&#8217;re on the air! For the English language service, use the following email address: <a href=\"mailto:engl@rri.ro\">engl@rri.ro<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><em>Do you enjoy the SWLing Post?<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Please consider supporting us via\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/bePatron?u=7466002&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fswling.com%2Fblog%2F&amp;utm_medium=widget\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/bePatron?u%3D7466002%26redirect_uri%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fswling.com%252Fblog%252F%26utm_medium%3Dwidget&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1534765144986000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEe7C7aRTKqwuFkU5YIo8XEqPqthw\"><span class=\"il\">Patreon<\/span><\/a>\u00a0or our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&amp;hosted_button_id=TGGFP2XVZDPP2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd%3D_s-xclick%26hosted_button_id%3DTGGFP2XVZDPP2&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1534765144986000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH45maBgVLGpqLmQQvviVKBNMEGUw\"><span class=\"il\">Coffee<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Fund<\/span><\/a>! <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Tudor Vedeanu, who shares the following update regarding the threat to RRI&#8217;s shortwave service. Tudor writes: I contacted MediaSind asking for more details about the suspension of the SW broadcasts at RRI. Liviu Grosu, the general secretary of MediaSind told me this: &#8220;Following the reactions of MediaSind, the members [&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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[960,3,43],"tags":[7985,7984,7983,1317,1318,1613,3214],"class_list":["post-39411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-georgica-severin","tag-liviu-grosu","tag-mediasind","tag-radio-romania-international","tag-rri","tag-rri-shortwave","tag-tudor-vedeanu"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-afF","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":39406,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/radio-romania-internationals-shortwave-service-under-threat\/","url_meta":{"origin":39411,"position":0},"title":"Radio Romania International&#8217;s shortwave service under threat","author":"Thomas","date":"September 2, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Important: Click here to read our update. 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