{"id":4732,"date":"2012-10-23T13:15:50","date_gmt":"2012-10-23T17:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=4732"},"modified":"2012-10-30T20:28:19","modified_gmt":"2012-10-31T00:28:19","slug":"petition-to-save-rci-sackville-from-being-dismantled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/petition-to-save-rci-sackville-from-being-dismantled\/","title":{"rendered":"Petition to save RCI Sackville from being dismantled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/1-Collages5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4736\" title=\"1-Collages5\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/1-Collages5-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/1-Collages5-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/1-Collages5-75x100.jpg 75w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/1-Collages5.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>Dear SWLing Post readers,<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t often ask you for favors, but over the past few days, I&#8217;ve been working hard in the background to stop the Radio Canada International Sackville, New Brunswick transmission site from being dismantled.<\/p>\n<p>Now, I need a favor.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Sing the Change.org petition!\" href=\"http:\/\/chn.ge\/POBEr6\" target=\"_blank\">Could you please take a few moments out of your day to sign this Change.org petition I started?<\/a> Your voice will be added to the petition and it will automatically email the appropriate Canadian politicians who could, at the very least, put a halt to the destruction of the RCI Sackville site. \u00a0Canada&#8211;indeed, the world&#8211;needs this vital shortwave resource.<\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t have to be Canadian to sign (after all, I&#8217;m not), but just someone who cares about radio and believes in its role in domestic security and international relations.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Change.org petition!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.change.org\/petitions\/ministers-of-heritage-and-public-safety-stop-dismantling-canada-s-only-int-l-broadcasting-site-rci-sackville?utm_campaign=mailto_link&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=share_petition\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to \u00a0sign the petition at Change.org<\/a>, or use the embedded form below. Also, please consider sharing this with your radio enthusiast networks and email groups. The more voices, the better!<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<\/p>\n<p>Thomas<\/p>\n<div id=\"change_BottomBar\"><span id=\"change_Powered\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.change.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Change.org<\/a><\/span><a>|<\/a><span id=\"change_Start\">Online <a href='http:\/\/www.change.org\/start-a-petition'>Petition Template<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/e.change.org:80\/flash_petitions_widget.js?width=300&#038;petition_id=817493&#038;color=1A3563\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear SWLing Post readers, I don&#8217;t often ask you for favors, but over the past few days, I&#8217;ve been working hard in the background to stop the Radio Canada International Sackville, New Brunswick transmission site from being dismantled. Now, I need a favor. Could you please take a few moments out of your day to [&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":[56,3,43,5],"tags":[1443,1442,1444,631,1039,1197,1158],"class_list":["post-4732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-swlers","tag-how-to-save-radio-canada-international","tag-how-to-save-rci","tag-how-to-save-sackville","tag-radio-canada-international","tag-rci-cuts","tag-rci-sackville","tag-sackville"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-1ek","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4774,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/crtc-revokes-sackvilles-cbc-north-license\/","url_meta":{"origin":4732,"position":0},"title":"CRTC revokes Sackville&#8217;s CBC North license","author":"Thomas","date":"October 30, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Occasionally, I have the opportunity to report good news on the SWLing Post. Unfortunately, this news is of a very disappointing turn:\u00a0 According to the CBC's plan, Sackville's shortwave broadcasting license for the CBC North Quebec service has been revoked by the CRTC. This was announced today on the CRTC\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":4789,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/sackville-still-broadcasting-cbc-north-quebec-service-on-9625-khz-for-now\/","url_meta":{"origin":4732,"position":1},"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":4809,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/media-network-plus-interviews-rci-shortwave-supporter-senator-hugh-segal\/","url_meta":{"origin":4732,"position":2},"title":"Media Network Plus interviews RCI shortwave supporter, Senator Hugh Segal","author":"Thomas","date":"November 4, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"PCJ's Media Network Plus interviewed Senator Hugh Segal last week. \u00a0As we mentioned previously, Senator Segal\u00a0made a motion\u00a0that the CBC be made accountable for the unfair proportion of\u00a0cuts imposed\u00a0on Radio Canada International earlier this year. I found Segal's thoughts regarding the future of Radio Canada International articulate and accurate. If\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\/10\/SEnatorHughSegal.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":4732,"position":3},"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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