{"id":4809,"date":"2012-11-04T10:54:30","date_gmt":"2012-11-04T14:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=4809"},"modified":"2012-11-04T10:54:30","modified_gmt":"2012-11-04T14:54:30","slug":"media-network-plus-interviews-rci-shortwave-supporter-senator-hugh-segal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/media-network-plus-interviews-rci-shortwave-supporter-senator-hugh-segal\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Network Plus interviews RCI shortwave supporter, Senator Hugh Segal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4744\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/SEnatorHughSegal.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4744\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4744\" title=\"SenatorHughSegal\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/SEnatorHughSegal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/SEnatorHughSegal.jpg 150w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/SEnatorHughSegal-69x100.jpg 69w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4744\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Senator Hugh Segal<\/p><\/div>\n<p>PCJ&#8217;s <a title=\"PCJ Media\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pcjmedia.com\/medianetworkplus\" target=\"_blank\">Media Network Plus<\/a> interviewed Senator Hugh Segal last week. \u00a0As we mentioned previously, Senator Segal\u00a0<a title=\"Senator Hugh Segal demands that CBC senior management explain rationale for sharp cuts to RCI\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/senator-hugh-segal-demands-that-the-cbc-senior-management-explain-their-rational-for-sharp-cuts-to-rci\/\">made a motion<\/a>\u00a0that the CBC be made accountable for the unfair proportion of\u00a0<a title=\"The Toronto Star publishes my thoughts on the cuts to Radio Canada International\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/the-toronto-star-publishes-my-thoughts-on-the-cuts-to-radio-canada-international\/\">cuts imposed<\/a>\u00a0on Radio Canada International earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>I found Segal&#8217;s thoughts regarding the future of Radio Canada International articulate and accurate. If you&#8217;ve been following the <a title=\"Posts rtagged RCI Cuts\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/tag\/rci-cuts\" target=\"_blank\">RCI Sackville<\/a> story, you will appreciate this interview as well.<\/p>\n<p>You can listen to the interview on <a title=\"MN+\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pcjmedia.com\/medianetworkplus\" target=\"_blank\">PCJ Media&#8217;s website,<\/a> or by <a title=\"PCJ Interview - Right click and save to download\" href=\"http:\/\/www.radio4all.net\/files\/kperron@gmail.com\/3101-1-Media_Network_Plus_PRG094_November_3_2012_30min_edition.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">downloading the mp3 by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Again, if you haven&#8217;t signed <a title=\"Petition\" href=\"http:\/\/www.change.org\/petitions\/ministers-of-heritage-public-safety-and-the-cbc-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\">our petition<\/a> to save Radio Canada International&#8217;s Sackville transmission site, please consider <strong>adding your voice and sharing<\/strong> this with your friends! <a title=\"Sign the petition!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.change.org\/petitions\/ministers-of-heritage-public-safety-and-the-cbc-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 sign the petition!<\/a><\/em><\/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\"><a href='http:\/\/www.change.org\/start-a-petition'>How to Start a Petition<\/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=dc0000\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PCJ&#8217;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&#8217;s thoughts regarding the future of Radio Canada International articulate and accurate. If you&#8217;ve been following the RCI [&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":[56,4,3,43],"tags":[1448,1443,1460,179,631,1040,30,1039,1447,84],"class_list":["post-4809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-interviews","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-hon-hugh-segal","tag-how-to-save-radio-canada-international","tag-media-network-plus","tag-pcj-media","tag-radio-canada-international","tag-radio-canada-international-cuts","tag-rci","tag-rci-cuts","tag-senator-hugh-segal","tag-why-shortwave-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-1fz","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5041,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/senator-hugh-segal-has-issued-this-statement-on-the-unanimous-vote-in-the-senate-to-have-a-special-committee-enquiry-into-the-cbc-decision-to-slash-the-rci-budget-by-80-per-cent\/","url_meta":{"origin":4809,"position":0},"title":"Senator Segal&#8217;s motion receives unanimous vote: special committee enquiry into RCI cuts","author":"Thomas","date":"December 13, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"An excellent development in Canada:\u00a0Senator Hugh Segal's motion for a special committee enquiry into the CBC decision to slash the Radio Canada International budget by 80 per cent has\u00a0received a unanimous vote in the Senate. Committee hearings will begin as early as February. Below is the full press release I\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":4743,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/senator-hugh-segal-demands-that-the-cbc-senior-management-explain-their-rational-for-sharp-cuts-to-rci\/","url_meta":{"origin":4809,"position":1},"title":"Senator Hugh Segal demands that CBC senior management explain rationale for sharp cuts to RCI","author":"Thomas","date":"October 26, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday, Senator Hugh Segal made a motion in the 1st Session of the 41st Parliment that the senior management of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) explain the decision to cut funding of Radio Canada International by 80%, in light of RCI being Canada's voice to the world and that shortwave\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":5365,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/three-things-you-can-do-to-honor-world-radio-day-2013\/","url_meta":{"origin":4809,"position":2},"title":"Three things you can do to honor World Radio Day 2013","author":"Thomas","date":"February 13, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"From my previous posts today you'll already know it's UNESCO World Radio Day--a day to celebrate the relevance of radio in the 21st century.\u00a0Here are some ideas of how you can celebrate and make a difference with radio: Send a shortwave radio, care of Ears To Our World. You can\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Current Events&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Current Events","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/current-events\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"DSCN2988wtmk","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/DSCN2988wtmk-300x225.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4774,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/crtc-revokes-sackvilles-cbc-north-license\/","url_meta":{"origin":4809,"position":3},"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":4103,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/rnz-interviews-rcis-wojtek-gwiazda-shutting-off-the-shortwave\/","url_meta":{"origin":4809,"position":4},"title":"RNZ interviews RCI&#8217;s Wojtek Gwiazda: Shutting off the shortwave","author":"Thomas","date":"August 6, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Radio New Zealand's Bryan Crump, host of \u00a0Nights, interviewed RCI Action Committee spokesperson, Wojtek Gwiazda today. It's an excellent and insightful interview. Thank you, Mike, for the tip! You can download the audio from the show here, or simply use the embedded player below: From RNZ: Wojtek Gwiazda is host\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Articles&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Articles","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/articles\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/WojtekGwiazda.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6405,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/thoughts-after-the-canadian-rcicbc-senate-hearing\/","url_meta":{"origin":4809,"position":5},"title":"Thoughts after the Canadian RCI\/CBC Senate hearing","author":"Thomas","date":"May 2, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Last night, I listened to a live stream of the Canadian senate hearings regarding last year's Radio Canada International cuts to shortwave radio. CBC president Hubert LaCroix and RCI director Michelle Parent met remarkably little criticism or resistance in the hearing, and it appears the report to the senate will\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Articles&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Articles","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/articles\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"CBC-RCI-Hearing","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/CBC-RCI-Hearing-300x207.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4809\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}