{"id":51585,"date":"2022-01-21T17:51:23","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T21:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=51585"},"modified":"2022-01-21T17:51:23","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T21:51:23","slug":"bbc-news-the-radio-station-bringing-worried-tongans-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/bbc-news-the-radio-station-bringing-worried-tongans-together\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC News: &#8220;The radio station bringing worried Tongans together&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Tonga-Volcano-NOAA-GOES-West-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51586\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Tonga-Volcano-NOAA-GOES-West-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Tonga-Volcano-NOAA-GOES-West-1.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Tonga-Volcano-NOAA-GOES-West-1-300x168.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Tonga-Volcano-NOAA-GOES-West-1-1024x574.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Tonga-Volcano-NOAA-GOES-West-1-768x431.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Tonga-Volcano-NOAA-GOES-West-1-624x350.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, William Lee, who shares the following video from the BBC:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/av\/world-australia-60072418\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The radio station bringing worried Tongans together (BBC News)<\/a><\/h1>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The volcanic eruption and subsequent tsunami in Tonga cut communication between the island kingdom and the rest of the world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">A community broadcaster in suburban Brisbane is bringing information and support to Tongans around the world as they wait for news of their families and homeland<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Filmed, edited and produced by Simon Atkinson.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/av-embeds\/60072418\" width=\"625\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">?<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">?<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">?<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">?<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">?<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/av\/world-australia-60072418\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to view on the BBC News website.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, William Lee, who shares the following video from the BBC: The radio station bringing worried Tongans together (BBC News) The volcanic eruption and subsequent tsunami in Tonga cut communication between the island kingdom and the rest of the world. A community broadcaster in suburban Brisbane is bringing information and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[56,3],"tags":[1562,9628,102],"class_list":["post-51585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-news","tag-bbc-news","tag-hunga-tonga-hunga-haapai-eruption","tag-why-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-dq1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":53659,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/radio-waves-radio-liberty-journalist-bugged-invisible-battle-rnz-shortwave-after-tonga-eruption-closing-analog-fm-in-spain-to-save-energy-and-keeping-morse-code-alive\/","url_meta":{"origin":51585,"position":0},"title":"Radio Waves: Radio Liberty Journalist Bugged, Invisible Battle, RNZ Shortwave After Tonga Eruption, Closing Analog FM in Spain to Save Energy, and Keeping Morse Code Alive","author":"Thomas","date":"August 13, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Radio Waves:\u00a0 Stories Making Waves in the World of Radio Welcome to the\u00a0SWLing Post\u2019s Radio Waves, a collection of links to interesting stories making waves in the world of radio.\u00a0Enjoy! 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