{"id":62993,"date":"2025-05-24T20:50:36","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T00:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=62993"},"modified":"2025-05-24T06:53:42","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T10:53:42","slug":"papua-new-guinea-plans-shortwave-comeback-by-2030","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/papua-new-guinea-plans-shortwave-comeback-by-2030\/","title":{"rendered":"Papua New Guinea Plans Shortwave Comeback by 2030"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor David Iurescia, who shares a promising update from Radio New Zealand International:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Papua New Guinea\u2019s national broadcaster, NBC, has announced plans to reintroduce shortwave radio as part of a strategy to achieve full nationwide coverage by 2030. This move recognizes shortwave\u2019s vital role in reaching remote and rural communities across PNG\u2019s rugged terrain\u2014areas where internet and FM signals remain unreliable or nonexistent. Read the full article on RNZ\u2019s website: PNG\u2019s national broadcaster moves to reintroduce shortwave radio for nationwide coverage by 2030.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor David Iurescia, who shares a promising update from Radio New Zealand International: Papua New Guinea\u2019s national broadcaster, NBC, has announced plans to reintroduce shortwave radio as part of a strategy to achieve full nationwide coverage by 2030. This move recognizes shortwave\u2019s vital role in reaching remote and rural communities […]<\/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":[3,43],"tags":[4895,3948,3975,259],"class_list":["post-62993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-david-iurescia-lw4daf","tag-papua-new-guinea","tag-png","tag-radio-new-zealand"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-go1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13945,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/papua-new-guinea-broadcasting-15th-pacific-games-via-shortwave\/","url_meta":{"origin":62993,"position":0},"title":"Papua New Guinea broadcasting 15th Pacific Games via shortwave","author":"Thomas","date":"July 4, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"SWLing Post contributor, Rob Wagner, has shared the following update on his blog: It's quite difficult to hear Papua New Guinea these days now that nearly all their shortwave transmitters have closed and moved to FM. 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He marked this week's World Radio Day by saying radio is a medium that reaches the widest audience, including vulnerable communities in remote parts of the country.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Broadcasters"","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\/2017\/11\/Papua-New-Guinea-Map.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Papua-New-Guinea-Map.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Papua-New-Guinea-Map.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":33385,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/png-bougainville-considering-a-return-to-shortwave-and-fm-expansion\/","url_meta":{"origin":62993,"position":2},"title":"PNG: Bougainville considering a return to shortwave and FM expansion","author":"Thomas","date":"August 2, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Radio New Zealand via Mike, K8RAT and\u00a0Joey, KE4DRJ) The Papua New Guinea government is contemplating restoring short wave radio services to Bougainville, after they were shut down during the civil war. [...]The Bougainville regional member in the PNG parliament, Joe Lera, has raised concerns that the region's mostly rural\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "International Broadcasting"","block_context":{"text":"International Broadcasting","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/international-broadcasting\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/S-8800-Dial-Volume-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/S-8800-Dial-Volume-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/S-8800-Dial-Volume-1.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/S-8800-Dial-Volume-1.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":35822,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/representative-from-nuku-png-asks-nbc-to-reintroduce-shortwave\/","url_meta":{"origin":62993,"position":3},"title":"Representative from Nuku, PNG asks NBC to reintroduce shortwave","author":"Thomas","date":"February 1, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: PNG Post Courier\u00a0via Michael Bird) Member for Nuku Joseph Sungi has called in the National Broadcasting Corporation to reintroduce the short wave band to reach the rural people. Mr Sungi in a series of questions to Minister for Communication and Information Technology Sam Basil said in the late 1980s,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "International Broadcasting"","block_context":{"text":"International Broadcasting","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/international-broadcasting\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Papua-New-Guinea-Map.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Papua-New-Guinea-Map.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Papua-New-Guinea-Map.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2385,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/radio-australia-increases-shortwave-broadcasts-into-papua-new-guinea-on-17750-khz\/","url_meta":{"origin":62993,"position":4},"title":"Radio Australia increases shortwave broadcasts into Papua New Guinea on 17,750 kHz","author":"Thomas","date":"December 18, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Radio Australia News) Papua New Guinea's parliament was resuming on Monday, despite no clear resolution to the country's political crisis.\u00a0 Peter O'Neill says his government has taken control of the police and state offices. 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These included countries such as Kiribati, Tahiti, Fiji, Saipan, New Caledonia, the Marshall Islands, Cook Islands, and Papua\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/KTWR-1984--scaled.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/KTWR-1984--scaled.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/KTWR-1984--scaled.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/KTWR-1984--scaled.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/KTWR-1984--scaled.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/KTWR-1984--scaled.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62993","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=62993"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62994,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62993\/revisions\/62994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}