{"id":6440,"date":"2013-05-06T08:14:07","date_gmt":"2013-05-06T12:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=6440"},"modified":"2013-05-06T08:46:45","modified_gmt":"2013-05-06T12:46:45","slug":"jonathan-explores-the-past-and-present-of-the-radio-netherlands-madagascar-relay-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/jonathan-explores-the-past-and-present-of-the-radio-netherlands-madagascar-relay-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonathan explores the past and present of the Radio Netherlands Madagascar Relay Station"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Madagascar<\/a>

Madagascar Transmission Towers (Source: Critical Distance)<\/p><\/div>\n

Many thanks to former RNW Media Network host, Jonathan Marks, for sharing this insightful look at the Radio Netherlands Madagascar Relay Station<\/a>—a must read!<\/em><\/p>\n

Indeed, check out this article<\/a> and many more on Jonathan’s Critical Distance Weblog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you were a fan of Media Network, you should also bookmark Jonathan’s Media Network Vintage Vault<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to former RNW Media Network host, Jonathan Marks, for sharing this insightful look at the Radio Netherlands Madagascar Relay Station—a must read! Indeed, check out this article and many more on Jonathan’s Critical Distance Weblog. If you were a fan of Media Network, you should also bookmark Jonathan’s Media Network Vintage Vault.<\/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":[8,56,43],"tags":[1910,1908,263,64],"class_list":["post-6440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-broadcasters","category-shortwave-radio","tag-madagascar-relay-station","tag-radio-nederland","tag-radio-netherlands","tag-rnw"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-1FS","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2415,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/rnw-posts-photos-of-abb-transmitter-at-madagascar-relay-station\/","url_meta":{"origin":6440,"position":0},"title":"RNW posts photos of ABB transmitter at Madagascar relay station","author":"Thomas","date":"December 22, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Media Network Newsletter) Media Network Newsletter By Andy Sennitt 22 December 2011 Several people asked us if we had any photos of the first ABB transmitter to go into service at our Madagascar relay station. 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